Tangled up in Blue - Live at Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA - November 21, 1975 - Evening

Early one morning, the sun was shining
 She was laying in bed
 Wondering if she'd changed it all
 If her hair was still red
 Her folks, they said their lives together
 Sure was gonna be rough
 They never did like mama's homemade dress
 Papa's bankbook wasn't big enough
 And he was standing on the side of the road
 Rain falling on his shoes
 Heading out for the East coast
 Lord knows he paid some dues getting through
 Tangled up in blue
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 She was married when they first met
 Soon to be divorced
 He helped her out of a jam, I guess
 But he used a little too much force
 And he drove that car as far as he could
 Abandoned it out West
 Splitting up on a dark, sad night
 Both agreeing it was best
 She turned around to look at him
 As he was walking away
 Saying over his shoulder
 "We'll meet again someday on the avenue"
 Tangled up in blue
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 He had a job in Santa Fe
 Working in an old hotel
 But he never did like it all that much
 And one day it just went to hell
 So he drifted down to New Orleans
 Lucky not to be destroyed
 But we got him a job on a fishing boat
 Right outside of Delacroix
 But all the while he was alone
 The past was close behind
 He seen a lot of women
 But she never escaped his mind and he just grew
 Tangled up in blue
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 She was working in a topless place
 And I stopped in for a beer
 I just kept looking at the sight of her face
 In the spotlight so clear
 And later on when the crowd thinned out
 I was just about to do the same
 She was standing there, right beside my chair
 Said, "Don't tell me, let me guess your name"
 I muttered something underneath my breath
 She studied the lines on my face
 I must admit I felt a little uneasy
 When she bent down to tie the laces of my shoe
 Tangled up in blue
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 I lived with them on Montague Street
 In a basement down the stairs
 There was music in the cafés at night
 And revolution in the air
 Then he started into dealing with slaves
 And something inside of him died
 She had to sell everything she owned
 And froze up inside
 And when it all came crashing down
 I became withdrawn
 The only thing I knew how to do
 Was keep on keeping on like a bird that flew
 Tangled up in blue
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 So now I'm going on back again
 I got to get them somehow
 All the faces we used to know
 They're an illusion to me now
 Some are mathematicians
 Some are truck driver's wives
 Don't know how it all got started
 I don't what they're doin' with their lives
 But me, I'm still on the road
 Heading for another joint
 We always did feel the same
 We just saw it from a different point of view
 Tangled up in blue