Misheard Song Lyrics -> Stories -> Elvin Bishop

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Elvin Bishop's, "Fooled Around And Fell In Love"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Ooh, deny declare deloo.
The Real Lyrics:
Fooled around and fell in love.
The Story: I was 8 and was sure I knew the lyrics. My evil, unforgetting brother still teases me with "my" version of the lyrics. - Submitted by: Sarina
Elvin Bishop's, "Fooled Around and Fell In Love"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I love a man, I leave him alone.
The Real Lyrics:
I'd love 'em and I'd leave 'em alone.
The Story: In an era in which even Liberace denied being gay, I couldn't fathom how this guy could get a song about being promiscuously bisexual played in heavy rotation on am radio. Years later, a friend laughingly corrected me when I mentioned it during a conversation about the rock band Queen. 'You just heard what you wanted to hear,' he grinned. - Submitted by: Ian of Cali
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