# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-i-have-those-lyrics-wrong/549771/61 "2010-08-17T14:13:13Z")
“Jeremy broke his glaaaaaass today”. Once I’d heard the song enough times to discern every fifth or sixth word Mr. Vedder “sings” I kind of got from the context that what Jeremy actually did today was speak in class. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-i-have-those-lyrics-wrong/549771/62 "2010-09-24T11:29:59Z")
Of course, no one knew what Joe was singing…until [now](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/02/joe-cocker-subtitled-vide_n_182389.html)! ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-i-have-those-lyrics-wrong/549771/63 "2010-09-24T13:39:38Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > > [@Sparky812](#): > > > > Speaking of Gabriel, how about Games Without Frontiers, people thought it was “She’s so popular” (jeux sans frontieres) my self included until I bought the LP. > > What’s weird about that one is that plain-spoken “jeux sans frontieres” sounds nothing like “she’s so popular”. What the heck was Ms. Bush doing? > > I wonder if native French speakers hear than song and wonder what she’s singing at the beginning? It always sounded to me like “She’s so fucking young.” I knew that was highly unlikely, but that’s what it sounded like to me. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-i-have-those-lyrics-wrong/549771/64 "2010-09-24T13:59:50Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > > [@Batsinma\_Belfry](#): > > > > From Brown Eyed Girl - Hey there amigo. > > :o > > I’ve mentioned this before, but the one that gave me the greatest grief was when I was singing _Edge of Seventeen_… It’s not a “one-winged dove”, it’s a “white-winged dove”. Wait. Um… :smack: ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-i-have-those-lyrics-wrong/549771/65 "2010-09-24T14:01:02Z")
I was in the Army in Hawaii and driving a brand new LT from the airport to base and Jeremy was playing on the radio. He started ranting that he hated that song because it was about drugs: “Jeremy smokin’ grass today.” I had to gently explain to him that it was about a kid comitting suicide in class. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-i-have-those-lyrics-wrong/549771/66 "2010-09-24T14:48:34Z")
> [@Simmerdown](#): > > > [@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! No. no! It’s “Eying little girls with bats in tents.” And if I were a little girl living in an area he frequented who wanted to camp out, I’d definitely take a baseball bat into the tent with me! ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-i-have-those-lyrics-wrong/549771/67 "2010-09-24T16:39:34Z")
In “My Heart Will Go On” (the love song from **Titanic** ), the second time Celine Dion says, “Near, far, wherever you are, I believe that the heart does go on,” it sounds like she is saying “The hot dog goes on.” My kids always used to crack up when they heard it. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-i-have-those-lyrics-wrong/549771/68 "2010-09-24T19:06:46Z")
**Ponch8** said: > [@](#): > > Possibly the worst line in rock music history is in Toto’s “Africa”: No, that’s the best line. Who else could attempt to put “Kilaminjaro” and Serengeti" in a rock song lyric, much less pull it off? Except I also thought it was “an empress”. I like that better. Still wonder about Everclear’s “Santa Monica”, with the line: I don’t want to be your stupid game. I heard it as “stool pig-on”. And wondered how dumb did they have to be to mispronounce “stool pigeon” and _nobody_ catch it in production. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-did-i-have-those-lyrics-wrong/549771.md?page=3)