Title: Tangled Up In Blue
Artist: Bob Dylan
Album: My Boots And Sombrero (Track #10)
Duration: 07:47
Label: Sony Music Entertainment
Early one mornin' the sun was shinin',
I was layin' in bed
Wond'rin' if she'd changed at all
If her 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 knows I've 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 a jam, I guess,
But I used a little too much force.
We drove that car as far as we could
Abandoned it out West
Split up on a dark sad night
Both agreeing it was best.
She turned around to look at 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.
I had a job in the great north woods
Working as a cook for a spell
But I never did like it all that much
And one day the ax just fell.
So I drifted down to New Orleans
Where I happened to be employed
Workin' for a while on a fishin' boat
Right outside of Delacroix.
But all the while 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,
I just kept lookin' at the side of her face
In the spotlight so clear.
And later on as the crowd thinned out
I's just about to do the same,
She was standing there in back of my chair
Said to me, "Don't I know your name?"
I muttered somethin' 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.
She lit a burner on the stove and offered me a pipe
"I thought you'd never say hello," she said
"You look like the silent type."
Then she opened up a book of poems
And handed it to me
Written by an Italian poet
From the thirteenth century.
And every one of them words rang true
And glowed like burnin' coal
Pourin' off of every page
Like it was written in my soul from me to you,
Tangled up in blue.
I lived with them on Montague Street
In a basement down the stairs,
There was music in the cafes 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 finally the bottom fell out
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.
So now I'm goin' back again,
I got to get to her somehow.
All the people we used to know
They're an illusion to me now.
Some are mathematicians
Some are carpenter's wives.
Don't know how it all got started,
I don't know what they're doin' with their lives.
But me, I'm still on the road
Headin' for another joint
We always did feel the same,
We just saw it from a different point of view,
Tangled up in blue.
My Boots And Sombrero.
From Maine To Spain Vol 1
A LostChords compilation, July 2008
"My boots and sombrero,
My saddle my spurs,
If I die tomorrow,
Everything will be hers."
(new lyrics in "Beyond The Horizon")
Many thanks to Stew for support, recommendations & artwork
Many thanks to all the tapers for their great work!
I tried to put this compilation together as a very subjective overview of this tour and combined some of the better one-off performances ("I Shall Be Released", "Make You Feel My Love", "Can't Wait", "Every Grain Of Sand", "Cry A While") with some of my favourite versions of old and new standards: a swinging "Summer Days" with great guitar work by Freeman, Kimball & Herron; a tremendous "Like A Rolling Stone"; the re-arranged "Tangled Up In Blue" (the audience in Varazdin was very talkative but for me this performance was the best version); "Rollin' And Tumblin'" with an extended slide solo by Denny Freeman; a very fine "Just Like A Woman" with the audience singing the refrain & another excellent solo by Freeman closing the song; "Spirit Of The Water", with Freeman once again quoting "Blue Moon" during his solo; a reinvigorated "Honest With Me" with Donnie Herron's ominous and very effective pedal steel riff; a very beautiful "Sugar Baby" from Salzburg.
I hope it's an enjoyable compilation.
A second volume (I think I will call it "My saddle And Spurs") is in preparation & should be ready in a couple of weeks.
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flac filesets from BT download > wav (dbPowerAmp) > normalisation & crossfades with Music Cleaning lab 2005 > flac (dbPowerAmp) > HC
disc 1 [73:37]
1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
01.06.2008, Helsinki (tootai, LB-6153)
2. I Shall Be Released
07.06.2008, Warszawa (banalny, LB-6167)
3. Love Sick
13.06.2008, Varazdin (romeo, LB-6226)
4. Summer Days
11.06.2008, Salzburg (Die/Wal, LB-6176)
5. Beyond The Horizon
15.06.2008, Trento (romeo, LB-6186)
6. Spirit Of The Water
16.05.2008, Worcester (soomlos, LB-6138)
7. Lonesome Day Blues
05.06.2008, Vilnius (romeo, LB-6169)
8. Things Have Changed
20.06.2008, Toulouse (romeo, LB-6233)
9. Tryin' To Get To Heaven
09.06.2008, Ostrava (Bach, LB-6199)
10. Tangled Up In Blue
13.06.2008, Varazdin (romeo, LB-6226)
11. Happy Birthday/Thunder On The Mountain
16.06.2008, Bergamo (Condor, LB-6195)
12. Like A Rolling Stone
23.05.2008, St. John's (romeo, LB-6143)
disc 2 [75:27]
1. Just Like A Woman
23.06.2008, Zaragossa (lbp51, LB-6213)
2. Make You Feel My Love
07.06.2008, Warszawa (banalny, LB-6167)
3. If You See Her Say Hello
16.06.2008, Bergamo (Condor, LB-6195)
4. Can't Wait
16.05.2008, Worcester (soomlos, LB-6138)
5. Every Grain Of Sand
01.06.2008, Helsinki (tootai, LB-6153)
6. Cry A While
23.06.2008, Zaragossa (lbp51, LB-6213)
7. Shelter From The Storm
24.05.2008, St. John's (romeo, LB-6143)
8. Rollin' And Tumblin'
07.06.2008, Warszawa (banalny, LB-6167)
9. Honest With Me
20.06.2008, Toulouse (romeo, LB-6233)
10. Sugar Baby
11.06.2008, Salzburg (Die/Wal, LB-6176)
11 Ballad Of A Thin Man
09.06.2008, Ostrava (Bach, LB-6199)
12. All Along The Watchtower
21.05.2008, Halifax (Walkin' Dude, LB-6124)
disc1t11 slight distortion at 1:25-1:29 on original recording.