What's your favorite lyric from a song?

Neko Case, Hold On, Hold On:

I left the party at 3 a.m., alone thank god.........

"Excuse me while I kiss this guy..."

Hendrix, Purple Haze

"There's a bathroom on the right..."

CCR, Bad Moon Rising

mrdecibel, it was completely tongue-in-cheek. I always heard it as "kiss the sky" but when someone told me they heard it as "kiss this guy" I noticed that they are very very close. Although I was never a sky kisser....I don't think gin counts...once you hear "kiss this guy" it kind of sticks.

My wife ruined Jack Daniels for me when she pointed out that it has a distinct smell of banana. I'd never noticed it before but now I can't get past it. To get her back I now only drink Blanton's. ;-)

Likewise with Bad Moon Rising. Fogerty is obviously saying "There's a bad moon on the rise" but some radio DJ heard it differently and I always thought that was funny.

I had never heard the term mondegreen. Comes from a Scottish ballad:

Ye heilands and ye lowlands,
O whaur hae ye been?
They hae slain the Earl o' Murray,
And laid him on the green;

with "him on the green" being misheard as mondegreen.

AJ, thanks for clarifying. I had not followed the link you posted.

I leave the party at 3:00 am.
Alone thank god.

Neko Case
Hold On, Hold On