Blinded By The Light As rearranged and recorded by Manfred Mann's Earth Band CHORUS (Repeat 3x to fade) A B E blinded by the light A B E Revved up like a deuce another runner in the night E A B E Madman drummers bummers and Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat A B E In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps his way into his hat A B E With a boulder on my shoulder feelin' kinda older I tripped the merry-go-round A B E With this very unpleasing sneezing and wheezing the calliope crashed to the ground B E the calliope crashed to the ground and she was... CHORUS A B E blinded by the light A B E Revved up like a deuce another runner in the night A B E Blinded by the light B A E Some silicone sister with her manager's mister told me I got what it takes B A E She said I'll turn you on sonny to something strong if you play that song with the funky break B A E And go-cart Mozart was checkin' out the weather chart to see if it was safe outside B A E And little Early-Pearly came in by her curly-wurly and asked me if I needed a ride A E C#m asked me if I needed a ride and she was... CHORUS A B E blinded by the light A B E Revved up like a deuce another runner in the night A B E C#m B A E A E C#m Blinded by the light she got down but she never got tight, she's gonna make it thorugh the night A E A E C#m she's gonna make it thorugh the night B A Mama always told me not to look into the eyes of the sun E A E A but mama that's where the fun is.....ooh E A B E Some brimstone baritone anticyclone rolling stone preacher from the east A B E says: "Dethrone the dictaphone, hit it in its funny bone, that's where they expect it least" A B E And some new-mown chaperone was standin' in the corner watchin' the young girls dance E A B And some fresh-sown moonstone was messin' with his frozen zone reminding him of romance B E the calliope crashed to the ground and she was... CHORUS A B E blinded by the light A B E Revved up like a deuce another runner in the night A B E Blinded by the light A B E blinded by the light A B E cut loose like a deuce another runner in the night A B E Blinded by the light A B E Scott with a slingshot finally found a tender spot and throws his lover in the sand A B E And some bloodshot forget-me-not says Daddy's within earshot save the buckshot turn up the band B A E A E C#m She got down but she never got tight she's gonna' make it through the night.
