WORDS FILL MY HEAD

 

In Europe 1984

 

Dirty Lies

Enough Is Enough

Simple Twist Of Fate

Tangled Up In Blue

 

 

Dirty Lies

 

Sometime she said I'm slow

She said it about me but it's too soon to know

Don't mind leaving, wondering why

Whosoever told it, told a dirty lie

 

Well, I'll tell you one more to

Take what is you with you when you go

Now I'll tumble, tumble and die

Whosoever told it, told a dirty lie

 

Already seen your dirty mate

Sure find it harder to concentrate

I'll be beloved, times too slow

But make sure you take her with you when you go

 

I'll love it and leave it, the sun go down

Pray for the rain for miles around

I'll never leave it to wonder why

Whosoever told you, told a dirty lie

 

Oh, they time you and I'm telling you

I'd be watching, baby no matter what you do

And I'll leave alone, you're far too slow

Just make sure you take her with you when you go

 

I want to leave, my feet's soaking wet

I long to leave but I ain't found you yet

And I know baby, telling you why

Whosoever told me, told a dirty lie

 

[Source: The Wicked Messenger #1489]

 

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Enough Is Enough

 

Hands off your feet, baby, this is this

This is what I can't be

Often it hurt me honey, looking at you but

You're looking at me too

 

Because a dollar is a dollar

And the downtown boys play rough

Go all the way back, baby

Tell 'em enough is enough

 

__________ on the gutter baby, which is which but

I'd rather be lucky than be rich

Off with the money honey that is true, but I'm

Satisfied with you

 

Because a dollar is a dollar

And the downtown boys play rough

Go all the way back, baby

Tell 'em enough is enough

 

Most of the city, honey's, soakin' wet,

But there's no more gold you can get

Now __________ __________ I'm facin' the wall but

Baby, you took it all

 

Because a dollar is a dollar

And the downtown boys play rough

You tell 'em baby,

That enough is enough

 

Got a gold mining fever baby, which is which but

I'd rather be lucky than be rich

Go off with the money honey, that is true, but I'm

Satisfied with you

 

Because a dollar is a dollar

And the downtown boys play rough

Go all the way back, baby

Tell 'em enough is enough

 

[Tape from Barcelona, Spain, 28 June 1984]

 

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Simple Twist Of Fate

 

They sat together in the park

As the evening sky got dark

She looked at him and felt a spark tingle to her bones

And then she felt alone and wished that she'd gone straight

And watched out for a simple twist of fate.

 

They walked along by the old canal

Down waterfront street, by the old bell

Stopped into the Grand Hotel where the desk clerks dress in white

With a face as black as night he said "Check out time's at eight"

All a part of a simple twist of fate.

 

He woke up and the room was thick

Something there inside was making him sick

He heard the boot heels in the hallway click, the sun was coming up

She dropped a coin into the cup of a blind man at the gate

And forgot about that simple twist of fate

 

________ __________ in the rain and snow

________ coal fire and the chilly winds blow

He said "I taught you all you know, now, don't bother me no more."

"You know where to find the door. Go on, before it's too late"

"And forget about that simple twist of fate"

 

He's walking down through the city streets,

Looking into the eyes of the people he meets

And late in time, you know, he tries and greets he waited all I can do

He said "I'm leaving my heart with you, take good care of it, be on your freight"

"All about that simple twist of fate"

 

People tell me it's a crime

To remember her for too long of a time

She should have caught me in my prime, she should have stayed with me

Instead of going back off to sea and leavin me to meditate

About that simple twist of fate.

 

[Tape from Paris,  France, July 1, 1984]

 

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Tangled Up In Blue

 

Early one morning the sun was shining

And he was laying in bed

Wondering if she'd changed at all

If her hair was still red

Her folks they said that their lives together

Sure was gonna be rough

They never did like mama's home-made dress,

Papa's bank book wasn't big enough

He was standing at the side of the road

Rain falling on his shoes

Heading out for the old East coast

Radio blasting the news

Straight on through

Tangled up in blue.

 

She was married when they first met

To a man four times her age

He left her penniless in a state of regret

It was time to bust out of the cage

And they drove that car as far as they could

Abandoned it out west

Splitting up on a dark sad night

Both agreeing it was best

She turned around to look at him

As he was walking away

Saying "I wish I could tell you all the things"

"That I never learned to say"

He said "That's alright, baby, I love you too"

But we were tangled up in blue

 

He had a steady job and a pretty face

And everything seemed to fit

One day he could just feel the waste

He put it all down and split

And he drifted down to New Orleans

Where they treated him like a boy

He nearly went mad in Baton Rouge

He nearly drowned in Delacroix

But all the while he was alone

The past was close behind

He had one too many lovers and

None of them were too refined

All except for you

But you were tangled up in blue

 

She was working in the blinding light

And I stopped in for a drink

I just kept looking at her face so white

I didn't know what to think

Later on when the crowd thinned out

I was getting ready to leave

She was standing there right beside my chair

Saying "What's that you got up your sleeve?"

I said "Nothing baby, and that's for sure"

She leaned down into my face

I could feel the heat and the pulse of her

As she bent down to tie the laces

Of my shoe

Tangled up in blue

 

I lived with them on Montague Street

In a basement down the stairs

There was snow all winter and no heat

Revolution was in the air

And one day all of his slaves ran free

Something inside of him died

The only thing I could do was be me

And get on that train and ride

And when it all came crashing down

I was already south

I didn't know whether the world was flat or round

I had the worst taste in my mouth

That I ever knew

Tangled up in blue

 

So now I'm going on back again

Maybe tomorrow or maybe next year

I gotta find someone among the women and men

Whose destiny is unclear

Some are masters of illusion

Some are ministers of the trade

All of the strong delusion

All of their beds are unmade

Me I'm still heading towards the sun

Trying to stay out of the joint

We always did love the very same one

We just saw her from a different point

Of view

Tangled up in blue

 

[Source: The Telegraph #21]

 

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