Vol. 07 · Misheard ·1969
"I ain't no senior's son."
That isn't the lyric.
What you hear
"I ain't no senior's son."
What's actually sung
"I ain't no senator's son." Fortunate Son — Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969)
Why the ear defaults
John Fogerty's Louisiana drawl collapses "senator's" into two syllables. The wrong version loses the anti-Vietnam point — being a senator's kid exempted you from the draft.
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