The Reflections

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(Just Like) Romeo & Juliet album at Amazon.com

The Reflections', "Just Like Romeo and Juliet"

The Misheard Lyrics:

Our love's gonna be destroyed by tragedy

The Real Lyrics:

Our love's gonna be destroyed like a tragedy

The Story: I first heard this song on Burlington, Ontario's CING-FM in the spring of 1980 (when the station had an all-oldies format). For 32-1/2 years, until seeing the lyrics transcribed in a YouTube video of the song, I thought this line was "Our love's gonna be destroyed by tragedy," and that an earlier line was "Our love's gonna be renowned in history (I've just submitted the correct version of that one as well, which is, "Our love's gonna be written down in history")." - Submitted by: Keith Hampson

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