Let's play "what does that song mean"

[PassInterference]

Blinded By The Light, by Manfred Mann

I understand the lyrics to this one changed over time. But here is what's mostly heard:

Blinded by the light,
Revved up like a deuce,
Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light,
Revved up like a deuce,
Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light,
Revved up like a deuce,
Another runner in the night

Madman drummers bummers,
Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat
In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps his way into his hat
With a boulder on my shoulder,
Feelin' kinda older,
I tripped the merry-go-round

With this very unpleasin',
Sneezin' and wheezin,
The calliope crashed to the ground
The calliope crashed to the ground

But she was...
Blinded by the light,
Revved up like a deuce,
Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light,
Revved up like a deuce,
Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light,
Revved up like a deuce,
Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light,
Revved up like a deuce,
Another runner in the night

Some silicone sister with a manager mister told me I go what it takes
She said "I'll turn you on sonny to something strong, play the song with the funky break"
And go-cart Mozart was checkin' out the weather chart to see if it was safe outside
And little Early-Pearly came by in his curly-wurly and asked me if I needed a ride
Asked me if I needed a ride

But she was...
Blinded by the light,
Revved up like a deuce,
Another runner in the night
Blinded by the light

She got down but she never got tired
She's gonna make it through the night
She's gonna make it through the night

I say its about drugs and being recruited to work in a porno.

[Dawg61]

I say it's about him becoming a rock star

[FISHDAWG]

gonna have to ask Bruce Springstein ... I think he was the one that wrote it but it sounds like his recording recruitment

[Political Hack]

he was playing on the playground while sick and had an accident, but a chick with a manager came and snatched him up I become a star and he went along because he was blinded by the starlight.

fairly decent assessment with the exception of the symbolism of his bumbling youth on the playground.