Blinded By The Light 
As rearranged and recorded by Manfred Mann's Earth Band


[Chorus] (Repeat 3x to fade)

            
blinded by the

 
 light
             
Revved up like

             
 a deuce anoth

   
er runner in t

he night


[Verse]

             
Madman drummer

              
s bummers and 

             
Indians in the

              
 summer with a

             
 teenage diplo

   
mat
              
In the dumps w

              
ith the mumps 

             
as the adolesc

              
ent pumps his 

            
way into his h

at
              
With a boulder

              
 on my shoulde

             
r feelin' kind

             
a older I trip

              
ped the merry-

   
go-round
              
With this very

             
 unpleasing sn

              
eezing and whe

             
ezing the call

              
iope crashed t

      
o the ground

             
the calliope c

              
rashed to the 


ground and she

 was...


[Chorus]

            
blinded by the

 
 light
             
Revved up like

             
 a deuce anoth

   
er runner in t

he night
            
Blinded by the

  
 light


[Verse]

             
Some silicone 

              
sister with he

              
r manager's mi

             
ster told me I

              
 got what it t

  
akes
              
She said I'll 

             
turn you on so

              
nny to somethi

              
ng strong if y

              
ou play that s

             
ong with the f

         
unky break
             
And go-cart Mo

              
zart was check

              
in' out the we

              
ather chart to

             
 see if it was

         
 safe outside
             
And little Ear

              
ly-Pearly came

              
 in by her cur

              
ly-wurly and a

             
sked me if I n

           
eeded a ride

             
asked me if I 

             
needed a ride 


and she was...


[Chorus]

            
blinded by the

 
 light
             
Revved up like

             
 a deuce anoth

   
er runner in t

he night
            
Blinded by the

         
 light she got

              
 down but she 

              
never got tigh

             
t,  she's gonn

            
a make it thor

   
ugh the night
             
she's gonna ma

           
ke it thorugh 


the night


[Solo]


[Bridge]

             
Mama always to

              
ld me not to l

              
ook into the e

             
yes of the sun
             
but mama that'

              
s where the fu

              
n is.....ooh


[Verse]

             
Some brimstone

             
 baritone anti

              
cyclone rollin

             
g stone preach

            
er from the ea

st
              
says: "Dethron

              
e the dictapho

             
ne, hit it in 

              
its funny bone

             
, that's where

              
 they expect i

       
t least"
              
And some new-m

              
own chaperone 

             
was standin' i

             
n the corner w

              
atchin' the yo

          
ung girls danc

e
             
And some fresh

              
-sown moonston

             
e was messin' 

              
with his froze

      
n zone remindi

ng him of roma

nce

             
the calliope c

              
rashed to the 


ground and she

 was...


[Chorus]

            
blinded by the

 
 light
             
Revved up like

             
 a deuce anoth

   
er runner in t

he night
            
Blinded by the

  
 light

            
blinded by the

 
 light
             
cut loose like

             
 a deuce anoth

   
er runner in t

he night
            
Blinded by the

  
 light


[Outro]

              
Scott with a s

             
lingshot final

              
ly found a ten

             
der spot and t

              
hrows his love

         
r in the sand
              
And some blood

              
shot forget-me

             
-not says Dadd

              
y's within ear

              
shot save the 

             
buckshot turn 

       
up the band

             
She got down b

              
ut she never g

             
ot tight she's

             
 gonna' make i

       
t through the 

night.