# Blinded By The Light

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blinded-by-the-light/272289>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 1, 2004, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blinded-by-the-light/272289 "2004-11-01T09:42:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blinded-by-the-light/272289/1 "2004-11-01T09:42:59Z")

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How do the Manfred Mann lyrics compare to Bruce Springsteen’s? Are they simply a subset of the original verses? Did they change or add any verses? And last, that timeless question, are they singing “cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night”? Or, did they tweek with these words a little because it SURE don’t sound like “cut loose…” to me! :eek:

After all these years, what’s the skinny on this one? Perhaps it ranks up there with those ever-evasive Who’s “Who Are You” lyrics? - Jinx

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lodoen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b3f665/32.png) [@Jeff\_Lodoen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lodoen)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blinded-by-the-light/272289/2 "2004-11-01T10:02:58Z")

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I was pondering the Springsteen/Manfred Mann connection. They covered “Spirit In The Night” before “Blinded” and then “For You” in 1980.

What was the connection?

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**Author:** ![Heller\_Highwater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@Heller\_Highwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heller_Highwater)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blinded-by-the-light/272289/3 "2004-11-01T12:48:41Z")

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I don’t know all the lyrics in either/both versions of the song, but I do seem to recall Cecil doing a column on the “cut loose like a deuce” line…

Yep. [The Master speaks.](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_148.html) So, I guess the lyrics were changed in the Manfred Mann version to “wrapped up like a deuce.” Either way, I still enjoy listening to the song. It always seems to be on the radio for some reason…maybe it’s just me. 🙂