1309 – Bruce Springsteen – Blinded by the light (1973)

Escrita por Bruce Springsteen, foi gravada em 11 de setembro de 1972 e lançada em 5 de janeiro de 1973 no disco Greetings from Asbury Park e depois lançada em compacto em fevereiro de 1973 com The Angel como Lado B. Incrivelmente uma versão da Manfred Mann's Earth Band, de 1977, conseguiu o número 1 no Billboard Hot100, atingindo TOP10 também no Reino Unido, Nova Zelandia e Canadá. Bruce disse que a compôs com um dicionário de rimas, pra poder achar as palavras apropriadas. Madman drummers se refere a Vini Lopez, conhecido como Madman. Indians in the summer era o nome do time de Bruce quando era pequeno. Teenager diplomat se refere à sua personalidade quando era adolescente. Bruce cantou, tocou guitarra, baixo e teclados. Vini Mad Dog Lopez tocou bateria e fez backing vocals. Clarence Clemons tocou sax e fez backing vocals. Harold Wheeler tocou piano.

A letra:

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
Oh, 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
Oh, 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

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