Blinded By the Light - Manfred Mann

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 the stereo pleasin' and sneezin' and wheezin, the calliope crashed

to the ground

The calliope crashed to the ground

Oh 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 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 charts to see

if it was safe outside

And little Early-birdy came by in his curly-wurly and asked me if I needed a ride

Asked me if I needed a ride

Oh 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

Some brimstone baritone Andy Sack from 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

Cos 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

{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 the stereo pleasin', sneezin' and wheezin,

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 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»

She got down but she never got tired

She’s gonna make it through the night