![words to song blinded by the light words to song blinded by the light](https://www.musicnotes.com/images/productimages/large/mtd/MN0085319.gif)
It is still a radio classic, played many times a day, every day. It actually debuted on the charts on November 20, 1976, and reached the top 13 weeks later, while A New Kid in Town by the Eagles was number two. It tanked as a single, but Manfred Mann’s later cover of it was number one on Billboard’s Top 100 for the week of February 19, 1977. At that point, most all the other band members were out of town, so Springsteen played most of the instruments himself, along with “Spirit of the Night.” It was an add on since the label wasn’t happy with the first version of album. Again, the song is about riding around town in your car, and the line is “revved up like a deuce.” Deuce means “Deuce coupe” which refers to a 1932 Ford Coupe, the hot-rod of its day.īlinded by the Light was the first single released on Springsteen’s first album with Columbia Records, Greetings from Asbury, Park, N.J., in 1973. Some who understand that the word is ‘deuce’ instead of ‘douche’ still mishear the lyrics as ‘wrapped up like a deuce’ which still makes no sense. What Does Deuce Mean in Blinded by the Light? As in “wrapped up like a douche,” at least in the Manfred Mann version, the one people remember from the radio.
![words to song blinded by the light words to song blinded by the light](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fHI8X4OXluQ/maxresdefault.jpg)
Most people remember hearing a word they couldn’t believe could be on the radio: douche. Case closed - you're welcome :).These are not the lines people remember. The madmen being a foreshadowing for the syphilis, cuz if left untreated will make you go mad, like Howard Hughes, and the drummers bummers (or the drips mips form the gonna-a-syphilis), well you get it. In the service, we called it a peanut butter shot, cuz it feels like a big cold blob of pb in your butt check, which brings us back to the beginning. And him catching an STD, is made apparent when he sees the girls dancing on the corner he gets a quick reminder of the cold moonstone (cuz he had just got a penicillin shot to the butt) which, if you were in the military you got in boot camp, or in his case from the gonna-a-syphilis, it definitely feels like a cold stone on your moon. The following stanza is where he's in the doctors room getting his check up, blinded by the doctors light, hit in the funny bone, his escapades have landed him here, where the fun's at. The curly wurly is his mustache as he got a jolt from the early perly (aka bugger sugar) and with that he was ready to ride the lightning. The silicone sister and her manager mister (pimp) were now also looking for him, so he's running again. Him getting the sneezing and wheezing was cuz he caught the gonna-a-syphilis from the hooker he was getting freaky with.
![words to song blinded by the light words to song blinded by the light](http://img.picturequotes.com/2/927/926237/whether-someone-wants-to-learn-the-words-to-a-new-lady-gaga-song-they-heard-on-the-radio-or-to-quote-1.jpg)
He saw the light when a cop car pulled up (spot light), tripped over the merry-go-round as he was making a break for it, (that's where the running like an Indian comes into play) cuz he was wearing his native suit. The boulder on the shoulder is a reference to him coping a feel, "over the shoulder boulder holder" is another name for a bra. Until it hit the ground, then it became apparent that it had come off. It starts off with him getting lucky in the park with a call girl, as he pumps his way into his hat (condom) or so he thought.