Blinded by the Light

I’m sure you’ve heard Blinded by the Light by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band. I heard it on the radio again the other day and started to sing along … or at least I THOUGHT I was singing along with the correct lyrics.

See, all this time, all these many years, I thought the chorus was:

Blinded by the light,

Wrapped up like a douche

In the middle of the night. 

… and I could never figure out why (or how) someone could wrap up a douche, especially in the middle of the night when s/he should be sleeping.

So I checked out the lyrics yesterday just to make sure. Turns out the correct lines are:

Blinded by the light,

Revved up like a deuce,

Another runner in the night. 

Good grief. I felt like a douche in the middle of the night.