Misunderstood song lyrics

[surfered]

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She’s a one ton tomato..


Guantanamera by the Sandpipers



Hotel California by the Eagles - On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair…




Bad Moon On The Rise by Creedence Clearwater Revival

[Zambero]

1. Jimi Hendrix Purple Haze

"Scuse me while I kiss this guy". Actual lyric refers to "the sky". Jimi was in on the joke early-on at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival and took it to another level. When that line in the song came up, he used the "alternative" lyric while motioning in the direction of bassist Noel Redding, who he'd introduced as being Bob Dylan's grandmother. And to top it off, he burned and smashed his guitar, upstanding The Who, which was no small accomplishment.

[surfered]

5. I used to think that's what Hendrix sang, too.

[Endlessmike56]

2. Do ya take French?

Lunatic Fringe by Red Rider

[marble falls]

3. I wanna spend time shopping ...

... ahhhhhh, once bitten twice shy, babe.

[ret5hd]

4. Beat this:

[surfered]

6. You win!

[chowmama]

7. The right time, the wrong me

Of course, it's the right time to roll to me. But I think my mishearing was better.

[pnwest]

8. 61 years old, just learned that it's "Penny Lane"

not “And Elaine is in my ear and in my eyes”. Swear to God I’ve always heard “and Elaine”.

[ultralite001]

9. My wee son's version of Winter Wonderland...

Proclaimed:

In the meadow we can build a snowman
And pretend that he is parsley brown…

When the holidays arrive, I long for that washed up, rust-colored “snowman”…
Like tumbleweeds…

https://imgur.com/gallery/tumbleweed-snowman-XW9CVNu

[ProfessorGAC]

10. Just Mentioned A Day Or Two Ago...

...that on Gary Wright's "Dream Weaver" I probably heard it 30-40 times and thought he was singing "Jane Weaver".
It wasn't until a DJ did a wrap-up of a 4 song set that I finally corrected myself.

[surfered]

11. When I was a wee lad, my grandmother would take me to church.

It was several years before I realized that the hymn Bringing in the Sheaves wasn’t Bringing in the Sheep. I had no idea what a sheave was.