"Blinded by the Light"
by Manfred Mann from The Roaring Silence (c) 1976 lyrics by Bruce Springsteen

Chorus: 
	Blinded by the light
        	Wrapped up like a deuce
        	Another runner in the night
        	Blinded by the light
        	Wrapped up like a deuce
        	Another runner in the night
        	Blinded by the light
        	Wrapped up like a deuce
        	Another runner in the night    (fading)

Madman drummers bummers,
Indians in the summer,
With a teenager diplomat
In 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 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 see if it was safe outside
And little Early Pearly came by in her 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 tight
        	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 of the sun
But momma that's where the fun is
(chop sticks variation)
Some brimestone-baritone, anti-cyclone Rolling Stone
Preacher from the East, 
says dethrone the dictaphone, hit it in its funny bone
that's where they expect it least
It's a new mown chaperone 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 ear shot save the buckshot, turn up the band
(repeat Verse 2 "Silicon sister with a manager....")
(bridge)

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