# Songs where the different choruses have a slight change of lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 17, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-different-choruses-have-a-slight-change-of-lyrics/634965 "2012-09-17T13:54:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-different-choruses-have-a-slight-change-of-lyrics/634965/21 "2012-09-17T22:59:55Z")
A Kiss Could Be Deadly “Midnight Romance” First: We never meant for this to end up like it did We never wanted it, no we never wanted it Last: We never meant for this to end up like it did We might have wanted it, yeah yeah we wanted it ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-different-choruses-have-a-slight-change-of-lyrics/634965/22 "2012-09-17T23:04:34Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > And “Rocky Racoon” has no chorus. It has a longish introduction, several verses, and a tag. Yeah?!? Well…_your socks are ugly!_ 😛 mmm ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-different-choruses-have-a-slight-change-of-lyrics/634965/23 "2012-09-18T01:16:20Z")
The _Lion King_ version of “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” does it in a weird way. It only changes the words because the chorus repeats. And one version has nothing to do with the other. \*Can you feel the love tonight, The peace the evening brings? The world, for once, in perfect harmony With all its living things? Can you feel the love tonight? You needn’t look too far. Stealing through the night’s uncertainties, Love is where they are. \* Then there’s an outro that’s sung to the same tune (by characters in the movie), so that might count as a third chorus: **Timon** : _And if he falls in love tonight, It can be assumed_ **Pumbaa** : _His carefree days with us are history!_ **Both** : _In short, out pal is doomed! [cries]_ The album version I believe is more traditional, with a different chorus each time it is sung. But I can’t recite the lyrics from memory like I can these. ---
**Author:** ![runcible\_spoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@runcible\_spoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runcible_spoon)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-different-choruses-have-a-slight-change-of-lyrics/634965/24 "2012-09-19T08:59:20Z")
> [@filling\_pages](#): > > Fun Fun Fun by the Beach Boys. > > “And she’ll have fun, fun, fun til her daddy takes the t-bird away,” in the end becomes > “And we’ll have fun, fun, fun now that daddy took the t-bird away.” > > That always struck me as a little creepy, honestly. Why creepy? My contribution is Garth Brooks, Two Piña Coladas: Hey troubles I forgot 'em I buried 'em in the sand Becomes, for the last chorus: Hey troubles I forgot 'em I buried her in the sand He calls it out with a little laugh, too. Now that’s creepy! ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-different-choruses-have-a-slight-change-of-lyrics/634965/25 "2012-09-19T10:05:17Z")
Don Henley “Heart of the Matter”… no I’m not going to post all the different choruses. Rob Thomas “Back 2 Good”… tells a story as the song goes along. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-different-choruses-have-a-slight-change-of-lyrics/634965/26 "2012-09-20T17:28:49Z")
“Both Sides Now” had a marvelously subtle progression as the narrator looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down, and still somehow It’s cloud illusions I recall– I really don’t know clouds At all then looked at love from both sides now From give and take, and still somehow It’s love illusions I recall– I really don’t know love At all and finally looked at life from both sides now From win and lose, and still somehow It’s life illusions I recall– I really don’t know life At all. But Judy Collins had the hit with it, and fluffed the lyrics, repeating “win and lose” in both of the two final choruses. If it had been _my_ song, I’d have insisted on another take! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-different-choruses-have-a-slight-change-of-lyrics/634965/27 "2012-09-20T19:29:05Z")
Starting this thread made me think of the hilarious ["Saturday Night"](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc_BYBVbEGg)by Tom Paxton for the first time in decades. The first chorus has "George is beginnning to sweat, then choruses 2 & 3 go: Mary and Eddie are busy indeed, Making up for lost time in the rear; George is beginning to faint while a stranger Is sticking her tongue in his ear. David’s conducting the next revolution, Someone is granting the crowd absolution, Whoever is running her foot up my leg, I love you. La la la la, La la la la. Mary and Eddie are being arrested, For making up time in the rear; George is out calling a cab with the stranger, Who still has her tongue in his ear. Dave has abandoned the next revolution, Someone is cancelling his absolution, Whoever is running her foot up my leg, I love you. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-different-choruses-have-a-slight-change-of-lyrics/634965/28 "2012-09-21T00:21:52Z")
100 Bottles of Beer has a subtle change with each verse. ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-different-choruses-have-a-slight-change-of-lyrics/634965/29 "2012-09-23T18:13:41Z")
