Thursday, June 4, 2009

A MOTLEY MELANGE OF MONDEGREENS

“Return da Zenda.”
(Actual lyric: “Return to sender.”)
-- Stan Kegel

“Reverend Bluejeans.”
(Actual lyric: “Forever in blue jeans.”)
-- Mary Lee

“Searching for my lost singer from Mars.”
(Actual lyric: “Searching for my last shaker of salt.”)
-- Stan Kegel

“She loved Cheez-Its, and America too.”
(Actual lyric: “She loved Jesus, and America too.”)
-- Stan Kegel

“Since she left me there’ve been owls pukin’ in my bed.”
(Actual lyric: “Since she put me down I ‘ve been out doin’ in my head.”)
-- Stan Kegel

“She’s got electric boobs, a mohair too.”
(Actual lyric: “She’s got electric boots, a mohair suit.”)
-- Stan Kegel

“Slow walkin’ Walter.”
(Actual lyric: “Smoke on the water.”)
-- Stan Kegel

“Snow covered horses.”
(Actual lyric: “Smoke on the water.”)
-- Stan Kegel

“Stand on the rug.”
(Actual lyric: “Band on the run.”)
-- Stan Kegel

“Man on the run.”
(Actual lyric: “Band on the run.”)
-- C.M.

“Stick your head in lotion.”
(Actual lyric: “I second that emotion.”)
-- Stan Kegel

“Straight arm, straight arm for you.”
(Actual lyric: “Straight on, straight on for you.”)
-- Stan Kegel

“Sugar fried honey butt.”
(Actual lyric: “Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch.”)
-- Stan Kegel

“Sweet dreams are made of cheese.”
(Actual lyric: “Sweet dreams are made of these.”)
-- Stan Kegel

“Sweet tell a lie.”
(Actual lyric: “Sweet Caroline.”)
-- Stan Kegel

“The ants are my friends. They’re blowing in the wind.”
(Actual lyric: “The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind.”)
-- Stan Kegel

“Then I saw her face. Now I’m gonna leave her.”
(Actual lyric: “Then I saw her face. Now I’m a believer.”)
-- Stan Kegel

“You and me and Leslie.”
(Actual lyric: “You and me endlessly.”)
-- Stan Kegel

“You have lost your gum forever./Dreadful sorry, Clementine.”
(Actual lyric: “You are lost and gone forever./Dreadful sorry, Clementine.”)
-- Stan Kegel

“You made the rice, I made the gravy.”
(Actual lyric: You may be right, I may be crazy.”)
-- Stan Kegel

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