Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded By The Light (Original Song With Lyrics)

This is the original studio version of the song by Manfred Mann. Enjoy
Lyrics:
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,
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
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
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
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"

[@steverush4402]

This must be the greatest concentration of misunderstood lyrics in all of pop music.

[@mothrasaurus]

The only song which would ever rival this is I am the Walrus

[@BlackSabbath4Ever]

When my mom showed me this song at like 5 or 6, she was a 70's chick and how she had some of her best memories with this song, When I told her my best memory was cruisin' down a dirt road at 2am with 4 buddies, stoned on hash and drunk while this was playing, it was like she relived her teen years again. Best time of my life

[@pitbullgirl65]

I've heard this 100's of times, and I still love it.

[@JudyinAL]

One of my favorite songs of the 70's. I'm immediately back in high school & we're all trying to figure out what the lyrics are! Ahhh the 70's. How I miss them.

[@tcdcinreno]

Me too. Feathered hair, platforms with bell-bottomed Levi's, cars with fat tires jacked up in the back, burning one and listening to this on a tape deck with all the windows rolled up and a big cloud in the car........

[@JudyinAL]

Yessir!! We rocked that feathered hair, bell bottoms so wide they covered out platforms. 8 track where you had to listen to the whole tape to get to the one song you liked. Cloud n the car Hahahaha so true.

[@daviddemille1586]

The enigma of many 70s' rock lyrics; its irrepressible charm.

[@baddad1981]

How can you miss what ya don't remember? and if you remember? they weren't good enough..

[@jodimichelleschoenherr]

I miss you 💜💜💜

[@ronshockl]

One of the coolest songs of the 70s - if not ever! Springsteen created this great song & Manfred Mann took it to a whole other level of greatness with his Moog & guitar wizardry!

[@MsMimilala]

This song is soooo surreal...I've just gone back to my childhood :D... OMG the 70's ROCKED!!! XXX

[@bglidden1962]

Jeez ... kids to day. .... it's "Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night".

[@bglidden1962]

Touche, sir :)

[@alexisdi]

According to Springsteen, the song came about from going through a rhyming dictionary and looking for rhymes. The first line of the song, "Madman drummers, bummers, and Indians in the summers with a teenage diplomat" is autobiographical-"Madman drummers" is a reference to drummer Vini Lopez, known as "Mad Man" (later changed to "Mad Dog"); "Indians in the summer" refers to the name of Springsteen's old Little League team; "teenage diplomat" refers to himself. The remainder of the song tells of many unrelated events, with the refrain of "Blinded by the light, cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night".

[@AlCapwnedProductions]

Alexis D Whitehead Thank you for sharing, that's very interesting.

[@alexisdi]

The word deuce, in both the Springsteen and Earth Band versions, refers to a 1932 model Ford.

[@alexisdi]

Manfred Mann's Earth Band's recording of the song features several changed lyrics. The most prominent change is in the chorus, where Springsteen's "cut loose like a deuce" is replaced with "revved up like a deuce." This is commonly misheard as "wrapped up like a douche" (the V sound in "revved" is almost unpronounced, and the S sound in "deuce" comes across as "SH" due to a significant lisp"

[@VickieED3]

+Alexis D Whitehead Slightly OT, but that reminds of The Monty Python Dead Parrot sketch. John Cleese said he wrote his lines with an open thesaurus on his desk.

[@dantecrosetto6358]

+Alexis D Whitehead are you stallking them?

[@m.lokisson]

"Blinded by the light Revved up like a douche Another roamer in the night!" This is all I can hear, anyone else?

[@mikailathomson957]

Nah I got "Rumour in the night Blinded by the light ripped up like a douche"

[@jake-24754]

Its been years, and my favorite radio station said "Everyone thinks its douche.. ITS DEUCE" I've sang it as douche for my whole life

[@biriyaniferrari165]

It's runner in the night

[@spazchicken1]

the guitar solo is def the best part about this song

[@ayamdev]

+Colleen Wilson I like every other part of the song but the guitar solo

[@Soma_3046]

Colleen Wilson ❤

[@dekum6826]

Love this version. Great songs like this are becoming rare thanks to the beiber generation

[@jilljeffress526]

This song just never gets old!!

