Bob Dylan - Tangled up in Blue (Official Audio)

“Tangled up in Blue" by Bob Dylan
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Lyrics:
Early one mornin' the sun was shinin'
I was layin' in bed
Wondrin' 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
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 some day
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 axe just fell
So I drifted down to New Orleans
Where I was looking for 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' under 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 everyone 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 cafés 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 carpenters' 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
#BobDylan #Folk #SingerSongwriter

[@kebe1576]

I grew up as the only child of a single dad who was an alcoholic shop-rat Vietnam vet, and if it weren’t for music we would’ve remained strangers. Music was our religion, songs were our gospels, Bob Dylan was a savior and his songs were the red words. This song is a religious experience for me, it brings me closer to god, and my dad, who passed in 2020. I never thought I could miss someone that I tried so much not to be like, and listening to this song makes me realize that for all his faults, he was a r good man, and I’m proud to be his son.

[@afterthisourexile6542]

That’s so sweet. Makes so much sense. ❤

[@SunRaIV]

Ain't it Nixons fault ? I mean who sent him to vietnam ? That is the root of that evil.

[@1blastman]

@@SunRaIV Go back to JF Kennedy and Lyndon B Johnson, who really escalated the war during the 1960's. Nixon, while no hero, at least saw that the war was futile and got out. When people talk about stealing elections, remember that dishonest elections are as American as Apple Pie. Watergate was one Nixon's many mistakes.

[@2869may]

DAMN..! I got goosebumps and almost teared up... It's similar to me and my son Who is 26 now but has the musical taste of a much older man because of the music I constantly played his entire life... I know that when I'm gone a number of song's have have even more meaning to him, and remind him of the great relationship we had... Thanks for sharing this.

[@victormorgado5318]

I hear ya man, i know that feeling, that ironic ending that gives us the most unlikely outcome

[@jonnyhellifax8156]

The Picasso of songwriting

[@TreyLutrash]

This song is like a painting

[@chrisperrien7055]

Several movies of paintings.😎 And yea, this song just paints as it goes, and it talks of painting too. Chit, Dylan just pitched Picasso Blue into a song/album . LOL

[@donnaa4668]

That whole album was good. Blood on the Tracks.

[@Davett53]

6/12/24..revisiting this tune. I'm 70, now and I love the story being told in this song. Reminds me a little bit about my own life, where I came from and where I ended up. Bob is older yet,....born in 1941. I was born in 1953. I traveled a bit, had girlfriends and lovers along the way, I took many short term jobs and quit them. I reinvented myself, a few times. I found what I liked doing, and did it.

[@sjf227]

You need to get saved. Respectfully, sir

[@tinaschlegel5621]

Who's still listening to the great Bob Dylan?? ME 😁😘😍😎❤❣️

[@Carlossantanamusicinc]

Hello dear, it’s nice meeting you on here.

[@paulaschubach1625]

Always and forever!!

[@memorylenmemorylen4065]

According to this video alone 8.8 million

[@dylanburns405]

50 years later, and this music speaks to my soul.

[@aabb-up3jn]

You are a legend if you are listening to this awesome song in 2024.

[@nycnj6167]

I am listening. Jeffrey Simon.,.. Boston

[@OliviaDI]

I’m here! Olivia 5/1/24

[@christianboyadjiev1738]

Right here! Chris from Sofia, Bulgaria

[@timj4773]

Roll call.

[@joshc399]

I'm here my man

[@johnmorse4560]

After all this time, absolutely fucking brilliant!

[@thirdhandlv4231]

People dont talk about the instrumental enough, its beautiful and i love how smoothly the rythym changes.

[@tarynciccarelloo57]

well I'm not to sure about that I r I am alpt of others soooo but yes great song❤

[@davidannderson9796]

Dylan's music, as opposed to his lyrics, is so underrated! People talk about the Beatles sound and Dylan's lyrics, and The Beatles lyrics, but Dylan's sound is just as worthy and is simply incredible! Like a Rolling Stone has the most amazing sound, and this song and the entire Blonde on Blonde album have the most beautiful and sophistocated sound, and it all goes with the incredible lyrics so well!

[@ChristopherDavis-uh1gq]

I think it's the best song he ever wrote. One of the best of all time. It's like reading a great novel but it's all done listening to a 5 minute song. Genius.

[@mariahewitt1841]

The words in this song bring images to life, I feel like I am there, in the place he’s singing about. I’m in a corner of the room, looking at & watching the characters in the song. Amazing.

