misunderstood Stevie lyrics! :)

sorcerer999 · #1 11-11-2011, 07:10 PM

When I was a kid, I ALWAYS misunderstood some of the things she was singing. I went for years singing the wrong words, such as...

STOP DRAGGIN' MY HEART AROUND
"I said, 'Gail! Well, what am I supposed to do?' I didn't know what I was gettin' into..." (I just assumed Gail was a good friend of Stevie's)

STAND BACK
"Do not turn away my friend...black widow, I can bend!"

TALK TO ME
"Well I showed you all my GODS now isn't that enough?"

RHIANNON
do do do, do do do do..."Leannaaaaaaaaa..."

EDGE OF 17
"Just like the one we love, sings a song sounds like she's SAYIN'..."

ROOMS ON FIRE
"...it seemed to be the only thing that's drivin' the light..."

My best friend Chris recently told me he went for many years thinking she was singing...

DREAMS (this one's naughty)
"...when the rain washes, you cream your load..."

SORCERER
"Little woman on a star stream...in the middle of a snow drift..."

And finally, when SYW came out, my neice was 9 years old and would sing along...

GOODBYE BABY (this one's my favorite)
"I hope your heart's not broken, don't forget me...yes, I was out smokin'..."

What about you guys? Any funny things that you'd sing thinking it was the real lyric?

Troddew · #2 11-11-2011, 08:01 PM

my cousin used to think that the words in Stop Dragging My Heart Around were
"so you had a little gerbil and it drowned"

mikebise · #3 11-11-2011, 08:10 PM

Every time I heard "Rooms On Fire" on the radio in May 1989 (before The Other Side Of The Mirror was released~ with lyrics included), I was positive Stevie was singing:

"Long nights of wine cloud my memory..."

In 1976, I thought the chorus of "Rhiannon" went:

"Ee--YEAH--uhhh...
Ee--YEAH--uhh..."

I still sing this on "Blue Lamp"~

"And the light that shines
Through the shiny night
Is a lamp that I carried
From my mother's arms..."

deribish · #4 11-11-2011, 08:40 PM

I STILL sing along to ALICE with these words (that i swear she was singing when i first heard the cassette single in 1989): "some carry a stiletto in their car door, along with everything else that they carry."

hey... it makes sense. except Stevie doesnt drive.

mikebise · #5 11-11-2011, 08:50 PM

In the 1994 Street Angel tour book, Stevie talks about driving around the desert in her Jeep!

Not to mention Stevie behind the wheel in the video for "The Blonde In The Blue T-Bird"!!!

SuiteShangriLa · #6 11-11-2011, 08:51 PM

i dont really have any that i can think of. im usually too obsessed with knowing/reading the correct lyrics til they are embedded into my brain.

a friend of mine (non Stevie fan) was in the car with me once when i was listening to the BD cd and thought she said in After The Glitter Fades:
Even though the linen is sometimes laced with lice...its alright

CTDee · #7 11-11-2011, 09:14 PM

My son when he was in Kindergarten, was getting a ride home from school, and he told me when he came home that he heard that stevie nicks song " Just like the wide window" (EO17) LOL

cliffdweller · #8 11-14-2011, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by mikebise

In 1976, I thought the chorus of "Rhiannon" went:

"Ee--YEAH--uhhh...
Ee--YEAH--uhh..."

When I was a kid I used to think it was "Heeeeeey man"

Glad Stevie's a better songwriter than that

PolishStevieFan · #9 11-14-2011, 10:50 AM

And what is she singing after each chours in "Seven Wonders"...? Because to me it's always sounded like "I'll never live to match the beauty Okay!... the rainbow's end ... hello, hello!" Or maybe it's "heaven, heaven"... I don't know!

UndoingTheLaces · #10 11-15-2011, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by PolishStevieFan

And what is she singing after each chours in "Seven Wonders"...? Because to me it's always sounded like "I'll never live to match the beauty Okay!... the rainbow's end ... hello, hello!" Or maybe it's "heaven, heaven"... I don't know!

There was a huge discussion here a while back and I think someone confirmed through a quite from one of her backup singers that she's singing the name "Sara" during those little instrumental breaks.

Nickingham · #11 11-15-2011, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by PolishStevieFan

And what is she singing after each chours in "Seven Wonders"...? Because to me it's always sounded like "I'll never live to match the beauty Okay!... the rainbow's end ... hello, hello!" Or maybe it's "heaven, heaven"... I don't know!

She sings "I'll never live to match the beau-ty a-gain."
And she sings "Sara" in between.I thought she was singing "Tara".lol

Edit: She might be singing Tara,actually. This has been debated before.

UndoingTheLaces · #12 11-12-2011, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Troddew

my cousin used to think that the words in Stop Dragging My Heart Around were
"so you had a little gerbil and it drowned"

Ha ha ha!!! That's really funny. It reminds me of the Mad TV skits where this woman played a crazy little girl named Dot. She was on Oprah once talking about how she forgot to feed her sister's hamster so it ate it's own foot and then she tried to baptize the hamster babies but they drowned.

When Edge first came out I used to think she was saying "just like a one window" which makes absolutely no sense.

APerfectLie · #13 11-12-2011, 01:03 PM

Paper Doll:
"Well I have forgotten you and your beautiful LIES"

If Anyone Falls:
"Seen many things today, I've never seen anything like you."

Rooms On Fire:
"it seemed to be the only thing thats DIED in the light."

In Your Dreams
"I'm always in and out of your LIFE"

I Can't Wait
"Go home to your cobwebs and think of your fire baby!" (I am still convinced she says this since nobody has a consistent clue as to what she is saying!)

Oh there are tons more, but I have to go back to work now.

equeen102289 · #14 11-12-2011, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by APerfectLie

If Anyone Falls:
"Seen many things today, I've never seen anything like you."

Is this not what she says?

If You Ever Did Believe:
"You've left me now and it sees in my soul"

Secret Love: (I think everyone and their mom misunderstood this one)
"My secretly love secretly dies"

Straight Back:
"What can I say this time, what chord shall I play?"

APerfectLie · #15 11-12-2011, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by equeen102289

Is this not what she says?

If You Ever Did Believe:
"You've left me now and it sees in my soul"

Secret Love: (I think everyone and their mom misunderstood this one)
"My secretly love secretly dies"

Straight Back:
"What can I say this time, what chord shall I play?"

She apparently says "Seen anything today... never seen anything like you" which makes no goddamn sense, but whatever.