Manfred Mann Blinded By The Light Lyrics

Blinded By The Light Lyrics

Blinded by the Light
Manfred Mann's Earth Band
- words and music by Bruce
Springsteen
- Manfred Mann's Earth Band version (Warner 8252) was released
August 1976
and reached #1 in early 1977. It was in the Billboard Top 40 for
15 weeks.
- lyrics as recorded by Manfred Mann's Earth Band on the 1976
album
"The Roaring Silence" (Warner 3055)

Blinded by the light,
revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Blinded by the light,
revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Blinded by the light,
revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night

Madman drummers
bummers, Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat
In the dumps with the
mumps as the adolescent pumps his way into his hat
With a boulder on my
shoulder, feelin' kinda older, I tripped the merry-go-round
With this very
unpleasin', sneezin' and wheezin, the calliope crashed to the ground
The
calliope crashed to the ground

But she was...
Blinded by the light,
revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Blinded by the light,
revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Blinded by the light,
revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Blinded by the light,
revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night

Some silicone sister
with a manager mister told me I go what it takes
She said "I'll turn you on
sonny to something strong, play the song with the funky break"
And go-cart
Mozart was checkin' out the weather chart to see if it was safe outside
And
little Early-Pearly came by in his curly-wurly and asked me if I needed a
ride
Asked me if I needed a ride

But she was...
Blinded by the
light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Blinded by the
light

She got down but she never got tired
She's gonna make it
through the night
She's gonna make it through the night

------ guitar
solo ------

But mama, that's where the fun is
But mama, that's where
the fun is
Mama always told me not to look into the eye's of the sun
But
mama, that's where the fun is

Some brimstone baritone anticyclone
rolling stone preacher from the east
Says, "Dethrone the dictaphone, hit it
in it's funny bone, that's where they expect it least"
And some new-mown
chaperone was standin' in the corner, watching the young girls dance
And
some fresh-sown moonstone was messin' with his frozen zone, reminding him of
romance
The calliope crashed to the ground

But she was...
Blinded
by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Blinded by
the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the
night

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{the
following two sections are sung simultaneously}

1) ~ Blinded by the
light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
~ Blinded by the
light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
~ Blinded by the
light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
~ Blinded by the
light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
~ Blinded by the
light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
~ Blinded by the
light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
~ Blinded by the
light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
~ Blinded by the
light

2) ~ Madman drummers bummers, Indians in the summer with a teenage
diplomat
~ In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps his way into
his hat
~ With a boulder on my shoulder, feelin' kinda older, I tripped the
merry-go-round
~ With this very unpleasin', sneezin' and wheezin, the
calliope crashed to the ground
~ Now Scott with a slingshot finially found a
tender spot and throws his lover in the sand
~ And some bloodshot
forget-me-not said daddy's within earshot save the buckshot, turn up the
band
~ Some silicone sister with a manager mister told me I go what it
takes
~ She said "I'll turn you on sonny to something
strong"
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She
got down but she never got tired
She's gonna make it through the
night

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