Bruce Springsteen wrote this song...fill in the blank...?

Question

Blinded by the light...wrapped up like a (blank)...

Douche...exactly...how can you be wrapped up like a douche? What was he smoking when he wrote that???

Even so...what is revved up like a deuce either...??

Answer 1

Here's what Bruce said about it two years ago: "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."

Answer 2

If you listen to Bruce Springsteen's version of the song, he says those words quite clearly. I don't know why the lead singer for Manfred Mann's Earth Band slurred the words so that "deuce" sounds more like "douche". I thought he had some sort of a speech impediment.

Answer 3

Revved up like a Deuce

Answer 4

Actually, the lyrics as written by Bruce are:
"Cut loose like a deuce another runner in the night"
off his Greetings album

Answer 5

Douche in the middle of the night, that's what i always thought anyway.
But its actually rev ved up like a deuce, another runner in the night.

Answer 6

The singer in question is New Zealand-born Chris Thompson, who sand with Manfred Mann's Earth band during much of the 70s and 80s. Thompson also was co-vocalist in the band Night, who had a hit in 1979 with "Hot Summer Nights".

Answer 7

written by mannfred mann's earth band, covered by springstein. i think the first answer is correct - revved up like a deuce (which i think is a car?)

Answer 8

deuce

Answer 9

little pig in a blanket?
or
douche another roamer in the night.

Answer 10

You are probably thinking its douche. But its actually:
Blinded by the light.....revved up like a duce....another runner in the night.

Actual song 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"