OK---here is another OT song question..

[JustMe]

This is like the question below about Vanhalen. But, for this song I don't remember the group. The song is Blinded By the Light.

The line in the refrain..."Blinded By the Light"
"Wrapped up like a ?

what is he saying there.....as a kid my friends and I swore he was saying douche...LOL.............Jodi

 

[KatieDid]

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Apr-26-02 AT 08:23PM (Est)[/font][p]deuce


why? I have no idea

http://www.kissthisguy.com/real.html (These are supposed to be the actual lyrics)

 

[JustMe]

Thanks, KatieDid...I have been trying to figure this for about 20 years.

Now, can someone tell me what the line means with the word deuce?

Jodi

 

[KatieDid]

The web page I put up in the other post has a good story on the song and the lyrics. Maybe that will help?

 

[AndreaW]

My spelling is bad, but the band is Manfred Mans Earth Band.
Andrea

 

[lorax]

Knowing Bruce's affinity for cars in his earlier lyrics my guess is "revved up like a deuce" has something to do with an engine.
My favorite Bruce car song is "Cadillac Ranch". The Boss rocks!

Lorrie

 

[candice]

Thanks Jodi for posting this question! We've always thought it was douche too!

 

[JustMe]

The car reference makes sense with the lyrics. I am just glad I wasn't the only one who thought it was douche all these years.....Jodi

 

[susan-lynn]

LOL - I thought it was douche too!!! Never did make much sense to me.

Another one I found out on that site was Zeppelin (Black Dog)

...I don't know but I've been told, a ............... woman ain't got no soul.

It always sounded like: a bee-line woman ain't got no soul
(made NO sense)

But really it's: I don't know but I've been told, a big-legged woman ain't got no soul.
LOL