Re: Lyrics that you got wrong for years
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:08 pm
by Green Gecko
Victor Mistletoe wrote:I wanna be a dog (I wanna be adored)
When I was a kid I thought it was "I wanna be a door."
Re: Lyrics that you got wrong for years
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 11:57 pm
by rinks
Van Foster wrote:For nearly forty years I've thought the line in the Pet Shop Boys'
West End Girls was...
In the west end town of Denwold
Like Denwold was a historically-named suburb of west London that I'd just never heard of. How wrong I was.
Actual lyrics: In a West End town, a dead end world.
I thought it was “In a West End town, with dead-end walls”. Which at least makes some sense.