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Great Lake Swimmers — Think That You Might Be Wrong
Album: New Wild Everywhere
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Released: 2012
Length: 4:09
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What time is it?
Would you tell me, wolf?
Are you coming around here
With your teeth so sharp

I never gave you the best part of me
I just let you in charge for a little while

Must of been
Must of been some great fury
That took you so far
Took you so far away

Think that you might be wrong
Think that you might
Think that you might be wrong
Think that you might be wrong
Think that you might
Think that you might be wrong

And look at you now
With your confidence
Riding around on a lion's back
Mistaken a shadow for a stranger's love
Well, you're larger than life when the lighting is right

Must of been
Must of been some great fury
That took you so far
Took you so far away

Hey, hey

Oh, think that you might be wrong
Think that you might
Think that you might be wrong
Think that you might be wrong
Think that you might
Think that you might be wrong
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 bodyschool wrote:
Your are completely correct.  Only English people who have no understanding of grammar substitute of for have!  It isn't even the right part of speech.


 



*ahem* did you mean 'you're'?
Posted 3 months ago by Johnny_Alpha    [ Reply ]
This would be a good "last dance" song. 

What do they use instead of Stairway to Heaven these days?
Posted 1 year ago by newbolddrive    [ Reply ]
Must stop and pay attention whenever this is played.  Couldn’t love this sound more.
Posted 1 year ago by bodyschool    [ Reply ]
 DrLex wrote:

You're completely right.
“I could have eaten a sandwich.”
“I have eaten a sandwich.”
Curiously enough, I have never seen anyone ever writing “I of eaten a sandwich.”

Yet.


But we do see "I've eaten a sandwich." "Of" is pronounced "Ov"... so we are close.

Random thought... was "Of" pronounce with an "f" at one time and all them slack-ass teenagers of 1650 were terrible and started using a more easily pronounced "v"?
Posted 1 year ago by tnt_thomas    [ Reply ]
Yeah, they're from Ontario, but four out of five Great Lakes prefer Michigan. 
Posted 1 year ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
I'm getting "So Long Marianne" vibes myself.
Posted 1 year ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
I'm getting a Bruce Cockburn vibe from this . . . . 
Posted 1 year ago by Sawyer    [ Reply ]
 nomnol wrote:





Maybe the real lyrics read "must've been" . It wouldn't be the first time the lyrics weren't quite correct. 


Consider it poetic license. I doesn't take away from the song.
Posted 1 year ago by 059rfb    [ Reply ]
 dwhayslett wrote:

I think "must of been" is a bastardization of "must've been", which is the contraction of "must have been".

I could be completely wrong.  :-)

You're completely right.
“I could have eaten a sandwich.”
“I have eaten a sandwich.”
Curiously enough, I have never seen anyone ever writing “I of eaten a sandwich.”

Yet.
Posted 2 years ago by DrLex    [ Reply ]
 tiler wrote:

yes  really like em

did you ever swim in a great lake ?  tis cold



Especially Lake Superior. Slipping into hypothermia after 10 minutes cold. I always thought Lake Michigan was cold, but it is bathwater compared to Lake Superior.
Posted 2 years ago by forthbrdge    [ Reply ]
 dwhayslett wrote:

I think "must of been" is a bastardization of "must've been", which is the contraction of "must have been".

I could be completely wrong.  :-)





Maybe the real lyrics read "must've been" . It wouldn't be the first time the lyrics weren't quite correct. 
Posted 3 years ago by nomnol    [ Reply ]
Ever been to Wainfleet?  No wonder these guys sound so gawd damned bored...
Posted 3 years ago by sfoster66    [ Reply ]
I love this… very pretty and it reminds me a little bit of Don Henleys voice.
Posted 3 years ago by tm    [ Reply ]
What I've heard by them here makes me think that they are a really deep, interesting, talented group. Thanks, RP for the enlightenment!
Posted 3 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Kind of has a Bruce Cockburn sound to them . . .  very nice! 
Posted 3 years ago by Sawyer    [ Reply ]
Such a beautiful little song, wonderfully sung.
Posted 3 years ago by MrStatenIsle    [ Reply ]
Boy I really like this song, and have ever since I first heard it on rp years ago. I must admit, I never thought about the grammar involved.
Posted 3 years ago by ExpatLarry    [ Reply ]
Not wild on the exploding reverb spring.
Posted 4 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
Love love love this
Posted 4 years ago by bodyschool    [ Reply ]
Fantastic. I love it. Thank you RP.
Posted 4 years ago by zapeta    [ Reply ]
 DW4554 wrote:
GLS are really good ...
 
