Blinded by the Light

[Liberal]

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_148.html

Despite what the official lyrics say, I’ve always heard it as “Revved up like a Deuce”.

There is precedent for switched lyrics. In Elton John’s Rocket Man, Bernie Taupin actually wrote “Burnin’ out his fuel up here alone.” But on the studio recording, Elton sings it as “Burnin’ out his fuse up here alone.”

[DSYoungEsq]

@Liberal

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_148.html

Despite what the official lyrics say, I’ve always heard it as “Revved up like a Deuce”.

There is precedent for switched lyrics. In Elton John’s Rocket Man, Bernie Taupin actually wrote “Burnin’ out his fuel up here alone.” But on the studio recording, Elton sings it as “Burnin’ out his fuse up here alone.”

Interesting. Cite available? I love looking into that sort of thing; lyrics are a fun way of keeping an eye on society.

[Qadgop_the_Mercotan]

@Liberal

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_148.html
Despite what the official lyrics say, I’ve always heard it as “Revved up like a Deuce”.

Then I suspect you’ve been listening to Manfred Mann’s cover, not Springsteen’s original.

Mann’s version could surely go either way “wrapped” or “revved”. But Springsteen says quite distinctly that it’s “Cut loose like a deuce”.

[Liberal]

@DSYoungEsq

Interesting. Cite available? I love looking into that sort of thing; lyrics are a fun way of keeping an eye on society.

For Elton-Taupin, you mean? I guess the album cover (or insert on earlier vinyl versions) would be a cite for “fuel” and the track itself for “fuse”.

@Qadgop

Then I suspect you’ve been listening to Manfred Mann’s cover, not Springsteen’s original.

Yes, I believe you’re right.

[DSYoungEsq]

Thanks! I’ll have to go see if I can track that down.

<Scotty Voice>Album cover. How quaint.</Scotty Voice>

[Liberal]

Elton used to have the most magnificent album inserts. These were high quality pamphlets with lyrics and pictures and credits. Then later, the inserts were dropped, and lyrics were printed on either a sleeve or the insides of double albums. I used to have the original full-blown deals for all his albums through Captain Fantastic before selling them to a collector.

[John_W.Kennedy]

Heck, I can trace that sort of thing back to 1728. The printed lyrics of a song from the play Double Falshood; or, The Distrest Lovers begin “Fond Echo! forego thy light Strain” in every printing, but the sheet music begins “Fond Eccho, forbear thy light Strain” in every printing.