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Thread #8440   Message #218494
Posted By: Jim Krause
26-Apr-00 - 05:33 PM
Thread Name: mis-heard lyrics (surely they didn't say...)
Subject: RE: mis-heard lyrics (surely they didn't say...)
When the Carpenters came out with their first hit Close To You, my cousin and I thought Karen was singing
So they sprinkled walnuts in your hair
and old rust in your eyes of blue
What she actually sang was
So they sprinkled gold dust in your hair
and starlight in your eyes of blue
We knew we misunderstood, but it was funny to poke such sophomoric fun at that song.

And did Grace Slick in White Rabbit really sing

Tell 'em a hookah
Smoking color crayons has given you the call
Call Alice, when she was just small