[@ChristopherDavis-uh1gq]

@@mariahewitt1841 Perfect description of how Dylan tells the story.

[@mariahewitt1841]

@@ChristopherDavis-uh1gq 😇

[@tonylombardi4661]

Agree. Best song he wrote. Fantastic album too.

[@faithfromabove222]

@@mariahewitt1841 pop uiiiiihi

[@blainekeller6057]

It’s hard to pick 1 of Dylan’s classics. This one is hard to beat 😊

[@michaelbrown9769]

Best song ever, listening on my 71st birthday Thanks Bob

[@chrisquinty3726]

Happy birthday.

[@TheDarkChosenOne]

Amazing, keep rocking my friend

[@michaelbrown9769]

@@chrisquinty3726thank you br😅

[@mikeglasgow9618]

I had more fun being 20 in the seventies Than Being 70 in the twenties ! A masterpiece

[@pauledmiston4883]

Love a sharp observation! I first heard it on vinlyl 1976-77 from an older sister's cheap turntable

[@rickmcn1986]

I had less fun being 20 in the noughties, than being naughty in the 20s.

[@barrykurkowski2297]

70 year old here i hear ya...we didnt know how good we had it except for Nam.

[@robertthackston8504]

I am with you friend, well said, keep on keeping on!!

[@onelove8062]

clever

[@EarnestTeaBass]

Dylan is a master of putting detailed, stark images into your head with a minimal amount of words. It's an incredible talent.

[@MsALLSKATE]

EXACTLY..! 🍻

[@billhorstkamp98]

He is a true poet

[@stevemartinez3437]

Bob said it took him about 15 years to write this song, worth the wait.

[@zero-pl3tt]

He said it took him 10 years to live and 2 years to write. And yeah, absolutely worth the wait.

[@mumbles215]

He also lied nonstop to the press.

[@user-bi5xj2qg6p]

@@mumbles215 lmao what he do to you?

[@philvigil6128]

@@mumbles215 poetic license...who gives a fk about the bloodsucking press...seems to me they hounded him from day one wrote everything he said whether he said it or not lived it or not sooo

[@andifisaytoyoutomorrow0]

I did work on the road as a young man on the east coast, and I knew a girl who got married and moved away, and I did meet her again years later on the avenue, alone again. We got married 34 years ago. This song has always been special to me, and I believe most people can relate to the lyrics describing events in their own lives.

[@Maria-ef5gq]

Congratulations 🎊 on your lengthy relationship . People give up on one another too quickly these days . They don,t get that it takes work & some give and take too . Nice to know love and commitment is not totally gone . Happy Anniversary to you both when it comes 🎉

[@andifisaytoyoutomorrow0]

@@Maria-ef5gq thank you for the kind words, the best to you.

[@scbeachmom63]

Most of the Time my personal favorite

[@alexandriaisokay964]

This song is like a book. It makes you feel as if you've witnessed snippets of the life of a fictional character. One of my favorite songs of all time.

[@1bigrowdy]

Dylan's words .it took 10years to live and 2 years to write this song

[@oleggorky906]

I get that feeling with a lot of his songs, though with Subterranean Homesick Blues it feels like he’s telling several people’s life stories in under two and a half minutes. What a talent.

[@sheronoswaldoguzman8836]

Yup...

[@johncox9054]

Exactly; that is a great description, "alexandria" etc.! really. And yeah, as someone else wrote below: the shifting between perspectives / personas is absolutely brilliant -- and toward the end, he looks at himself from the perspective of his fans, for a moment.

[@christopherblack7342]

@@johncox9054 but does he really get it? Does he understand "the fans"...

[@thedrew2584]

My favorite Dylan song.

[@justinwilliams8157]

"And every one of them words rang true and glowed like burning coals" and "We always feel the same, we just saw it from a different point of view." Best lyrics ever!

[@debbiebeggs8350]

This is about life ,regrets and love what a great song to reflect on life i hope people out there will agree . .

[@John-vd1mc]

Agreed

[@swami1]

Dylan's rhyming scheme in this song is incredible.

[@boondockinnrockin5184]

And effort less. That's the magic

[@miguelraeder3005]

Helloo!! I covered this song in my channel and I really hope you like it!! See you! 😊

[@chrisandrus689]

...as someone who tries to use our language to capture & express what i see/feel/think, i am Always in awe of his skills.... this is the man who once rhymed "i've seen all these decoys/through eyes of deep turquoise".... C'mon, Bob....that's Not Even Fair !!!

