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A very good friend is taking care of her little four year old grandson for a few days. My friend has a great singing voice and sings all the time and it appears that the little boy has inherited both her voice and love of singing. However, as I listened to him, I realized that little kids often don't "hear" the real lyrics and substitute what they think that they heard. I myself remember doing this.

When I was a kid, I could never figure out why the "Star Spangled Banner" ended with "the land of the free and the home of the Braves." What did the Milwaukee Braves do to get mentioned in the national anthem and how had the Los Angeles Dodgers lost out?

"God Bless America" was not even confusing to me. After all, everyone knew that light came from a bulb so it was perfectly logical that America would be watched "through the night with a light from a bulb."

One of my nephews used to sing about wanting a "home where the cantaloupe roam". After all, he had never seen an antelope.

What song lyrics did you confuse or found that someone else had altered to fit what they thought that they heard?
 

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A lot of people listening to Jimi Hendrix' Purple Haze thought he was saying "'Scuse me while I kiss this guy" instead of "While I kiss the sky".
 

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My husband would constantly tease me because I confused the lyrics for the song. "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight," by England Dan & John Ford Coley. Instead of singing, I'm not talking 'bout moving in I sang I'm not talking about meridian. :lol:
 

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:lol:best friend and i altered this song to be ghost of todd his little brothers name to spook hm since he was scared of ghosts and halloween

Have you seen the ghost of Tom?
Long white bones with the skin all gone.
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Wouldn't it be chilly with no skin on?
 

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For the longest time I thought it was Carry On Wayward Sun instead of Son (by Kansas). Of course, that makes absolutely no sense, but when I heard “son” my mind pictured ☀.
 

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My grandma always rewrote song lyrics. And now I do too. Especially if I’m in a good mood but also if I genuinely dislike a lyric. But I’m not sure what ones i had wrong over the years anymore. I used to love reading the lyrics inside the cassette and cd papers.

I grew up with grandma singing Old MacDougal had a farm and things like that. Thankfully I have a decent voice because grandma was only a bit better than Edith Bunker. :lol: She didn’t care and she was in her own kitchen. It makes for fond memories too
 
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