Capo 2

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Early one morning the sun was shinin'
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I was layin' in bed.
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Wondering if she'd changed at all
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If her hair was still red.
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Her folks they said that our lives together,
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Sure was gonna be rough.
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They never did like Mama's home-made dress,
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Papa's bank book wasn't big enough.
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And I was standing on the side of the road,
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Rain falling on my shoes.
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Heading out for the old east coast,
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Lord knows I've paid some dues,
    Am
Getting through,
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Tangled up in blue.

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She was married when we first met
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Soon to be divorced
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I helped her out of a jam I guess
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But I used a little too much force
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We drove that car as far as we could
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Abandoned it out west
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Split up on a sad dark night
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Both agreeing it was best
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She turned around to look at me
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As I was walking away
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I heard her say over her shoulder
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We'll meet again some day
       Am
On the avenue
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Tangled up in Blue 
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I had a job in the great north woods
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Working as a cook for a spell
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But I never did like it all that  much
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And one day the axe just fell
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So I drifted down to New Orleans
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Where I was looking to be employed
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Workin' for a while on a fishing boat
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Right outside of Delacroix
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But all the while I was alone
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The past was close behind
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I seen alot of women
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But she never escaped my mind
       Am
And I just grew
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Tangled up in blue

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She was working in topless place
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And I stopped in for a beer
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I just kept looking at the side of her face
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In the spotlight so clear
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And later on when the crowd thinned out
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I was just about to do the same
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She was standing there in back of my chair
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Said to me Don't I know your name
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I muttered something undernaeth my breath
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She studdied the lines on my face
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I must admit I felt a little uneasy
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When she bent down to tie the laces
  Am
Of my shoe
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Tangled up in blue


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She lit a burner on the stove
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And offered me a pipe
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I thought you'd never say hello she said
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You look like the silent type
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Then open up a book of poems 
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And handed it to me
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Written by an Italian 
poet
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>From the thirteenth century
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And every one of them words rang true
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And glowed like burning coal
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Pourin' off of every page
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Like it was written in my soul
      Am
>From me to you
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Tangled up in blue