[@barbarabaldwin7120]

indeed

[@zenzen1916]

Thanks for writing my song Bob.💔🎶

[@mariawildman1299]

Dylan changed my life. This album is a great memory of past times. Where would we be without him?

[@S.J.L]

Arkansas. Or possibly Hatteras...never mind, Astoria is close enough.

[@kentoncornwell9553]

We would be musically bereft of a true genius... simple.

[@kentoncornwell9553]

@@S.J.L lol at hatteras that cracked me up . well done.

[@robertshapiro3733]

Had Bob Dylan never been born it’s hard to imagine what the world would be like now.

[@anthonypicardi4130]

I quote the guy alot.. he said so many things that are different and insightful maybe because he didn't say so much in conversation. Here's one ....from the song sundown on the Union......" They use to grow food in Kansas..something ..something...now they want to grow it on the moon and eat it raw." Lol. Organic farming I guess.

[@BarryMortzfield]

This album is in the running as the GOAT

[@daveaustwick5464]

my fave album of all time(age 76)

[@jlouis4407]

I prefer Blonde on Blonde but it is definitely up there

[@sonnyeast3862]

A lyrical barometer of life.

[@MsALLSKATE]

The only artist EVER that makes me feel that I am there too.

[@fightclubdurden]

This is Bob's best song

[@aabb-up3jn]

👍🏼🎯👌🏼

[@robbo03]

I think you might be right

[@bobabooey7088]

I can’t disagree but I’ll bet if you ask a bunch of people they will probably say 10 different songs.

[@scbeachmom63]

Most of the Time

[@heathergibson3590]

I suffer from depression. Everytime, I get too down, I always think of the line about the bottom falling out and becoming withdrawn.. It is comforting to know I CAN keep on keeping on. Thanks Bob!!#

[@fornostios8970]

Dylan has a lot of inspiring tracks. I'd say: grab Spotify and have fun exploring his repetoire!

[@sarahnightwing2936]

Same... There is ALWAYS Magic... God Bless and know that YOU are a Precious and Beautiful Gift to the Universe, even when you may not believe it... Even when we feel cold and alone, we are NOT... 💘

[@heathergibson3590]

@@sarahnightwing2936 Thank you for your kindness! May God bless you!

[@sarahnightwing2936]

@@heathergibson3590 Blessings to you as well 😊

[@johnthorne4093]

"...and every one of those words rang true and glowed like burning coal. Pouring off of every page like it was written in my soul from me to you..." Stay strong, Heather; take comfort in God's love.

[@Jerry6750]

People point to several of Dylan's songs as his best, but with this one he truly painted his masterpiece.

[@dalelange845]

Beg to differ Jerry! Is it a great song? Beyond Great. But just a thread, no more. What I will say is this entire album is the epitome of Dylan's Mastery. Dylan doesn't paint per say...think 3 dimensionally. Each song, with plurality and ambiguity layering every line, with the current events (at the time) as a color palate and his personal life as the texture of the countless fibers, is twisted individually song by song into a thread. The arrangement of the songs and their true meanings, and the intentionally random rearrangement of paragraphs that really belong to other songs on the album are the multiple knot types that make up the weave itself. Then of course, with the fabric now woven, the final stitching is the naming of the creation. Quintessential Dylan throws us a hint in the same spirit of ambiguity that for all to ponder.

[@miguelraeder3005]

Helloo!! I covered this song in my channel and I really hope you like it!! See you! 😊

[@matthewkucharski8817]

This one and Buckets of Rain - two classics that I'll never tire of listening to

[@billywylie3288]

He actually calibrated with a artist when he wrote this song Is what I heard anyway

[@rogerwilliams5382]

​@@dalelange845Yeah, whatever you said. This was a great album. Dylan created so many masterpieces. You can't pick just one. I believe he's not finished yet. He never ceases to amaze us.

[@bravobravoh1344]

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 axe just fell.

[@christianhunter777]

In my humble and heartfelt opinion, his finest song by far.

[@andrewdouris6035]

No argument here

[@jmasiulewicz1]

This belongs in a museum as one of the greatest pieces of art ever created by a human.

[@johansterk354]

Why, yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@33Luger]

Worthy of a Nobel Prize, right?

[@OliviaDI]

My utmost favorite lyrics!!

[@harveyneal9393]

That whole album is my all time favorite!

[@neilcarlson661]

Hard to disagree, OUR highest Art portrayed in words , sound ; Bob a gift to US ALL.

[@user-th5jz9pe4w]

This has got to be one of the best songs from one of the best albums of all time. Grew up with Dylan, learned to play guitar and learned all of the tracks on this album, all classics. His best album.

