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9 June 2013
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my little cousin thought that Eleanor Rigby was Ellen and Rigby, and in Strawberry Fields Forever , I thought it was ‘nothing to get hum about’ instead of ‘nothing to get hung about’, and ‘no one I think is in my tree, I mean it must be high alone‘ instead of ‘high or low’, and in Maggie Mae I always thought it was ‘she never walked down light street anymore’ instead of lime street and then ’tis a part of Liverpool, dirty turned me to, shoot box and a week there was my pay’ and I never really understood it but apparently it’s ‘to the port of Liverpool, they returned me to, two pounds ten a week, that was my pay’
“Anyway, there is one thing I have learned and that is not to dress uncomfortably, in styles which hurt: winklepicker shoes that cripple your feet and tight pants that squash your balls. Indian clothes are better.” - George Harrison
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18 December 2011
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Typical misheard lyrics from “Penny Lane “:
“In the boring rain…” (in reality it’s “In the pouring rain…”)
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6.54am
5 November 2011
Offline In Magneto and Titanium Man, I always thought it was I need a titanium man, but it’s magneto and titanium man. I don’t understand how I didn’t get that one.
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9.51pm
16 September 2013
Offline Hi! I’m new to the forum, and I read through every post in this thread to make sure that my “misheard” lyric had not already been, uh… discussed to death. In the song “Love You To ,” George (supposedly) sings “Love me while you can… before I’m a dead old man”… Well, as a kid, I would play and sing along with Beatles’ songs, and I had an official Beatles’ sheet music book that listed that lyric as “Love me while you can… or I’ll get a plan”… So, for years that is what I heard George singing. It sounded like a credible declaration; George was gonna get a plan, if all else failed. I thought it might be Liverpool slang, like when you’re not particularly happy about something, and you threaten “Well, I’ll just get a plan.” It made about as much sense as the title to the song, anyway.
If anyone else misheard this lyric, please let me know. If not, well… I’ll get a plan.
5.58pm
3 May 2012
Offline Aww you went through the whole thread? Here are a few apples for you, sir! 
I’ve heard people say they’ve heard that before (though not necessarily on here), so you’re not alone.
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7.22pm
16 September 2013
Offline Thanks for the apples, fabfouremily. I will gladly take them, considering this sad story from my past: I was a kid growing up in Scranton, Pennsylvania back in the late 60s/early 70s. Capitol Records had a manufacturing plant in Scranton then, and they were being kept busy cranking out Abbey Road discs. I had a friend in school whose dad owned a local printing company. They got the contract to print up the green apples that were being slapped on every Apple record. My friend invited me to go down to his dad’s printing company, just a short distance from my home, and pick up for free an entire sheet of green Beatles’ apples with no track listings printed on them; just bare, beautiful green Beatles apples like you have just given me. I was a huge Beatles fan, and I can’t remember why, but I never took him up on the offer. What was I thinking? What a stupid get! Well, I’m not turing down your generous gift, so thanks again! 
Now to slap this thread back on track, I should point out that the same official Beatles’ sheet music that printed “Or I’ll get a plan…” also had this misprinted lyric from “She Said, She Said:” “She said… who put all those things in your hair“… I never could make much sense of that, but I figured it was an abstract, hallucinogenic image from Lennon’s imagination. But I always wondered why he didn’t go for the obvious rhyme “I swear, who put all those things in your hair”…
7.27pm
14 January 2013
Offline Lucy in the Sky with Stars said
I’ve got a few…in Birthday , I always thought they were singing “Yes, we’re going to a garden party.”
But it’s “Yes we’re going to a party party.”
Another is Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da . Always thought they were singing “With a couple of kids running in the yard, while Desmond and Molly joke.”
But it’s actually, “With a couple of kids running in the yard Of Desmond and Molly Jones.”
Well you should see her in drag, she looks like a hag
instead of
Well you should see her in drag dressed in her polythene bag
“She’s the kind of a girl that makes news in the world” —Like being famous for something all over the world.
instead of
“She’s the kind of a girl that makes the News of the World”
Wonky finger
instead of
Monkey finger
Happiness is Warm Gun
The man in the crowd with the multi-colored mirrors of his heart melts
instead of
The man in the crowd with the multi-colored mirrors on his hobnail boots.
All the lovely people—when I was really young
instead of
All the lonely people
Strawberry Fields
No one I think is in my dream
instead of
No one I think is in my tree
8.10pm
14 February 2013
Offline Another is Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da . Always thought they were singing “With a couple of kids running in the yard, while Desmond and Molly joke.”
But it’s actually, “With a couple of kids running in the yard Of Desmond and Molly Jones.”
I LOVE that! – “while Desmond and Molly joke”! Too funny.
I recently just discovered that I had been singing A Hard Days Night wrong for ALL these years!!! I’m still shocked, but anyway…I always thought the words were “so why I love coming home, cause when I get you alone….” but of course it is “why on earth should I moan, cause when I get you alone…” 
"....take a sad song & make it Meilleur"....
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Offline In “Across The Universe ” jai guru deva sounds like *jack-a-roo day of love* to me.
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21 November 2012
Offline Bungalow Bob said
Hi! I’m new to the forum, and I read through every post in this thread to make sure that my “misheard” lyric had not already been, uh… discussed to death. In the song “Love You To ,” George (supposedly) sings “Love me while you can… before I’m a dead old man”… Well, as a kid, I would play and sing along with Beatles’ songs, and I had an official Beatles’ sheet music book that listed that lyric as “Love me while you can… or I’ll get a plan”… So, for years that is what I heard George singing. It sounded like a credible declaration; George was gonna get a plan, if all else failed. I thought it might be Liverpool slang, like when you’re not particularly happy about something, and you threaten “Well, I’ll just get a plan.” It made about as much sense as the title to the song, anyway.If anyone else misheard this lyric, please let me know. If not, well… I’ll get a plan.
