"Copyright music and lyrics reproduced by kind permission of Special Rider -- for original, exclusive performances by Bob Dylan, check-out the official channel at youtube.com/bobdylan."; <br /> <br />Love Minus Zero & Friends Play Dylan - Tangled Up in Blue. <br />Love Minus Zero & Friends play Bob Dylan's classic "Tangled Up in Blue." I recall studying the lyrics to this song in an English class. In this video is: Brad Riesau of The Porch Chops (vocals, guitar), Christian Salcedo of The Porch Chops (bass), Butch Zito of Stackabones (mandolin), Steve Hobson of The Sin City Band & The Porch Chops (lead guitar), D. Batterie of The Porch Chops (drums). At the World Cafe Live at The Queen May 11, 2012. <br /> <br />Tangled Up In Blue by Bob Dylan <br />http://www.bobdylan.com/us/songs/tangled-blue <br /> <br />Early one morning the sun was shining <br />I was laying in bed <br />Wond'ring if she'd changed it all <br />If her hair was still red <br />Her folks they said our lives together <br />Sure was gonna be rough <br />They never did like Mama's homemade dress <br />Papa's bankbook wasn't big enough <br />And I was standing on the side of the road <br />Rain falling on my shoes <br />Heading out for the East Coast <br />Lord knows I've paid some dues getting through <br />Tangled up in blue. <br /> <br />She was married when we first meet <br />Soon to be divorced <br />I helped her out of a jam I guess <br />But I used a little too much force <br />We drove that car as far as we could <br />Abandoned it out West <br />Split it up on a dark sad night <br />Both agreeing it was best <br />She turned around to look at me <br />As I was walking away <br />I heard her say over my shoulder <br />"We'll meet again someday on the avenue" <br />Tangled up in blue. <br /> <br />I had a job in the great north woods <br />Working as a cook for a spell <br />But I never did like it all that much <br />And one day the ax just fell <br />So I drifted down to New Orleans <br />Where I happened to be employed <br />Working for a while on a fishing boat <br />Right outside of Delacroix <br />But all the while I was alone <br />The past was close behind <br />I seen a lot of women <br />But she never escaped my mind and I just grew <br />Tangled up in blue. <br /> <br />She was working in a topless place <br />And I stopped in for a beer <br />I just kept looking at her side of her face <br />In the spotlight so clear <br />And later on as the crowd thinned out <br />I's just about to do the same <br />She was standing there in back of my chair <br />Said to me "Don't I know your name ?" <br />I muttered something underneath my breath <br />She studied the lines on my face <br />I must admit I felt a little uneasy <br />When she bent down to tie the laces of my shoe <br />Tangled up in blue. <br /> <br />She lit a burner on the stove and offered me a pipe <br />"I thought you'd never say hello" she said <br />"You look like the silent type" <br />Then she opened up a book of poems <br />And handed it to me <br />Written by an Italian poet <br />From the thirteenth century <br />And every one of them words rang true <br />And glowed like burning coal <br />Pouring off of every page <br />Like it was written in my soul from me to you <br />Tangled up in blue <br /> <br />I lived with them on Montague Street <br />In a basement down the stairs <br />There was music in the caf,s at night <br />And revolution in the air <br />Then he started in
