blinded by the light lyrics?

Question

anybody in this fine world really understand the lyrics to manfred manns lyrics..you know calliope....n such...what is the song about in other words?love the tune.

Answer 1

First off Manfred Mann did not write the song!
Bruce Springsteen wrote the song!

It is about driving down Ocean Avenue in Asbury Park, NJ on a Friday or Saturday night in the late 60's or early 70's. Asbury Park is a sea side city that was similar to Coney Island in New York. Lots of Art Deco architecture etc. It used to be a vacation destination for Blue Collar families in the 30's 40's and 50's. However, it began to die just like Atlantic City in the 60's and 70's. It eventually became a mecca of the New Jersey Music Scene because of clubs like The Stone Pony etc. So once the family atmosphere left it began to become a seedy town with a straight ocean front street where people cruised the boulevard and it became an unofficial drag strip on weekends in the summer.

Answer 2

Those lyrics are actually Springsteen's. I don't know if the song's really about anything specific. I believe the Boss once admitted to writing those lyrics using a rhyming dictionary lol...
Still, he did a nice job, pretty evocative anyway.
Also think that Manfred Mann's version is one of the few times where I like the cover version better than the original. Great sounding song!

Answer 3

Blinded by the Light

[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 by the light
revved up like a deuce
Another runner in the night (fading)

Madman dummers bummers,
Indians in the summer,
With a teenager diplomat
And the dumps with the mumps
As the adolescent pumps his way into his hat

With a boulder my shoulder,
feeling kinda older,
I tripped the merry-go-round
With this very unpleasin', sneezin' and wheezin,
the calliope crashed to the ground
(pickup)
the calliope crashed to the ground

(chorus)

Some silicon sister with a manager mister
told me I go what it takes.
I'll run you on sonny to something strong
play the song with the funky break

And go-cart Mozart was checkin' out the
weather charts see if it was safe outside
And little Early Burly came by in his curly wurly
and asked me if i needed a ride
(pickup)
asked me if i needed a ride


(chorus)

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


(break with soul-stirring solo)

Oh momma that's where the fun is
But momma that's where the fun is
Momma always told me not to look
in the eye's on the sun
But momma that's where the fun is

(chop sticks variation)

So brimstone-baritone, anti-cyclone Rolling Stone
Preacher from the East,
says dethrone the dictaphone, hit it in it's funny bone
thats what they expect at least

It's a new grown chaperon standing in the corner
watching the young girls dance
and some fresh sown moonstone messing with his frozen zone,
only reminding him of romance
(pickup)
and the calliope crashed to the ground

(Chorus)

(Chorus and First Verse)

Now Scott with the sling-shot finally found a tender spot
and throws his lover in the sand
and some blood-shot forget-me-not
said Daddy's within earshot, save the buck-shot, turn up the band

(repeat Verse 2 "Silicon sister with a manager....")
(bridge)

Answer 4

A calliope is a musical instrument that produces sound by sending steam through whistles, originally locomotive whistles.

Blinded by the Light

[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 by the light
revved up like a deuce
Another runner in the night (fading)

Madman dummers bummers,
Indians in the summer,
With a teenager diplomat
And the dumps with the mumps
As the adolescent pumps his way into his hat

With a boulder my shoulder,
feeling kinda older,
I tripped the merry-go-round
With this very unpleasin', sneezin' and wheezin,
the calliope crashed to the ground
(pickup)
the calliope crashed to the ground

(chorus)

Some silicon sister with a manager mister
told me I go what it takes.
I'll run you on sonny to something strong
play the song with the funky break

And go-cart Mozart was checkin' out the
weather charts see if it was safe outside
And little Early Burly came by in his curly wurly
and asked me if i needed a ride
(pickup)
asked me if i needed a ride


(chorus)

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


(break with soul-stirring solo)

Oh momma that's where the fun is
But momma that's where the fun is
Momma always told me not to look
in the eye's on the sun
But momma that's where the fun is

(chop sticks variation)

So brimstone-baritone, anti-cyclone Rolling Stone
Preacher from the East,
says dethrone the dictaphone, hit it in it's funny bone
thats what they expect at least

It's a new grown chaperon standing in the corner
watching the young girls dance
and some fresh sown moonstone messing with his frozen zone,
only reminding him of romance
(pickup)
and the calliope crashed to the ground

(Chorus)

(Chorus and First Verse)

Now Scott with the sling-shot finally found a tender spot
and throws his lover in the sand
and some blood-shot forget-me-not
said Daddy's within earshot, save the buck-shot, turn up the band

Answer 5

The song is about a rum runner -- a person during prohibition who would transport alcohol from the manufacturer to a distributer. "Revved up like a duce" refers to the engine in the car.

Answer 6

Blinded by the Light was written by Bruce Springsteen.

Answer 7

heh i always thought they were saying "wrapped up like a douche".