Bob Dylan: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue | movie | 2002 | Official Clip
Bonus DVD accompanying the initial release of the Bob Dylan album. Featuring performances of Isis and Tangled Up in Blue | dG1fWXdTWnZIcWY5cU0
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00:00 [MUSIC - "LIFE'S TOO SHORT"]
00:03 Early one morning, the sun was shining.
00:17 She was lying in bed, wondering if she'd
00:21 changed at all if her hair was still red.
00:24 If folks didn't sit their lives together,
00:26 sure was it going to be rough.
00:28 They never did like Mama's homemade dress.
00:31 Papa's bank book wasn't big enough.
00:33 And he was standing on the side of the road,
00:35 rain falling on his shoes.
00:37 Heading out for the East Coast, Lord
00:40 knows he paid some dues.
00:42 Getting through, tangled up in blue.
00:45 She was married when they first met, soon to be divorced.
00:57 He helped her out of a jam, I guess,
00:59 but he was a little too much for us.
01:01 And he drove that car as far as they could,
01:04 abandoned it out West.
01:06 Splitting up on a dock set night,
01:08 both agreeing it was best.
01:10 She turned around to look at him as he was walking away,
01:14 saying over her shoulder, we'll meet again someday
01:18 on the avenue, tangled up in blue.
01:22 [MUSIC - "HE WAS ALONE"]
01:26 He had a job in Santa Fe, working in an old hotel.
01:34 But he never did like it all that much.
01:36 And one day, it just went to hell.
01:38 So he drifted down to New Orleans,
01:40 lucky not to be destroyed.
01:42 Well, he got him a job on a fishing boat
01:44 docked outside Delacroix.
01:47 But all the while, he was alone.
01:49 The past was close behind.
01:51 He'd seen a lot of women, but she never escaped his mind.
01:55 And he just grew tangled up in blue.
01:59 She was working in a topless place,
02:08 and I stopped in for a beer.
02:10 I just kept looking at the side of her face,
02:12 and the spotlight's so clear.
02:14 And later on, when the clouds seemed out,
02:16 I was just about to do the same.
02:18 She was standing there right beside my chair,
02:20 and I said, don't tell me.
02:22 Let me guess your name.
02:23 I muttered something underneath my breath.
02:25 She studied the lines on my face.
02:28 Must admit, it felt a little uneasy when she bent down
02:30 to tie the laces of my shoes.
02:34 Tangled up in blue.
02:36 I lived with him on Montague Street in a basement
02:43 down the stairs.
02:45 There was music in the cafes at night and revolution in the air.
02:49 Ellie started into dealing with slaves,
02:51 and something inside of him died.
02:53 She had to sell everything she owned and froze up inside.
02:57 And when it all came crashing down, I became withdrawn.
03:02 The only thing I knew how to do was keep on keeping on
03:05 like a bird that flew.
03:08 Tangled up in blue.
03:10 So now I'm going on back again.
03:18 I got to get to them somehow.
03:20 All the faces we used to know, they're an illusion to me now.
03:24 Some are mathematicians.
03:27 Some are truck drivers' wives.
03:29 Don't know how it all got started.
03:31 I don't know what they're doing with their lives.
03:33 But me, I'm still on the road, heading for another joint.
03:37 We always did feel the same.
03:39 We just saw it from a different point of view.
03:44 Tangled up in blue.
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04:23 [APPLAUSE]