Lyric discussion by misDKfits 

No, you are mistaken sorry. The song is about partying too hard with coke. 1.Blinded by the light = Pupils dilated 2.Runner = staying up through the night 3.Revved up like a duece = Wired 4. Tripped the merry - go round=Felt so wild 5. Told me I've got what it takes=meaning he's or she's so wild he can do the stuff without dying because it's so strong 6."I'll turn you on..."= Give you something (it's a slang i.e.Turn me on to a joint) 7.,Play the song with the funky break." = Play a song to groove too while they are wired. 8. checkin' out the weather charts to see if it was safe outside = Make sure there are no cops around 9. Early Burly asked me if I needed a ride = Someone early in the morning that wanted to pick him up because he was hitch hiking. 10. She got down but she never got tired = She's not wired anymore but she's not downed either 11. She's gonna make it through the night = She didn't O.D. The lyrics plainly state it, if you know slang.

not every song is about drugs, especially manfred mann

This is deffinatly the best one that i have saw and everyone is clueless bc u are 100% correct... N to everyoneelse..watch the movie "Blow"

or it could be about a car wreck. blinded by the light= headlights or the sun runner=sum1 going to get help= revved up like a deuce= a deuce was a type of car. revved up like a deuce another runner in the night basically a runner is revving up a deuce to get help.

see not every song has to be about drugs. its potheads like u that have to ruin everything

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