Tangled Up In Blue
Bob Dylan

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Early one mornin' the sun was shinin', I was layin' in bed
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Wond'rin' if she'd changed at all - If her hair was still red
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Her folks they said our lives together sure was gonna be rough
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They never did like Mama's homemade dress. Papa's bankbook wasn't big enough
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And I was standin' on the side of the road - Rain fallin' on my shoes
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Heading out for the East Coast - Lord knows I paid some dues gettin' through
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She was married when we first met - Soon to be divorced
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I helped her out of a jam, I guess, but I used a little too much force
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We drove that car as far as we could - Abandoned it out West
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Split up on a dark sad night both agreeing it was best
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She turned around to look at me as I was walkin' away
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I heard her say over my shoulder, "We'll meet again someday on the avenue"
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I had a job in the great north woods working as a cook for a spell
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But I never did like it all that much and one day the ax just fell
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So I drifted down to New Orleans wwhere I happened to be employed
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Workin' for a while on a fishin' boat right outside of Delacroix
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But all the while I was alone the past was close behind
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I seen a lot of women but she never escaped my mind, and I just grew
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She was workin' in a topless place and I stopped in for a beer
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I just kept looking' at the side of her face in the spotlight so clear
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And later on as the crowd thinned out - I was just about to do the same
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She was standing there in back of my chair, Said Excuse me, don't I know your name?"
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I muttered somethin' underneath my breath, she studied the lines on my face
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I must admit I felt a little uneasy when she bent down to tie the laces of my shoe
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She lit a burner on the stove and offered me a pipe
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"I thought you'd never say hello," she said "You look like the silent type."
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Then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me
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Written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century
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And every one of them words rang true and glowed like burnin' coal
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Pourin' off of every page like it was written in my soul from me to you
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I lived with them on Montague Street in a basement down the stairs
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There was music in the cafes at night and revolution in the air
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Then he started into dealing with slaves and something inside of him died
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She had to sell everything she owned and froze up inside
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And when finally the bottom fell out I became withdrawn
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The only thing I knew how to do was to keep on keepin' on like a bird that flew
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So now I'm goin' back again, I got to get to her somehow
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All the people we used to know they're an illusion to me now
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Some are mathematicians. Some are carpenter's wives
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Don't know how it all got started, I don't know what they're doin' with their lives
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But me, I'm still on the road headin' for another joint
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We always did feel the same, We just saw it from a different point of view
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