I'm beginning to notice...
Posted 4 years ago by jelgator    [ Reply ]
GLS are really good ...
Posted 4 years ago by DW4554    [ Reply ]
 dwhayslett wrote:

I think "must of been" is a bastardization of "must've been", which is the contraction of "must have been".

I could be completely wrong.  :-)
 Right up there with substituting "don't" for doesn't and "aint" for isn't.   Grrrrrrr.

Posted 5 years ago by khardog145    [ Reply ]
 DigitalJer wrote:

Hopefully that was just a typo.  Personal pet peeve for me, too.
 

Probably not a typo.  Lots of folks in the U.S. say it this way.  Children do it all the time.
Posted 5 years ago by naomin    [ Reply ]
 DaidyBoy wrote:

I still think you may be right.

Still, I "Think that you might be wrong."  Just saying ;)
Posted 5 years ago by AhhtheMusic    [ Reply ]
 dwhayslett wrote:

I think "must of been" is a bastardization of "must've been", which is the contraction of "must have been".

I could be completely wrong.  :-)
 
Too much of it about these days.  Take Mr Gallagher, for example: 

"Take that look from off your face".

Really?


Posted 5 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
 Solanus wrote:
A few fixes on the lyrics:

I just left you in charge

Must have been (x4)
Mistaking your shadow


 
I still think you may be right.
Posted 5 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
Your are completely correct.  Only English people who have no understanding of grammar substitute of for have!  It isn't even the right part of speech.

dwhayslett wrote:

I think "must of been" is a bastardization of "must've been", which is the contraction of "must have been".

I could be completely wrong.  :-)
 

Posted 5 years ago by bodyschool    [ Reply ]
 user4176 wrote:
"Must of been" ... ?

I have read this on the net sometimes. Do native English speakers really use that instead of "have"?

Seems bizarre to me.
 
I think "must of been" is a bastardization of "must've been", which is the contraction of "must have been".

I could be completely wrong.  :-)
Posted 6 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
 user4176 wrote:
"Must of been" ... ?

I have read this on the net sometimes. Do native English speakers really use that instead of "have"?

Seems bizarre to me.
 
 DigitalJer wrote:

Hopefully that was just a typo.  Personal pet peeve for me, too.

 
I believe the RP site has the lyrics for the songs somehow pulled from lyric sites like AZLyrics and SongMeanings.com.  Those sites likely use some sorts of speech-to-text or voice recognition applications, which often make inaccurate phonetic translations.  I imagine that's the source of that incorrect lyric in this case and many other instances.  The lyrics are not linked from the artists' sites.
Posted 6 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]

My guess would be that it comes from a contracted must've.

 

 

wilcogirl11 wrote:


This, and also another pet peeve of mine, saying, for example, "try AND go" instead of "try TO go"....drives me nuts, especially when I see professional media figures (journalists, writers, etc.) do it. 

 


Posted 6 years ago by Ouachita    [ Reply ]
 Hannio wrote:


Oliver or Thomas?

 
Yes. 
Posted 7 years ago by brainstormescu    [ Reply ]
 user4176 wrote:
"Must of been" ... ?

I have read this on the net sometimes. Do native English speakers really use that instead of "have"?

Seems bizarre to me.

 
This, and also another pet peeve of mine, saying, for example, "try AND go" instead of "try TO go"....drives me nuts, especially when I see professional media figures (journalists, writers, etc.) do it. 
Posted 7 years ago by wilcogirl11    [ Reply ]
 user4176 wrote:
"Must of been" ... ?

