Bobby Goldsboro

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Bobby Goldsboro's, "Honey"

The Misheard Lyrics:

And now my life's an empty stage
Where Honey lived and Honey played
And loved to love.

The Real Lyrics:

And now my life's an empty stage
Where Honey lived and Honey played
And love grew up.

The Story: For years, whenever I sang along with this song, I sang 'loved to love' in the above line, never questioning that that was the real lyrics. Then once, while searching lyrics sites, I saw this song, entirely by accident (not looking for it), and noticed 'love grew up' as the last words of the above lines. Since then, listening closely to the song does indeed enable me to hear 'love grew up'. But without seeing the lyrics site, I probably would never have realized that was the real lyrics, perhaps because one doesn't ordinarily think of love as something that 'grows up'. - Submitted by: Wendy Carpenter

Bobby Goldsboro's, "Watching Scotty Grow"

The Misheard Lyrics:

Me and Marty watching Scotty grow

The Real Lyrics:

Me and God are watching Scotty grow

The Story: I was a kid when I heard this song. I knew a family with a mother named Marty and a son named Scotty and I remember thinking "Oh, how cute. It's a song just like their names." - Submitted by: Joyce Calderone

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