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Elton John's, "Ballad of a Well Known Gun"
Misheard Lyrics:
The whorehouse they hit me for my kin
And claimed my common walls
And claimed my common walls
Original Lyrics:
The poorhouse they hit me for my kin
And claimed my crumbling walls
And claimed my crumbling walls
My mind boggled as to why the whorehouse would want his kin and his common walls, but I like my 'lyrics' better!
Elton John's, "Ballad of a Well-known Gun"
Misheard Lyrics:
I fold out 'The Stagecoach' toms*
And I read the latest news
I tapped my feet in dumb surprise
And of course I'm sore - ain't new
The debutantes call out my bags
And ask me for my name
I stutter my answer
And hang my head in shame
And I read the latest news
I tapped my feet in dumb surprise
And of course I'm sore - ain't new
The debutantes call out my bags
And ask me for my name
I stutter my answer
And hang my head in shame
Original Lyrics:
I pulled out my stagecoach times
And I read the latest news
I tapped my feet in dumb surprise
And of course I saw they knew
The Pinkertons pulled out my bags
And asked me for my name
I stuttered out my answer
And hung my head in shame
And I read the latest news
I tapped my feet in dumb surprise
And of course I saw they knew
The Pinkertons pulled out my bags
And asked me for my name
I stuttered out my answer
And hung my head in shame
Ah, AM radio - where muffled lyrics mean you need to use your imagination. *tom derives from Cockney Rhyming Slang - 'Sir Thomas More' = whore
Elton John's, "Ballad of a Well-known Gun"
Misheard Lyrics:
Now I've seen it's a chain gang
Lord, I say, let me see my priest
I couldn't have faced your desert sand
Or burning brown back East
Lord, I say, let me see my priest
I couldn't have faced your desert sand
Or burning brown back East
Original Lyrics:
Now I've seen this chain gang
Lord, I say let me see my priest
I couldn't have faced your desert sand
Old burning brown backed beast
Lord, I say let me see my priest
I couldn't have faced your desert sand
Old burning brown backed beast
I don't understand Bernie's lyric either, lol.
Elton John's, "Ballad of a Well-known Gun"
Misheard Lyrics:
The whorehouse they hit me for my kin
And claimed my common walls
Now I know how Reno felt
When he ran from the law
And claimed my common walls
Now I know how Reno felt
When he ran from the law
Original Lyrics:
The poorhouse they hit me for my kin
And claimed my crumbling walls
Now I know how Reno felt
When he ran from the law
And claimed my crumbling walls
Now I know how Reno felt
When he ran from the law
MUCH prefer the imagery of my misheard lyric - the original lyric is rather bland and unexciting.
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