Lend Me A Quirky Ear

And I'll sing you a song and try not to sing the lyrics incorrectly!

I've always had a hard time hearing song lyrics correctly.

But I have a question. Is there another person in the universe who has this same problem? Or am I alone (again)?

Anyone? Anyone?

Please tell me somebody else has heard Jimi Hendrix sing "excuse me while I kiss this guy" in his song Purple Haze? However, I was told and scolded that the correct lyric is: "excuse me while I kiss the sky." Actually, I prefer the latter, but somehow the former sticks to my Quirky song memory cell.

What about the song Dancing Queen by ABBA? This is what I hear: "See that girl, watch her scream, kicking the dancing queen." But I understand the real lyric is: "See that girl, watch that scene, dig in the dancing queen." I think my lyrics are much more interesting. Who "digs in" a dancing queen? I say kick her!

I was shocked when I learned of my "mislyric" in the Bee Gees song Stayin' Alive. I always sang it: "Whether you're a mugger or whether you're a bugger you're stayin' alive, stayin' alive." But then somebody corrected me and I found out that the real lyric is: "Whether you're a mother or whether you're a brother you're stayin' alive, stayin' alive." Aw come on! It's easy to stay alive as a mother or a brother, but how much harder is it to stay alive as a mugger or a bugger? See? My lyrics have more meaning.

So what about Def Leppard's Pour Some Sugar on Me? I was so, so, so, sooooo sure that the lyric was: "Sweet to paste....magazine." But once again I learned I was wrong. It's really "Sweet to taste...saccharine." I obviously suffer from some level of "def-ness" when hearing their lyrics.

And then there is Electric Light Orchestra and their song Don't Bring Me Down. Imagine my shock when I learned that it's not "Don't bring me down, Bruce" but "Don't bring me down, grroosss." No wonder my ex-boyfriend, Bruce, didn't understand my long-distance dedication. So ELO? Orchestrate THIS!

Even The Beatles have fooled my quirky ears. Once again I thought they were singing in their song Get Back, "Jo Jo was a man before he was a woman" and not the real lyric "Jo Jo was a man who thought he was a loner." Hey it was the 60's! Free love and hippies, ANYTHING went in those days, so it made sense to me.

*sigh*

Then I thought for sure I had gotten Guns N'Roses' song Sweet Child O'Mine song lyrics right when I sang: "She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they've got a brain." Once again I found out the real lyric: "She's got eyes of bluest skies as if they thought of rain." For what it's worth, I think MY lyrics make more sense, especially in the zombie sense of things. Why? Because in case you hadn't heard, they like brainz.

I admit I not only listened to but actually enjoyed the group Styx. It figures that my least favorite song by them Mr. Roboto, I would end up messing up the lyrics completely. Quirky sings: "Don't nobody got no Mr. Roboto, dunno." But later I read the real lyric: "Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto, Domo."

Who the heck is Domo?

But probably the WORST song lyric faux pas I have committed is Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Blinded By The Light song. The real lyric: "Revved up like a deuce. Another runner in the night." But oh no, I degraded the verse to: "Wrapped up like a douche. Another rumour in the night." I had always thought it very inappropriate to be singing about female hygiene like that, but apparently it never stopped ME.

What can I say?

Or sing?

Or hear?




B.S. No ears or song lyrics were harmed during the production of this post. But my ears and tongue were threatened to get chopped off, if I didn't stop massacring these songs! Gulp.