I have read this on the net sometimes. Do native English speakers really use that instead of "have"?

Seems bizarre to me.

 
Hopefully that was just a typo.  Personal pet peeve for me, too.
Posted 7 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
"Must of been" ... ?

I have read this on the net sometimes. Do native English speakers really use that instead of "have"?

Seems bizarre to me.
Posted 7 years ago by user4176    [ Reply ]
A few fixes on the lyrics:

I just left you in charge

Must have been (x4)

Mistaking your shadow


Posted 7 years ago by Solanus    [ Reply ]
 jpfueler wrote:
don't swim long in Superior ... too cold (Still ice in the east portions yet)

So, is this an ode to Cromwell? I beseech you ...

 

Oliver or Thomas?
Posted 7 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:
There are soooo many hits from the 50/60s that I love....why doesn't Bill play hardly any???

Post 1970 RP's taste and mine are identiical. 

The oldies played here are stuffystuffystuffystuffystuffystuffystuffystuffystuffy

 
This album was released in 2012.  Hardly what I would consider an oldie.  A goodie though.
Posted 8 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
I never thought in my life that I might be wrong {#Eh}
Posted 9 years ago by eveliko    [ Reply ]
don't swim long in Superior ... too cold (Still ice in the east portions yet)

So, is this an ode to Cromwell? I beseech you ...
Posted 9 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
Almost did it for me, until the electric guitar kicked in for no purpose. A bit challenging though after Talk Talk's Eden 1988 wonder.  
Posted 9 years ago by Chumbawamba-1984    [ Reply ]
 melkhyah wrote:
Please don´t play this anymore ...

 
It always baffles me when I'm working away and hear a song so sweet that I have to stop and check it out, then find that some people don't get the same vibe...  It's a beautiful thing that we don't all think alike!
Posted 9 years ago by tkosh    [ Reply ]
 melkhyah wrote:
Please don´t play this anymore ...

 
Please play this every day :~)
Posted 9 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
I'm hearing a Glenn Fry/Jackson Browne influence. Kinda dig it. 
Posted 10 years ago by shakitten    [ Reply ]
Please don´t play this anymore ...
Posted 10 years ago by melkhyah    [ Reply ]
Good band, lovely song!
Posted 10 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
lovely track, shame iTunes won't let me buy it as I am outside the USA...
Posted 10 years ago by Richard_Gold    [ Reply ]
There are soooo many hits from the 50/60s that I love....why doesn't Bill play hardly any???

Post 1970 RP's taste and mine are identiical. 

The oldies played here are stuffystuffystuffystuffystuffystuffystuffystuffystuffy
Posted 10 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
I love it! Lush and soulful... 
Posted 10 years ago by afrixluvguy    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

I agree with your assessment of this song.  The chord progression seems like a pretty common one for the 1950s and '60s, especially when played with an arpeggio.  It's not a style which was "invented" by Leonard Cohen.

 
Doo wop? Something like Earth Angel...could be better examples
Posted 10 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:

Someone help me out here...This is an homage to the standards of the 60s and 50s, and not the Leonard Cohen song which, if I am not mistaken, was a bit of an homage to the standards of the 50s and 60s itself...

 
I agree with your assessment of this song.  The chord progression seems like a pretty common one for the 1950s and '60s, especially when played with an arpeggio.  It's not a style which was "invented" by Leonard Cohen.
Posted 11 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:

Someone help me out here...This is an homage to the standards of the 60s and 50s, and not the Leonard Cohen song which, if I am not mistaken, was a bit of an homage to the standards of the 50s and 60s itself...

 
I immediately heard "What's New Pussycat" but I admit I am usually way off . . .
Posted 11 years ago by Lumpy13    [ Reply ]
{#Daisy}
Posted 11 years ago by ShamanManu    [ Reply ]
{#Bounce}
Posted 11 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
Like!
Posted 11 years ago by whtahtefcuk    [ Reply ]
Sweet. Just makes me want to slow dance w/my baby.
Posted 11 years ago by gatorade    [ Reply ]
 jbunniii wrote:
I'm starting to like these guys more and more.