[@martindanser4800]

WOW..... Someone posted a great classic rock song on KZbin, described it as "original" and "studio version", AND IT IS!!!! Way too often I've tried to find a classic, original studio version, but I've had to sift through all the riff raff of live versions (which could be great "if I was watching them live"), or the occasional re-released/re-edited/alternate versions, and/or the shorter "single" versions, (which can be okay on the radio), but rarely are any of those better than the original LP versions. And THEN, there's the 'covers' that are said to be original, and include the name of the original artist/s. Some of those covers may even sound decent and highlight some talent, IF, they put "COVER" in the title. But, people who upload videos of cover songs calling them "original version", just pisses me off when it's not the original song/album/artist that I'm looking for. It's an "original cover", but it's still a cover. Last week I went looking for Bob Dylan's "Knocking on Heaven's Door". After an exhaustive search I found the original version, but most were crap. What really got me was how many people Google+ those crappy covers AS the original. It's Bob Dylan, if they don't know his voice, they need to have their Google+ rights taken away from them, rather than pass on such bad info - lol. Today I went through and added a bunch of songs to my watch later list, so they could be playing while I did other things in the office. When it got to this song, the version I had playing was supposed to be the "original", but it was live. Ugh..... It just didn't work for me. I thought to myself, "I'd much rather listen to "The Roaring Silence", than listen to this live version of this song (some of you will get that). Had it been a two and a half minute song, I might have been able to ignore it, but Mann's 7 minute LP version, is part of it's allure. And I know technically, the original "Blinded By The Light", was released by Springsteen, several years prior to Manfred Mann's Earth Band, but let's be honest; If you weren't listening to Springsteen's "Greetings From Ashbury Park" album, you weren't hearing this song, and after MMEB released their version, Bruce's version sounds like it was HE who was trying to cover a Mann song. That's not to dis "The Boss", it's just that it's as if he sat down and wrote this song just for Mann. And now, due to an irritating version of this song, I had to put my office work on hold, find this version, it sounded so good that I listened to it 3x. For that enjoyment, I was going to write a simple 3 line "Thank You" for this version but I've wrote a novel, outlining my disgust for titles that misrepresent themselves -lol. Kudos, to you sir, this has been a very relaxing experience for me. Now I must get back to watching porn.... I mean OFFICE WORK.... I must to get back to doing office work -lol......... (seriously, it's office work).

[@gartshorescott]

whats the problem with riff raff.......probably the best riff in t world !

[@yungimage1964]

2:52 is pure heaven

[@heatherdurds]

and to think me and my mom have been walking around singing 'WRAPPED UP LIKE A DOUCHE" all day.

[@bobmettie2569]

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[@StephenPShaw]

first heard this song when i was 9; i was hooked on rock n' roll from then on. :)

[@StephenPShaw]

i am wise enough not to comment on that ending bit my friend. ...i'm a Taurus and have a bulls-eye on me all the time. :) i hope you're enjoying your new system and that warmth and sunshine follow.

[@charlesremschel1213]

Stephen P. Shaw I'm a moon child and know

[@StephenPShaw]

charles remschel ~ lol ...that's a lot of wide open speculation there friend. ...i'll take it to mean the sign and knowing the Sun's light. ;)

[@seanwilkinson3975]

"Wrapped up like a douche" forever, baby.

[@TheTwotonic]

Manfred Mann ROCK and have NOT been given their dues in the pantheon of Rock acts - nuff said!

[@jameslazaridis9521]

This track always brings me back to "Blow" with Johnny Depp.

[@DeseptiKonz]

Im 14 and this is one of the best songs I have ever heard.. This should be playing on the radio not the crap that is on there now

[@gerrymulligan8887]

Absolutely love this tune

[@DennisMayoRocknRoll]

I do not understand why people cannot get past the verbal indifference, just enjoy the song and the killer solo, that is what it is all about. ROCK IT

[@tylerpenrod6378]

This song neber gets old

[@neversolost]

the guitar solo in this song is the greatest solo in all of music history. gives me goosebumps hearing it!!! Manfred Mann"s earth band did a hell of alot better job on this song than springsteen could ever dream of....

[@jmarx_live]

The greatest earth band ever

[@gamefreakcc]

I love listening to this song on a long drive through the country side.

[@connormitchell8555]

what a fucking song amazing so many emotions in one song !!!!!!!!

[@Unknown-pt7vz]

So true

[@Polarjosh93]

Amazing song can't stop listening to it makes me think why they can't get music like this running again!!

