Early one mornin' the sun was shinin',
I was layin' in bed
Wond'rin' 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 bankbook 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 someday 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 ax just fell.
So I drifted down to New Orleans
Where I happened 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' 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 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 every one 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 cafes 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I became withdrawn,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 carpenter's 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.

[Intro: Usher]
I do it for the ladies
I gotta keep it hood
Where we at Polo? (Ey)
I see you right
Yo Keith You was right
We just gettin started
Yeahhhhh man

[Verse 1: Usher]
You say
You searching for somebody
That'll take you out
And do you right
Well come here baby
And let daddy show
You what it feel like
You know all you gotta do
Is tell me
What you sippin' on (Sippin on, sippin on) (Ey)
And I promise
That I'm gonna keep
It comin' all night long

[Hook]
Lookin' in your eyes
While you on the other side
And I think miss shorty
I've got a thing for you
Doin' it on purpose windin
And workin' it
I can tell by the way
You lookin' at me girl

[Chorus:]
I wanna make love in this club (Ey)
In this club (Ey)
In this club (Ey)
In this club (Ey)
(repeat x2)

[Verse 2: Usher]
(Listen) got some friends
Rollin' wit you
Baby then that's cool (That's cool, thats cool)
You can leave em
Wit my niggaz let em know
That I got you (got u, got u)
If you didn`t know
You're the only thing
That's on my mind (My mind, my mind)
Cuz the way
You staring miss you
Got me wantin'
To give it to you all night

[Hook]
Lookin` in your eyes
While you on the other side
I cant take it no more
Baby i'm comin for you
You keep doin' it
On purpose whindin
And workin' it
If we close our eyes
It could be just me and you

[Chorus]
I wanna make love in this club (Ey)
In this club (Ey)
In this club (Ey)
In this club (Ey)
(repeat x4)

[Young Jeezy Talking:]
Polo, you a fool
For this one homie
I'm on em, yeahhh
Let's go

[Verse 3: Young Jeezy]
I'm what you want
I'm what you need
He got you trapped
I'll set you free
Sexually, mentally
Physically, emotionally
I'll be like your medicine
You'll take every dose of me
It's going down on isle 3
I'll bag you
Like some groceries
And every time you think about
It you gon' want some more of me
Bout to hit the club
Make a movie yeah rated R
Pulled up like a trap star
That's if you had (In the car)
Have you ever made love
To a thug in the club
With his sights on?
87 Jeans
And a fresh pair of Nikes on
On the couch, on the table
On the bar, or on the floor
You can meet me in the bathroom
Yeah, you know I'm tryna go

[Verse 4: Usher]
Might as well give me a kiss
If we keep touchin like this
I know you scared baby
They don't know what we doin
Let's both get undressed right here
Keep it up girl i swear
Imma give it to you non stop
And i don't care
Who's watchin, watchin, watchin (Watchin, watchin) Ohhhh in this club
on the floor Baby lets make love

[Chrous x2]
I wanna make love in this club (Ey)
In this club (Ey)
In this club (Ey)
In this club (Ey)

[Outro]
eyyy...
yea...
ey..
ey..
love...
in the club
ur the one
can u freak me babe (Ey)
In the back (Ey) In the side (Ey)
In the front (Ey)
Left, right (Ey)
ey yea yea (Ey)
crank that batman (Ey)
Yea

you tried to cover your tracks
but i caught on to you
they found your ear in a jar,
your bones in a bag,
in the back of the room
they pulled the snakes off your flesh,
they were hungry for more.
(hungry for more...hungry for more)

you have had your last,
all your sins are cleansed,
no reason for you to go on.
i put you to rest.