I Can't Make Out That Lyric

[Rick Henry]

cam83 said:

Rick
That is sooo funny! I can relate too. My first ever...(well actually my Mom's) 8 track...THE SINGLES 1969-1973....I remember singing along to a hairbrush(my imaginary microphone) to SUPERSTAR which I felt was a dramatic type song. For the second verse, I sang(since there were no lyrics)...LOW LINEN is such a sad affair...I have NO idea what low linen was...and I died laughing when I found out it was LONELINESS is such a sad affair....later on.


My thoughts,
Cameron

%?? Way too funny Cam! Maybe "low linen" is linen which is hung out to dry on a low clothes line.

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rmjoots said:

I have a couple that sound like something completely different from what the lyrics are.

In Please Mr. Postman, Karen sounds like she sings "I've been standing here waiting Mr. Postman, so patiently for just a CAR, for just a letter...."

In "I Need To Be In Love" instead of "I'm hanging on a hope", to me, it sounds like "I'm hanging on a hook, but I'm alright."

And half the lyrics of "Sweet Sweet Smile" I can't make out. When I sing it, this is what I end up saying 'And I got a bee on the rella, and Aunt Geneva, and I'll always be there." which makes no sense, but its what I hear!!!

On "I Need To Be In Love" for quite sometime I heard the lyric as "hangin' on a hoop, but I'm alright". I always imagined Karen hanging from a basketball hoop when that part of the song came on. too funny.

rmjoots pretty funny what you hear in "Sweet Sweet Smile". I don't think I misheard these lyrics because I had the record album from the beginning and had the lyrics to the song.

[Moe]

I also thought the lyric was ...written with a broken arm... as a kid.
Another misinterpretation from 'All you get from love..." was the first line. "Like sailing on a sailing ship to Nowhere... became...to Norway." I thought that was pretty reasonable!