[@vault8161]

Over 6,500,000 and not a single dislike...speaks volumes

[@yungchop6332]

They removed dislikes.

[@DoctorD250]

One of the greatest songs he ever wrote, and sang. Masterpiece.

[@thomasstillman4805]

Arguably, one of the best contemporary songs ever written.

[@aristotlechristiano865]

@Adam Butcher It's still contemporary, I think

[@miguelraeder3005]

Helloo!! I covered this song in my channel and I really hope you like it!! See you! 😊

[@stevesharkey470]

Yup

[@paulswensen5480]

It’s my all time favorite song. I don’t have a close second.

[@matthenderson4753]

Arguably one of the best albums* ever written

[@peterbellini6102]

Every SINGLE time I hear this song I wonder why no one has made a movie based on it. You got the main song for the soundtrack, the lyrics practically give the theme and plot outline for the script, the photographic imagery, the action...everything. Be on my bucket-list if I was a film maker.

[@valeriedelong1553]

bin done; not watchin

[@peterbellini6102]

@@valeriedelong1553 I was skeptical and then I looked it up and thought, "London? WTF?"

[@donniedavis876]

Imagine Dylan himself portraying a storyteller narrating the tale of love once glimpsed becoming form and purpose compelling two lives fortunate to cross paths germinating through the vicissitudes of chance into the purpose of life… love.

[@cegalo12]

Luca Guadagnino currently has the rights to make a film adaptation of Bob Dylan’s Blood On The Tracks

[@carlweaver3243]

You start by making 7 Mini Movies, loosely based on all 7 verses of Tangled Up In Blue, about 25 minutes long and each one about a different Woman in His life. For instance, 28 year old Derek, a Singer/ Songwriter, wakes up one morning cause the Sun was shining in through the blinds. He starts to think about Dana, His HS Sweetheart, who came from a wealthy family. Derek and Dana wanted to get married after HS but Dana's Pop forbid it and sent Dana to a Private College on the East Coast. So Derek drifts back about 8 years to when he was waiting for a Greyhound to take Him to go see Dana at College. And it's Raining. Derek arrives out East only to find out that Dana is with someone else now. Another segment has 21 year old Derek walking into a Topless bar right outside the Beltway in D.C. He sees Carmelita, a Stripper, who is about 4 or 5 years older than Derek. So while She is Dancing on stage, Carmelita and Derek's eyes meet. He smiles and She winks at him. When the night is over, Derek starts to leave and there is Carmelita, right behind His chair. She takes Derek home with her and they start a Relationship. Another segment could be Derek meeting up with a Pot Smoking Joni Mitchell type. Then, the last bit would be Him going back to find Dana, who has never gotten over Derek and Vice Versa. Dana, now 35, has taken over Her Father's Law firm, which now includes handling the affairs of a few Recording Artists, who Derek has written Songs for. You get the gist.

[@heatherwanamaker7904]

My fave Bob Dylan song!

[@user-ee9ge9sc7o]

Love Dylan from London England ❤

[@willie0376]

I play this when driving in the car with my six year old son, when I dont he screams at me to "Play the Blue Song". So I make sure it's always queued up when he's in the car.

[@andrewlemay2491]

You're a great parent

[@willie0376]

@@andrewlemay2491 thanks man. Lol. I'm just trying to show him there is more to the world than Baby Shark.

[@viviandarkbloom1]

Your son shows great promise.

[@orlandopacheco1359]

Brilliant parenting ........ !!!!

[@matthewbrindley578]

There's worse songs. He could demand for you to play.

[@royalmorse5726]

Sheer genius, this is arguably Dylan’s best. The poetic imagery is so vivid and the driving force of the music carries the listener through the poignant tale so swiftly that the song seems shorter than it’s nearly 6 minute length. I’ve listened to it now for 45 years and never tire of it.

[@mr.d.4175]

Pretty much nailed it. I am not a huge Dylan fan but this song is his best. In my humble opinion.

[@1259encore]

@Gino Furzi Sums up my life, ups and downs.

[@mohammedazaroual5925]

That,s true the morre I listen to it the more I love it,magic for more than 40 years, God bless Bob Dylan.

[@carelesswolf9878]

Saw him some 30 years ago. Concert with him, the dead & Tom petty. Lifetime ago.

[@Official_KC]

I hated this song at first for some reason. Then when I heard the NYC slow original version, it clicked with me. Now I love it. A lot of Dylan music is like that though. Just clicks one day and you love it.

[@RachaelTherien-pi6tx]

This great song shows that there are no failures in life and that keeping on is it's singular victory.

