Further mondegreens

[matt_mcl]

I just checked the lyrics to Tori Amos’ “Tear In Your Hand,” which I love, btw, but in which her singing is particularly opaque, and here are some of mine.

Let me take a deep breath, babe: “Hit me, take a deep breath, babe”
If you need me, me and Neil’l be hanging out… “If you need me, kneel me, kneel, hanging out …”
Neil says hi, by the way: “Use your hat, write a word”
I don’t believe you’re leaving cause me and Charles/Manson like the same ice cream “I don’t believe your mirror calls me in trust/Men should like the same ice cream”
The black of the blackest ocean: “The black of the black nasturtium”
Dangling, dangling, dangling: “Take a little, take a little, take a little”
Smashing in a cold room: “Measuring the pool room”

[Diceman]

In that old song “Bad Moon Rising,” I always hear the line “Beware of the bad moon on the rise” as “Beware of the bathroom on the right.”

That must be one skanky-ass bathroom if they need to warn people away from it

[davidm]

*Originally posted by Diceman *
**In that old song “Bad Moon Rising,” I always hear the line “Beware of the bad moon on the rise” as “Beware of the bathroom on the right.”

That must be one skanky-ass bathroom if they need to warn people away from it **

Actually, the line is: “There’s a bad moon on the rise” and not “Beware of the bad moon on the rise”.

[Pixiesnix]

Another Tori Amos entry:

Real line, “A sort of fairy tale with you.”
Mondegreen, “I sewed a wedding veil with you.”

[Made_in_Macau]

Fogerty does sing ‘bathroom on the right’ on the excellent live album ‘premonition’ - but you knew I was going to say that …

[Polycarp]

When the Rascals were Groovin’ (on a Sunday aftrernoon) I always wondered about the threesome they were proposing to the girl addressed and Leslie.