The great group Fleetwood Mac had a huge hit with their song “Tell Me Lies.” Part of it went:
“Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies
“Tell me lies,”
But doesn’t “lies” sound like “lice?”
In this case, the singer really wants some lice to tell her something. It’s not clear what, just that she wants them to tell her something. At any rate, it sounds like:
Misheard lyrics #7
We may never know if the lice ever responded to her, but I’m entertaining doubts.
– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.
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