Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen - Blinded By The Light songtekst
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Geschreven door Bruce Springsteen voor zijn debuutalbum Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. in 1973. Springsteen had een eerste versie van zijn album bezorgd aan de platenmaatschappij en die vonden dat er een potentiële single ontbrak. Hij schreef als antwoord Blinded by the light en Spirit in the night. Het was een vrij persoonlijke tekst met personages en gebeurtenissen die Springsteen zelf ervaren had. Zijn eigen single-versie deed het niet goed en stond zelfs niet in de hitlijsten. Het was zijn eerste single en was nog niet zo bekend. 3 jaar later zou Manfred Mann's Earth Band met een cover wel scoren en zelfs op nr 1 staan. Meteen ook de enige keer dat een nummer van Springsteen op nr 1 in de VS zou staan, ondanks zijn grootse carrière.
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 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 f resh-sown moonstone was messin' with his frozen zone to remind him of the feeling of romance Yeah lie was blinded by the light 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 witn 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 rice. 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 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