I heard ”Love me while you can..you’re a little man” Which I knew it didn’t make sense of course, but I always forgot the right lyrics.
4.53pm
16 September 2013
Offline Bungalow Bob said Hi! I’m new to the forum, and I read through every post in this thread to make sure that my “misheard” lyric had not already been, uh… discussed to death. In the song “Love You To ,” George (supposedly) sings “Love me while you can… before I’m a dead old man”… Well, as a kid, I would play and sing along with Beatles’ songs, and I had an official Beatles’ sheet music book that listed that lyric as “Love me while you can… or I’ll get a plan”… So, for years that is what I heard George singing. It sounded like a credible declaration; George was gonna get a plan, if all else failed. I thought it might be Liverpool slang, like when you’re not particularly happy about something, and you threaten “Well, I’ll just get a plan.” It made about as much sense as the title to the song, anyway. If anyone else misheard this lyric, please let me know. If not, well… I’ll get a plan.
I heard ”Love me while you can..you’re a little man” Which I knew it didn’t make sense of course, but I always forgot the right lyrics.
Linde, “You’re a little man,” and “Before I get a plan” work just as well for me as George’s official lyric of “Before I’m a dead old man.” And while we’re at it, what is up with that title? “Love You To“… Instead of the obvious “Love To You.” It actually sounds to me like George might have distractedly scrawled the title on a demo cassette, and carelessly flip-flopped the words… and then John Lennon saw the mistake, and said with a cackle “Keep it that way, it’s brilliant!” I’m such a Beatles’ fan; that’s how I judge just about everything they did. The lyric “Before I’m a dead old man”… that’s so bad… that it’s good. 
11.17pm
20 September 2013
Offline In Here There And Everywhere I always thought that Paul said
“And when she’s beside me I need mental care”
I thought it kind of worked since when this was released they were starting drugs and all so I went with it.\
Truth be told it was just yesterday that I found out I was wrong 
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Offline likedreamersdo16 said
In Here There And Everywhere I always thought that Paul said“And when she’s beside me I need mental care”
I thought it kind of worked since when this was released they were starting drugs and all so I went with it.\
Truth be told it was just yesterday that I found out I was wrong
That is really funny.
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11.25pm
14 February 2013
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Agree! The “mental care” is funny!!!
"....take a sad song & make it Meilleur"....
5.54pm
28 January 2013
Offline In Lovely Rita I always thought that Paul sang “Got the bill and read to pay it.” Which makes sense since you had to read the bill to pay it, but recently I found that it is “Got the bill and Rita paid it”
Yeah let the girl pay the bill.
And if you saw my love, I'll love her to.
8.58pm
16 September 2013
Offline BBCSessions1963 said
In Lovely Rita I always thought that Paul sang “Got the bill and read to pay it.” Which makes sense since you had to read the bill to pay it, but recently I found that it is “Got the bill and Rita paid it”BBCSession1963, I had a problem with Lovely Rita ‘s very next line. I could read the lyrics on the back of the album “Took her home and nearly made it”… But I was too young and naive to “get” the phrase “made it,” when it came to those sassy sisters sitting on the sofa. I thought Paul was just contradicting himself when he said “Took her home, I nearly made it”… “Well, which was it,” the young naive me thought to myself; “Did you take her home, or nearly take her home?” I stlll liked the song, though. And the light bulb finally went on about that clever line.
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20 August 2013
Offline Bungalow Bob said
BBCSessions1963 said
In Lovely Rita I always thought that Paul sang “Got the bill and read to pay it.” Which makes sense since you had to read the bill to pay it, but recently I found that it is “Got the bill and Rita paid it”BBCSession1963, I had a problem with Lovely Rita ‘s very next line. I could read the lyrics on the back of the album “Took her home and nearly made it”… But I was too young and naive to “get” the phrase “made it,” when it came to those sassy sisters sitting on the sofa. I thought Paul was just contradicting himself when he said “Took her home, I nearly made it”… “Well, which was it,” the young naive me thought to myself; “Did you take her home, or nearly take her home?” I stlll liked the song, though. And the light bulb finally went on about that clever line.
Love that story. Thanks for sharing.
I’m still wondering how much I have left to “get” from the Beatles songs. I hope it is a lot. I love discovering something in them that I hadn’t thought about before.
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Offline “Took her home, I nearly made it” was taken as a clue for PiD; he was going home [on the night of a studio argument with the other 3], there was a car accident, he died. Sad that nobody thought about the passenger, maybe she survived.
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10.31pm
14 January 2013
Offline meanmistermustard said
“Took her home, I nearly made it” was taken as a clue for PiD; he was going home [on the night of a studio argument with the other 3], there was a car accident, he died. Sad that nobody thought about the passenger, maybe she survived.
Good one
11.03pm
16 September 2013
Offline sky090909 said
meanmistermustard said
“Took her home, I nearly made it” was taken as a clue for PiD; he was going home [on the night of a studio argument with the other 3], there was a car accident, he died. Sad that nobody thought about the passenger, maybe she survived.
Good one
I was really “into” the “Paul-is-dead” clues when the story first broke, and I guess I never heard the one about “…nearly made it…” So, if that was the case, not only is it a mystery how the Lovely Rita fared in the car crash, but then we are left with the uncomfortable image of Paul’s now deceased body propped up beside Rita’s sister or sisters on the sofa. How gruesome! Rita must have survived the crash, and was hospitalized nearby, but for some reason the lifeless Paul was laid to rest “sitting” on his new girlfriend’s couch. Hmm…very surrealistic imagery.
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