# Lyrics you insist on singing wrong **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [January 7, 2022, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352 "2022-01-07T02:07:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/21 "2022-01-07T12:15:21Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > #2 is actually “Safety Dance” by [Men Without Hats](https://youtu.be/AjPau5QYtYs). “Definitely LSD.”: > **[Men without hats - Safety Dance literal version - video Dailymotion](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ngmy1)** > > Men without hats - Safety Dance literal version Anyway…I’ll add to this thread “I think we are stoned now…there doesn’t seem to be anyone around.” ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/22 "2022-01-07T12:30:58Z")
On a similar thread I mentioned that I change “the rain” to “Lorraine”. Adele: I set fire to Lorraine CCR: I want to know, have you ever seen Lorraine. Also, sometimes changing “direction” to “erection” gives a different meaning. Bread on Baby I’m a Want You: Your lovin’ and affection, givin’ me erection ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/23 "2022-01-07T13:19:14Z")
I just remembered another one I sing to myself all the time, to a well-known song by **The Who** : Teenage waste can It’s only teenage waste can ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/24 "2022-01-07T13:33:11Z")
Whenever I hear Hotblooded by Foreigner, I have to sing it my way: Yeah I’m dimwitted, check it and see! Got an IQ of 73 Come on baby, I can’t chew gum and walk Cuz I’m dimwitted, Dimwitted! ---
**Author:** ![Roger\_That](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roger_that/32/8505_2.png) [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/25 "2022-01-07T13:44:39Z")
I have “teenage whistling, it’s only teenage whistling” for this one. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/26 "2022-01-07T13:53:02Z")
> [@Uniqueorn](#): > > Original: > Tomorrow, tomorrow > I love ya tomorrow > You’re always a day away > > I sing “You’re only a day away”, otherwise it feels so futile because it’s unreachable. It’s actually sung both ways in the stage musical. Annie sings “always a day away” the first time she sings the line, after finding Sandy, because she is alone and still searching for some kind of family. Later in the story as her life is turning around with Warbucks’ help and her sunny optimism grows (specifically in the scene with FDR’s Cabinet), it’s changed to “only a day away.” So you’re actually right either way! Source: I played Daddy Warbucks onstage 4 years ago ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/27 "2022-01-07T13:56:08Z")
**Almost Paradise** is always “almost parrot eyes” **My Girl Wants to Party All the Time** - “my girl’s always farting all the time” ---
**Author:** ![Roger\_That](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roger_that/32/8505_2.png) [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/28 "2022-01-07T14:00:02Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > I like to replace “touch” with “punch.” “Blood” is a great replacement for “love” too: Lennon/McCartney’s: I don’t care too much for money Money can’t buy me love Can’t buy me love, everybody tells me so Can’t buy me love, no, no, no, no Mine: I don’t care too much for money Money can’t buy me blood Can’t buy me blood, everybody tells me so Can’t buy me blood, no, no, no, no ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/29 "2022-01-07T14:13:59Z")
According to a Playboy interview with Billy Joel, _Honesty_ started out as “Sodomy” when he was writing the album. His drummer, Liberty DeVito, would create dirty lyrics as a way of motivating Joel to write real ones. There’s a reference to this in [this](https://www.cracked.com/blog/5-insane-first-drafts-famous-song-lyrics) article that appeared on the _Cracked_ website. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/30 "2022-01-07T14:41:23Z")
> [@susan](#): > > Won’t you be my four rubber woman? She’s a “four-level woman” to me. > [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > Might as well face it you’re addicted to love My anus is a-hurtin’ I’m addicted to love. And for me, Huey Lewis always wants something different in each line. I wanna new truck I wanna new duck I wanna new job ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/31 "2022-01-07T14:46:23Z")
Why does a snippet from the Peter Potamus cartoon’s theme song pop into my mind frequently? It’s weird. Anyway… _Peter Potamus has a charm_ _He can never conceal_ I have to think it ('cause I don’t actually sing it): _Peter Potamus has a farm_ _With blood that never congeals_ ---
**Author:** ![Uniqueorn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uniqueorn/32/2807_2.png) [@Uniqueorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniqueorn)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/32 "2022-01-07T15:17:17Z")
Thank you! Makes sense in the context of her life’s story. > [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > It’s actually sung both ways in the stage musical. Annie sings “always a day away” the first time she sings the line, after finding Sandy, because she is alone and still searching for some kind of family. Later in the story as her life is turning around with Warbucks’ help and her sunny optimism grows (specifically in the scene with FDR’s Cabinet), it’s changed to “only a day away.” So you’re actually right either way! > > Source: I played Daddy Warbucks onstage 4 years ago ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/33 "2022-01-07T15:24:54Z")
Life is a highway I want to ride it all night long. becomes Your Hershey highway I want to ride it all night long. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/34 "2022-01-07T15:29:37Z")
When the moon hits your eye Like a big piece of pie, that’s amore! ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/35 "2022-01-07T15:52:13Z")
'Scuse me, while I kiss this guy… ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/36 "2022-01-07T16:06:34Z")
LOL - that’s a great one! ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/37 "2022-01-07T16:09:42Z")
It’s My scrotum instead of My Sharona. Fortunately, I rarely hear that song anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Roger\_That](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roger_that/32/8505_2.png) [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/38 "2022-01-07T18:32:44Z")
I sometimes catch myself singing along to “Dust in the Wind” with “dustin hoffman” (“all we are is Dustin Hoffman…” Also “Help me, Rwanda (yeah), get her outta my heart” ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/39 "2022-01-07T19:54:23Z")
_Oh yeah, alright, Take it easy, baby Make it last all night She was an American squirrel._ Try it. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/iamBhRRYfLc/maxresdefault.jpg "The Silence of the Lambs - Buffalo Bill kidnaps Catherine Martin") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iamBhRRYfLc) ---
**Author:** ![TimfromNapa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@TimfromNapa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimfromNapa)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/40 "2022-01-07T19:57:41Z")
Remember Hellen Reddy’s hit Delta Dawn? Mine: Delta Burke, when’s that diet going to work? Could it be you’re eating Twinkies on the sly? And did I hear you say that no matter how much you weigh You’ve still got to have another piece of pie? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352.md?page=3)