What Are The Words?
Ever heard a TR/Utopia lyric and later discovered that it wasn't exactly as you heard? Here's some that folks have submitted...
| From | Heard | Actually | Submitted by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bang The Drum All Day | I laid the teacher on the desk | I made the teacher wanna dance | Randy Grossman |
| Bring Me My Longbow | fill up the tub, passing the water | fill the cup, pass out the water | Rohmer |
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Call It What You Will |
I believe this guy is falling on my head | I believe the sky is falling on my head | Jeremy Frey |
| Cliche | try to make the night unwind | try to make the knot unwind | Brad Page |
| Cliche | and it's almost danflambaum and not so it seems so everyday, anyway | And it's almost not worth singing about, it seems so everyday anyway | Leslie Gaston |
| Couldn't I Just Tell You | Goodnight Estelle | Couldn't I just tell you | friend of Tom Westervelt |
| da da Dali | Chameleon Station Carnelian Station |
Perignon Station | Jules Hulvey |
| Eastern Intrigue | swaying chocolate trees | think of the swaying tropic trees | Shirley Lyn Thistlethwaite |
| Eastern Intrigue | like jabba the hut played on ET | like having a hot peyote tea | Shirley Lyn Thistlethwaite |
| Hello It's Me | Ain't God mean? | Think of me | John Heslin |
|
Just One Victory |
Eyes and Visine, if ya know what I mean | Eyes that have seen, will know what I mean | Dave Kohrumel |
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I Can't Stop Running |
My kids are burning | I can't stop running | Magnus Haengsle |
| Love of the Common Man | so get down every hour | take a dive from your ivory tower | Joe Sweetser |
| Love Of The Common Man | Play guitar for your life, don't need talent | Take a dive from your ivory tower | Paula Martin |
| Love of the Common Man | When you die do your thoughts all reach home? | Take a dive from your ivory tower | Hersh Forman |
| Mary and the Holy Ghost | got a heart attack comin'--gonna be a son of a gun! | Got a Boy child comin'--gonna be a son of a gun | Grady Moates |
| More light | I think the last time I was born was in my mother | I think the last time I was warm was in my mother | Jim Fahrion |
| No World Order | horn playing actor blow | A little more foreplay and afterglow | Keith Rushing |
| No World Order | let every woman take control of our robotics | We're gonna take control of our own bodies | Keith Rushing |
| Play This Game | we are losers, all the same | win or lose it's all the same | Shirley Lyn Thistlethwaite |
| Road to Utopia | there's no time to get laid | there's no time to delay | Michael Eiseman |
| Tables Will Turn | It's like trying to write a six hour solo | It's like trying to ride a seesaw solo | Roger Linder |
| The Individualist | Jelly donuts are my life | The artist formerly known as TR-i | Ben Thomas, age 7 |
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Influenza |
I should trust myself...I should beware of ants...but it's like a strangers pants....that somehow I can't resist | I should beware of this, but it's like a strangers kiss..... | E.J. Haas | The Last of the New Wave Riders | Alaska: the new wave riders | the last of the new wave riders | friend of Pat Smetanick |
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Swing To The Right |
What's more important when the cows comes in | What's more important when the count comes in | Roger Linder |
| Trapped | You can't be slowed down by a big bunch of sh*t | Don't be slowed down by a big bunch of lip | Vanessa Sandoval | The Verb "To Love" | take me like I am and say "ooh, the catch" | You take me like I am that's the only catch | Les Stewart |
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The Verb "To Love" |
the meaning of the virtue love | the meaning of the verb "to love" | Audrey (at 13 years old; daughter of E.J. Haas) |
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When I Pray |
Go on deuce let go my gun. Got to reak and confusion. | You know I'm just like all my kind- got a weak and confused mind | Michael Racioppi |
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Worldwide Epiphany |
Pearl White And Tiffany | Worldwide Epiphany | Audrey (daughter of E.J. Haas) |
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You Don't Have To Camp Around |
You're ABOUT to try it | You're ALLOWED to try it | Lydia |
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You Left Me Sore |
But yet I know no Dr. Otis could cure what you gave to me | But yet I know no doctor or nurse could cure what you gave to me | Audrey (at 8 years old; daughter of E.J. Haas) |
