Madame George lyrics/flawed hearings and memories

[Forrest Gunter]

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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jon Ford <jonmfordster@hotmail.com>
>Sent: Mar 22, 2004 10:48 PM
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>Subject: Re: Madame George lyrics
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>Stephanie-- I looked up this song on 10 different websites, and the lyrics
>are almost identical.
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>me too. however if the first person transcribes errors, those errors are 
>repeated as gospel. this is to say, not you are wrong, but i question the 
>accuracy of what passes for "the" lyrics. my ear hears different words here 
>and there. haven't had a chance to sit down and compare but the ambiguity 
>remains interesting, esp. in the case of someone who uses his voice as an 
>instrument as much as van does.
>there are hilarious examples of misheard lyrics.
          Yes.  And there are websites dedicated to misheard lyrics.  I like 
what the novelist Mary Karr (Carr?) sez: I'm not saying that this is what 
happened; I'm saying that this is what I remember.

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