Blinded by the light
by Bruce Springsteen
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Madman drummers bummers and 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 unpleasing sneezing and wheezing, the calliope crashed to the ground
Some all-hot half-shot was headin´ for the hot spot, snappin´ his fingers, clappin´ his hands
And some fleshpot mascot was tied into a lover´s knot with a whatnot in her hand
And now young Scott with a slingshot finally found a tender spot and throws his lover in the sand
And some bloodshot forget-me-not whispers, "Daddy´s within earshot, save the buckshot, turn up the band"
And she was blinded by the light
Cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
She got down but she never got tight, but she´ll make it alright
Some brimstone baritone anti-cyclone rolling stone preacher from the East
He says, "Dethrone the dictaphone, hit it in its funny bone, that´s where they expect it least"
And some new-mown chaperone was standin´ in the corner all alone, watchin´ the young girls dance
And some fresh-sown moonstone was messin´ with his frozen zone to remind him of the feeling of romance
Yeah, he was blinded by the light
Cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
He got down but he never got tight, but he´s gonna make it tonight
Some silicone sister with her manager´s mister told me I got what it takes
She said, "I´ll turn you on, sonny, to something strong if you play that song with the funky break"
And Go-Cart Mozart was checkin´ out the weather chart to see if it was safe to go outside
And little Early-Pearly came by in her curly-wurly and asked me if I needed a ride
Oh, some hazard from Harvard was skunked on beer, playin´ backyard bombardier
Yes, and Scotland Yard was trying hard, they sent some dude with a calling card, he said, "Do what you like, but don´t do it here"
Well, I jumped up, turned around, spit in the air, fell on the ground and asked him which was the way back home
He said, "Take a right at the light, keep goin´ straight until night, and then, boy, you´re on your own"
And now in Zanzibar, a shootin´ star was ridin´ in a side car, hummin´ a lunar tune
Yes, and the avatar said, "Blow the bar but first remove the cookie jar, we´re gonna teach those boys to laugh too soon"
And some kidnapped handicap was complainin´ that he caught the clap from some mousetrap he bought last night
Well, I unsnapped his skull cap and between his ears I saw a gap but figured he´d be all right
He was just blinded by the light
Cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
Mama always told me not to look into the sights of the sun
Oh, but Mama, that´s where the fun is
I was blinded
I was blinded
I was blinded
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 unpleasing sneezing and wheezing, the calliope crashed to the ground
Some all-hot half-shot was headin´ for the hot spot, snappin´ his fingers, clappin´ his hands
And some fleshpot mascot was tied into a lover´s knot with a whatnot in her hand
And now young Scott with a slingshot finally found a tender spot and throws his lover in the sand
And some bloodshot forget-me-not whispers, "Daddy´s within earshot, save the buckshot, turn up the band"
And she was blinded by the light
Cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
She got down but she never got tight, but she´ll make it alright
Some brimstone baritone anti-cyclone rolling stone preacher from the East
He says, "Dethrone the dictaphone, hit it in its funny bone, that´s where they expect it least"
And some new-mown chaperone was standin´ in the corner all alone, watchin´ the young girls dance
And some fresh-sown moonstone was messin´ with his frozen zone to remind him of the feeling of romance
Yeah, he was blinded by the light
Cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
He got down but he never got tight, but he´s gonna make it tonight
Some silicone sister with her manager´s mister told me I got what it takes
She said, "I´ll turn you on, sonny, to something strong if you play that song with the funky break"
And Go-Cart Mozart was checkin´ out the weather chart to see if it was safe to go outside
And little Early-Pearly came by in her curly-wurly and asked me if I needed a ride
Oh, some hazard from Harvard was skunked on beer, playin´ backyard bombardier
Yes, and Scotland Yard was trying hard, they sent some dude with a calling card, he said, "Do what you like, but don´t do it here"
Well, I jumped up, turned around, spit in the air, fell on the ground and asked him which was the way back home
He said, "Take a right at the light, keep goin´ straight until night, and then, boy, you´re on your own"
And now in Zanzibar, a shootin´ star was ridin´ in a side car, hummin´ a lunar tune
Yes, and the avatar said, "Blow the bar but first remove the cookie jar, we´re gonna teach those boys to laugh too soon"
And some kidnapped handicap was complainin´ that he caught the clap from some mousetrap he bought last night
Well, I unsnapped his skull cap and between his ears I saw a gap but figured he´d be all right
He was just blinded by the light
Cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
Mama always told me not to look into the sights of the sun
Oh, but Mama, that´s where the fun is
I was blinded
I was blinded
I was blinded
