#and little early-pearly came by in her curly-wurly and asked me if i needed a ride'

[emodanascully]

in other news all the people who say that bruce springsteen put too many words into the songs on his first two records have no taste and are quite frankly crazy

[breezingby]

Blinded By The Light ~ Manfred Mann’s Earth Band

Blinded by the light Revved up like a deuce Another runner in the night Blinded by the light

Madman drummer 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 Feeling kinda older I tripped a merry-go-round With this very unpleasing Sneezing and wheezing The calliope crashed to the ground 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

Some silicone sister With her 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-kart Mozart Was checking 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

'Cause 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 tight She's gonna make it to 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 eyes 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 its funny bone That's where they expect it least." And some new mown chaperone Was standing in the corner Watching the young girls dance And some fresh-sown moonstone Was messing 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

(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)

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

(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)

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

(And now 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.)

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 her manager mister told me I got what it takes She said I'll turn you on sonny to something strong)

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

[clacclo]

BLINDED BY THE LIGHT

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 what not 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 she 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 in by 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 a dude with a calling card,

he said, do what you like, but don't do it here

Well I jumped up, turnedaround, spit in the air, fell on the ground

Asked him wich 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

Excerpts from

Liberty Hall, Houston, TX, 09/03/1974

Joe's Place, Cambridge, MA 06/01/1974

Muther's Music Emporium, Nashville, TN 29/01/1974

Joe's Place, Boston, MA 06/01/1974:

Live in Dublin with The Seeger's Session Band, November 2006:

ACCECATI DALLA LUCE

Batteristi pazzi vagabondi e indiani in estatecon un diplomatico teen-ager

Nei casini con gli orecchioni mentre l'adolescente seguela sua strada nel suo cappello

Con un macigno sulle spalle sentendomi un po' più vecchio

io ho fatto un giro sulla giostra

Con questi davvero sgradevoli starnuti e gemiti la calliope si è frantumata al suolo

Qualche ubriaco su di giri puntava verso il night

schioccando le dita battendo le mani

E una qualche mascotte di un casino era immischiata in qualche cosa che poi si ritrovò tra le mani

E adesso il giovane Scott con una fionda in mano ha infine

trovato un posto morbido e lancia la sua bella sulla sabbia

E qualche nontiscordardime sporco di sangue bisbiglia papà è con l'orecchio teso risparmiate i colpi sparpagliate la banda

E lei fu accecata dalla luce

Libera come il peccato un'altra fuggitiva nella notte

Accecata dalla luce

Caduta così in basso da non riuscire più a trovarsi, ma andrà tutto bene

Qualche impertinente baritono anticiclonico predicatore pietra rotolante dell'est

Dice: "detronizzate il dittafono, colpitelo nell'osso sacro, che è dove se lo aspettano di meno"

E qualche chaperone fresco fresco era in piedi all'angolo tutto solo guardava le ragazze ballare

E un qualche fiore sbocciato di fresco si era intromesso nella sua zona ghiacciata per ricordargli il sentimento romantico

Sì lui fu accecato dalla luce

Libero come il peccato un altro fuggitivo nella notte

Accecato dalla luce

Caduto così in basso da non riuscire più a trovarsi, ma andrà tutto bene stanotte

Qualche sorellina al silicone con lo scagnozzo del suo mister mi disse che avevo quel che ci voleva

Disse ti accenderò ragazzo mio, con qualcosa di forte se tu suoni quella canzone dal ritmo funky,

E go-cart Mozart stava controllando la cartina meteorologica per vedere se era possibile uscire fuori

E la piccola Early-Pearly si avvicinò con il suo macinino scassato e mi chiese se avessi bisogno di un passaggio,

Oh, un giocatore d'azzardo di Harvard è stato fregato a birra giocando nel cortile di un bombardiere

Sì e Scotland Yard cercava di fare del suo meglio, mandò un duro con un biglietto da visita,

che disse, fate quello che vi pare, ma non fatelo qui

Bhe, io sono saltato su, ho girato intorno, sputato in aria, ricaduto in terra

Chiesto a lui quale fosse la strada per tornare a casa

Mi disse prendi a destra verso il sole, continua ad andare dritto fino a che non è notte, e poi ragazzo, sei solo

E ora, in Zanzibar una stella cadente era alla guida di un side-car mormorando una melodia lunare

Sì, e un'apparizione disse fai saltare in aria il bar ma prima porta via il barattolo dei biscotti insegneremo a quei ragazzi cosa succede a ridere troppo presto

E un qualche handicappato rapito si commiserava peraver preso un colpo da una qualche trappola per topi che aveva comprato la notte prima,

Così gli ho tolto il berretto e tra le sue orecchie ho visto una ferita ma ho pensato che stesse bene

Lui fu solo accecato dalla luce

Libero come il peccato un altro fuggitivo nella notte

Accecato dalla luce

Mamma mi diceva sempre di non guardare direttamente il sole

Oh ma mamma è proprio lì che c'è il divertimento

Vh1 Storytellers 2005 (acoustic):

[psychterminal]

Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded by the Light

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

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

Feeling kinda older

I tripped a merry-go-round

With this very unpleasing

Sneezing and wheezing

The calliope crashed to the ground

The calliope crashed to the ground

Oh, she was 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

Blinded by the light

Wrapped up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Some silicone sister

With her manager mister

Told me I've got what it takes

She said

"I'll turn you on, sonny, to something strong

Play the song with the funky break"

And go-kart Mozart

Was checking 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

'Cause she was blinded by the light

Wrapped up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light

She got down but she never got tight

She's gonna make it to 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 eyes 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 its funny bone

That's where they expect it least"

And some new mown chaperone

Was standing in the corner

Watching the young girls dance

And some fresh-sown moonstone

Was messing with his frozen zone

Reminding him of romance

The calliope crashed to the ground

'Cause she was 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

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

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

Blinded by the light

Wrapped 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

Feeling kinda older

I tripped a merry-go-round

With this very unpleasing

Sneezing and wheezing

The calliope crashed to the ground

Now Scott with a slingshot

Finally 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 and turn up the band"

Some silicone sister

With her manager mister

Told me I've got what it takes

She said,

"I'll turn you on, sonny, to something strong"

She got down but she never got tight

She's gonna make it through the night

[pinkbulletins]

Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded by the Light

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

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

Feeling kinda older

I tripped a merry-go-round

With this very unpleasing

Sneezing and wheezing

The calliope crashed to the ground

The calliope crashed to the ground

Oh, she was 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

Blinded by the light

Wrapped up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Some silicone sister

With her manager mister

Told me I've got what it takes

She said

"I'll turn you on, sonny, to something strong

Play the song with the funky break"

And go-kart Mozart

Was checking 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

'Cause she was blinded by the light

Wrapped up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light

She got down but she never got tight

She's gonna make it to 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 eyes 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 its funny bone

That's where they expect it least"

And some new mown chaperone

Was standing in the corner

Watching the young girls dance

And some fresh-sown moonstone

Was messing with his frozen zone

Reminding him of romance

The calliope crashed to the ground

'Cause she was 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

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

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

Blinded by the light

Wrapped 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

Feeling kinda older

I tripped a merry-go-round

With this very unpleasing

Sneezing and wheezing

The calliope crashed to the ground

Now Scott with a slingshot

Finally 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 and turn up the band"

Some silicone sister

With her manager mister

Told me I've got what it takes

She said,

"I'll turn you on, sonny, to something strong"

She got down but she never got tight

She's gonna make it through the night