10:32 AM
I use a simple little computer program as my alarm clock in the mornings (the program is called... wait for it... "Alarm Clock"). I can set it to play any of my MP3s as my alarm. This sets the tone for the day, honestly, so I'm very deliberate in what music I choose. Typically I like songs that declare the majesty or grace of God ("God of Wonders," Come Thou Fount, Come Thou King," etc.), but sometimes I'll use songs like "The Best Day Ever" from the SpongeBob Squarepants Movie soundtrack or "Don't Look Back" by Boston.
Yesterday I woke up to "Man of Constant Sorrows" from the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack (I just like the song; don't have a lot of sorrows). I remember several years ago while we were listening to this one in the car, my son jokingly mimicked the song, "The place where I was born in bread," as opposed to the real lyric, "The place where I was born and bred".
Also a few years ago I remember occasional commenter Lisa noting to me that Matthew 5:23-24 was often misstated as saying, "...if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that you have something against your brother..." rather than what it really says: "...if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you..."
I touched on this a while back in a post but had, I suppose, a more "spiritual" point to make then, than I'm attempting to make today. So I open the commenting floor for misheard lyrics or misquoted Scripture. Here are just a couple to get your wheels turning:
- Lyrics -- most lines from any Boston song, but this one's always been a favorite: "Got to crack Jim Eisenreich" (actually "Got to crack this ice and fly") from "Hitch a Ride."
- Scripture -- here's a softball: "Money is the root of all evil." (This is mostly heard from non-Bible readers; I'd bet that most here know that 1 Timothy 6:10 actually says, "...the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil..." [emphasis mine, obviously])
- UPDATE (So good that I renamed the post; can't believe I forgot this one at first) -- my wife always thought that she heard the phrase, "Farewell, farewell to Deborah" on the chorus of Steve Miller Band's "Abracadabra" (instead of the part which actually says, "Abra, abracadabra...")
Have at 'em!
(Note: "Alarm Clock" was written by Scott Moore and was found via a Google search.)
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OK, I'm opening myself up to ridicule with this one, I know, but oh well. The Eagles "Take It Easy", I thought they were saying, "it's a girl, my lord, in a bright red ford", but they're saying, "it's a girl, my lord, in a flat bed ford". Dwight cringes every time I sing over them deliberately with the wrong words. He's the one who pointed it out to me. ;) I like "bright red ford" better anyway. No girly girl would be driving a flat bed (which I guess is the reason for the "my lord" exclamation).
OK since we are being open to self ridicule I will make a confession. When I was about 10 yrs old the Bee Gee's were very popular. For the longest time whenever I heard "More than a Woman" I thought they were singing "Bald Headed Woman". I would go around actually singing these lyrics. One day to my shame I was openly ridicule by my best friend when he told me what the real lyrics were.
To this day whenever my wife and I hear this song, she will immediately beginning singing "bald headed woman" to add to my shame. :)
pres - that's what spouses are for! to keep us humble! thanks for the laughs, ya'll. I can't remember if I have done this or not, but I'm sure I have.......
Back when I was teaching first grade, I had students that thought the line in the Pledge which we said everyday was "and to the republic for Richard Stands" instead of "for which it stands". To this day I can not help but laugh to myself when I recite the Pledge. Deanna
Until a few weeks ago I thought, in "Brown Eyed Girl," the line was:
"Gunnin' down the old man with a transistor radio" (obviously using the radio, with its antenna, as a pretend gun).
(The real lyric is "Goin' down the old mine with a transistor radio.")
This is something I still often do unfortunately but I'll limit my disclosure to just 2. First one was In the Navy by the Village People. I always thought the line was Kiss the Daisy and didn't find out until 2 years after the song was released what the real words were. The 2nd was the Rolling Stones "It's a Gas, Gas, Gas" My ears heard "Cuz I just passed gas" My brother in law set me straight on this one after his stomach stopped cramping from laughing so hard at my interpretation. The list goes on but I'll just leave at these two :)
Pam Moylan
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