# Boy did I have those lyrics wrong! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 10, 2010, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-i-have-those-lyrics-wrong/549771 "2010-08-10T00:13:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-i-have-those-lyrics-wrong/549771/1 "2010-08-10T00:13:58Z")
Paralyzer from Finger 11. I’ve been singing along to what I thought was “put your place on my face”, thinking it was kinky and dirty. I just found out today that it’s “or your place or my place”. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-i-have-those-lyrics-wrong/549771/2 "2010-08-10T00:24:32Z")
Extremely relevant website: [http://kissthisguy.com/](http://kissthisguy.com/) I really can’t visit that site; I never leave! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-i-have-those-lyrics-wrong/549771/3 "2010-08-10T00:54:47Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > Paralyzer from Finger 11. I’ve been singing along to what I thought was “put your place on my face”, thinking it was kinky and dirty. I just found out today that it’s “or your place or my place”. So did this improve the song or make it worse? ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-i-have-those-lyrics-wrong/549771/4 "2010-08-10T01:15:46Z")
Ok, before we get deep into this thread, can we have a moratorium on AC/DC “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap?” Yes, we all thought it was “Dirty deeds, thunder chief” or “Dirty deeds, done to sheep.” There. Now no one else has to mention it. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-i-have-those-lyrics-wrong/549771/5 "2010-08-10T01:26:26Z")
I don’t care what you say. The lyric _clearly_ is: Sitting on a park bench. Eyeing little girls with Satin heads. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-i-have-those-lyrics-wrong/549771/6 "2010-08-10T01:31:23Z")
My oldest daughter **ThreadPirateRoberts** is 23; for years, she thought the lyrics to the Kiss song were: I want to rock and roll all night And part of every day! In her child-hood reasoning, they had to reserve the _other_ part of the day for sleeping! 😃 Makes sense to me! ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-i-have-those-lyrics-wrong/549771/7 "2010-08-10T02:19:02Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > > [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > > > Paralyzer from Finger 11. I’ve been singing along to what I thought was “put your place on my face”, thinking it was kinky and dirty. I just found out today that it’s “or your place or my place”. > > So did this improve the song or make it worse? It’s not as good some how. When I sing along to this song when it comes on the radio in the car, I always sing that part really loudly “PUT YOUR PLACE ON MY FACE!!” Now it’s just normal and non-kinky. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-i-have-those-lyrics-wrong/549771/8 "2010-08-10T02:34:22Z")
> [@niblet\_head](#): > > I don’t care what you say. The lyric _clearly_ is: > > Sitting on a park bench. > Eyeing little girls with > Satin heads. No, no, it’s: Eying little girls from batting tents! ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-i-have-those-lyrics-wrong/549771/9 "2010-08-10T04:24:35Z")
I’ve posted this before: “There’s a warm wind blowing the stars around, and I’d really like to see you tonight.” There’s a warm wind, check, the stars are out there, check, and who the hell is paying attention to just where they are when there’s this absolutely intoxicating person taking up all of my attention, and who just might also enjoy making time on such a delightful, romantic evening - hmm? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-i-have-those-lyrics-wrong/549771/10 "2010-08-10T04:27:36Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Yes, we all thought it was “Dirty deeds, thunder chief” or “Dirty deeds, done to sheep.” > > There. Now no one else has to mention it. Actually, the mishearing I’ve most often seen mentioned involves the Dunder Jeep. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-i-have-those-lyrics-wrong/549771/11 "2010-08-10T04:35:48Z")
10cc’s “The Things We Do For Love”: The real line is: “You think you’re gonna break up / Then she says she wants to make up” As a kid, I thought it was: “You think you’re gonna break out / Then she says she wants to make out” I think it makes it a better song. 😃 And, don’t even get me started on Steve Miller’s “Big Old Jed Had a Light On”. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-i-have-those-lyrics-wrong/549771/12 "2010-08-10T04:54:57Z")
The champ will always be **Alanis Morissette** : _The cross-eyed bear that you gave to me._ ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-i-have-those-lyrics-wrong/549771/13 "2010-08-10T05:00:38Z")
I’m not crazy, I’m just a little inbred I know right now you don’t care But soon enough you’re gonna think of me And how I used to be What? ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-i-have-those-lyrics-wrong/549771/14 "2010-08-10T06:01:24Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > I’m not crazy, I’m just a little inbred > I know right now you don’t care > But soon enough you’re gonna think of me > And how I used to be > > What? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-i-have-those-lyrics-wrong/549771/15 "2010-08-10T07:16:04Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > My oldest daughter **ThreadPirateRoberts** is 23; for years, she thought the lyrics to the Kiss song were: > I want to rock and roll all night > And part of every day! > > In her child-hood reasoning, they had to reserve the _other_ part of the day for sleeping! 😃 > > Makes sense to me! Sure, they’re old now.. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-i-have-those-lyrics-wrong/549771/16 "2010-08-10T13:23:08Z")
Vanity 6 had a song “3 X 2 = 6”. I’d challenge anyone to listen to try to interpret the lyrics without cheating. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-i-have-those-lyrics-wrong/549771/17 "2010-08-10T13:25:25Z")
_You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille. 400 children…_ Hell, no wonder she left. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-i-have-those-lyrics-wrong/549771/18 "2010-08-10T13:36:05Z")
Until I heard someone sing a folksy version in a restaurant once, I had no idea about a huge chunk of the lyrics in Creedence’s “Down On The Corner”. I couldn’t pick out ANY of the lyrics from _Willy And The Poor Boys are playing Bring a nickel, tap your feet_ I didn’t imagine any alternate lyrics to that. It just sounded like gibberish. MAYBE he was saying something like “Where the Pope boys are plain; crane your neck, happy feet” and maybe not. But the word I completely got wrong sounded like _You don’t need a **pinhead** Just to hang around_ No way Fogerty was saying “penny”. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-i-have-those-lyrics-wrong/549771/19 "2010-08-10T13:37:33Z")
> [@Civil\_Guy](#): > > I’ve posted this before: > > “There’s a warm wind blowing the stars around, and I’d really like to see you tonight.” Could you post the title of the song, or the correct lyrics? ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-i-have-those-lyrics-wrong/549771/20 "2010-08-10T13:41:29Z")
My own personal example actually improves the song, in my opinion: (Margaritaville, Jimmy Buffet) Actual: “Looking for that long lost shaker of salt” What I (still) hear: “Looking for that outlaw shaker of salt” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-i-have-those-lyrics-wrong/549771.md?page=2)