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Have ever got the lyrics to a song wrong and found your version funny or just could not figure it out but knew it was wrong?

I have 2 examples:
Correct/Incorrect
(Steve Miller Band-Jet Airliner)
"Big Ol Jet Airliner" is not "Bingo Jet had a light On"
(Tauren Wells- Love is Action)
"Won't Let the saints go silent" is not "Don't let the sex go south"




Posted - September 7, 2017
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  • 234
    "There's a bathroom on the right"....for "There's a Bad Moon On the rise".....long road trip...;-)
      September 7, 2017 12:26 PM MDT
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  • 34261
    A little preoccupied maybe...lol 
      September 8, 2017 5:32 AM MDT
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  • The Beach Boys - "Shutdown"



    CORRECT ................................................................................................ INCORRECT

    Tach it up                                                                                                     Chuck it up
    Too cool shorts                                                                                              Too cool sharks
    My Stingray is light                                                                                         My Stingray is fine



      September 7, 2017 12:56 PM MDT
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  • 3523
    JOSE can you see, by the dawn's early light!
    In grade school, I thought we were singing to the Mexicans about how proud we are of our country.  I still think that's pretty funny.
      September 7, 2017 1:25 PM MDT
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  • 34261
    Funny.  
      September 8, 2017 5:33 AM MDT
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  • 6988
    Wrapped up like a douche and another rubber in the night. This post was edited by B.H.Wilson at September 13, 2017 11:24 AM MDT
      September 7, 2017 1:34 PM MDT
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  • 34261
    Paradise by the dashboard light.  
      September 8, 2017 5:29 AM MDT
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  • 23577
    I still forget what the actual lyrics are at that point, even though I've looked it up more than once. So, I forget and every time I then hear, I still can't understand the words yet again.
    :)
      September 13, 2017 11:25 AM MDT
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  • 234
    I remember in "Lady Madonna"...."wonder how you manage to make ends meet"....I sang "wonder how you manage to make mince meat"...thought it was her making a mince meat pie, I guess....
      September 7, 2017 1:39 PM MDT
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  • 7126
    GIVE ME THE BEACH BOYS AND FREE MY SOUL!!!!

    Give me the beat boys and free my soul.


      September 7, 2017 1:41 PM MDT
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  • 34261
    Good song...the original is good as well.
      September 8, 2017 5:34 AM MDT
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  • 7126
    HOLD ME CLOSER TONY DANZA!!!!

    Hold me closer tiny dancer...... count the headlights on the highway.


      September 7, 2017 1:45 PM MDT
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  • 34261
    Lol
      September 8, 2017 5:44 AM MDT
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  • 23577
    That'd be nice -- being held closely by Tony Danza.
    :)
      September 13, 2017 11:27 AM MDT
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  • It's not really funny, but when I heard this song on the radio I thought it was about ending a relationship and I thought the words were "I wanna see you be free."

    I was disappointed to learn that it's an inspirational song and the words are
    "I wanna see you be brave." LoL.




      September 7, 2017 2:01 PM MDT
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  • 34261
    Is it a good song though. 
      September 8, 2017 5:32 AM MDT
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  • 23577
    I like the song, too.
    :)
      September 13, 2017 11:28 AM MDT
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  • 23577
    For the longest time, I thought the exact same thing with the "free."
    :)
      September 13, 2017 11:30 AM MDT
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  • 17593
    Top this...........I'll never live it down and was lots of years ago.

    My version:  I want to take you to soup and salad bar.

    Correct:  You want to make her suicide blonde.  Suicide Blonde, INSX
      September 7, 2017 11:17 PM MDT
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  • 34261
    Too funny.
      September 8, 2017 5:47 AM MDT
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  • 23577
    :)
    :)
    Ha!
      September 13, 2017 11:31 AM MDT
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  • 23577

    They're not so funny but even though I now know the correct lyrics, any time I hear these songs they still sound to me like Miley and Taylor are singing "my" version of the lyrics.

    "My" version, Miley Cyrus - - "You came in like a rainbow!"
    Correct:                               "You came in like a wrecking ball!"


    "My" version, Taylor Swift -  - " . . . in your wild streams."
    Correct:                                " . . . your wildest dreams."
      September 13, 2017 11:36 AM MDT
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  • "Came in like a rainbow" LoL!
      September 13, 2017 11:46 AM MDT
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  • 23577
    I know! Ha!
    My version doesn't even make sense but it still sounds that way to me!
    :)
      September 13, 2017 12:03 PM MDT
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