Saturday October 3, 2020 “Blinded by the Light” Manfred Mann’s Earth Band

Let's just start with the idea that you could include many of the actual lyrics as ‘misheard’ versions and probably get no argument from anyone.

And we’re going with the Manfred Mann version because, well I like it better than the Springsteen version and yes Virginia there really is a Manfred Mann. Actually Manfred Lubowitz, a South African multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter although most of the Manfred Mann vocals were handled by other members of the group.  

And let’s not forget that Manfred Mann brought us one of the first frivolous Friday songs, their classic “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” written by Brill Building veterans Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich who we have encountered many times in past songs of the day.

When recording this tune the band couldn’t find a comfortable way to get from the chorus to the verse and so Manfred created this little keyboard theme which it turns out is actually a slight variation on “Chopsticks”.

Lots of hits for these guys both as Manfred Mann and the Earth Band and interestingly the majority are covers, at least here in the U.S.

So we could have gone with a lot of these lyrics but let’s stick with the most frequently misheard lyric (perhaps the most frequently misheard of all of these mondegreens) and go with the family version of the misheard lyric:  Wrapped up like a goose that’s run over in the night”.  Correct lyrics below.

Stay safe and well...and I hope you will include the goose version in future versions as you sing along.

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...

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'
Sneasin' and wheesin'
The calliopie crashed to the ground

The calliopie 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...

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-kart Mozart
Was checkin' out the weather chart
Seein' if it was safe out side

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
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 it's 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 messin' with his frozen zone
Remindin' him of romance

The callalopie 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
(Blinded by the light)
Indians in the summer with a
Teenage diplomat
(Revved up like a deuce,
Another runner in the night)

In the dumps with the mumps
(Blinded by the light)
As the adolescent pumps
His way into his hat
(Revved up like a deuce,
Another runner in the night)

With a boulder on my shoulder
(Blinded by the light)
Feelin kinda older,
I tripped the merry-go-round
(Revved up like a deuce,
Another runner in the night)

With this very unpleasin'
(Blinded by the light)
Sneasin' and wheesin'
The calliopie crashed to the ground
(Revved up like a deuce,
Another runner in the night)

Now Scott with a slingshot
(Blinded by the light)
Finally found a tender spot
And throws his lover in the sand
(Revved up like a deuce,
Another runner in the night)

And some bloodshot forget-me-not
(Blinded by the light)
Said "daddy's within earshot,
Save the buckshot - turn up the band"
(Revved up like a deuce,
Another runner in the night)

Some silicone sister
(Blinded by the light)
With a manager mister
Told me I got what it takes
(Revved up like a deuce,
Another runner in the night)

She said "I'll turn you on sonny
(Blinded by the light)
To something strong"

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