The Story: Don't eat the fruit in the garden, Eden,, It wasn't in God's natural plan., You were only a rib,, And look at what you did,, To Adam, the father of Man.
The Story: You smell like goat, I'll see you in hell
My kids (aged 6, 4 and 2) adore this song, and often sing along to the video... But I was disturbed by the use of the unattractive modern slang phrase "hitting me" {meaning "sleeping with")... as in "I'd hit that'. Such a tacky line for an otherwise cute song, I railed.
My wife agreed, and between us we bowdlerised the lyric (for the kid's sing-alongs) to "you'd be with me", and hoped the kid's wouldn't pick up on the 'real' "hittin me" lyric.
When I stumbled across the actual lyric on the web (and confirmed it via multiple searches) I deservedly felt like a complete wally...
Submitted by
Anonymous
Submitted on
1/15/2008 3:50 pm
Age it happened
41
Better than original?
No
Convinced others you were right?
Yes
Was partying involved?
No
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