Blinded By The Light

Blinded by the Light
Written by	Bruce Springsteen
Appears on	n/a
Sung by	Joe Hawley
Genre	Rock
Language	English
Links:	Knitting Factory 2008 performance (YouTube)

Blinded by the Light is a song by Bruce Springsteen and covered by the band Tally Hall. It was one of their earliest covers, being played at The Blind Pig when they were called "540", before many of their originals like Good Day and Ruler Of Everything were written.

Tally Hall's cover is based on the arrangement by British rock band Manfred Mann's Earth Band, which features many lyrical changes from the original. Tally Hall would later sparingly play it during the years after Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum's release, including at the Knitting Factory on July 9th 2008 and at Bowling Green on April 19th 2006.

Trivia

• The song's title and chorus were referenced in Joe Hawley's song Bahamian Rap City.

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

Madman runners, drummers,
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 (aah aah)
I tripped the merry-go-round (aah aah)
With this very unpleasin', sneezin' and wheezin' (aah aah)
The calliope crashed to the ground (aah aah)

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
(aah, aah, aah, aah)
(aah, aah, aah, aah)

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 chart (aah aah)
To see if it was safe outside (aah aah)
And little Early-Pearly came by in his swirly-wurly (aah aah)
And asked me if I needed a ride (aah aah)

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
Mama always told me not to look into the eyes of the sun
But mama, that's where the fun is!

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
(Madman runners, drummers, Indians in the summer)

Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
(With a teenage diplomat)

Blinded by the light
(In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps)

Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night!
(His way into his hat)

Blinded by the light
(Madman runners, drummers, Indians in the summer)

Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
(With a teenage diplomat)

Blinded by the light
(In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps)

Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night!
(His way into his hat)

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

Tabs/Chords

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