Misheard Lyrics #3

As if this blog isn't evidence enough, I can think some really stupid stuff. So I figured I would start to post some of the lyrics to songs that I've misheard over my listening career.

My third installment comes at the prompting of my mother who remembered this one from my childhood.

Kenny Rogers' "Lucille"

Real lyrics: You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille
                   Four hungry children and a crop in the field

What I heard: You picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel
                      Four hundred children and a crop in the field

When this song came out, I was seven years old. As recounted by my mother in her text to me: the lyrics were "not the funniest part. You singing along in the car at top volume and singing it wrong was the really funny part."

As a youngster, this story of infidelity was lost on me. Instead, it was all about a very unfortunate episode involving a tire on a vehicle that got away. Makes perfect sense, doesn't it? And having a crop in the field when you have four hundred children to help isn't exactly a problem.

When I checked the Kiss This Guy website of user submitted misheard lyrics, I wasn't alone with the four hundred children (how could you be alone with four hundred children? [snare hit] Thank you, I'm here all week.) There were plenty of entries from other folks who thought it was four hundred children.

Apparently I'm the only one that thought it was about a car tire. But if you listen to the song again, I think you'll find it's a better song about a car tire.