She’s Laughing

Yesterday afternoon, youngest daughter and I were in the car driving over to my sister’s house. We were listening to RadioDisney, as we tend to do when the kids are in the car.

A song by Jordin Sparks came on the radio and daughter was singing along. I have heard this song several times and the lyrics have always been a bit confusing to me.

Just like a statue, I’ll always have you.

You’re on my heart, just like a statue.

Seems that a statue on the heart would be a bit heavy, no?

So I said, “That makes no sense to me. Just like a statue, I’ll always have you. And wouldn’t a statue on the heart be painful?”

Youngest daughter (11 years old going on 25) cracked up laughing, rolled her eyes and said, “Mom, seriously, it’s TATTOO.”

Just like a tattoo, I’ll always have you.

You’re on my heart, just like a tattoo.

OH! Well, that makes a lot more sense! She really should enunciate. Or I should listen more closely.

I reminded myself of Crazy Aunt Purl’s post called Harry Dupree, which is all about misheard song lyrics. I laughed aloud when reading it and thought of the songs I’ve misheard over the years. Like the time (for a month at least) I thought The King of Wishful Thinking was The King of Restaurant Baking. My friends had a good laugh about that one!