Vol. 07 · Misheard ·1966
"Waterproof writer."
That isn't the lyric.
What you hear
"Waterproof writer."
What's actually sung
"Paperback writer." Paperback Writer — The Beatles (1966)
Why the ear defaults
The harmonies stack the phrase on top of itself three times, and the B-K cluster in "paperback" is what most listeners first hear as a T-F cluster.
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