[@juliecrane9647]

Amen...my life. I've lived by the line in the movie Papillion, when the prisoner says to the guard looking in on his cell underground... I'm still here damnit. And later he escapes in his hand crafted raft. Saw movie when I was 17. At 67 I've used the line many times and carry on.

[@juliecrane9647]

Amen. Story of my life. At 17 I saw the movie Papillon and have used a line from it often As a guard looks into Papillons underground cell to see if he's still living, he says, I'm still here damnit. Later he escapes in a hand crafted raft. Its a true story. I'm 67 now and say it each morning. 😅 And enjoy the day. I started this day with Dylan. 😊

[@53gitaar]

Oh my God ..what a beautiful song. It brings back so many memories

[@donlofting4268]

Could Dylan have experienced so much so young or was/is he just a brilliant observer. I'm nearly 70 and still blown away by his work old and new and because I'm sure he reads all these comments personally I'd just like to say thanks much obliged.

[@whitetigress7448]

Oh my gosh. Exactly. His insight -- at such a young age amazes me -- and like you, I'm thinking it was, essentially, observation -- reporting -- like Jack London or Hemingway, but this explanation is insufficient. I still don't know how he did it. However it was done, it's marvelous and it enriches my life.

[@kjcsomerville]

Well put !

[@donlofting4268]

@Daniel and that's cool

[@johndepentu7032]

They do read them. Jagger and Richard have both texted me about my remarks.

[@allencollins9951]

I was thinking the same how could he know so much and then actually put it together and make it all ryme it really blows me away

[@vanhalenrulz9474]

Easily my favorite Bob Dylan song. What a great story teller.

[@stumiller]

This song is the reason Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize in Literature. It’s a masterpiece.

[@johniorio7951]

Its funny how this one tune has served me over the years.....it has opened doors and introduced me to some great music friends, its a social lubricant in my hippie world....i have not understood it (1975)...thought i did (1980's) now I am older (2022) and I think I understand just perhaps, some of it!

[@jimwhitehead4980]

IMHO Bob Dylan's masterpiece. Not a weak song on this album.

[@jimwhitehead4980]

@@johniorio7951 Just enjoy it, don't mindfuck it!!

[@I_punch_pandas]

Great name u have sir😁

[@davidbowman4259]

Yes. His greatest song.

[@amequity1]

My all time favorite Dylan song. He was a brilliant lyricist and composer, and when I look at the lyrics of this song and study how he can tell such a deep story of a person's life in the few lines of a song, I am continually amazed. I can't imagine how an artist can just create something like this "out of thin air."

[@refresh1984]

I call it being off the top, one take only. It's amazing

[@ppmppm7010]

Is a brilliant lyricist ❤

[@craigschepers714]

school of hard knocks?? masters i bet

[@tomredd5168]

Between Dylan and Simon and Garfunkel, a kid learned how to think, outside of the classroom, outside of his family, outside of his little circles of friends. Poets serve useful purpose....

[@johncarey3804]

your are a poet yourself, my friend

[@neilcarlson661]

Beautiful words, continue writing!

[@johnperrott6450]

Poets are prophets and prophets are poets. Dylan is both, of course.

[@fiofunk]

Art be good. And be weller

[@stephenmarcus2825]

He is the master songwriter of all. Been a music fan and student for over 50 years.

[@Worldgonecrazy2]

My favorite Dylan song. A masterpiece.

[@stevenc553]

same, and that's saying a lot with the incredible songs Dylan has written!

[@gobigorange]

Good taste, same here ✌️

[@martinholm2449]

L m

[@andrewworthington698]

Ditto, I could listen to it 1000 times in a row!

[@michaellerach3535]

I never slowed to listen to this then I thought there will be time then I saw him play now I listen to him steady especially this one

[@donnanorman8285]

On of the all time best songs

[@jademoon5103]

Amazing. This is a poem, a ballad, a rich narrative story or tapestry set to music and sung by a gravelly voiced genius

[@milesjolly6173]

I’d say this is my favourite Dylan song and it kind of is, apart from about 50 others.

[@ega95jch]

Ha ha! So true!

[@Notmehimorthem]

Miles Jolly I feel exactly the same way

[@donmelbouchard]

John Hubbard I agree. Love Mr. Zimmerman.

[@daviddinkins8931]

yep, know the feeling

[@OliviaDI]

Bob Dylan and I left our childhood behind around the same time. I love this song the most along with 150 others by him.

