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1 May 2011
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Like any clue they only take the bits that fit so everything else is ignored. However Couch starts with a c and whip out the cushion and you have a box so theres your coffin.
"I told you everything I could about me, Told you everything I could" ('Before Believing' - Emmylou Harris)
2.33am
28 January 2013
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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.
Some say its all about a clue that Paul died in a car crash hence the “nearly” I think that he nearly made it like “We were nearly late” as an example how I thought the word was used. Then he’ll be sitting on that sofa
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8.20pm
3 August 2012
Offline I thought that in Penny Lane they said “there beneath the blues and purple skies” instead of “there beneath the blue, suburban skies”.
Times I find it hard to say / With useless words getting in my way
8.36pm
16 September 2013
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And don’t get me started about the line in Penny Lane , where I thought I mis-heard them sing “Four of fish and finger pies.” (which sounded childish and vaguely vulgar to me) Then I finally saw the official lyrics, and, uh… what do ya know, they are singing “Four of fish and finger pies.” And it is childish and vaguely vulgar. 
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Beatlebug9.19pm
8 November 2012
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Then I finally saw the official lyrics, and, uh… what do ya know, they are singing “Four of fish and finger pies.” And it is childish and vaguely vulgar.
Hahaha!
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6.55am
29 August 2013
Offline Not a beatle song but I always heard on Under Pressure “It’s the terror of NORWAY” instead of “terror of KNOWING”…..
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11.27am
16 September 2013
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I thought that in Penny Lane they said “there beneath the blues and purple skies” instead of “there beneath the blue, suburban skies”.
This isn’t exactly a misheard lyric; It’s a mis-printed lyric, from my Beatles’ sheet music for Penny Lane . Instead of the “banker sitting waiting for a trim,” the songbook says “the banker sitting waiting for a trend.” Huh? What kind of trend is he waiting for? A hairstyle trend? An economic trend? Well, I guess he is a banker…
12.21pm
18 March 2013
Offline I used to think that the opening lyrics of For No One were “Good day breaks, your mind aches” instead of “Your day breaks, your mind aches”
10.55am
31 March 2008
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Bungalow Bob said
This isn’t exactly a misheard lyric; It’s a mis-printed lyric, from my Beatles’ sheet music for Penny Lane . Instead of the “banker sitting waiting for a trim,” the songbook says “the banker sitting waiting for a trend.” Huh? What kind of trend is he waiting for? A hairstyle trend? An economic trend? Well, I guess he is a banker…
I really like the idea of the banker getting a haircut he hates, then having to sit inside the barbershop waiting for it to come into fashion. “He’s been here for weeks now. I wish punk would hurry up and come along; that mohican’s not going anywhere…”
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3.46pm
28 January 2013
Offline Penny Lane has a lot misheard lyrics for me. I’m pretty sure Paul sings “Meanwhile back.” Sometimes I hear it “Meanwhile banker” and in “four off fish and finger pies” was always for me “full of fish and finger pies.”
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4.05pm
16 September 2013
Offline Joe said
Bungalow Bob said
This isn’t exactly a misheard lyric; It’s a mis-printed lyric, from my Beatles’ sheet music for Penny Lane . Instead of the “banker sitting waiting for a trim,” the songbook says “the banker sitting waiting for a trend.” Huh? What kind of trend is he waiting for? A hairstyle trend? An economic trend? Well, I guess he is a banker…I really like the idea of the banker getting a haircut he hates, then having to sit inside the barbershop waiting for it to come into fashion. “He’s been here for weeks now. I wish punk would hurry up and come along; that mohican’s not going anywhere…”
Joe, this made me laugh out loud, and I can definitely see the scene as part of an “alternate” Penny Lane video: The postman delivering the latest men’s fashion magazine to the barbershop, and the stubborn banker casually flipping through the pages to see if he is finally “trendy” enough to leave.
5.14pm
16 September 2013
Offline If this has already been covered in this long thread, I apologize for the duplication. But when I first heard “Taxman ,” I had no knowledge of British politics, so “Mr. Wilson” and “Mr. Heath” didn’t register with me. I thought the background Beatle vocalists were singing “A-ha, miss the wheels, son… a-ha, miss the heat.” I actually thought this through, and I made it make sense; there must have been a heavy tax on car tires in England, which is why young male teenage drivers couldn’t even afford to equip their automobiles. Also, there must be oppressive taxes on coal stoves, natural gas furnaces, and firewood. Of course, these poor over-taxed folks would miss the heat on a cold damp winters’ day. No wonder George was so upset.
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Beatlebug5.31pm
23 May 2013
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Hmmmm… Ah, as for the Sgt Pepper inner groove, I always thought it said “never could see any other way”, and one time my friendo believed Helter Skelter was spelled and sung as “Hetler Sketler”, which led to an argument with her dad and now her least favorite, perhaps, despised Beatle track. 
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8.38pm
18 April 2013
Offline For the longest time on Three Cool Cats, I thought the words were, “Walking down the street, shaking their hips, spitting up a bag of potato chips.”
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5.22pm
16 September 2013
Offline This mis-heard lyric appeared today on the mainpage of… (gulp)… the Beatles Bible! At least I think it should be “Mama said it’s gotta stop.” Although maybe Mama’s actual, physical “head” is really out of control, and has to be stopped at all costs, as in a sci-fi “B” movie.
WHISPER WORDS OF WISDOM
Well, mama’s head has got to stop— Bad Boy
Junior’s head is hard as rock
Now, junior, behave yourself!
11.47pm
3 October 2013
Offline I always thought John was singing: ”But if you go mumble mumble of german minds”, until i read the lyrics for ”Revolution ” btw.
He is really singing: ”But if you go carrying pictures of chairman Mao” You ain’t going to make it with anyone anyhow …
Takes time to get use to singing this part right, it just feels wrong 
Also saw ”Nowhere Boy” today – Enjoyed it very much, and i even cried when *Spoiler alert* Mimi explained why she had to take John away from Julia .
1.08am
18 October 2013
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I NEVER heard what they were singing in that third line…………I absently thought I could hear…….”Brighten her to do”. It wasn’t a song I played on guitar so I’d never looked at the lyrics. I didn’t worry about it enough to sort the ‘mystery’ out until a couple of years ago.
You know it’s up to you,
I think it’s only fair,
Pride can hurt you, too,
Apologize to her
By the way I never liked that hit song of Paul’s about his, ‘leaking tyre’
7.54pm
17 January 2013
Offline FoolishWalrusPaul said
Also saw ”Nowhere Boy” today – Enjoyed it very much, and i even cried when *Spoiler alert* Mimi explained why she had to take John away from Julia .
Good movie, but it does sensationalize the story. It didn’t exactly happen like that. The “All These Years” book tells the much more realistic (and credible) story.
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5.51pm
21 November 2012
Offline @Wigwam I didn’t even realize what song those lyrics were from haha. I actually had to google them and then had a huge facepalm moment.
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29 August 2013
Offline As mentioned in another post I always thought Norwegian Wood was a nice song set in Norway
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