In which my heart is broken

[kalquessa]

So I was looking up the lyrics for CCR's "Down on the Corner" so that I could sing it for that meme, because ruthette requested it, knowing full well that no one actually knows what 95% of the words are to that song.

I always thought the second stanza of that song went something like this:

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Comments

[suzannemarie]

It took me a long time to figure out that the line was "doubles on kazoo."

I also like to tell the story that for the longest time, I thought the first line of "Brown Eyed Girl" was Hey Roderigo.

[aurora_novarum]

What is the first line of that song?

I've always sung it as "Hey, where do we go?" But I have no idea if I'm right. That is very much a make up the words kinda song.

[suzannemarie]

You've got it.

There's a later line "going down the old mine with a transister radio." For a long time, I understood the words to be "gunnin' down the old man with a transister radio." I think I had a visual image of a teenager blaring a radio in the vicinity of an old man. Hey, it was the 80s! Ghetto blasters were all the rage.

Oh like rock music lyrics are supposed to make sense anyway...

[aurora_novarum]

I always thought it was old man too!

Why would they go down an old mine? this song makes no sense!

[suzannemarie]

I assume it was just a spot to hang out, like going to the ol' fishing hole.

Or it could be that I'm still misunderstanding the lyrics!