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About 30 years ago my brother said the lyrics were "and so castles made of sand slips into the sea, even Julie" and I will still tease him about it if we hear the song.

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06-03-2013 , 02:13 AM

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLd22ha_-VU

This is why the internet was invented.

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06-03-2013 , 02:42 AM

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I once thought Sting was singing about "the rental rictofalia" instead of "the rhetoric of failure". Name that tune?

Fields of barley or fields of Bali? I still don't know.

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06-03-2013 , 02:51 AM

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I thought the line "Jesus loves you more than you will know" was "she's a slut you more than you will know" in mrs Robinson

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06-03-2013 , 02:55 AM

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Blinded by the light, wrapped up like a douche with a boner in the night.

The douche part is so true.

If there's anyone reading this from Southern California...

The Cal Worthington commercial. When I was a kid I thought it was "Pussy Cow" not "Go see Cal".

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06-03-2013 , 06:38 AM

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For 35 years I thought The Marshall Tucker Band sang "Pretty Little Love Song" except they sang "pretty so it sounded like "purdy". About a year ago I learned that it was "Heard It in a Love Song".

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06-03-2013 , 07:27 AM

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Spoiler:

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06-03-2013 , 10:01 AM

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txdome

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Why did you capitalize the last two words of the title OP?

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06-03-2013 , 10:34 AM

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In the Police's Every Breath You Take, a friend of mine was convinced for many years that the line:

"how my poor heart aches"

was in fact

"I'm a pool hall ace."

I argued to him time and again in the early nineties that his line didn't make any sense at all with respect to the theme of the song. He remained unconvinced.

It's a pretty amusing alternative construction, though.

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06-03-2013 , 10:53 AM

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Dragging behind you the silent reproach of a million Tuesday nights

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06-03-2013 , 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Howard Treesong

It definitely sounds like "pool" there. I remember hearing something like "pool of eggs" but that makes no sense* and "pool hall ace" is phonetically closer to the actual lyric anyway.

*though it could be british slang for being a mess?

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06-03-2013 , 11:08 AM

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Dragging behind you the silent reproach of a million Tuesday nights

Well, that's cuz that's what he actually says

Tuesdays obviously suck

I thought it was "the rancor reek of failure" even though that doesn't make sense.

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06-03-2013 , 11:12 AM

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sl8a

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Used to think this was hoop mayonnaise.

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06-03-2013 , 02:31 PM

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It was a Monday, a day like any other day.
I left the small town for the apple in the cake.

-Foreigner, Long Long Way From Home

I second "she's so popular" in Games Without Frontiers. It kinda makes sense.

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06-03-2013 , 10:58 PM

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Lol, wtf at some of these

Having xmradio titles told me a couple years ago that bostons song is "piece of mind" and not "piece of pie"

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06-03-2013 , 11:28 PM

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"Like a drifter I was born to wear cologne."

Lol...I like this one

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06-04-2013 , 03:27 AM

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Also, "The dog days of summer" is not "the dark days of summer"

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06-04-2013 , 03:49 AM

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I argued with my friend for several days about the lyrics to "Highway to Hell" until I finally found the lyrics to prove to him that he was wrong. This was in the late 80's and I still give him **** about it all the time.

The song starts out...
Living easy, Loving free
Season ticket on a one way ride.

He was 100% positive the lyrics were...
Living easy, Loving free
Sees a ****** on a one way ride.

In his defense it does sound like what he thought if you don't know the lyrics.

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06-04-2013 , 06:05 AM

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In that song "blue" by Eiffel 55 or whatever, I thought for a long time that the lyric was "I'm blue, if I were green I would die," not "I'm blue, da ba dee da ba die."

those are the lyrics though. also i was at a bar and it had piano night and everyone sang tiny dancer as tony danza.

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06-04-2013 , 08:13 AM

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A childhood friend of mine thought that this part of Pink Floyd The Wall:

"If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding. How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?"

Was:

If you don't beat your meat, you can't have any pussy. How can you have any pussy if you don't beat your meat?

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06-04-2013 , 02:49 PM

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Shot a moose! Shot a moose! Will you do the fandango?

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06-04-2013 , 08:25 PM

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Kitty don't like it. Rock the cat box! Rock the cat box! -The Clash

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06-04-2013 , 08:33 PM

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In that song "blue" by Eiffel 55 or whatever, I thought for a long time that the lyric was "I'm blue, if I were green I would die," not "I'm blue, da ba dee da ba die."

Everyone knows it's "I'm in need of a guy". Especially when sung by young college co-eds.

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06-04-2013 , 09:11 PM

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Kitty don't like it. Rock the cat box! Rock the cat box! -The Clash

Lol that one made me laugh hardest. And until this thread I did think it was "Ice Ice baby to go to go" and "she's so popular".

Because of the video for Metallica's One, I thought it was "Doctors, imprisoning me..."

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06-04-2013 , 09:19 PM

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