Just to give some perspective, one of the Beatles very first hits, I Wanna Hold Your Hand, caused a stir because some thought Lennon was singing, *“I get high” *instead of “I can’t hide”.
They did it again in “Apeman”, badly enough that Ray Davies had to re-dub the line “The air pollution is a-foggin’ up my eyes” before the song could be released as a single. And honestly? I still think it sounds like he’s trying to drop an f-bomb - or trying not to 