Vol. 07 · Misheard ·1960
"Lisa, dear, we can still be together."
That isn't the lyric.
What you hear
"Lisa, dear, we can still be together."
What's actually sung
"Leesa, dear, we can still be together." Leesa, Darling (generic ballad name) — various / folk (1960)
Why the ear defaults
A common mondegreen of 1960s pop ballads with non-English names — the ear defaults to the closest common English name with the same stress pattern.
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