Madman drummers bummers and Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps his way into his hat

Here, like in the rest of the song, Springsteen is alluding to various moments from childhood summers using a flash of imagery to describe playing with Vini "Mad Dog" Lopez, his original drummer, and his little league team, the Indians, as well as getting sick -- the mumps -- and jerking off.

With a boulder on my shoulder, feelin' kinda older, I tripped the merry-go-round With this very unpleasing sneezing and wheezing, the calliope crashed to the ground

This self referential moment is a shot at his younger know-it-all self with a massive chip on his shoulder.

Cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night

This is one of the most misunderstood lyrics in music history. The Manfred Mann version says "revved up" instead of "cut loose," but neither say "douche" as many would believe. The Boss is talking about a car -- a deuce coupe -- or some say a motorcycle. Either way, someone was getting revved up and not like a douche.

Some silicone sister with her manager's mister told me I got what it takes She said, "I'll turn you on, sonny, to something strong if you play that song with the funky break"

Springsteen claims this to be the first reference to breast implants in rock music. He's probably right as he talks about typical drunk patrons at a bar -- in this case, a stripper -- in the same way Billy Joel crooned "they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar and say, 'Man, what are you doing here?'" in "Piano Man."

And Go-Cart Mozart was checkin' out the weather chart to see if it was safe to go outside And little Early-Pearly came by in her curly-wurly and asked me if I needed a ride

Go-Cart Mozart was another character from his childhood. "Early-Pearly" is a curly-haired woman on a motorcycle who visits him in the morning and flashes her smile, or pearly whites, at him.