[@michaelodonnell5975]

By the way I'm 65 years old now and I'm listening to this song as we speak on January the 26th 2022 God bless you all

[@Blackbird58]

December '58 so I'm 65 too, Dylan was too early for me, only picked up on him in my early teens-he's been there ever since.

[@Thats_The_Girl_Avery]

Nearly 50 years after he wrote it, I am just now discovering this song. I love his style, his reckless voice, his poetry.

[@memorycamp4990]

Crying tears of sadness and happiness today listening to this. Thank you Mr. Dylan

[@nycnj6167]

Crying from sadness... Jeffrey Simon Boston

[@mikelistman5263]

I listen to this over and over....more often as I grow older, and it just keeps acquiring gravity and beauty. The story of our pilgrimage through life and striving for love and meaning.

[@miguelraeder3005]

Helloo!! I covered this song in my channel and I really hope you like it!! See you!! 😊

[@alfiegildea2254]

That's what life is, a beautiful series of stumbles, struts and soars whilst we chase a love that makes us feel as warm as Tangled up in Blue

[@derekbeyer2989]

"There was music in the cafe's at night and Revolution in the air." I want to go there.

[@danomotz1016]

Still is man

[@robertreel71]

Same.

[@doreekaplan6782]

I was there in the 60s in school in Berkeley when Dylan first came on the scene with so many others. WHY is he selling booze now??

[@michaelmcdonald1627]

Check out Seattle, dude. Get a tent, buy some dope, and become just another useless "revolutionary."

[@michaelmcdonald1627]

The people from the 60s stood up for worthy causes that were brought about by real injustices. The "revolutionaries" of today are ignorant and sophomorish; fueled by disinformation peddled by social media. You really can't compare the two.

[@pettra1]

A truly remarkable autobiographical song of someone drifting from job to job, reviving relationships and dealing with whatever life threw at him. I love the line "But me, I'm still on the road, heading for another joint." An immaculate opening track to an exceptional album.

[@blaffrey5193]

I was introduced to the likes of Bob Dylan, Kris Kristofferson, Arlo Guthrie, Louden Wainwright and Cat Stevens. Outside of Motown, these are my original loves.

[@timbutler6211]

In my opinion his best song

[@Blackbird58]

What about "Visions of Johanna"? "... the ghost of electricity howls in the bones of her face..." WOW!

[@bill6110]

As I am listening to the song now, I agree with you all. I have listened to this for over 48 years. Every time I hear it, my eyes well up with tears. It fits everyone's life in some way or another. I too feel it's probably his best song. I read an article where he said he lived this song for 10 years and took him 2 years to write it. Dylan has always done it and never thought he did anything.

[@SpaceAlienJesus]

To all the wonderful loves that ceased to exist. Only to become great memories of mysteries to us all.

[@justchilling2044]

Todays music will never be as good as yesteryears music. 60’s-80’s. Glad we can enjoy it on these platforms. Peace ☮️ and love ❤️

[@markshaw9574]

"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" I've listened to this song for 45 years, and whenever he sings these words, my heart sinks. I just can't forget her.

[@dankatzman5419]

Couldn't agree more And of course If you see her say hello

[@Causal001]

You and me, brother. I found her and this song at the same time. Then I lost her, and the song is all that’s left.

[@jamiehalifax4954]

👍

[@robertgericke2784]

So true brother tell her I said hello

[@bim-ska-la-bim4433]

Got one, too, bro' ...got one, too.

[@annhitchcock3093]

Bob Dylan has captured slices of life in such a beautiful way that can’t be replicated.

[@jacksawyer8379]

What a timeless masterpiece! “It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry” by Bob Dylan never fails to captivate me with its soulful lyrics and irresistible groove. This song is like a journey through the depths of emotion, guided by Dylan’s raw and powerful vocals. Every time I listen to it, I’m reminded of why Bob Dylan is considered one of the greatest songwriters of all time. And it is a great song to get drunk to!!! Thank you, Bob, for this incredible piece of music that continues to resonate with audiences across the globe and especially UP HERE IN THE CANADIAN WILDERNESS!!!

[@1minnows]

A work of genius, as is the rest of the album.

[@redduketeleman]

You could make a movie for each of Bob's songs

[@RasMarty_]

Dylan was the music from the beginning and all the other great artist from the best time in music-no matter how they try they can't reach this degree in music today!

[@kyliefjohnson1390]

This song reminds me of ONE person and I’ll never forget her…..

