# 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:** 9
**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:** [April 11, 2022, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/161 "2022-04-11T07:51:26Z")
Here’s one that goes the other way, and it’s bothered me for over 30 years: In Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam’s song [“Lost In Emotion,”](https://youtu.be/If8by9Df4wM) the chorus wraps up with “que sera, que sera,” which translates roughly to “what will it be” or “whatever will be will be.” It’s pronounced “Kay surah.” But they sing it as “kuh Sarah kuh Sarah,” and I refuse to sing that mispronunciation. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/162 "2022-04-11T19:46:39Z")
I hear “kay sarah, kay sarah”. Good enough…I like the song! ---
**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 11, 2022, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/163 "2022-04-11T21:44:37Z")
Isn’t it ironic moronic? (Alanis) IOh, ain’t she sweet? Well, see her walking down that street Makes you want to beat your meat Yes, I ask you very confidentially Ain’t she sweet? Thank you [s]fallettime be mice elf agin] Thank you for lettin’ me be myself again (I just refuse to sing it their silly way) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NOa5UOHdwnc/maxresdefault.jpg "Sly & The Family Stone - Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (Official Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOa5UOHdwnc) Back in the old days, when you might hear a song a dozen times without catching the name of it, the neighbors across the street asked if I’d heard that song “Ma zadorzhah.” They said it sounded French, whatever that guy was singing. Turns out it was “My eyes adored ya.” ---
**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:** [June 12, 2022, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/164 "2022-06-12T23:39:12Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > Isn’t it ironic moronic? (Alanis) Checking to see if I’d already posted How Could She Cut A Fart (I did, post #6), and this line reminded me of a commercial for something that has ‘hyaluronic acid’. I call it ‘highly moronic acid’. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2022, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/165 "2022-06-20T14:58:52Z")
Every time Hootie and the blowfish are assuring me they only wanna be with me… “I only got a three inch too-oo-ooool” Some things just can’t be [unheard](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7TQPuFtBAI). ---
**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:** [June 21, 2022, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/166 "2022-06-21T09:38:20Z")
I thought you were going [this direction](https://youtu.be/WtuB38OkwN4) with that link. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/167 "2022-06-21T15:35:55Z")
Johnny Cash is singing I Hung My Head on the iPod. 🎶 _The horse, he kept running_ 🎶 I want to say ‘horsey’ instead of ‘horse he’. ---
**Author:** ![icantdraw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3ec8ea/32.png) [@icantdraw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icantdraw)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/168 "2022-06-21T15:55:54Z")
Pink: Just Like Fire Pink: “No one can be just like me any way” Me: “No one can pee like me anyway.” ---
**Author:** ![Chad\_Sudan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chad_sudan/32/4509_2.png) [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/169 "2022-07-01T20:15:58Z")
Bob Seger – “We’ve Got Tonight” (1978): I know it’s late. I know you’re weary. I know your plans. Don’t include me! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2022, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/170 "2022-07-02T01:10:13Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > Turns out it was “My eyes adored ya.” My sister SWORE the line was, “My eyes of Georgia.” We lived in Maryland. > [@Chad\_Sudan](#): > > I know your plans. > Don’t include me! That is a subtle difference and it took me a couple seconds to get it. Nicely done. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2022, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/171 "2022-07-02T01:32:50Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > > [@Chad\_Sudan](#): > > > > I know your plans. > > Don’t include me! > > That is a subtle difference and it took me a couple seconds to get it. Nicely done. Indeed! Years ago, my little niece overate at a holiday gathering and just started hurling spontaneously. Her mother/my sister ran over, caught it in her hand, and exclaimed “Barf city.” I can’t hear a Beach Boys tune without thinking of it. “Barfing USA,” “Little Barfer Girl,” etc. The Who had a reunion tour back around 1990. Someone recorded the spoof to poke fun about their age (hope I die before I get old, etc.) and it got some airplay. > Talkin’ 'bout my generation medication Suggestion from Facebook: > Just a small town girl brown squirrel > Living in a lonely world (Journey, Don’t Stop Believin’) > 'Cause when we kiss piss > Oooh, fire! (Pointer Sisters, Fire) > When you find yourself in the thick of it with a clitoris > Help yourself to a bit of what is all around you > Silly girl ([Martha My Dear](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiaF1PbSwsw), the Beatles with a [fun cover here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r08VPBknUk)). ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2022, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/172 "2022-07-02T01:57:44Z")
> [@icantdraw](#): > > Pink: Just Like Fire > > Pink: “No one can be just like me any way” > > Me: “No one can pee like me anyway.” I wonder if that’s been covered by Brass Against. ---
**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:** [August 24, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/173 "2022-08-24T17:24:19Z")
Where Did His Eye Go? - The Dickies Me: Where is the zygote? ---
**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:** [August 25, 2022, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/174 "2022-08-25T21:23:52Z")
🎶 _Sing a song of sixpence,_ _A pocket full of rye,_ _Four and twenty blackbirds_ _Baked in a pie._ _When the pie was opened_ _The birds began to sing…_ … I want you to play with My ding-a-ling! 🎶 ---
**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:** [September 15, 2022, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/175 "2022-09-15T00:11:06Z")
🎶 Swallow my love! Swallow my love! Swallow my love in you. Oh! 🎶 ---
**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:** [February 5, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/176 "2023-02-05T17:51:13Z")
Gibberish set to _Sakura_: 🎶 _Yakuza, Yakuza Tofu miso Toyota Mitsubishi Fujiyama Oishii! Oishii! Yaki imo Osaka!_ 🎶 ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/177 "2023-02-05T18:24:51Z")
I believe Afrika Bambaataa and SoulSonic are counting to 4 in Japanese but I still sing _Eat me some cheese_. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/178 "2023-02-05T18:29:47Z")
Hmmm, I seem to want to put cheese in song lyrics because, while I do know the real words, I still sing: Wheeling in the cheese Stowing away the Tide (are you)Battering up the cheese? Have you had enough of mine? ---
**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:** [March 3, 2023, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/179 "2023-03-03T19:13:38Z")
In a Pirate accent: _Love me tenders, love me sweets_\* Makes it sound a mite dirty. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/180 "2023-03-03T19:29:17Z")
_Besa Me Mucho_ I always sing “_Besa Me Culo_”. _Noel_ is always “Oh hell.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352.md?page=8)