Vol. 07 · Misheard ·1972
"I can see clearly now, Lorraine is gone."
That isn't the lyric.
What you hear
"I can see clearly now, Lorraine is gone."
What's actually sung
"I can see clearly now, the rain is gone." I Can See Clearly Now — Johnny Nash (1972)
Why the ear defaults
"The rain" compresses phonetically to "th'rain" → "Lorraine." The ear picks the name over the abstract noun, every time.
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