Indigo Girls - Up In Smoke lyrics

Early one morning the sun was shining I was laying in bed Wondering 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 bank book wasn't big enough Me I'm standing on the side of the road Rain falling on my shoes I'm heading out to the east coast Lord knows I've paid some dues Getting 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 And we drove that car as far as we could Abandoned it out west We split up on a sad dark night Both agreeing it was best She turned around and looked at me As I was walking away Then I heard her say over my shoulder We'll meet again someday On the avenue Tangled up in blue I was living in the great north woods Working as a cook for a spell I never did like it all that much And one day the axe just fell So I drifted down to new orleans Where I happened to be employed Yeah I was working for a while on a fishing boat Right outside of de la croix And all the while I was alone The past was close behind I'd seen a lot of women But she never escaped my mind And I just grew Tangled up in blue she was working at a topless bar And I stopped in for a beer I just kept looking at the side of her face In the spotlight so clear Now later on as the crowd thinned out And I was just about to do the same Yeah but she was standing there at the back of my chair She said don't I know your name Well 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 shoes We were tangled up in blue I know I know I know 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 And then she opened up a book of poems And handed it to me Written by an italian poet From the 13th century Every one of his words rang true And glowed like burning coal Pouring off every page Like it was written in my soul From me to you Tangled up in blue Yeah yeah I lived with them on montague street In a basement down the stairs yeah There was music in the cafes at night And revolution in the air That's when he started into dealing with slaves yeah Something inside of her died just died And she had to sell everything she owned And she froze up inside 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 Oh yeah now I'm headed back again I gotta get to her somehow And all the people we used to know They're an illusion to me now Some are mathematicians Some are carpenter's wives I don't know how they all got started I don't know what they're doing with their lives But me I'm still on the road Headed for another joint We always did feel the same We just saw it from a different point Of view Tangled up in blue I know I know I know Yeah yeah oh yeah