I will say that one example for all is Abba’s “Mamma Mia” which I interpreted the beginning of chorus “Mamma mia, we are collagen” and the beginning of the second part of it “He’ll something broken hardly”. Don’t ask past me why I had to make it about intercellular matrix.
Blinded by the light - Bruce Springsteen
“Like a douche in the night”
I was all set to correct you. Never realized the Manfred Mann version was a cover.