Some people gave a s*** about lyrics back then. I did not. If I heard it, fine. if I kinda heard it I would make up something in my head. Some stuff nobody heard. If the artist didn’t print the lyrics on the albums there were always these published comic book sized song lyric magazine for nerds who needed to know exactly what the artist was saying but wouldn’t enunciate.
Cue John Fogarty: "....There's a bathroom on the right." 🎵