  Yeah, they grow on you. Pretty tasty lyrics.


Posted 11 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
A little like the Don Henley solo albums. Voice is similar.
Posted 11 years ago by Spliff    [ Reply ]
I'm starting to like these guys more and more.
Posted 11 years ago by jbunniii    [ Reply ]
Agree - really nice song. Kinda old-school 60s and a little different from the previous Great Lake Swimmers album.
Posted 11 years ago by Tana    [ Reply ]
me 3! i didn't appreciate it the first few times; was turned off by the beginning sounding too much like a prince sobg. but i appreciate it more n more each time i hear it. it is unique. i love the strings w elec guitar. and the harmony.
Stephenater wrote:

Agreed, just had to bump it to a 9!

 

Posted 11 years ago by CrackerjaxATX    [ Reply ]
what a lovely song   i really love it.....{#Hug}{#Yes}
Posted 11 years ago by Andy_Vevera    [ Reply ]
Good stuff!
Posted 11 years ago by whtahtefcuk    [ Reply ]
 DaidyBoy wrote:
I love this song more every time I hear it. Thanks RP.

 
Agreed, just had to bump it to a 9!
Posted 11 years ago by Stephenater    [ Reply ]
I love this song more every time I hear it. Thanks RP.
Posted 11 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]

 rdo wrote:

Someone help me out here...This is an homage to the standards of the 60s and 50s, and not the Leonard Cohen song which, if I am not mistaken, was a bit of an homage to the standards of the 50s and 60s itself...

 
I am not sure what you are going for but there is a Skeeter Davis tune ("End of the World") that has a similar rhythmn.
Posted 11 years ago by JHZ    [ Reply ]
Sooo relaxing, fine strings, can't go wrong with this :), thank you DJ.
Posted 11 years ago by kdarwish    [ Reply ]
That was wonderful!  And from a sweet part of the world—we drove through that country on our honeymoon 18 years ago on our way to Niagra Falls.  One quaint little Canadian town after another..  with very friendly folks.
Posted 11 years ago by tkosh    [ Reply ]
 andigenu wrote:
Sure enough I cannot read minds, but to me it's the Eagles they bring to mind. Especially the singing.

lily34 wrote:
not too bad. trying to think of what it reminds me of...
 
 
Far less pretentious than Eagles. Far more genuine and meaningful imo.
Posted 11 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
i love this spring song

 
Posted 11 years ago by uilekiek    [ Reply ]
 mandolin wrote:
...so long, marianne...
 
Someone help me out here...This is an homage to the standards of the 60s and 50s, and not the Leonard Cohen song which, if I am not mistaken, was a bit of an homage to the standards of the 50s and 60s itself...
Posted 11 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
Very different GLS, from the other song played here.  I like this. {#Yes}
Posted 11 years ago by LizK    [ Reply ]
  richlister wrote:
1st question for £100, what is the worst thing you can say to a woman?

Answer: Think that you might be wrong. 
 
Byronape wrote:

"I think the dog crapped on the carpet somewhere.  It smells like crap in here all the sudden."  

I then saw that she had just taken her shoes off.  Couch night. 
 
....i LOOOOVE rp for things like THAT....laughing........
Posted 11 years ago by rockpommel16    [ Reply ]
this is new to me and i love it{#Heartkiss}
Posted 11 years ago by jesspra    [ Reply ]

Took me long enough to realize how good these guys are !  {#Beat}
Posted 11 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
 stunix wrote:
I find it distasteful that there are so many images of Cuba on the slideshow.    Are you guys trying to say something here?
 
Excuse me? Hinting at a commie complot? Prefer Jesus & ammo, yourself?
Posted 11 years ago by stevendejong    [ Reply ]
 mandolin wrote:
...so long, marianne...
 
i hear it too.
Posted 12 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 stunix wrote:
I find it distasteful that there are so many images of Cuba on the slideshow.    Are you guys trying to say something here?

