There's an informal name for this among folksingers for mis-heard lyrics: "mondegreens." The origin is from an old English ballad, which includes the line "They have slain the Earl o' Moray/And layd him on the green." In singing, it is common to pronounce "him" a little like "heem," and a writer named Sylvia Wright mentioned hearing as as "and Lady Mondegreen." Children and adults both experience "mondegreens," but to children everything is mysterious and they often wonder about lyrics for years and never ask about them. When I was nine I attended a summer camp where "O, Canada" was sung every day, and I thought the line, "with glowing heart we see thee rise/The True North, strong and free" was "we see thee rise/Not true nor strong nor free," and wondered why they would be proud of that. And the first time I heard the hymn "Jerusalem," I heard the words "dark Satanic mills" as "Punxatawney Phil," the name of the Groundhog Day groundhog. It is possible that the problem is worse in English than in other languages. The phonemes of English do not lend themselves as well to singing as those of, say, Italian. Trained singers actually distort their vowels intentionally, making the sound more beautifully musical but making the words less intelligible.

Yes, I agree that in this particular case it actually sounds more like "doin' it's not your style." What I actually hear is that there is just a kind of pause or gap there the "r" should be, "doin' it's not [?] style." There's something in the [?] but it could just as easily be a very soft "ch." I assume, by the way, that you have some reason for thinking the lyrics DO say "Sinatra style?" The previous line about "serenade you" certainly makes it possible. But all of the Internet lyrics sites seem to be based on people listening, and are often inconsistent with each other (as well as being rendered with incorrect punctuation, etc.) Without going out and buying sheet music, there are few authoritative sources for lyrics! Lyrics are extremely difficult because a) the singer often distorts the normal phonemes to express emotion or convey "style;" b) the song distorts the rhythms and intonation of normal speech; c) the language is often evocative and emotive, so it doesn't make logical sense and you can't guess from context. One can't imagine a song lyric saying "If Philip had been at the meeting, oh baby, he would have been able to present his plans, his sweet sweet contingency plans, for what he thinks we should be doing, shibbedy-bibbedy-sh-boo-bop, if we find out that they had already decided not to act, oh-woh-woooooh-woh!" The fact that folksingers coined the word "mondegreens" is especially interesting because typically folksingers are solo singers backed by one instrument, singing words that actually tell a coherent story... and singing a soft voice, without the intentional vowel modifications of a trained vocalist. That is to say, the general level of diction is a lot better than in a popular song.

Don't worry about it, it'll be in the next 'misheard lyrics' video :) To me it sounds like he forgot the lyrics and sang 'doing it's not your style'

nice song ) hah)