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   Moe DeLoughan to Drew Lawson   
   Re: The original lyrics were REALLY...   
   22 Oct 13 08:46:06   
   
   From: moe@null.com   
      
   On 10/21/2013 9:57 PM, Drew Lawson wrote:   
   > In article <2013Oct21.210759.3375@jarvis.cs.toronto.edu>   
   > 	flaps@dgp.toronto.edu (Alan J Rosenthal) writes:   
   >> "artyw2@yahoo.com"  writes:   
   >>   
   >>> I can't decipher the lyrics,   
   >>   
   >> No need to in this modern internet age.  Type the word "lyrics" (not in   
   >> quotes) followed by the song title (in double-quotes) into your favourite   
   >> search engine, and Bob's your mysterious space alien visitor (he got   
   >> turned into an "uncle" for the radio version).   
   >   
   > I have found that most lyrics sites are as reliable as Mrs. Malaprop.   
      
   Yes, because they rely on user submissions rather than official   
   sources. Guess it's cheaper, and I've heard that the prolific   
   user-submitted errors are part of their defense against being charged   
   with copyright infringement, though I don't know if that's actually true.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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