Neverson Babies
from Julie

ok, admit it. we all make mistakes. some of them ..um...dumber than others. and, those mistakes are more amusing when they're with something you love/obsess over. so, here's a variety of RENT lyric mistakes.. phrases that RENTheads have somehow managed to get out of the correct lyrics. of course, i really shouldn't talk, considering some of the more impressive ones are mine...well, anyways, enjoy them. =)

keep in mind... these were way before the RENT book or lyrics were published.  i love them :-)  
-g

 

"and all the scars of the nevers and maybes..." ~and all the scars of the neverson babies...
~and all the scars of the mexican babies...
"it's time to get my freak on" ~it's time to get my free corn
"take your brown eyes, your pretty smile, your silhouette"

~take your brown eyes, your pretty smile, your silverware

"where is he? gettin' dizzy" ~where is he? gettin' busy
"i escape and ape content" ~i escape an ape, content
~i escaped and ache content
"to sodomy, it's between god and me" ~to sodomy, this bitch we gotta see
"i know you're cute but i don't by that shpiel" ~i know, you're cupid? i don't buy that shpiel
"to yoga, to yogurt, to rice and beans and cheese" ~to yoda, to yodel, to rice and beans and...geez
"why dorothy and toto went over the the rainbow) to blow off auntie em" ~ to blow up auntie em
~to blow off MGM
"did she moon over other boys?  more than moon" ~ more than boys

"in cyberland, we only drink...diet coke"

~in cyberland we only drink diet milk!

"without you...the seeds root"

~without you, the seeds rot
"the sun burns" ~the side burns
~a sigh burns
"the poets dream" ~the poets scream
"draw a line in the sand and then make a stand" ~just lie in the sand and then get a tan
"use your camera to spar" ~you should go to the spa
"use your guitar" ~you should dissolve

"they call me, they call me, mimiiiiiiiii!"

~they call me, they call me, amy!
"the sex pistols, 8 BC" ~the sex pistols, 8th BC
~the sex pistols, ABC
~the sex pistols, AZT
"well take my hand, we're gonna howl... out tonight ~well, take my hand pagoda!

"you'll see boys"

~well, Seymour
"don't fight, don't lose your head"

~ don't bite

"Vaclav Havel" ~Bob's love, Hovel
"Pussy, the bolts" ~Pussy, the bumps
~Pussy, the boots
~Pussy, the vaults
~Pussy...Thibolt
"give in to the love, or live in fear" ~give in to the world...
"chatting not about heidegger, but wine" ~chatting not about hiding her, but why
~chatting on about heidegger, bud, wine...
"our labors would reap financial gains" ~our labors would reach natural grains
~our neighbors would be fine and so gay
"got any C man?" ~got any semen?
~god, i need sea-men

"when i get a wink from the doorman"

~when i get away from the doorman
~when i get a link from the doorman
"that you're on-line with the feline, of Avenue B" ~that you're on-line with the B-line, and back we will be
~ that you're on-line with the feline of that value B!

"where this chick'll dance in the flames"

~where this jiggle dance doesn't play games
~where this trickles down to the flames
~where this jig'll dance in the games
~where the jiggle dance is the flame
~where this wick will burn in the flames
~where this jiggles down to the flames
"our temperature would climb" ~our temperature would rhyme
"i've longed to discover something as true as this is" ~i've longed to discover something as blue as the sea is
~i've longed to uncover something as dew as this is

"let's make a resolution"

~let's make a revolution

"i'll cover you"  ~i'll smother you
"excuse me, if i'm off-track" ~excuse me, if i'm on crack!

