For half a century, I thought that when they sang “I Get Around,” the Beach Boys were singing, “I get around all the time. like a loco weed, I feel really great.’ In reality, they were singing, “I get around from town to town. I have a real cool head; I’m making real good bread.”
In “She’s a Woman,” I thought the Beatles were singing, “She don’t hit RBIs” (runs batted in), apparently meaning she doesn’t “score” with others. In reality, they’re singing, “she don’t give boys the eye.”
CCR Green River:
I thought it was, “Let me remember things I don’t know.”
It’s actually “Let me remember things I love.”
Mine is MUCH better.