# Uh...I always thought it went "bees do it, birds do it..."
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**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [February 14, 2006, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-i-always-thought-it-went-bees-do-it-birds-do-it/344438 "2006-02-14T13:11:44Z")
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### Author:  [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2006, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-i-always-thought-it-went-bees-do-it-birds-do-it/344438/21 "2006-02-15T07:04:37Z")
> [@lissener](#):
>
> That was not the original lyric; you’re mixing up two different verses.
>
> Some get their kicks from cocaine
> I’m sure that if I took even one sniff
> That would bore me terrifically too
> But I get a kick out of you
>
> . . . . .
>
> I get no kick in a plane
> Flying too high with some guy in the sky
> Is my idea of nothing to do
> But I get a kick out of you
>
> I still hear it done that way; not sure I’ve ever heard a cleaned up version.
That’s the way I’ve heard it, too.
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### Author:  [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2006, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-i-always-thought-it-went-bees-do-it-birds-do-it/344438/22 "2006-02-15T07:27:19Z")
> [@lissener](#):
>
> That was not the original lyric; you’re mixing up two different verses.
>
> Some get their kicks from cocaine
> I’m sure that if I took even one sniff
> That would bore me terrifically too
> But I get a kick out of you
>
> . . . . .
>
> I get no kick in a plane
> Flying too high with some guy in the sky
> Is my idea of nothing to do
> But I get a kick out of you
>
> I still hear it done that way; not sure I’ve ever heard a cleaned up version.
Thank you, you’re absolutely right! These old brain cells just arent what they used to be.
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### Author:  [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2006, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-i-always-thought-it-went-bees-do-it-birds-do-it/344438/23 "2006-02-15T13:46:39Z")
There was a cleaned up version; Porter rewrote the lyric himself for the first movie version of **Anything Goes**. The Hayes office was not going to allow the reference, and the song was too popular to remove from the movie.
Instead of “I get no kick from cocaine,” the line is “Some like the perfumes in Spain.” The rest of the verse stays with the original:
> [@](#):
>
> Some like the perfumes in Spain
> I’m sure that if I took even one sniff
> That would bore me terrifically too
> But I get a kick out of you.
Despite the mention, it’s clearly an antidrug reference: The lyrics say cocaine is boring.
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