Vol. 07 · Misheard ·1968
"Take another little piece of my hair now, baby."
That isn't the lyric.
What you hear
"Take another little piece of my hair now, baby."
What's actually sung
"Take another little piece of my heart now, baby." Piece of My Heart — Janis Joplin (1968)
Why the ear defaults
"Heart" and "hair" share their initial consonant and stress. Janis's rasp obscures the final consonant; the ear picks the shorter word.
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