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Misheard lyrics....

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Littletinytarzanswingingfromanosehair · 04/03/2023 09:04

Well I was born in the late 80's and I've only just realised the song lyric isnt;

"She's got better days aside"
Its she's got "Bette Davies eyes"

FFS.

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charliegirl86 · 20/04/2023 14:56

I thought Gabrielle was singing that "strange things are blue"

amusedbush · 20/04/2023 14:57

I recently realised I'd misheard the lyrics to "Hair" by Little Mix, which plays quite often on Heart Radio when I'm in the car.

The actual lyric is "he was just a dick and I knew it" but for months I'd been singing (loudly and with full confidence) "he was just a dick in a new wig".

sussexman · 20/04/2023 15:43

Babdoc · 19/04/2023 23:45

The Gene Cotton song “Me and the elephant” (will never forget you) has a first verse that I misheard.
It’s “We went down to the city zoo,
Just to kill an hour or two
In the good sunshine”
But it sounds like “Just to kill an owl or two”.
Which turns a beautiful sad song about being unable to forget his lost love, into a mad ditty about a couple of psychopathic bird murderers!

I'm all for songs about psychopathic bird murderers

Tom Lehrer - Poisoning Pigeons In The Park

Tom Lehrer on public domain (2020):https://tomlehrersongs.com/http://www.amazon.com/Tom-Lehrer-Collection-CD-DVD/dp/B0039TD73G/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhuMLpdnOjY

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Mostar · 20/04/2023 16:52

"As if I'd never noticed, the way she brushed her hair and farted" - Paul Simon, Graceland 😨

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