Tuk, tuk, tuk, tuk, tuk, tuk Tuktuk, tuktuk, tuktuk, tuktuk Tuktum tuktum, tucktum tuktum Tuktum tuktum, tuktum tuktum Tuktum tuktum, tuktum tuktum Tuktum tuktum, tuktum tuktum Tuktum tuktum, tuktum tuktum Tuktum tuktum, tuktum tuktum Tuktum tuktum, tuktum tuktum Tuktum tuktum, tuktum tuktum Tuktum tuktum, tuktum tuktum Tuktum tuktum, tuktum tuktum Tuktum tuktum, tuktum tuktum Early one morning the sun was shining I was layin' in bed Wonderin' if she'd change at all If her hair was still red Her thoughts said our lives together Sure was gonna be rough It never did like mama's homemade dress And papa's backpack wasn't big enough I was standin' at the side of the road The rain fallin' on my shoes Headin' off to the east coast Lord knows I paid some dues Gettin' through Tangled up in blue She was married when we first met Soon to be divorced I helped her out of her jam, I guess But I used a little too much force We drove that car as far as we could And abandoned it out west Split up on the docks that night For the day and then for space Turn around and look to me As I was walkin' away I heard her say over my shoulder We'll meet again someday On the avenue Tangled up in blue And I had a job with great numbers Workin' as a cook for a suspender But I never did like it all that much And one day the axe just fell So we drifted down to New Orleans Always lookin' up to be employed Workin' for a man on a fishin' boat Right out by the Delacorte I know I was alone The past was close behind I seen a lot of women But she never escaped my mind And I just grew Tangled up in blue She was workin' in a topless place And I stopped in for a beer Couldn't stop lookin' at the side of her face In the spotlight so clear And later on when the crowd turned out And I was about to do the same She came up behind me on the back of my chair Said tell me don't I know your name I'm runnin' somethin' underneath my breath She stuttered in the lines on my face Must admit I better bend my knees I wish I'd been down to tie the laces of my shoes Tangled up in blue She lit the burner on the stove And brought me me a pint I thought you'd never say I loved you She said you looked like the silent type Then she opened up a book of poems And handed it to me Written by an Italian poet in the 15th century And every one of them words rang true While I burned it cold Pourin' out of every page Like it was written in my soul To me Tangled up in blue Yeah, yeah I lived with them on Montague Street A place without mistakes There was music in cafes at night A revolution in the eight But he got into dealin' with slaves Something inside of him died She had to sell everything She only just froze up inside And then when the bottle fell out And I became withdrawn The only thing I knew how to do Was to keep on keepin' on Like a bird that flew Tangled up in blue Oh and now I'm goin' back again I've got to get to her somehow And all the people who knew back then They're religion to me now Some were mathematicians Some were carpenters' wives Don't know how it all got started I don't know what they're doin' with their lives Me, I'm still on the road Lookin' for another job We always did the same Just saw it from a different point of view Tangled up in blue Yeah Da-da-da Da-da-da Da-da-da-da-da Da-da-da-da Yeah Da-da-da-da-da Da-da-da-da-da Da-da-da-da-da Da-da-da-da Da-da-da-da-da Thank you. Thank you for watching.