# Help with a lyric in a Springsteen song. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 22, 2004, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-lyric-in-a-springsteen-song/241339 "2004-04-22T02:33:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-lyric-in-a-springsteen-song/241339/1 "2004-04-22T02:33:49Z")
Entire lyrics [here](http://www.lyrics007.com/Bruce%20Springsteen%20Lyrics/BLINDED%20BY%20THE%20LIGHT%20Lyrics.html) > [@](#): > > 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. For yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeears I thought this was Douch. Which clearly made no sense. Now, after the subject came up at bowling, I googled it and discovered what it really is. But what does it _mean_? I know deuce means 2. Frankly, I’m as deep as a puddle of pee. Give me some insight, oh hipper and with it Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![WernhamHogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@WernhamHogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WernhamHogg)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-lyric-in-a-springsteen-song/241339/2 "2004-04-22T02:37:31Z")
Deuce means deuce coup. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-lyric-in-a-springsteen-song/241339/3 "2004-04-22T02:37:57Z")
That would be **douche** :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-lyric-in-a-springsteen-song/241339/4 "2004-04-22T02:38:40Z")
A deuce is a type of hot rod. Think “Little Deuce Coupe”. When Manfred Mann’s Earth Band did the far superior version of this song in 1976 they changed the line to “revved up like a deuce”. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-lyric-in-a-springsteen-song/241339/5 "2004-04-22T02:44:17Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > When Manfred Mann’s Earth Band did the far superior version of this song in 1976 they changed the line to “revved up like a deuce”. And I bet you liked William Shatner’s cover of “Lucy in the sky with diamonds” better than the original too, right? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-lyric-in-a-springsteen-song/241339/6 "2004-04-22T02:46:18Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > And I bet you liked William Shatner’s cover of “Lucy in the sky with diamonds” better than the original too, right? 😃 Well, no, but I did like Elton John’s version better. Now, if we’re talking “Rocket Man”… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-lyric-in-a-springsteen-song/241339/7 "2004-04-22T02:53:44Z")
From a forum devoted to Bruce Springsteen, [here is a discussion](http://discussions.brucespringsteen.net/thread.jsp?forum=33&thread=10594&message=257977) of the lyrics. Specifically, a “Deuce Coupe” is a 193 **2** [Ford Model B](http://www.bevenyoung.com.au/prdt1346.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-lyric-in-a-springsteen-song/241339/8 "2004-04-22T02:57:17Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > A deuce is a type of hot rod. Think “Little Deuce Coupe”. > > When Manfred Mann’s Earth Band did the far superior version of this song in 1976 they changed the line to “revved up like a deuce”. For an opinion like that, can we remove your charter member status or something? I’ma gonna call Weak-Kneed Willy and Big-Bones Billy to come and whip you into shape. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-lyric-in-a-springsteen-song/241339/9 "2004-04-22T03:00:37Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > For an opinion like that, can we remove your charter member status or something? > > I’ma gonna call Weak-Kneed Willy and Big-Bones Billy to come and whip you into shape. Bring it on. To quote Dave Grohl on Bruce: “If he’s the boss, I f\*ckin’ quit.” ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-lyric-in-a-springsteen-song/241339/10 "2004-04-22T03:09:45Z")
Oh. I am so dense. Still, it would be funnier [sizee=1] Psssst, shirl, funnier isn’t a word. [/size] if it was \*Revved up like a douche. \* Ok. It’s not that funny. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-lyric-in-a-springsteen-song/241339/11 "2004-04-22T03:10:16Z")
Don’t get me wrong, though. I admire the man for his dedication to his fans. I’ve heard about his marathon concerts. I like “Born to Run” and “Dancing in the Dark” (at least until MTV wore that crappy video). Otherwise, he just doesn’t do it for me. IMHO, of course. YBMV (your boss may vary :D) ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-lyric-in-a-springsteen-song/241339/12 "2004-04-22T03:10:51Z")
pssst. Shirley, you are an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![WernhamHogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@WernhamHogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WernhamHogg)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-lyric-in-a-springsteen-song/241339/13 "2004-04-22T03:11:25Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Well, no, but I did like Elton John’s version better. > > Now, if we’re talking “Rocket Man”… > > 😃 I know what you mean. William Hung as really made that song his own. ---
**Author:** ![WernhamHogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@WernhamHogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WernhamHogg)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-lyric-in-a-springsteen-song/241339/14 "2004-04-22T03:15:01Z")
Of course “funnier” is a word. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-lyric-in-a-springsteen-song/241339/15 "2004-04-22T03:47:24Z")
> [@](#): > > Of course “funnier” is a word. I meant _funner_ which I didn’t think was a word until I looked it up. [Funner](http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=funner) Hmm. ---
**Author:** ![WernhamHogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@WernhamHogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WernhamHogg)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-lyric-in-a-springsteen-song/241339/16 "2004-04-22T03:54:49Z")
Well, funnier is worder than funner.