# 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:** 8
**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:** [March 13, 2022, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/141 "2022-03-13T18:03:42Z")
Very stupid and juvenile, but I replace “rock” with “cock” in _I Wanna Rock_ by **Twisted Sister** : _I want some cock! (COCK!)_ _I WANT, SOME, cock! (COCK!)_ _I want some cock! (COCK!)_ _I WANT, SOME, cock! (COCK!)_ ---
**Author:** ![SailorHG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SailorHG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SailorHG)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/142 "2022-03-13T18:04:57Z")
I found myself singing another one here recently while doing the dishes. Derived from the Cookie Monster song “C is for cookie” Z is for zombie, that’s good enough for me, Z is for zombie, that’s good enough for me, Z is for zombie, that’s good enough for me, Oh, zombie zombie zombie starts with Z! ---
**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:** [March 13, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/143 "2022-03-13T19:06:58Z")
Nighttime would find me in Rosa’s vagina… ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/144 "2022-03-13T19:15:05Z")
I’ve sung this since the 90’s, when a local group performed it. _Come and listen to my story "bout a man named Fred_ _A bold minister with lots of hate inside his head._ _And then one day he was lookin’ for a cause_ _And said to himself “I’ll hate homosexuals!”_ _Queers that is, sodomites._ _Well the next think you know ol’ Freds a picketeer_ _Cursing anyone he thinks remotely queer_ _We think that somewhere else is where he really outta be_ _And while he’s at it he can take his whole darn family_ _Siberia, Timbuktu_ _Well now it’s time to say goodbye to Fred and all his kin_ _We’re sorry but we can’t say that we’re glad that they stopped in_ _And if by chance they should come back to this locality_ _We;ll have to show them some of our great hospitality._ _Tar that is, feathers_ _Don’t come back now, ya hear?_ ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2022, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/145 "2022-03-13T19:30:46Z")
And _SNL_’s first verse: > **[Saturday Night Live - The Bel Airabs (Introductory Episode)](https://www.bitchute.com/video/GAKzeC1XlDfO/)** > > Arab bedouin Abdul and his family deal with living in Bel Air with all the swimming pools, movie stars... and Jews. _Listen to the story about a man named Abdul_ _Poor Bedouin trying to keep his family full_ _Then one day he was shooting at some Jews_ _Up from the ground comes a bubbling ooze_ _Saudi soda_ _Persian Perrier_ ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/146 "2022-03-14T14:36:19Z")
Nicely done! ---
**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:** [March 14, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/147 "2022-03-14T14:54:47Z")
While I don’t sing it _outloud_ like this, for obvious reasons, every time I hear that song by 1910 Fruitgum Company Yummy Yummy Yummy I hear it as: Yummy Yummy Yummy I got cum in my tummy I’m not entirely convinced the songwriters didn’t intend that anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/148 "2022-03-14T14:57:36Z")
Metallica: Sleep with one eye open Gripping your weiner tight Exit Light Enter Night Shake that hand… You’re off to masturbation land! Dean Martin - Sway Other dancers may pee on the floor Dear, but my eyes will see only you Only you have that magic technique When we sway, I go weeeeee! ---
**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:** [March 17, 2022, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/149 "2022-03-17T01:49:07Z")
Like a rhinestone cowboy cowpie A college friend reworded Culture Club’s song I’m a man without conviction I’m a man without a penis and cum a cum a cum cumeleon Back in the 70s when the whole horrid truth about John Wayne Gacy was discovered, that became an easy sub for “baby.” Gacy, Gacy don’t get hooked on me Be my, be my little Gacy Gacy come back Etc. IIRC the radio station had revamped Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” as, Hey, Gacy, leave those kids alone All in all it’s just another kid in the crawl ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/150 "2022-03-21T03:02:09Z")
_Uh-woo-ooo-woo, driver’s seat dramedy._ As a wee-un, would sub “you” for “glue”: _Luh-uh-vin gluuuue, is easy cuz it’s beautiful._ those 1/12 scale Revel dragsters and funny cars, and those goddamn red and white tubes 🥴, eventually replaced by those wierd black and yellow tubes with the cray lemony scent ☺ ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/151 "2022-04-04T19:15:55Z")
I always sang the second verse of _Bloody well right_ by Supertramp as “Write your problems down on a tea-towel…” (instead of “Write your problems down in detail”) ---
**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:** [April 6, 2022, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/152 "2022-04-06T17:35:33Z")
Just today Elton John was on the radio and I kept singing the song in my head as “Philadelphia Cream Cheese.” ---
**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:** [April 6, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/153 "2022-04-06T21:41:29Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > those 1/12 scale Revel dragsters and funny cars 1/16. Nice kits. > [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > Hey, Gacy, leave those kids alone I’m not sure about “insist”, but we had our own version: We don’t sex education We don’t need no birth control No fake orgasms in the classroom Hey teacher-leave us kids alone All in all you’re just Another prick in the hall ---
**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:** [April 6, 2022, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/154 "2022-04-06T21:56:04Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > _Even though, ya ain’t got it, honey,_ > _I’m so in love with your money…_ My version is: Even though I ain’t got honey I’m so in love with my money Today I was reminded of my Flashdance lyrics Take you pants off and make it happen ---
**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:** [April 6, 2022, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/155 "2022-04-06T23:46:30Z")
Billy Idol: If I had the chance, I’d ask the world to dance I’d take off the world’s pants… ---
**Author:** ![ThisOneGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@ThisOneGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisOneGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/156 "2022-04-07T17:03:55Z")
Was reminded of this thread the other day when Barbara Streisand came on the radio and I found myself singing along: > People > People who eat people > Are the HUNGRIEST people > In the world. > > … > > Take one person > One very tasty person > Load him deep in your bowl > Then you were starved > _{cheerfully}_ Now you’re full! > No more hunger or thirst, > But first, > Be a person who eats people. Don’t have a cannibalism themed version for the verse about acting like children. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/157 "2022-04-07T17:12:33Z")
California, here I come Right back where I started from I wish I had some chewing gum California, here I come! ---
**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:** [April 7, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/158 "2022-04-07T17:47:04Z")
> [@Author\_Balk](#): > > My version is: > Even though I ain’t got honey > I’m so in love with my money …I’m so in love with ya money Makes it more mercenary. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/159 "2022-04-09T17:32:38Z")
And for anybody in a Christmas mood. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/tIO4ZhJ-PJ0/maxresdefault.jpg "Bob Rivers - Chipmunks Roasting On An Open Fire") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIO4ZhJ-PJ0) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/160 "2022-04-09T19:42:04Z")
Madonna has a song, “Erotica”, which contains the line, “Erotic! Erotic! Put your hands all over my body!” _In Living Color_ did a parody, “Neurotica”, Which contains the line, “Neurotic! Neurotic! A gay man trapped in a woman’s body!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352.md?page=9)