Vol. 07 · Misheard ·1976
"Revved up like a douche, another runner in the night."
That isn't the lyric.
What you hear
"Revved up like a douche, another runner in the night."
What's actually sung
"Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night." Blinded by the Light — Manfred Mann's Earth Band (1976)
Why the ear defaults
Springsteen wrote "deuce" (a 1932 Ford hot-rod). Manfred Mann's cover pronounces it unfamiliarly — the American ear reaches for the word it knows.
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