I don't care what the lyrics say

[C_Rush]

My history professor once told the class that for twenty years he thought the line in "Theme from Shaft" went: "He's a carpet cleaning man" (real lyric: he's a complicated man). Almost died laughing over that one.

[C_Rush]

My wife used to tell her mother that Nirvana's "Rape Me" was actually "Rake Me", a song about an angry gardener. Funny part is her mom actually believed it.

[macker]

CCR : Theres a bathroom on the right

[Buff]

I was eight years old when For The Longest Time by Billy Joel came out. I thought he was saying "fungus mungus time". Then, after not hearing the song for a few years, I heard it again, and was shocked that I could actually get the lyrics wrong.

[macker]

Playing at department stores all around us.....So bring us some figgy pudding. I had various versions of this when I was a kid....still don't get it

[onetwo_threefour]

Originally Posted by Komskies

Ahh, good call. I always heard it as "Gimme fuel, gimme fire, gimme double genocide!"

I've always heard, "Gimme fuel, gimme fire, gimme that which I desire." but I've never actually looked it up. Is that right?

ETA: NM I looked it up...

[onetwo_threefour]

I've listened to preachers
I've listened to fools
I've watched all the dropouts
Who make their own rules
___ _______ _________ __ ___ ___ ____
___ ____ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ____

Spoiler!

One person conditioned to rule and control
The media sells it and you live the role

More lyrics: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/o/ozzy+osbourne/#share

One of my favorite songs of all time and yet I have never known or looked up the words to those two lines. Looked them up for the first time today, and although I never even had a guess as to what he was saying, if I had guessed this wouldn't have been close. I probably would have got the last word of each line and nothing else.

[dissentowner]

When I was a kid I always heard Billy Idol's Eyes Without A Face as How's About A Date?