Blinded By The Light lyrics Manfred Mann

Blinded By The Light Lyrics

Manfred Mann

Originally recorded by Bruce Springsteen

(chorus)
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 in the night
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 unpleasing
sneezing and wheezing
the calliope crashed to the ground

The calliope crashed to the ground and she was...

(chorus)

Some silicone sister
with her manager mister
told me I got 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, and 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 to the night
She's gonna make it through the night

(instrumental)

But mama, that's where the fun is
Mama always told me not to look
into the eyes 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 its 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, and 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

(chorus repeated throughout with the next 2 verses)

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 unpleasing
sneezing and wheezing
the calliope crashed to the ground

Now Scott with a slingshot
finally found a tender spot
and throws his lover in the sand
And some bloodshot forget-me-not says
Daddy's within car-shot
Save the back-shot turn up the band

Some silicone sister
with her manager mister
told me I got what it takes
She says "I'l1 turn you on
son to something strong"

She got down but she never got tight
He's gonna make it tonight