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The [[JC]]’s Own favourite example comes from the Blondie classic picture of this. For years the JC heard the concluding line of the chorus: | The [[JC]]’s Own favourite example comes from the Blondie classic picture of this. For years the JC heard the concluding line of the chorus: | ||
{{quote|“... | {{quote|“... and you’d be on the skids | ||
if it | if it weren’t for your job at the garage | ||
you could own the whole world.”}} | |||
This always struck me as a beautifully ambiguous: the very same thing which keeps us from oblivion holds us back from paradise. Imagine the disappointment therefore to find the real lyrics were as follows: | This always struck me as a beautifully ambiguous: the very same thing which keeps us from oblivion holds us back from paradise. Imagine the disappointment therefore to find the real lyrics were as follows: | ||
{{quote|“... | {{quote|“... and you’d be on the skids | ||
if it | if it weren’t for your job at the garage | ||
if you could only whoa, whoa.”}} | |||
{{sa}} | {{sa}} | ||
*[[DK]] | *[[DK]] | ||