Then there was Janis Joplin's botching of the lyrics in "Bobby McGee". I can't remember what that one was now, but I seem to recall that she mispronounce Salinas. Might have been something else. How 'bout the misinterpretation of the lyrics printed in the album "Sing A Song With The Kingston Trio." If you're not familiar with this, it was a Mitch Miller-type production of just instrumental tracks of KT songs (recorded by some unknown studio musicians) that you could sing and play along with. Long before karaoke. On the lyric sheet for "One More Town" it says: And didn't we all used to think that John Fogerty was singing "...there's a bathroom on the right..." in "Bad Moon Rising"? Believe it or not, I actually heard him sing it that way as a joke on a live TV special awhile back.
"If there's one more town, I'll be goin'. White for the weddin' - I'll be there." Of course the actual line is: "A fight for the winnin' and I'll be there."
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