A bit more digging and you’ll find that it was originally written by a far more successful musician, Bruce Springsteen, in the early 70’s and Manfried Mann recorded their cover version in the mid 70’s. We’ve already found your match, though, the song is Blinded by the Light and it’s by Manfred Mann. Since a “deuce” is slang for a particular kind of hot rod (remember the Beach Boys “little deuce coupe”?) the latter makes a bit more sense to me… There’s also some confusion about whether it’s “wrapped up” or “revved up”. Unlike most people with tenuous memories of songs, you remembered the lyrics right, congratulations! The first match is from the site Am I Right?, where they state that this particular lyric from Manfred Mann’s song “Blinded by the Light” is commonly misheard (or misremembered) as “wrapped up like a douche”. Let’s just jump in and search for the phrase you list, but make sure that we surround it with quotes: This is a splendid job for Google, actually, particularly its ability to search for phrases rather than just collections of words.
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