Malapropisms abound in popular music.
If you ever wondered why in the Hell Johnny Rivers was singing about a “secret Asian man” – or if you sang along with the Bee-Gees about a “Four letter woman” – you are not alone.
My all-time favorite came from our daughter, Shanna. It was probably the spring of 1981, since she was about eight years old, when I heard her singing the chorus of the Kenny Rogers hit:
You picked a fine time to leave me. Lucille. Four HUNDRED children and a crop in the field…….
I’ve never been able to hear the words right since.
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