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!
nrchy
Dweller - where in Gallows Pole are you referring to? I'm guessing the last verse, the closest line of which is "She warmed my blood from cold". Unfortunately, I don't think there is a definitive version of the lyrics (Plant sang it differently on different occasions), but here's the gist of the last verse:

"Yes you got a fine sister,
She warmed my blood from cold.
She/we warmed/brought my blood to boiling hot,
To keep you from the gallows pole.
Your brother brought me silver,
Your sister warmed my soul,
But now I laugh and pull so hard,
And see you swinging on the gallows pole...
Great story formulaone! It's fun to see the history of how music and language get distorted across the span of years.
That said, "pompatus" is actually a word (Latin, to be sure) meaning something like "splendor".
Rzado: It's at the 4 minute, 22 seconds mark.

R. Plant: "She's smhfteumsnethbtoso 'o"
"She saw the back of my door"
Regards,
Ken
Owww, get back, Voodoochile! You needn't understand James Brown to understand James Brown! ;-)