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    Quote Originally Posted by Freypower View Post
    Neither word works but to me he's singing 'heavily' and I have just looked at my Hotel California sheet music book which lists the word as 'heavily'.
    Wow I always thought it was pay Heavenly bills...

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    So in the PEF song it states I like the way her sparklin earings lay, but.. Glenn has sung on more than one occasion I like the way her sparklin earrings sway.
    So I asked Jack Tempchin and his reply was "ask Glenn" he sings it.

    I know for a fact I've heard sway before but written word says lay.
    So perhaps the guys change them up a bit, to keep us fans thinking!

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    Glenn does sing sway in concert. I wonder when he changed lay to sway in concert.

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    He has been singing 'sway' since at least Farewell One. It sounds better. 'Lay' is not only awkward but grammatically incorrect as the word sholuld be 'lie' in that context. Earrings lie, not lay, against your skin (unless you are using past tense).
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    Until about a year ago I used to think CKOF was 'They said that he was crazy / The kind an old lady should be' vice 'The kind that no lady should meet'. Another I only worked out literally the other day was that NKIT is 'It's those restless hearts that never mend'. I always said 'hearts that never met'

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    Default Re: Did I hear that right? (Misheard lyrics)

    Quote Originally Posted by Freypower View Post
    He has been singing 'sway' since at least Farewell One. It sounds better. 'Lay' is not only awkward but grammatically incorrect as the word sholuld be 'lie' in that context. Earrings lie, not lay, against your skin (unless you are using past tense).
    I know that is correct, but I still like 'lay' better. I wondered if he changed it when his kids were getting older and would understand what 'lay' meant versus 'sway'.
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    Since he likes to watch a woman dance, perhaps he just likes 'sway' better. In the context of 'lay', sway is better, too. It implies she's moving and not comatose.
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    "It's a girl, my Lord, in a plastic ford".

    "flatbed" just wasn't in my vocabulary. I was picturing a pink car made of plastic, like Barbie drives.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brooke View Post
    I know that is correct, but I still like 'lay' better. I wondered if he changed it when his kids were getting older and would understand what 'lay' meant versus 'sway'.
    I agree with the grammar, I'll bet that's why he did, he is a perfectionist.

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