I have an incorrigible tendency to get lyrics wrong to songs. There are all sorts of reasons I've come up with to explain this pathetic phenomenon, but I'm not going there. I know I'm not alone, but this tendency is obnoxious.
Here are some examples, in no particular order, as they come to mind:
1. The CCR song "It Ain't Me" for some reason translated into "Ganymede" (as in the pock-marked Jupiterian moon and whatever oddball of Greek mythology the moon was named after). I even humiliated myself by correcting someone who called it, strangely enough, by its correct name (which, if you haven't been paying attention, is "It Ain't Me").
2. "Blinded by the Light" has tripped up countless people. What I think few people know is that Bruce Sprinsteen, as yet undiscovered, wrote the lyrics. I have no personal knowledge of this, but I don't have any personal knowledge about much of anything, so I think it's ok to say it with that beautiful disclaimer.
3. Talking about CCR (John Fogerty runs my head in silly directions, apparently), "Proud Mary" baffles me. I'm pretty sure that something happened in Memphis and something else in New Orleans, but I'm not sure what.
4. "Band on the Run" by the Wings became "Man on the Run" in my little, twisted mind. I'm not sure what either means, but I'm sure it refers to something important--at least of commensurate importance with this post.
5. When I was younger than I am today (that should narrow it down), "That's All" came out by Genesis. I thought it was called "That Song" for a while. When I discovered the true name I also soon discovered that I wasn't the only one confused--I was signing it in the car the correct way when a sibling of mine corrected me "It's not 'That Song,' it's 'That's All.'" Rather than be annoyed that I had sung it right and got told what I knew, I think I was kind of proud that anyone could recognize the honks and beeps coming out of my mouth as any particular song.
The list could go on. You get the point. I should like to point out, however, that with every bit of idiot in us, there's a touch of savant. By way of example, I may butcher every other songs lyrics, but I've always known what the words to "Louie, Louie" are.
Test me sometime.
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Don't forget your infamous, "I often go walking in meadows of clover. And I carry armfuls to my best friend Rover."
It's "for" my best friend Rover. And those are the correct lyrics.
Actually, to be clear, I know those aren't the lyrics. Those were for fun only because I always wanted those two lines to rhyme.
I had to laugh. I have the same prob, Bob.
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I have never been able to understand lyrics. They're just background noise. Do you mean they mean something?
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