Surge
Ajja Lyrics

Early one morning the sun was shining
It was early in the morning and the sunshine was at its best

I was laying in bed
The persona was still in bed at that time

Wond'ring if she'd changed it all
He was contemplating if she had changed much from before

If her hair was still red
He was wondering if she still looked the same (had red hair)

Her folks they said our lives together
Her parents said that their lives together were not going to be smooth

Sure was gonna be rough
The relationship was predicted to be difficult by her parents

They never did like Mama's homemade dress
Her parents did not approve of her mother's dressmaking

Papa's bankbook wasn't big enough
Her father's financial capacity was not enough for them

And I was standing on the side of the road
The persona was on the roadside

Rain falling on my shoes
There was rain falling on his shoes

Heading out for the East Coast
He was heading towards the East Coast

Lord knows I've paid some dues getting through
He had gone through difficult times to get to that point

Tangled up in blue.
The difficult journey had a profound impact on him.

She was married when we first meet
When they met, she was already married

Soon to be divorced
She was in the process of getting divorced

I helped her out of a jam I guess
He assisted her with something she was having difficulty with

But I used a little too much force
The assistance he offered was too overpowering or unnecessary

We drove that car as far as we could
They drove the car to the limit of their ability

Abandoned it out West
They left the car after they could no longer use it

Split it up on a dark sad night
They separated, under gloomy circumstances, on a particular night

Both agreeing it was best
Both of them agreed that the separation was the best for them

She turned around to look at me
She looked back to see him

As I was walking away
At the time when he was leaving her

I heard her say over my shoulder
She said something to him from behind, as he was walking away

"We'll meet again someday on the avenue"
She indicated that they will meet again on the avenue someday

Tangled up in blue.
Their relationship remained unresolved (after the separation)

I had a job in the great north woods
He got a job in the northern forest

Working as a cook for a spell
For a while, he worked as a cook

But I never did like it all that much
However, he didn't enjoy the job

And one day the ax just fell
One day, he was suddenly fired

So I drifted down to New Orleans
He traveled to New Orleans without any specific plan

Where I happened to be employed
He found a job there coincidentally

Working for a while on a fishing boat
He worked for a while on a fishing boat

Right outside of Delacroix
The location of the fishing boat was close to Delacroix

But all the while I was alone
Throughout the whole time, he was lonely

The past was close behind
The memories of his past were still fresh in his mind

I seen a lot of women
He met and saw a lot of women

But she never escaped my mind my love just grew
However, he couldn't forget her and his love for her grew

Tangled up in blue.
The memory of their relationship still affected him

She was working in a topless place
She got a job as a waitress in a topless joint

And I stopped in for a beer
He went there to get a beer

I just kept looking at her side of her face
He kept looking at her sideways

In the spotlight so clear
The spotlight was bright, enabling him to see her clearly

And later on as the crowd thinned out
As the crowd reduced over time

I's just about to do the same
He was also about to leave

She was standing there in back of my chair
She was standing behind his chair (when he was about to leave)

Saying "Jimmy, Don't I know your name?"
She called his name (Jimmy) and asked if she knew him

I muttered something underneath my breath
He said something under his breath (in reply)

She studied the lines on my face
She examined the lines on his face

I must admit I felt a little uneasy
He admits to feeling uncomfortable at that point

When she bent down to tie the laces of my shoe
When she bent down, her action caused him to feel even more uneasy.

Tangled up in blue.
He still couldn't unravel the complexities of his relationship with the woman

She lit a burner on the stove and offered me a pipe
She offered him a pipe after lighting a burner on the stove

"I thought you'd never say hello" she said
She commented that she was surprised he finally spoke to her

"You look like the silent type"
She comments on his introverted nature

Then she opened up a book of poems
She opened up a book of poems for him

And handed it to me
She gave him the book to read

From the thirteenth century
The poems were from the thirteenth century

And every one of them words rang true
The words in the poem spoke to him

And glowed like burning coal
The words had a fiery, powerful impact on him

Pouring off of every page
The words seemed to jump off the pages

Like it was written in my soul from me to you
The words seemed to be written especially for him, as if they were meant to be spoken from him to her

Tangled up in blue
The complexity of their relationship was still unclear to him

I lived with them on Montague Street
He lived with other people on Montague Street

In a basement down the stairs
The house had a basement, where his room was located

There was music in the caf, s at night
The cafes at night were filled with music

And revolution in the air
There was a sense of revolution or change in the air

Then he started into dealing with slaves
Then one of the people he lived with began dealing with slaves

And something inside of him died
Something in him died when that situation arose

She had to sell everything she owned
The woman had to sell all her belongings

And froze up inside
She gradually became emotionally distant and cold

And when finally the bottom fell out
When they hit rock bottom

I became withdrawn
He became more introverted and distant

The only thing I knew how to do
The only thing he knew how to do

Was to keep on keeping on
To keep going, no matter what

Like a bird that flew
Like a bird that had to keep flying

Tangled up in blue.
Their relationship still had a profound impact on him

So now I'm going back again
He finally decided to go back to her

I got to get her somehow
He was determined to get her back, even if he didn't know how

All the people we used to know
The people they knew in the past

They're an illusion to me now
All those people now seemed unreal to him

Some are mathematicians
Some of them became mathematicians

Some are carpenter's wives
Some of them became carpenter's wives

Don't know how it all got started
He doesn't know how their relationship started in the first place

I don't what they're doing with their lives
He also doesn't know what they're up to now

But me I'm still on the road
Regardless, he's still on the road (towards her)

Heading for another joint
He's off to another location

We always did feel the same
He still feels like he has a deep connection with her

We just saw it from a different point of view
They both saw their relationship from different perspectives

Tangled up in Blue.
Their relationship's complexities were still unresolved.