Misheard Beatle Lyrics

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Misheard Beatle Lyrics

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Hi, Gang -

I thought it might be fun to re-visit the little parlo(u)r game of Misheard Lyrics, Beatles-style. Here are the rules:

1. List the actual song title, followed by the misheard lyric - in context with the lyrics surrounding it (see sample below)
2. Please post only ONE example at a time! :P
3. Feel free to BRIEFLY tell the story (if any) that goes with your example.
4. Please try not to drift away from Beatles or solo Beatles examples. (We've all heard the Hendrix "'Scuse me while I kiss this guy" one, for example.)

That's it. I'll start:

BAD BOY
Get to that barber shop and get that haircut off your head
Threw to denairy and you fed it to the neighbor's cat
You gave the cocker spaniel a bedroom of his laundromat
Well, his momma's mess has gotta stop

Junior's head is hard as rock
Now Junior, behave yourself!

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Here's another one... and this explains why I never understood the fuss over this song. I guess I was an incredibly innocent lad.

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Young Blood

I saw her standing on the corner (you beaut bum)
A yellow ribbon in her hair (you beaut bum)

Still don't know what the response to George's vocals is. Can anyone help?
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Rusty wrote: Thu Apr 15, 2021 3:58 am Young Blood

I saw her standing on the corner (you beaut bum)
A yellow ribbon in her hair (you beaut bum)

Still don't know what the response to George's vocals is. Can anyone help?
Hey, Rusty -

I always thought it was more of a "yip yip, bumm" kind of reply... :?:
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Across The Universe

They slither wildly as they slip away across the universe

For many, many years I misheard the lyric as 'They slither while they pass, they slip away across the universe'. Even today, some lyric websites still get it wrong.

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/beatles ... verse.html

To be fair, the Phil Spector version always sounded a bit muddy. It's much clearer on the 'naked' version.
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