Lyrics Tangled up in Blue.lrc Ryan Adams
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[ar: Ryan Adams]
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[ti: Tangled up in Blue]
[length: 05:10]
[00:11.94]Early one mornin’ the sun was shinin’
[00:14.57]I was layin’ in bed
[00:17.37]Wondrin’ if she’d changed at all
[00:19.79]If her hair was still red
[00:22.93]Her folks, they said our lives together
[00:25.43]Sure was gonna be rough
[00:28.08]They never did like mama’s homemade dress
[00:30.46]Papa’s bank book wasn’t big enough
[00:33.42]And I was standin’ on the side of the road
[00:36.27]Rain fallin’ on my shoes
[00:39.32]Heading out for the east coast
[00:41.46]Lord knows I’ve paid some dues
[00:43.80]Gettin’ through
[00:46.87]Tangled up in blue
[00:53.63]She was married when we first met
[00:56.26]Soon to be divorced
[00:59.26]I helped her out of a jam, I guess
[01:01.41]But I used a little too much force
[01:04.50]We drove that car as far as we could
[01:06.53]And we abandoned it out west
[01:09.42]Split up on a dark sad night
[01:11.47]Both agreeing that it was best
[01:15.02]She turned around to look at me as I was walkin’ away
[01:20.23]I heard her say over my shoulder
[01:22.84]”We’ll meet again some day on the avenue
[01:28.13]Tangled up in blue”
[01:34.89]I had a job in the great north woods
[01:37.59]Working as a cook for a spell
[01:40.19]But I never did like it all that much
[01:42.47]And one day the axe just fell
[01:45.37]So I drifted down to New Orleans
[01:47.74]Where I’m lucky to be employed
[01:50.65]Workin’ for a while on a fishin’ boat
[01:52.74]Right outside of Delacroix
[01:55.43]But all the while I was alone, the past was close behind
[02:00.97]I’ve seen a lot of women, but she never escaped my mind
[02:05.19]And I just grew tangled up in blue
[02:15.10]She was workin’ in a topless place
[02:17.45]And I stopped in for a beer
[02:20.51]I just kept lookin’ at the side of her face
[02:22.78]In the spotlight was so clear
[02:25.27]And later on when the crowd thinned out
[02:27.97]I’s just about to do the same
[02:30.57]She was standing there in back of my chair
[02:33.13]Said, tell me, do I don’t know your name?
[02:36.01]I muttered somethin’ underneath my breath
[02:38.44]She studied the lines on my face
[02:41.01]I must admit I felt a little uneasy when she bent down to tie the laces of my shoe
[02:48.93]Tangled up in blue
[02:55.53]She lit a burner on the stove and offered me a pipe
[03:00.85]I thought you’d never say hello, she said
[03:03.45]You look like the silent type
[03:06.11]Then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me
[03:11.47]Written by an Italian poet from the 13th century
[03:16.78]And every one of them words rang true
[03:19.16]And glowed like burnin’ coal
[03:22.29]Pourin’ off of every page, it was like it was written in my soul from me to you
[03:29.97]Tangled up in blue
[03:36.46]I lived with them down on Montague Street
[03:38.98]In a basement down the stairs
[03:41.54]There was music in the cafés at night
[03:43.62]And there was revolution in the air
[03:47.03]Then he started into dealing with slaves
[03:49.78]And inside of him something died
[03:52.17]She had to sell everything she owned and froze up inside
[03:57.15]And when finally the bottom fell out
[04:00.06]Oh, I became withdrawn
[04:02.66]The only thing I knew how to do was to keep on keepin’ on
[04:06.94]Like a bird that flew tangled up in blue
[04:16.90]So now I’m goin’ back again
[04:19.77]I got to get to her somehow
[04:22.42]All the people we used to know they’re an illusion to me now
[04:27.67]Some are mathematicians, some are carpenters’ wives
[04:32.73]Don’t know how it all got started
[04:34.89]I don’t know what they’re did with their lives
[04:37.92]But me, I’m still on the road, I’m headin’ for another joint
[04:43.24]We always did feel the same
[04:45.03]We just saw it from a different point of view
[04:50.82]Tangled up in blue
[04:53.76]Year of Release: 2022