[@nycnj6167]

Me Too..... A Woman I Adored..... MY FRIEND AMY SOZIO FROM MILLBURN,NJ 1960-2013

[@nycnj6167]

I cry about Amy Often. I Cannot believe, She is Not Here..... JEFFREY SIMON BOSTON,MA. ❤😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@thisisme3238]

Bob Dylan...pure genius! 🤔

[@scottabelli3406]

"We always did feel the same, we just saw it from a different point of view." one of my favorite expressions

[@dalekidd8431]

Isn't Democracy Tangled up in Blue?

[@nozecone]

Really? I could never make out what he was saying, and when I saw it written down, couldn't make much sense out of it. Thought it was a weak ending to an otherwise great song.

[@miguelraeder3005]

Helloo!! I covered this song in my channel and I really hope you like it!! See you! 😊

[@johnnyseddon1857]

Yep! Me 2

[@troppur7355]

nozecone no offense I’m not sure you understand the song at all then

[@scotttrainor5660]

Truly without a doubt the greatest songwriter that has ever lived . Bob Dylan‘s musical genius through generations has touched us all. He has always given us the truth that we cannot deny. He is an American idol!

[@satchelsatchel]

Dylan is better than Mozart? Better than Beethoven?

[@kevinw.5662]

Beethoven and Mozart were great composers. They did not write lyrics which complete a great song.

[@DavidGustavsson-un4yp]

Grown up listening Bob Dylan'

[@Intuitive1]

Me too

[@jgionti3]

I’ve always felt this was Dylan’s best song. Every time I hear it, I immediately stop whatever I’m doing and just savor the beauty of this song.

[@hatsuseno]

This song is basically a movie waiting to happen.

[@kingofthesnakes2396]

I think that about Jack of hearts

[@plusfour1]

He's already said more than he wanted to. Be thankful. Check out Joan Baez' Diamonds and Rust. It doesn't reveal much but her identity. :)

[@callimicaletti7223]

the theme song for Breaking Bad - maybe not the story line verbatim but being "tangled up in blue"... heck yes.

[@alanwerner8563]

Tangled up in Blue IS a Movie. There IS such a thing as visual imagery (film, video) acting as Background for Music, which is in the Foreground.

[@alvarolopez-espinoza1332]

I always think that a good part of Forrest Gump was inspired by this song.

[@colinthomas697]

There is not person past , present , or future who could write this song. Only Dylan.

[@miguelraeder3005]

Helloo!! I covered this song in my channel and I really hope you like it!! See you! 😊

[@doreekaplan6782]

Nuts dude

[@andrewardenmills]

Ginsberg and Kerouac did

[@darrylwiggins1156]

@@andrewardenmills you've got something significant here but it does'nt diminish dylan's journey.does it?

[@sunlinesmith1511]

My father died in 1986 and I played this album a few weeks before. Etched in my memory now. The words in this album resemble who we both were. Happy and sad, that's our reality.

[@johnm.5741]

I imagine they should have included this Masterpiece in that time capsule they sent into space years ago.....to show that we were, at least once, a very advanced society.

[@robbob5302]

Well stated.

[@nelsonsaunders7403]

Probably the best song ever written by an English speaking person.

[@peterfanelli898]

Truly his best song, in my humble opinion. Like reading a novel you enjoyed immensely but it was over before you knew it, wanting more.

[@barbarabaldwin7120]

long but not long enough-Love the harmonica!!!!

[@thegreenbird795]

Actually I read the novel Jaws about the same time I heard this song..

[@LS1LT1]

As a teenager some time during the early-mid 1980s I'd listened to this song again which I'd already heard a few times before over the years. It was right then and there that I had determined what my all time favorite song would forever be. Others have come close, but NONE have toppled my number one. To this day, 40+ years later, I listen to it and still cannot believe what I am hearing.

[@lauriepoos7452]

ME AS Well

[@VClaudioGreco]

The first LP I purchased. Actually my father purchased for me. Many years ago when I was at my first year in high school. I loved it and I still love it. Thanks, Dad, for having listened to me.

[@miguelraeder3005]

Helloo!! I covered this song in my channel and I really hope you like it!! See you!!! 😊

[@stephenrollins7891]

oh to have had a dad like yours!

[@detroit124]

Happy 80th Birthday for Monday 24th May, Bob, you are one of the most influential and creative artists of the 20th and 21st Centuries, your songs will live for ever and have given us all so much pleasure. God Bless you, Bob.

