Being Mr. Kenny

From the song Chelsea Hotel No. 2 (by Leonard Cohen), as sung by Rufus Wainwright.

Real lyrics:

You told me again you preferred handsome men
but for me you would make an exception.

I heard:

You told me again you preferred ham to men
but for me you would make an exception.

As you can see, the first version is a girl saying that, as a rule, she doesn’t usually date ugly guys but she could see herself being with this guy for the forseeable.

The second would be sung by a lesbian who was so bowled over by this guy that she momentarily puts down the leg of ham she’d been eating so that she could make love to him (nothing mentioned of the fact that he’s not a woman).

I love mishearing song lyrics.