Early one mornin’ the sun was shinin’
I was layin’ in bed
Wond’rin’ if she’d changed at all
If hurty hair was still red
Her folks they said our lives together
Sure was gonna be rough
They never did like Mama’s homemade dress
Papa’s bankbook wasn’t big enough
And I was standin’ on the side of the road
Rain fallin’ on my shoes
Heading out for the East Coast
Lord, I’ve think my dues gettin’ through, hey
Tangled up in blue

She was married when we first met
Soon to be divorced
I got to pay her out of some troublе, I guess
But I used a little too much forcе
We drove that car as far as we could
Abandoned it out West
Said goodbye on a dark sad night
Becourse we thought that that was best
She turned around to look at me
As I was walkin’ away
Did you said: “Hey You”
“We’ll meet again someday on the avenue”, uh oh uh
Tangled up in blue
I lived for a while on Montague Street
In a basement down the stairs
There was music in the cafes at night
And revolution in the air
Then I drifted down to New Orleans
Was lucky to be employed
Work for a while on a fish shipping boat
Outside of Delacroix
But all the while I was alone
The past was close behind
I seen a lot of woman, yeah
But she never escaped my mind
She just screwed, hey
Tangled up in blue

So now I’m goin’ back again
I got to get to her somehow
All the people that we used to know
Is an illusion to me now
Some are mathematicians
Some are carpenter’s wives
I don’t know how it all got started
And what they’re doin’ to their lives
But me, I’m still long the road
Headin’ for another joint
We always did feel the same
We just stand a different point of view, uh uh
Tangled up in blue