[@iowa7693]

One of the best story songs there's ever been

[@alabhaois]

And every one of them words rang true And glowed like burnin’ coal Pouring off of every page, Like it was written in my soul From me to you

[@officialbobdyllan.5098]

Thank you so much for your likes and supports towards my music,I really appreciate God bless you and your family

[@barbarabaldwin7120]

painter and POET

[@user-hg5gz4uz3c]

The greatest heartbreak some of them all

[@loritriba8093]

This song is magical. One of my very favorites in the whole world.

[@RayCarlos045]

Iconic and everlasting music from Bob 🌺 did you ever attend any of is concert?

[@loritriba8093]

@@RayCarlos045 I did - right before he became born again Bob, so I got to hear all the classics. (Born again Bob has great songs too tho).

[@RayCarlos045]

Wow that’s great. It’s nice to meet you.If you don’t mind can we be friends?

[@lisacharney8987]

Never really understood this song until I saw Dylan at beacon theater in NYC. Close enough to see him singing. Ohhhh...finally got it. Fave line. " Must admit I felt a little uneasy when she bent down to tie the laces of my shoe". ❤

[@Ptinski]

Since 1963 I've accepted the inevitable about Bob's poetry - all of it crept into my teenage life and sculpted it into something far more valuable than what it probably would've become. I'm pleased and grateful. ☯☮

[@usmcfutball]

Nice! And 'this' is some of his very best poetry...

[@kevincharles4505]

I think I knew you in those days Catherine. Kevin, Chicago, San Diego, Vietnam, Phoenix, New Orleans, Cincy and Indy.

[@doylesinclair4499]

That was a beautiful way to describe that. Thank you for giving us that.

[@neilryan4166]

You have phrased your feelings beautifully.

[@boondockinnrockin5184]

That is the measure of good music.Same here

[@RaidenDragonClaw]

Lyrics for this amazing song no biggie: Early one mornin' the sun was shinin' I was layin' in bed Wondrin' 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 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 some day 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 axe just fell So I drifted down to New Orleans Where I was looking for 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' under 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 everyone 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 cafés 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 carpenters' 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

[@rickberger2691]

This is why he has earned his Nobel Prize.

[@debbieritter1551]

Thanks Lily! was scrolling & hoping to find them! ✌😍

[@RaidenDragonClaw]

Debbie Ritter no problem

[@jamesfarrell1116]

Thank you for posting the lyrics I appreciate it

[@RaidenDragonClaw]

@@jamesfarrell1116 No problem James Farell

[@bobsingleman95]

Clever lyrics hold such pleasure: "Later on as the crowd thinned out, I was just about to do the same."

[@land7776]

from the original vinyl record, I always thought it was 'just about to do the scene'... your pick for the clever lyric is interesting....

[@carlweaver3243]

Alot of people thought he sang Split Up On The Docks That Night, too.

[@markbradshaw3043]

Bob Dylan is the 60s and70s hero of music,the man is nothing but a genius! I'm 70yrs and still rocking out,,!

[@chandrasiburian4380]

"I muttered something underneath my breath, she studied the lines of my face" Brilliant

[@Fenderman123]

"I must admit I was a little uneasy when she bent down to tie the lace.... of myyyyy shoe. Tangled up in blue."

[@michaelstockman8521]

@@Fenderman123 thanx n ....she might have done more than the laces.....think about IT.... ? ?

[@miguelraeder3005]

Helloo!! I covered this song in my channel and I really hope you like it!! See you!! 😊

[@Tessmage_Tessera]

@Peter Evans Get serious.

[@bengordon1914]

"We all did feel the same. We just saw it from a different point of view." Genius.

[@johnfree7044]

we all SEE it from a....point of view.

[@miguelraeder3005]

Helloo!! I covered this song in my channel and I really hope you like it!! See you! 😊

[@darrylwiggins1156]

Pretty much,ben.

[@matthewpearson2033]

This particular story for me is about moving on and getting on with life and holding on to the memories of a never forgotten love.

[@missingdecanter2295]

I listened to this song hundreds of times on vinyl in college in 01-02. Such an amazing song; it’s one of my most favorites of all time. Miss you Will! RIP WPS!

[@dirkevans3443]

Happy Birthday Mr Dylan Damn, 80 years old today and still one of America’s greatest song writers You’ve been in my life for 60 years now Damn we’re getting old Bob Ha! Wishing you all the best!

[@officialbobdyllan.5098]

Thank you so much for your likes and supports towards my music,I really appreciate God bless you and your family

[@jurgenthegerman1279]

The nearest a song will ever get to being a cubist painting. Unique work of art. Mesmerising on so many levels.

[@officialbobdyllan.5098]

Thank you so much for your likes and supports towards my music,I really appreciate God bless you and your family✅