[drjimmy]

Cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night.

In the Manfred Mann's Earth Band version that was a radio hit, the lyrics were changed to "Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night." I always that it was "Wrapped up like a douche, another runner in the night."

[Petronski]

Springsteen was writing/singing about a girl who got freaked out and left in a hurry. Who knows what Manfred Mann was thinking.