# Lyrics that sound dirty but aren't **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 2, 2005, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/297377 "2005-04-02T06:15:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/297377/1 "2005-04-02T06:15:40Z")
I was thinking of several rock songs that have lyrics that sound dirty but actually aren’t. Some are surely intentional, but with some others I don’t know. The ones I thought of were: “Suck on my big ten-inch” (Aerosmith, “'Cept on my big ten-inch [record]”) “Come on, little pussy gonna do it to you” (Rick Derringer, “Come on a little closer, gonna do it to you”) “Her tits were shaking till the middle of the night” (Eddie Money, “Then did some shaking till the middle of the night”) “Play that fuckin’ music, white boy” (Wild Cherry, “Play that funky music, white boy”) Can you think of other examples? Is there a name for this? ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Scene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bob\_Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Scene)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/297377/2 "2005-04-02T07:00:25Z")
I don’t know the real lyric, but there’s a line in “Louie, Louie” where it really sounds like he’s saying, “I shoot a wad in her hair.” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/297377/3 "2005-04-02T07:37:59Z")
> [@Bob Scene](#): > > I don’t know the real lyric, but there’s a line in “Louie, Louie” where it really sounds like he’s saying, “I shoot a wad in her hair.” I think you mean, “Smell a rose in her hair.” Orginal lyrics at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie%2C\_Louie](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie%2C_Louie). ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/297377/4 "2005-04-02T07:49:43Z")
If Mondegreens are permitted, there’s a line in the Mamas and the Papas’ **California Dreamin** : “I’d be safe and warm if I was in L.A.” For years I thought the line was “I’d be safe and warm if I wasn’t a lay.” ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/297377/5 "2005-04-02T11:56:31Z")
I had to cover _Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow_ at a Carole King night a couple months ago. I was looking forward to it until, upon mentioning it to a friend, she told me she always laughed at the line: “Can I believe the magic in your _size_?” Leave it to a friend of mine to find a dick joke in such a sweet innocent song. (The real lyric is “Can I believe the magic in your _sighs_?”) ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/297377/6 "2005-04-02T14:03:30Z")
For a long time I though the line in “Wooly Bully” by Sam the Sham and the Pharoas was “Maddie told Hattie/about a thing she saw/a two-bit whore/ with a wooly jaw.” Actually, the thing she saw had “two big horns and a wooly jaw.” :o ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/297377/7 "2005-04-02T15:04:07Z")
When I was \ younger, I remember a Chuck Berry song called “My Ding a Ling”. I just checked [lyricsdepot.com](http://lyricsdepot.com) and don’t see it but I distinctly recall a line in the chorus that said, “won’t you play with my dick…” ---
**Author:** ![Oregon\_sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/297377/8 "2005-04-02T15:14:31Z")
> [@Hyperelastic](#): > > “Her tits were shaking till the middle of the night” (Eddie Money, “Then did some shaking till the middle of the night”) :eek: I have always honest to goodness thought that (tits) was what he was really saying. I always wondered how that got by on the (squeaky clean, soccer mom) all-80s radio station around here. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/297377/9 "2005-04-02T19:30:19Z")
On a new drink mix commercial, they cover the old disco hit _Shake Your Booty._ The first time I heard the ad, I was in another room. I heard, “shake your butthole.” It’s “bottle,” of course, and when I saw the models shaking their bottles, I knew I had it wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/297377/10 "2005-04-03T00:31:56Z")
Tom Jones and **What’s New Pussycat** _What’s new pussycat? Woah, Woah What’s new pussycat? Woah, Woah Pussycat, Pussycat You’re delicious And if my wishes Can all come true I’ll soon be kissing your sweet little pussycat lips!_ ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/297377/11 "2005-04-03T00:45:04Z")
In **Pilot** ’s [_Magic_](http://www.twin-music.com/azlyrics/p_file/pilot.html), the phrase “It’s Magic” often sounds suspiciously close to “It’s my dick”. Many people still believe that the second line of [_Blinded by the Light_](http://www.80smusiclyrics.com/artists/manfredmann.htm) is “wrapped up like a douche” even after reading the official lyrics. As **pinkfreud** mentioned, misheard lyrics are referred to as mondegreens, for reasons explained [in this column.](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1995/02/16/DD31497.DTL) ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/297377/12 "2005-04-03T01:06:19Z")
Blondie’s Rapture: Printed Lyrics: Face to face Sadly solitude And it’s finger popping Twenty-four hour shopping in Rapture actual lyics sung – unmistakable if you listen: Face to face Sadly slitude and it’s finger f\*\*\*king 24 hour sucking Rapture Nothing will convince me of it being anything else. Plus on the bridge of Girl by the Beatles they are singing Tit tit tit tit tit tit tit tit Jug jug jug jug jug jug jug jug Ah Girl ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/297377/13 "2005-04-03T04:07:52Z")
Though the official lyrics to “Love is the drug” by Roxy Music are “Can’t you see,” their pronunciation of “Can’t” has a definite short “u” sound instead of any version of “a.” ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/297377/14 "2005-04-03T04:18:41Z")
Who could forget April Wine’s classic “If You See Kay”? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/297377/15 "2005-04-03T06:47:56Z")
Peter Gabrial’s Sledgehammer. It all how you take it.