Did I hear that right? (Misheard lyrics)

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Yeah - I think Joe has many version's of that line in LBG - he's even updated it for the information age. Most recent versions go either, "They send me emails, tell me Glenn's great" or "They send Tim emails, tell Don Glenn's great". I get a kick out of it no matter how many times I hear it.

Re: Lyin' Eyes - I'm pretty sure it's 'every form of refuge has it's price'.

I have another one that always bothers me and I've meant to bring it up before. I thought about it again last weekend when I went to see the tribute band, Eaglemania. In Those Shoes, most of the searches on the web have this line as ...

'All those jerk-offs in their fancy cars, you can't believe your reviews'

To me, that doesn't make any sense - I always heard it as ...

'All those jerk-offs in their fancy cars, you can't believe you're refused'

I watch the Eaglemania singer closely as he sung the song and it sure looked like he sang 'you're refused' to me. I feel the same way when I've seen Don sing it in the HotE shows.

I'd love to hear what others have to say about this one.

[Freypower]

I used to think it was 'refused' and to this day I think 'refused' makes sense. 'Reviews' of what? You review restuarants or movies, not people. 'Refused' means the people the woman is trying to attract aren't falling for it. They are saying no to her despite all her 'efforts'. If you stretch it you can say they have 'reviewed' her and found her wanting, but it's very awkward.

For the record when I saw them I thought Don sang 'reviews' because that is what I have been led to believe is the actual word used. If it is refused after all, I will be pleased.

[AlreadyGone95]

I've only heard the studio version. The first few times I heard it, I thought it was reviews. That was just hearing it on the radio. Once I bought The Long Run on cd and played it with my earphones in, I heard it as refused. It sounds like he's gonna say reviews, but then I definitely hear "used" at the end. I think that refused fits the lyrical content of the song.

[AlreadyGone95]

I've got 2:

Hotel California:
Real lyrics: The pink champagne on ice
Mine: They put champagne on ice

Until a few months ago, I'd never heard of pink champagne!


Smuggler's Blues:
Real lyrics: You be cool for twenty hours and I'll pay you twenty grand
Mine: You be cool for twenty hours and I'll pay you twenty one.

Try as I might, I don't hear Glenn say grand on the studio version.

[NOLA]

Dreamer, I've always heard "refused" in TS. The second syllable really stands out, IMO. It's nearly the same word that I hear in LE, too.

[Freypower]

Lyin' Eyes is 'refuge'. The meaning is clear - a place of refuge. Refuse in its other meaning means rubbish which is not what the lyric of this song refers to at all.

http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/refuse

And in LE the emphaiss is on the first syllable, while in TS it is on the second syllable.

[shunlvswx]

Instead of ""for this tired man that we elected king", I would say, "for this tired man with the electric can."

[sodascouts]

I used to think it was "you're refused" until I read the lyrics in the songbook.

If you think about it, though, it doesn't make sense that SHE'D be refused because the guys all want her. She's the one refusing to go with them. To work, the line would need to be "They can't believe you refuse" or something like that.

I still don't like "reviews", but that's what the material says the word is. I guess musicians who get reviewed a lot might relate the word more to the insulting nature of people constantly judging you.

[NightMistBlue]

Instead of ""for this tired man that we elected king", I would say, "for this tired man with the electric can."

LOL - I prefer your lyric

[MarthaJo56]

I don't know if this has been talked about before, but here goes.

Are there any Eagles' song lyrics that you've sung wrong, only to find out what they really are?

For years, I thought the line in "Desperado" was "don't your feet get cold in the wintertime?"

I'd love to hear your misheard lyrics