# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/101 "2022-01-29T21:53:41Z")
From “Desperado” And Freedom/Oh, Freedom That’s just a small town near Pittsburgh ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/102 "2022-01-29T22:58:31Z")
And of course there was the Eddie Money tune: “Two tics and a pair of lice”. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/103 "2022-01-30T00:31:17Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I won’t tell you the image that line brings up. As they say, a mind is a terrible thing to waste. But in my childhood friend’s mind, sometimes it was just a terrible thing. My brother changed it from: Nothing could be finer than to be in Carolina in the morning No one could be sweeter Than my sweetie when I meet her in the morning. To: Nothing could be finer than to be in your vagina in the morning Nothing could be sweeter than for you to suck my peter in the morning. ETA: to the tune of “If you’re happy and you know it” V1 There’s a skeeter on my peter whack it off… V2 There’s another on my brother whack 'em off… V3 There’s a dozen on my cousin whack 'em off… ---
**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 30, 2022, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/104 "2022-01-30T00:53:43Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > Nothing could be finer than to be in your vagina in the morning > Nothing could be sweeter than for you to suck my peter in the morning. The way I sang it: Nothing could be finer than my dick in your vagina in the morning Nothing could be sweeter than your lips around my peter in the morning. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/105 "2022-01-30T02:01:26Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > The way I sang it A classic! Another: Well, I’m your penis—I’m your fire at your desire. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8LhkyyCvUHk/maxresdefault.jpg "Shocking Blue - Venus (Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LhkyyCvUHk) For years I couldn’t tell if that voice was a man or a woman. Now that I’ve seen the picture, definitely a woman. **🤤** I also change “Like a virgin” to “Like a sturgeon…swimming for the very first time.” ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/106 "2022-01-30T02:34:39Z")
An [old standard](https://youtu.be/tmLWfbOZXXU) has the line; “you tied a string around my heart…”, and I can’t help but put the string around a different body part. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/107 "2022-01-30T02:50:30Z")
“…and what makes my head go 'round and 'round while my neck stands still?” ---
**Author:** ![Drsunflower1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drsunflower1/32/12711_2.png) [@Drsunflower1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drsunflower1)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/108 "2022-01-30T12:29:48Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > Now that I’ve seen the picture, definitely a woman. A Dutch Romani woman no less. Mariska Vereš, glory of The Hague. Unfortunately long gone already. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/109 "2022-01-30T19:54:36Z")
In The Lion Sleeps Tonight, instead of “a-weemah-weh, a-weemah-weh” I sing “A weiner whack, a weiner whack…” ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/110 "2022-01-31T02:55:28Z")
The decision to sing that song is just a whim away. Original: If you like pina coladas… Bro sings: If you like penis colossus… Original: The love shack is a little old place where we can get together. Changed: The nut sack is a little old place where we can get together. Original: Drove my Chevy to the levee Changed: Drove my Ford to the fjord ---
**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 31, 2022, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/111 "2022-01-31T03:00:58Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > Original: The love shack is a little old place where we can get together. Every time I go over the bridge: ‘Nooksack, baby!’ ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/112 "2022-02-02T18:08:00Z")
What a friend we have in cheeses Helps me keep my shit together It’s also fun to replace “Jesus” with the Hispanic name pronounced HEY-suss. ---
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/113 "2022-02-03T02:45:06Z")
A favorite of my children in their pre-teen years: "_Love is a nose And you’d better not pick it_ ---
**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:** [February 3, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/114 "2022-02-03T15:07:48Z")
After seeing the discussion of Hotel California in another thread, I’ve decided to keep singing the verse as, “Her mind was **differently** twisted, she got the Mercedes Benz…” ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/115 "2022-02-03T20:45:53Z")
The middle of the road is trying to find me I’m standing in the middle of life with my plans pants behind me Almost heaven West Virginia her vagina… Try, try, try to understand…he’s a magic bastard man Original: Besame mucho Revised: Besame culo mucho ---
**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:** [February 3, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/116 "2022-02-03T20:49:38Z")
“In Your Eyes” by Peter Gabriel. I just change “eyes” to “thighs” and the song takes on a whole different tone. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/117 "2022-02-03T20:52:47Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > The middle of the road is trying to find me > I’m standing in the middle of life with my plans pants behind me I always hear it that way, too! I wonder if Ms Hynde ever mis-sings it? ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/118 "2022-02-03T20:55:43Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > > [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > > > The middle of the road is trying to find me > > I’m standing in the middle of life with my plans pants behind me > > I always hear it that way, too! > I wonder if Ms Hynde ever mis-sings it? Me too 😂! It’s one of my favorite songs of all, at least my favorite Pretenders song, and I’ve always heard “pants”. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/119 "2022-02-03T21:00:08Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > I always hear it that way, too! > I wonder if Ms Hynde ever mis-sings it? I think it’s a better line if you have no pants…it’s like Walter White in Breaking Bad. A quick google shows his tighty whiteys were highly coveted. > **[Walter White's Breaking Bad Underwear Sells for $9,900! - E! Online](https://www.eonline.com/news/469022/walter-white-s-breaking-bad-underwear-sells-for-9-900)** > > The iconic character's underwear has been sold as part of an auction for the AMC series' props ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/120 "2022-02-04T14:38:48Z")
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