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Tom Tom Club album at Amazon.com
Tom Tom Club's, "Genius of Love"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Feels like I'm dreaming but I'm not so thin
The Real Lyrics:
Feels like I'm dreaming but I'm not sleeping
The Story: When I told Tina Weymouth (who wrote this song) that I thought the lyric was 'feels like I'm dreaming but I'm not so thin' she told me not to quit my dayjob. - Submitted by: Louie Pearlman

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