 
Yes, I think they are trying to say that Cuba is a visually interesting place. Want to see my pictures?
Posted 12 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
...so long, marianne...
Posted 12 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
I find it distasteful that there are so many images of Cuba on the slideshow.    Are you guys trying to say something here?
I could be mistaken, maybe I should have been looking at Florida......
Posted 12 years ago by stunix    [ Reply ]
9>10 in fact ...
Posted 12 years ago by marmelock    [ Reply ]
8>9 it is
Posted 12 years ago by Ghiaap    [ Reply ]
Thinking of things Canadian, reminds me some more C R Avery is required.
Posted 12 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
Love that spring reverb sound.
Posted 12 years ago by ch83575    [ Reply ]
8 -> 9
Posted 12 years ago by Catecaneverall    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

Q: Does this dress make me look fat?

A: Compared to what?

Good tune. 
 
you win!
Posted 12 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 richlister wrote:
1st question for £100, what is the worst thing you can say to a woman?

Answer: Think that you might be wrong. 
 
Q: Does this dress make me look fat?

A: Compared to what?

Good tune. 
Posted 12 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 richlister wrote:
1st question for £100, what is the worst thing you can say to a woman?

Answer: Think that you might be wrong. 
 
"I think the dog crapped on the carpet somewhere.  It smells like crap in here all the sudden."  

I then saw that she had just taken her shoes off.  Couch night. 
Posted 12 years ago by Byronape    [ Reply ]
 richlister wrote:
1st question for £100, what is the worst thing you can say to a woman?

Answer: Think that you might be wrong. 
 
"Are you pregnant?"
I've never commited that faux pas, although I did comment to my wife-to-be that her feet were rather large, weren't they?  That didn't go over very well, let me tell you.
Posted 12 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
 richlister wrote:
1st question for £100, what is the worst thing you can say to a woman?

Answer: Think that you might be wrong. 
 

has nothing to do with the song  but  "you're just like your mother"  has always done me in nicely
Posted 12 years ago by DD rabbi_phil    [ Reply ]
1st question for £100, what is the worst thing you can say to a woman?

Answer: Think that you might be wrong. 
Posted 12 years ago by richlister    [ Reply ]
yes  really like em

did you ever swim in a great lake ?  tis cold
Posted 12 years ago by tiler    [ Reply ]
 Alexandra wrote:
I love these guys....what an absolutely delightful song all around. Little lead guitar nuances...3/4 time...a string arrangement....his yummy vocals.....this would make a great slow dance song.
  Yes! This is a lovely little song ...


Posted 12 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
for a moment it reminded me of jeff buckley
Posted 12 years ago by zitherica    [ Reply ]
 lily34 wrote:
not too bad. trying to think of what it reminds me of...
 

John Mayer?
Posted 12 years ago by Catecaneverall    [ Reply ]

There is no worse feeling than to be proven wrong.  Best not to think you are right in the first place.  When I point this out to others, they call me arrogant.  What a vicious cycle of confusion. 


Posted 12 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
Hmmm, I like them but am not sure about this one. Will hold off rating until a few more listens.
Posted 12 years ago by soulcollision    [ Reply ]
I love these guys....what an absolutely delightful song all around. Little lead guitar nuances...3/4 time...a string arrangement....his yummy vocals.....this would make a great slow dance song.
Posted 12 years ago by Alexandra    [ Reply ]
Sure enough I cannot read minds, but to me it's the Eagles they bring to mind. Especially the singing.

lily34 wrote:
not too bad. trying to think of what it reminds me of...
 


Posted 12 years ago by andigenu    [ Reply ]
This is great!
Posted 12 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
I likey

Posted 12 years ago by Beez    [ Reply ]
not too bad. trying to think of what it reminds me of...
Posted 12 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
new GLS...beautiful!
Posted 12 years ago by ploba    [ Reply ]