Doors

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Song names are sorted by first letter, excluding A and The. This is sorted by song title only, not by song title and performer. So if two different performers preformed the same song, you'll see misheard lyrics for both on the same page (provided the song title was spelt the same both times, and misheard lyrics have been submitted for both!).

L.A. Woman album at Amazon.com

Doors', "L.A. Woman"

The Misheard Lyrics:

I did a little line about an hour ago

The Real Lyrics:

I just got into town about an hour ago

The Story: Jim Morrison was even more into drugs by the time of the L.A. Woman sessions (Feb 1971) than he had been previously, and it showed in his slurred, scratchy singing. He probably wrote most of the lyrics for this song, but that didn't stop him from butchering the opening line. He did all the songs for the album in 1 or 2 takes and then split for Paris, which meant there was no time to fix it. So The misheard lyric may actually be true. But it's a great song anyway! - Submitted by: Jeff Kasten

Doors', "Light My Fire"

The Misheard Lyrics:

Carmen baby light my fire
Chatter set the night on fire

The Real Lyrics:

Come on baby light my fire
try to set the night on fire

The Story: When I first heard this song, I thought the singer was some dumb illiterate hippie with a girlfriend named Carmen, who was sitting there watching a kiddie show on tv{think it was Wonderama]that featured a chipmunk cartoon called Chatter,so the hippie was repeating aloud what he was watching then put his girlfiend's name in there and got a hit record.Maybe I was right? - Submitted by: Bob Alinkofsky

There are more Doors misheard lyrics available.

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