I heard the song Sister Christian yesterday. By Night Ranger. It's a great song with a catchy tune, but the lyrics. WTF? If your memory sucks like mine, you might need to hit the play button on the video before you remember what song I'm even talking about.
For years and years I've been singing along to this song only to stop at the refrain and think ... what the flip is he saying? Motor head? Motor end? Put your motor in? Or a woman's name? Motor-Ann? Modo-enne?
Thanks to the powerful internets, I was able to google and finally find the answer. Isn't that one of the best forms of mental relief? The just out of reach memory itch that finally gets scratched?
Another one is Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb. My husband laughs at me every time the song comes on because with this song I was confident I knew the lyrics. Not a doubt in my mind. It wasn't until Sam set me straight that I realized I'd been wrong all these years. And I'm embarrassed to say it was only a couple years ago.
Here are the true lyrics:
Now I've got that feeling once again
I can't explain, you would not understand
This is not how I am
I have become comfortably numb
And here is what I was sure they were singing:
After come, comfortably numb
Yes, as a teenager this is what I assumed. And didn't bat an eye, either. Depraved adolescence much?
Here's the tune if you want to listen for yourself.
But the burning question is this: Was I the only one who thought Pink Floyd was come-fortably numb?
How about you, reader? What song lyrics do you remember bungling?
