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by Bruce Springsteen


Blinded by the Light - 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 
sand
                                                                    
                      
And some bloodshot forget-menot whispers daddy's within earshot save the buckshot turn 
the band

                           
And she was blinded by the light
                                    
Ooh 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 anticyclone 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 
dance
                                                                    
                           
And some fresh-sown moonstone was messin' with his frozen zone to remind him of the 
of romance

                           
Yeah he was blinded by the light
                                    
Ooh 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 some dude with a calling card, he said, 
what you like, but don't do it here
                                                                     
                         
Well I jumped up, turned around, spit in the air, fell on the ground, asked wich was the 
back home
                                                                            
                 
He said take a right at the light, keep going straight until right, and then boy you're 
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 
boys to laugh too soon
                                                                             
                          
And some kidnapped handicap was complaining that he caught the clap from some mousetrap 
bought last night
                                                                    
                     
Well I unsnapped his skull cap and between his ears I saw a gap but he'd figured he'd be 
right

                         
He was just blinded by the light
                                    
Ooh 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


                                
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