[@monty70]

Always thought it was "wrapped up like a douche, an old rubber in the night." ;)

[@acesand888]

Every time I hear this song it's to short. I think this is a work of pure genius.

[@djtrumpet1155]

Most music today has no taste. I couldn't tell you who the biggest name is today. That's the truth. I mostly listen to Christian Praise and Worship, Country, Old Rock (like this), 80s, 90s, music from the Classical Period and Romantic Period. Nothing impresses me much about today's music. Most of today's performers have lost that creative edge and probably couldn't even tell you anything about music.

[@snakethefox9586]

djtrumpet11 Your post says way more about your own lack of diversified musical appreciation and overall ignorance than it does about the music of *any* generation, much less this one. Or, to paraphrase: you're full of horseshit.

[@YonderYoshi]

Isn't that the coincidence? I have the same tastes in music! I can't seem to like the new genres like the shitty drug rap songs and shitty beiber wanna-bes. Music is about the money, not the talent nowadays. And why should I take two hours or more of research to find a good song when I should be able to turn on the radio and *enjoy* the music?

[@SolidSnake684]

I freaking LOVE this song! I will never get tired of it.

[@sophiesmith4780]

this song is gold

[@samclemens4138]

This song is one of my favorite songs and I’m only 20 Years old. 😀👍

[@fo11773]

But Mama, that's where the fun is.

[@MrBbrokenbones]

Discovered this tune 79, liked it ever since, although it makes about as much sense as this post.

[@michaelmuellner6128]

You are a charming liar :-) Greetings from Vienna Austria

[@mrcheesesmith]

That guitar solo, wow totally amazing the radio only ever plays a shortened version of this.

[@AlCapwnedProductions]

Stop arguing over the lyrics for fucks' sake.

[@SiliconBong]

*chuckles.

[@martindanser4800]

People get caught up in the craziest things. I guess these days "hate and argue" has replaced "love and peace". People don't have to "know" what they are saying, or what the lyrics are actually saying, all they have to do is "think they know", and it gives (SOME, not all) a reason to try to start something. It's sad. On a more humorous note, most of us who were there to be a part of the 60's & 70's, know the lyrics to CCR's "Bad Moon Rising", but we tend to change those lyrics to "There's a bathroom on the right", as opposed to the true lyrics "There's a bad moon on the rise". It's so wide spread, that even John Folgerty has been known to play along and sing "bathroom on the right" at his shows. If only the rest of the world could get along like that, then this Earth could be a groovy place to live. Peace..............................

[@DEROCK72]

Martin Danser i always thought he was saying---woke up in illusion in the middle of the night. (drugs)

[@ssuuppeerrbbooyy]

Chris Hansen Dont be so wrapped up, like a douche.

[@cookcontrashawnscontreras4493]

EXACTIFUKIMUNDO

[@LamceLSk]

I really like this song, and im 18 yrs old listenin electro rap and other ... this is just the one of the few called "A song with soul... :)"

[@EBKK134]

everytime I hear this song I end up doing coke :(

[@classic-kool]

trustnone ebkk - great for the ol' ticker... 😱

[@moth3562]

I hope you’ve gotten better :)

[@davidb2206]

Coke causes early heart attacks. Drug users are LOSERS. Quit FUNDING human smuggling.

[@Unknown-pt7vz]

@@davidb2206 It’s a reference to Blow the movie bud.

[@comfortablynumbBG]

most underrated guitar solo in music history in my opinion....never gets mentioned on the greatest lists

[@chefo18]

Like this one better than the Bruce Springsteen one

[@BlackLaffen]

ahhhh, so many memories in this song... take me all the way back to Amped 3.... Good times.... good times

[@amadorsg1v2]

This song is NOT by Manfred Mann its originally by Bruce Springsteen this is a cover you fools..

[@youngdiffi]

+Amador Mendez ok

[@_Armando_Rivera_]

I like this version better and so do you because you watched this video. Checkmate.

[@amadorsg1v2]

+Armando Rivera you make no sense. I never said I didn't like it. BINGO

[@_Armando_Rivera_]

This song is vastly different AND better than the original. The way it is arranged it might as well be their own song

[@classic-kool]

Armando Rivera - Manfred Mann version got the Boss's blessing...he loved it..

[@Trower22]

One of the 100 Greatest covers of all time!

[@gerrymulligan8887]

THE FILM BLOW as he walks through the airport with the coke

[@davidb2206]

All coke users die early. Watch the repeat episodes of "Dr. G -- Medical Examiner."

