Greetings from Asbury Park,NJ.

Released: 5.Jan.1973

The Essential

Released: 11.Nov.2003

Live In Dublin

BLINDED BY THE LIGHT

Lyrics By Bruce Springsteen

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 heading'

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 all right

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 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
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 a 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