BACK in around 1993 or so, a friend made a mix tape of some punk/alternative bands with some really cool music on there! The only problem was he had not bothered to list the artists or titles of the songs on the cassette card, and the only way I could refer to the songs was by the chorus refrains, etc.
There was a particularly catchy song which I really liked about a guy I presumed (through my mishearing ears) was low on cash as he sang about only having a buck to his name. The next time I saw my friend a few weeks later I said, "Who sings that song I Got A Dollar Bill?". To which he gave me an odd look and said "I Got a Dollar Bill?" I don't know any song like that.
I said, "Sure you do!", and then sang it to him. He shook his head in disbelief and said, "What? He's not saying I Got a Dollar Bill!"
The band in question was the groovy group the Hoodoo Gurus (whom I'd already loved for their awesome song "Like Wow~ Wipeout!"), the song was called "My Girl"...and the line that I THOUGHT was singing "I Got a Dollar Bill" was actually "My Girl Don't Love Me at All"!
WHHAAAAT! I was flabbergasted to find that I'd gotten the lyrics so wrong! So...this song ain't about a broke guy- Just a broken-hearted one! Nonetheless, a very catchy song and one which I still love to this day...though I can't get those original lyrics out of my head!