[@RobKaiser_SQuest]

FYI The "Deuce" is a slang name for circa 1932 Ford coupes equipped with V8 engines. Ford had previously used inline 4-cylinder engines, and the competition was beginning to introduce six-cylinder engines, so they needed to step their game up. They were supposed to be really powerful in their day, but I wasn't born until 64 years later so I wouldn't know the full story.

[@janiridiphilipp]

Blow

[@GRNDSLMHTTR3]

I'm a huge Springsteen fan, and both versions are great. They're also very different, stylistically, so I have trouble comparing the two. I could listen to either version and enjoy it just as much as the other one.

[@BigGFan1954]

Man I just live the blend of keyboard and drums here. Perfect

[@FollowersofDamu]

One of the greatest songs of all time, and one of the most puzzling lyrics as well!

[@Showstoppa103]

Love this song, thanks to my mom listening to older radio stations- great tune!

[@dimebagz0r]

this is seriously one of the best songs of all time, the solo is also just as incredible.

[@MusicAlly77]

This song was number 1 in the charts when i was born.......almost 35 years ago :o i like this song :)

[@alexeypovarnitsyn7005]

magic from my teen days ... LOVE it ! BIG THX for uploading !!!

[@RochPhotog]

Born in 73 this song reminds me of my childhood 70 ruled

[@pickydeer]

In my own humble opinion this is the greatest song cover ever.

[@YEUWYU]

I heard this song on the radio today and I just googled the lyrics and ended up here. This is my favorite song now until I find a better one...which will probably take a long time. Thanks for uploading!!

[@SarahWestFriendlyXanaduQueen]

One of 1976’s greatest songs

[@michaeldragich8232]

Revved up like a Deuce another runner in the night. On a scale of 1-10 the difficulty of singing this song is a 10 and this guy makes it look easy.

[@MrMadden73]

This has been stuck in my head for three days since I heard it on the radio the other day. It's really unlike anything I have ever heard and rocks from start to finish

[@EvangeliseGood]

this is one of those songs that has popped in to my head for so many years, thanks, brings me back, a great sound, love it, love it.

[@moonshine6208]

The song is a take of how life at that time was less scrutinized. It was decribing what we have now, both of the good and bad aspects. Guilt and Blame will be the end of us all.

[@ozeneu2012]

after 25 years of my life this still sounds awesome..

[@SenorSpode]

Excellent! And thanks for "To Catch A Predator", too, Chris! ;-)

[@donnacraycraft3008]

Martin Danser hit the nail on the head ! Impossible to find them doing this song in Concert that sounds right. :)

[@dwaynewladyka577]

I love this band. Great song!

[@bruiserdave2424]

I remember hearing this on a movie that had this song back in the late 90s or early 2000 and I loved sound and the beat. Mind you I was a kid then.

[@jeremycolburn9232]

I love this song a real feelgood tune rock on guys.....

[@metallicabreath1]

one of my alltime favorite songs.

[@YT28GJS58]

7 inch as a picture disc in the UK...long time ag0. Long version is so awesome !

[@Aegelis]

Had to play for my daughter because something she said made me start singing it and she gave me the 'uh...what?' look. Music education mission accomplished, thanks.

[@Winnson]

The nickel rocket to stardom baby. It comes at a price! Epic, epic tune

[@kalelwilson8337]

Greatest guitar riff ever!

[@crackerjack50]

ALL OVER IT - WHAT A SOLO !!! guitar heaven

[@unknownkingdom]

Very underrated guitar solo at 2:55. Really a great one in my opinion.

[@journeyquest1]

What a great guitar solo!!!

[@iHeartsNostalgiaPit]

I love the keyboard riffs always

[@AYOthatsSTEVE]

BLOW brought me here! This song was played during my favorite part of the movie

[@schumi9xwdc]

This is one of the Greatest renditions in Rock History.

[@ghostspirit52]

I just think this song is perfection personified! So thanks for the original post! Ghost

[@SpizyTacoz]

Im in just the best conditions to listen tu this...It AMAZING...YOU GOTA LOVE THIS SONG

[@toughbail456]

This song deserves to go on forever

[@jordy0nline]

One of the best songs I've ever heard in my life.

[@FreshHeat]

I never realized this song was so long. It's so good I didn't really notice.

