Come to Sand, Knock on the Sand: The Misheard Lyrics Thread

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wait, that's not correct?
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This is difficult because I think I know all the words and I'm always shocked when I'm wrong. So I have no idea what I'm supposedly mishearing until it's pointed out to me. And even then I usually think I'm right.
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And, yes, Platy.

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The first time I heard STBC I thought it was spaceman, spin the black circle.
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cutuphalfdead wrote:The first time I heard STBC I thought it was spaceman, spin the black circle.
wait, that's not correct?
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cutuphalfdead wrote:The first time I heard STBC I thought it was spaceman, spin the black circle.
No you didn't.
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durdencommatyler wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:The first time I heard STBC I thought it was spaceman, spin the black circle.
No you didn't.
I absolutely did.
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First time I heard "Corduroy" (and for years after) I thought the lyric was "they can, by the can, put on my clothes." The image I had was Eddie removing his clothing and dropping them on the floor in the bathroom by the toilet, and then encouraging someone else to come in and put them on. I figured it probably meant something other than that, but those are the words I heard. I was 11.
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cutuphalfdead wrote:The first time I heard STBC I thought it was spaceman, spin the black circle.
Kevin Davis wrote:First time I heard "Corduroy" (and for years after) I thought the lyric was "they can, by the can, put on my clothes." The image I had was Eddie removing his clothing and dropping them on the floor in the bathroom by the toilet, and then encouraging someone else to come in and put them on. I figured it probably meant something other than that, but those are the words I heard. I was 11.
We both posted these exact same things on page 1 of this thread.

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cutuphalfdead wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:The first time I heard STBC I thought it was spaceman, spin the black circle.
No you didn't.
I absolutely did.
My apologies, then.
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Man, i cant remember now but i used to have some good ones.
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Kevin Davis wrote:First time I heard "Corduroy" (and for years after) I thought the lyric was "they can, by the can, put on my clothes." The image I had was Eddie removing his clothing and dropping them on the floor in the bathroom by the toilet, and then encouraging someone else to come in and put them on. I figured it probably meant something other than that, but those are the words I heard. I was 11.
Oh yeah, that's a good one. I thought it was: "thinking by the can; put on my clothes."

And then later I tried to convince my friend Matt McCann that he was saying, "Thinkin' 'bout McCann; put on my clothes." I knew that couldn't possibly be right. But it sure sounded like that once you had it in your head.
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pudding in,
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guestT wrote:pudding in,
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I just listened to "Come Back" for the first time in forever and heard this again. I like these lyrics
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i still don't understand what's going on in the chorus of Clairvoyants.
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Farmer John wrote:Come to sand. Knock on the sand.
I still prefer these lyrics.
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Oh they are definitely better
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bodysnatcher wrote:
knee tunes wrote:a quarter past
a holy no


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She’s reeling you in, snatcher.
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