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Gary Lewis And The Playboys', "This Diamond Ring"
The Misheard Lyrics:
P*** down the drain doesn't mean what it did before.
The Real Lyrics:
This diamond ring doesn't mean what it did before.
The Story: A friend's father thought that this is what was said. We died laughing; it sounds close. So the lyrics stuck when we did it in our band. - Submitted by: Bigdadblues
Gary Lewis And The Playboys', "This Diamond Ring"
The Misheard Lyrics:
This diamond ring doesn't mean what it puddy for.
The Real Lyrics:
This diamond ring doesn't mean what it did before.
The Story: This was actually misheard by my parents, who called me into their room to ask me about it. I was in tenth grade and thought it was hiliarious that they actually thought he was saying 'puddy'! - Submitted by: gr8white

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