So there am I listening to the CD of soppy live songs of the 70s that I bought on a recent trip to Singapore. On comes a real oldie, “I’ll never fall in love again” - the version by Bobbie Gentry.
Well, blow me down but when we get to the second verse: “What do you get when you kiss a guy?” (yeah, sounds familiar)…“You get enough germs to catch pneumonia” (not a pleasant thought, but then again, can’t accuse this song of being over-sentimental - Hal David in a bad mood when he wrote it, I guess)…“After you do he’ll never bone ya”.
What?! “Bone ya”? I forget about the chorus and press Replay. Sure enough, there for everyone to hear, it’s “bone ya”.
What do you get when you kiss a guy?
You get enough germs to catch pneumonia.
After you do, he’ll never phone you.
I’ll never fall in love again.
I’ll never fall in love again.
I’m not familiar with this particular singer, but, since the OP is talking about a live version, perhaps the lyric was changed to “bone” to be humorous?
Interestingly, a blogger refers to the same aural experience. Of course, there have been countless versions of this song, but on the compilation CD I have the words are quite clear. Bobbie was obviously taking the piss in the recording studio that day. Or, given that it was the swinging 60s, stoned.
Thanks for that. I don’t like not responding to posts asking for clarification, but in this instance I was as as the asker, which wouldn’t have made for much of an answer.
