Sometimes things don't come out the way the were meant. Other times they just aren't heard right and have to get fixed. The times it got fixed aren't listed here. Otherwise I'd have half the last verse of Lyin' Eyes. What are listed here are the ones I didn't fix: I've heard them wrong, I've been set straight, but I still hear them wrong.
From Alabama's Roll On: 
Oh, but the man upstairs was listening
When Mama asked him to bring Daddy home
Corrections: 
Oh, but the Man Upstairs was listening
When Mama asked Him to bring Daddy home
Reasons:
Think, for a moment, about what the incorrect version says: there's some guy upstairs in the house of the trucker, and his wife has gone up there and asked him to bring her husband home. That is the imagery that came to mind for me about the first 100 times I heard this song (gee, has it really been twelve years since that album came out?). This little 7-year-old had it stuck in his mind that that's what Alabama was singing. Now, with a few more life experiences to draw on, I can correctly see the phrase as a religious reference, and therefore why it should be capitalized (monotheism and all that; I've never been all that big on religion, anyway).
From Don Henley's The Heart Of The Matter: 
They're the furry things we kill, I guess
Corrections: 
They're the very things we kill, I guess
Reasons:
I know what it is, really. But whenever I listen to it, that's what I hear. If I really try, I can hear it right. Besides, in a backward way it makes sense: Things that lead to happiness are being compared with soft, furry things.
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