[@Skinflintster]

I used to get my uniform on record time to this song at Ft. Gordon GA to this song in 1976, got to breakfast and to formation in time.

[@kristooele66]

love this song - long re-mix version is bomb!!! way to go guys!!

[@TheTheSkeletalgent]

I've never even heard this song before... But just hearing it used in a random video already gives me nostalgic feels.

[@monzterreaperschild3999]

love this song been listing since i was 3!!!!!!!!

[@zayySteez]

How can you not love this song?

[@MrKeva83]

Bruce Springsteen wrote "Blinded By The Light" after most of the other songs on the Greetings album were finished and is also one of the few songs for which Springsteen wrote the words before arranging the music. The song's swiftly-paced, jumbled lyrics are stream of consciousness descriptions of a series of bizarre individuals he met while a young artist in New Jersey. Playing small venues, such as bars along the Jersey Shore, Springsteen recounts various characters from these events. He alludes to Vini "Mad Dog" Lopez, then his drummer, in the opening line "Madman drummers", as well as the "silicone sister" (bartender, possibly referring to an erotic dancer) who encourages him to play a particular, unknown song. United by the chorus: "And (s)he was blinded by the light/cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night/Blinded by the light/(S)he got down but (s)he never got tight, (s)he's gonna make it (alright) tonight", the song goes on to chronicle Springsteen's trouble to get the bar patrons, who rarely cared about or even heard the music, to get excited by his performance. The meber reference is to the religious conversion of Paul of Tarsus on the road to Damascus, but Springsteen was referring metaphorically to the music industry and wealth and fame. The lyrics of the song feature extensive use of internal rhyme rather than the more common end rhyme, in couplets such as: Some brimstone baritone anti-cyclone rolling stone preacher from the east. He says "Dethrone the dictaphone, hit it in its funnybone, that's where they expect it least." Springsteen's version has been described as folky and acoustic compared to the Earth Band's hard rock take on the song, which prominently features early electronic keyboards. The theme from the popular piano waltz "Chopsticks" can be heard prominently after the song's bridge. The chorus of the song features the commonly misunderstood lyric, "Blinded by the light, cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night." ("Deuce" refers to a '32 Ford Deuce Coupe.) Many listeners hear the word "douche" in place of "deuce." Manfred Mann's Earth Band changed this line slightly to "revved up like a deuce" (often misquoted as "wrapped up like a douche") and repeated it much more frequently in their version than Springsteen did in the original; they also omitted parts of the verses and rearranged the order of the remaining lyrics. Springsteen, in his 2005 VH1 Storytellers appearance, lightheartedly made the assertion that the sole reason that Manfred Mann's version of the song went to number one is that the altered lyric is actually "revved up like a douche". Bruce said, "The original lyric is 'cut loose like a deuce' referring to a two seat hot-rod, a little deuce coupe. Manfred Mann changed the lyric to 'revved up like a douche', which is a feminine hygienic procedure.... so, they're different." It should be noted, however, that Manfred Mann's website lists the lyric as "deuce" rather than "douche". It was once rumored that Chris Thompson's New Zealand accent may be responsible for swapping deuce for douche; however, this cannot be correct as "deuce" said with a New Zealand accent is pronounced something similar to "juice". A video of a 1976 Manfred Mann performance seems to support the "altered lyric" position. While "deuce" and "douche" would be pronounced in much the same way, in the video, the singer clearly seems to be singing "wrapped" - rather than "revved" - consistent with the "douche" lyrics listeners have heard.

[@dgsindelar]

Well said. All this uncalled for hatred from such young people. Crappy music is ubiquitous through all of time, and such music is often popular. Decades from now it will, undoubtedly, be similar as today. We must be wary of our arbitrary, coincidental, time of birth and attempt to judge things objectively. Hatred is easy though, so I suspect times will change but belittling will remain quite popular.

[@coolchickalive]

My favorite guitar solo!

[@adamberg1440]

Some solid lyrics from the Beebs....lol "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I'm sixteen and I thought that you'd be mine, I used to tweet you and text you and call you and hit you on Facebook all the time," classic stuff....

[@WaxedClassics]

absolut klassiker....

[@michaelcuse]

JUST FEEL THIS BEAUTIFUL MUSIC IN YOUR SOUL!!!

[@gabriellec8603]

Love love that song!!!

[@dalethen7134]

gotta love 1900's music

[@dangermouse1966]

my favourite song of all time!