**The Battle Hymn of the Republic.** The last line of the verse is repeated as the last line of the chorus. 1. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword: \*His truth is marching on. \* 2. His day is marching on. 3. Since God is marching on. 4. Our God is marching on 5. While God is marching on 6. Our God is marching on ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-different-choruses-have-a-slight-change-of-lyrics/634965/30 "2012-09-23T18:28:52Z")
**City of New Orleans** changes from “good morning, America” to “good night, America” in its last chorus. ---
**Author:** ![breezman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@breezman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/breezman)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-different-choruses-have-a-slight-change-of-lyrics/634965/31 "2012-09-23T18:50:50Z")
In “Our House” by Madness, the chorus is “Our house, in the middle of our street” repeated twice. At the end, it’s repeated several times, then it’s replaced with “that was where we used to sleep.” ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-different-choruses-have-a-slight-change-of-lyrics/634965/32 "2012-09-23T21:19:20Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > Those are verses. The chorus is the “Ob-La-Di” part. > > And “Rocky Racoon” has no chorus. It has a longish introduction, several verses, and a tag. I absolutely love that someone with an older join date than myself, and has less than half my posts (and I only have a .3 posts/day average) broke silence for this. Seriously, not a snark, thank you Doug K. Because that was bugging me too, but I don’t know my musical terminology well enough to know how to correct those errors. Ignorance fought! ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-different-choruses-have-a-slight-change-of-lyrics/634965/33 "2012-09-23T22:59:30Z")
Nearly each chorus of Bob Dylan’s “Idiot Wind” ends with the following last two line: _You’re an idiot, babe. It’s a wonder that you still know how to breathe._ Howver, the two lines of the chorus change after the last verse which describes the painful break-up of a relationship: \*We’re idiots, babe. It’s a wonder we can even feed ourselves. \* ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-different-choruses-have-a-slight-change-of-lyrics/634965/34 "2012-09-24T08:26:56Z")
> [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](#): > > I absolutely love that someone with an older join date than myself, and has less than half my posts (and I only have a .3 posts/day average) broke silence for this. > > Seriously, not a snark, thank you Doug K. Because that was bugging me too, but I don’t know my musical terminology well enough to know how to correct those errors. > Ignorance fought! And looking back I see that \*\*Doug K \*\*has posted semi regularly for the last year or so… guess it was 12 years of silence before that that makes the odd post ratio. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-different-choruses-have-a-slight-change-of-lyrics/634965/35 "2012-09-24T09:24:08Z")
_Mott the Hoople’s_ “The Saturday Gigs”: Do you remember the Saturday gigs? We do, we do Do you remember the Saturday gigs? We do, we do The tickets for the fantasy were twelve and six a time A fairy tale on sale … Do you remember the Saturday gigs? We do, we do Do you remember the Saturday gigs? We do, we do But now the kids pay a couple of quid 'Cause they need it just the same It’s all a game A grown-up game … But you got off on those Saturday gigs And we did, we did 'Cause you got off on those Saturday gigs And we did, we did And we got off on those Saturday gigs And you did, you did And we got off on those Saturday gigs 'Cause you did, you did ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-different-choruses-have-a-slight-change-of-lyrics/634965/36 "2012-09-24T11:21:36Z")
You commies probably don’t know that the Star Spangled Banner has four verses, and the refrain (the last two lines of each verse) is slightly different in each one. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-different-choruses-have-a-slight-change-of-lyrics/634965/37 "2012-09-24T13:46:01Z")
From Weezer’s Undone (The Sweater Song): The normal chorus If you want to destroy my sweater Hold this thread as I walk away (as I walk away) Watch me unravel, I’ll soon be naked Lying on the floor (lying on the floor) I’ve come undone The final chorus I don’t want to destroy your tank-top Let’s be friends and just walk away It’s good to see you lying there in your Superman skivvies Lying on the floor (lying on the floor) I’ve come undone ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-different-choruses-have-a-slight-change-of-lyrics/634965/38 "2012-09-24T14:51:37Z")
> [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](#): > > And looking back I see that \*\*Doug K \*\*has posted semi regularly for the last year or so… guess it was 12 years of silence before that that makes the odd post ratio. Well, not long before the pay to post era, I A: changed ISPs, meaning no access to the email account I registered with, and B: forgot my password. When I finally decided to de-lurk, TubaDiva was kind enough to help me reset my long dormant password. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-different-choruses-have-a-slight-change-of-lyrics/634965/39 "2012-09-24T21:06:36Z")
In A Taste of Honey’s “Boogie Oogie Oogie”, the first time she sings “Listen to the music”, but the second time it’s “Listen to my bass player”. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-different-choruses-have-a-slight-change-of-lyrics/634965/40 "2012-09-24T22:30:20Z")
Chorus 1: We are stardust. We are golden. And we’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden. Chorus 2:We are stardust. We are golden. And we’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden. Chorus 3: We are stardust. Billion year old carbon. We are golden… Caught in the devil’s bargain And we’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3aOGnVKWbwc/hqdefault.jpg "Joni Mitchell ~ Woodstock") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aOGnVKWbwc) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-different-choruses-have-a-slight-change-of-lyrics/634965.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-different-choruses-have-a-slight-change-of-lyrics/634965.md?page=3)