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Old 05-31-2011, 04:25 AM
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Originally Posted by mitzo View Post
Stevie is almost always grammatically correct in her lyrics, never using "ain't" or double negatives and so on. She has incorrectly substituted "lay' for "lie,' though.
"drownding"
"which set of doors are mine"
"should've turned away and ran"
"be careful who you please"
"to never have loved at all"
etc.
I love her music/lyrics as much as anyone, but not for grammar/syntax. But I'm fine with suspending the rules for her.

For the record, the "to make love" in WSS doesn't seem odd to me at all. But if there's a sex scene with her in the WSS video, THAT will shock me.

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