"to S and M"

~to S.A.M
"Roger will attempt to write a bitter-sweet evoctive song" ~Roger will attempt to write a bitter-sweet erotica song
~Roger will attempt to write, a beedly-dee half-octave song
~Roger will attempt to write a bitter-sweet provocative song
"we can plan another protest" ~we can plant another toaster

"on TV... at Sak's"

~on TV...add sex

 

"until you made the lock on my heart explode" ~until you made enough of my heart explode
"zoom in on the answering machine" ~two men on the answering machine
"let's find a bar" ~let's dig a hole
~let's find a boy
"bummer, lover, bummer" ~bummer, lover, fucker
~bummer, mother fucker
~bummer, other bummer
~bummer, lover, number

"it was bad, i got mad"

~it was mad, i got bad
"why am i the witness and when i capture it on film... ~why am i the wierdness
"Angel Dumott Schunard" ~Angel, do not chew lard
~Angel, do you not know?

"your every wish i will obey"

~your every wish is Willow Bay

 

"i don't own emotion, i rent"

~i don't clone emotion, i rent

"don't screen, Maureen, it's me"

~don't scream Maureen, it's me
~don't scream Maureen, it's smee
~don't scream, moron, it's me
"you won't throw up, you won't throw up!"

~you won't grow up, you won't grow up

"no luck? padlocked with a chain" ~ Lola...padlocked to a chain
"get up, life's too quick, i know someplace sick" ~get up, life's too quick, i know someplace safe
"substitute productions manager" ~substitute corrections manager
~prostitute corrections manager
"like thelma and louise did, when they got the blues" like thelma and louise did, when they got the flu
"mucho masturbation" ~mutual masturbation
"alison, a towtruck" ~alice in a towtruck
~alice is a towtruck
"hello disease" ~hello, dizzies
~hello, DZ
~hello, dizzy!
"well, you missed a sleeve" ~well, you, Mister Sleaze
~well you mister, please!
~where you, Mister Sleaze?
"you're supposed to be working" ~you're supposed to be lurking
"time is flying" ~time for flying
"let he among us without sin be the first to condemn" ~be the first to come in
"gonna wail at the moon like a cat in heat" ~gonna wail at the moon, got a cavity!
"They used to tie you up. It's a living." ~Thanks for looking
Take me out tonight..meow!" ~Say meow tonight....meow!
"To fruits to no absoluts to absolut" ~To absolutes to no absolutes to absolut
"Stinging and older asleep on pins" ~It's getting colder asleep in pills
"So dark we (forget who we are)" ~so dumb we...
"I wanna put on a tight skirt and flirt with a stranger" ~I wanna put on a tight skirt and flare it with a stranger
"Antonioni, bertoluci, kurosawa" ~Antonioni, bertoluci, Conel Sawa
"Dudes I'm on my way" ~Which means I'm on my way.
"Are we packed?" ~Are we stacked?
"Or no God awful champagne" ~Or don't go out for champagne.
~or no bad-apple champagne
"Mimi's got her baggage too" ~Mimi's got a bad itch too
"Maureen?? Your equipment won't work??" ~Maureen, your criminal work?
"and swan dove into the courtyard of the Gracie Mews!" ~... of the great sea-doos!
"I'll call...I hate the fall" ~I'll call...I hate the phone
"i couldn't crack the love code, dear..." ~i couldn't cut the love code, dear...
"i'm illin'...(i had it when I walked in the door)" ~i mean it ... 
"mark, are you there? are you screening your calls?" ~mark, are you there? are you wearing your scarf?
~mark, are you there? are you wearing your pants?
"i wanna go out tonight" ~i wanna go awooooooo tonight!
"There's only us, only tonight" ~there's only us, only to know 
~there's only us, only to nudge
"i've got baggage" ~i've got jock itch
"something's stuck in your flue" ~something's stuck in your poo
"i used to be a junkie" ~i used to be a monkey
"with condos on the top (whose rent keep open our shop)" ~with condoms on the top....
"check!"  ~jack!
"if I sould hide or make a wide open grin" ~if I should how to make a wide open grin
"not how you put it at all yesterday" ~not how you putted it all yesterday
"it was bad for me! was it bad for you?" ~it was bad for you, was it bad for me?
"trusting desire, starting to learn" ~dusting desire starting to learn
"(the nurse took him home for) some mercurochrome" ~...mercury and chrome. 

 

 

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