In The Smiths song "This Charming Man", when Morrisey sings,
"I would go out tonight
But I haven't got a stitch to wear
This man said "it's gruesome
That someone so handsome should care".
A jumped up pantry boy
Who never knew his place
He said "return the ring" "
I thought he sang,
"I would go out tonight but I haven't got a stitch to wait,
This man, he's gruesome, said someone so handsome should care.
A jumped up country boy
Who never knew his place
She said, return to me."
Well, Morrisey IS pretty darn difficult to understand, listen to this song and you'll understand!
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- I thought Dr. Stitch, our town’s doctor… was Stich from lilo and stitchAnon
- I heard the song about Heaven being a place where nothing ever happened and thought, "What a boring place."Anon
- When I heard "Don't Come Out Tonight(Bad Moon on the Rise), I thought they were saying Bathroom on the Right.— helen.sellers
- 'I've got candy in my ears tonight, baby'.
~Canned Heat, Jimiroquai.— Nin - I thought the song "Party Time" by Moby was actually saying "heart attack" (this was before I knew the title)— Elviessa
- When I was young, I really used to believe that 'R.I.P.' (on a gravestone) meant 'Return If Possible.'— Colin