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What song, or songs, have you misheard the lyrics to?

When I was a kid and Eddie Money's song "I Think I'm In Love" was playing on the radio, what I heard (or thought I heard) was "I think I'm in love, 'cause I can't get it up." But because I grew up in such a sheltered world, raised in a strict Catholic family, I didn't know what "can't get it up" meant. So I didn't understand what I was hearing at all.

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And then there was Pink Floyd's song, "One Of My Turns." For a long time I thought he was saying "Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left you'll find my favorite ex" (meaning an ex-girlfriend that he had chopped up and stuffed into his suitcase). Imagine my relief when I bought the 2-CD set, The Wall, read the song lyrics, and discovered that it was actually his favorite axe, not his favorite ex, that he kept in his suitcase.

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SW-User

Addicted to love.... Might as well face it you're a dick and you're loved
Rich Girl... You're a bitch girl and you've gone too far cause you know it don't matter anyway

TeresaRudolph71 · 51-55, F

@SW-User Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

In a funny way, those both actually make sense, especially the second one.

SW-User

@TeresaRudolph71 I know they seemed so right haha

ringtaster · 61-69, M

'Every time you go.....away

You take a piece of meat...with you'

TeresaRudolph71 · 51-55, F

@ringtaster Hehe, that's funny. :)

SW-User

I'm not sure if it still sounds like it to me now that I know the words, but for the longest time, I remember thinking Eric Clapton was singing, "I hand her the garbage , and she helps me to bag", instead of the actual line in the third verse of the song, "I hand her the car keys, and she helps me to bed". Makes more sense, eh?

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TeresaRudolph71 · 51-55, F

@SW-User Yeah, I can hear that. I didn't think it sounded like that before, but I can see how you could have heard it that way.

I suppose the way you heard it originally almost sounds more practical. Not so romantic, but very practical. :D

SW-User

@TeresaRudolph71 it would be practically domestic. ;)

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TeresaRudolph71 · 51-55, F

@IAbandonedShip Oh man, that cracks me up! I wonder what he would say if he knew that it sounded that way. 😃

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TeresaRudolph71 · 51-55, F

@Hellwithin I think a lot of people heard it that way.

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MindSurfer · F

My grandpa was into like old punk music and I thought that the song "Blitzkrieg Bop" said "Lets drink pop" and I literally sang it that was until earlier this year fml.

Also Lil Peep's song says "Bother me, tell me awful things" and I literally thought it was "Father me, tell me awful things" and assumed he had some gay daddy kink.

SmartKat · 56-60, F

If he can’t get it up, I would think he was NOT in love!

TeresaRudolph71 · 51-55, F

@SmartKat I know, right? If I had only known then how ironic it was that I was hearing it that way!

SW-User

@SmartKat while I completely hear what you're saying, I can't 100 % agree. Not getting it up could have more to do with a medical condition, and less so a matter of the heart. :)

SW-User

But was his favorite axe used to chop up his ex? Thats the question.

TeresaRudolph71 · 51-55, F

@SW-User That's a very good question.

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