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What did he say? Misunderstood lyrics.

My wife bought a calander with misunderstood song lyrics. The name of the calander is "'scuse me while I kiss this guy" from Jimi Hendrix. I remember hearing this while I was young and wondering what Jimi was singing about. All of the other ones I've read so far are really lame. So I'm wonder what your personal misunderstood lyric is.
I can't think of anything for myself so I'll do one of my wife's
Wrong lyric: "Only the lonely get laid." from The Motels
Correct lyric is: "Only the lonely can play."

Alright lets hear 'em!
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sc53
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"Some people call me Maurice
Cause I speak/Of the pompetous of love"
I read somewhere that that actually IS the lyric. Anyone know for sure?
sc53
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But what IS "the pompitous of love?" Steve Miller has been speaking of it to me for 30 years now, and I still have no clue what it is. Is love pompous? Is that the same as pompitous?
sc53
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Thank you Formula One!! As Nrchy, said, that is an incredibly detailed and informative explanation. So "pompitous" is really "puppetutes." Makes a LOT more sense that way! (right)
sc53
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Phasecorrect, you are as usual, correct about REM. I found a website that had the lyrics to all their songs once, and even translated, the lyrics made no sense at all! Michael Stipe just did a stream of consciousness rant. Sounded good but was untranslateable.
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