Vol. 07 · Misheard ·1981
"Streetlight people, livin' just to find emotion."
That isn't the lyric.
What you hear
"Streetlight people, livin' just to find emotion."
What's actually sung
"Streetlight people, livin' just to find emotion." Don't Stop Believin' — Journey (1981)
Why the ear defaults
Reverse mondegreen — "streetlight people" is the actual lyric but reads as obviously wrong. Listeners invent replacements ("street-wise people," "street-light peepers") assuming they've misheard.
Hear another line wrong?
Play the misheard duel — pick the real lyric, round by round.