Misheard Lyrics

[MzNurse]

We've all heard them...or even sung them ourselves.  For example, when I was a little girl, I would listen to Bad Moon on the Rise, by Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Original Lyrics: There's a bad moon on the rise...

Misheard as: There's a bathroom on the right...

lets hear yours now...

[Nimmy]

Blinded By The Light by Manfred Mann's Earth Band. It's almost like a classically misheard song.

Original lyrics: Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night

Misheard lyrics: wrapped up like a douche, another Roman in the night

(plus it's nonsense, so easily misheard)

[MzNurse]

This one compliments of my little brother...

From the song Ticket to Ride, by the Beatles

Original Lyrics: She's got a ticket to ride. She's got a ticket to ri-i-ide.  She's got a ticket to ride, and she don't care.

Misheard Lyrics: She's got a chicken to ride.  She's got a chicken to ri-i-ide. She's got a chicken to ride, its in my hair!

[OneOfAKiind]

I always hear "hold me close and tie me down sir" instead of "hold me closer tiny dancer" by Elton John. Im sure I have more. I have the worst ear for lyrics.

[MzNurse]

*laughs* I hear it wrong too.

Original lyrics: Hold me close, my tiny dancer

Misheard lyrics: Hold me close, I'm tired of dancing.

[Tachi]

Original lyrics: Twisted transistor

Misheard lyrics: Twisted twin sister

[Lady Annabelle]

This one may just be me, but everytime I hear it, I can't help but giggle.

"The Other Side" by The Red Hot Chili Peppers

Original Lyric:  Take it on the other side

Misheard Lyric:  Take it in the other side

That one letter sure changes a lot.  When I first heard it, I thought he was talking about something ENTIRELY different.

[Ket]

Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love

Original Lyric:  Might as well face it, you're addicted to love

Misheard Lyric:  Might as well face it, you're a dipstick to love


Yeah...my friends and I sang dipstick for years...

[MzNurse]

Original lyrics: Twisted transistor

Misheard lyrics: Twisted twin sister

need the title and artist, Tachi

[Oniya]

Blinded By The Light by Manfred Mann's Earth Band. It's almost like a classically misheard song.

Original lyrics: Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night

Misheard lyrics: wrapped up like a douche, another Roman in the night

(plus it's nonsense, so easily misheard)

Actually, the term 'deuce' refers to a 'deuce coupe' - a type of hot car at the time, so it's not exactly nonsense.

Although I was hearing the first part of your version for the longest time.

Mine is another famous one:

Real lyrics:  'Scuse me, while I kiss the sky.
Heard as:  'Scuse me, while I kiss this guy.

(Jimi Hendrix, song of the same name.)

[Kurzyk]

Pardon the language but when I was a kid a friend of mine told me the Clash song Rock the Casbah was f--k the cashbox. And yes... I used to sing that for a long time until learning otherwise.

[Tachi]

Whoops. It's Twisted Transistor by Korn.

[Doomsday]

Excuse me, while I kiss this guy.

/thread.

EDIT: Friggin Oniya beat me to it.

[Mnemaxa]

Lady Gaga: Poker face.

Puh-puh-puh-poker face puh-puh-poker face....

The second repeat of this line sounds like the metaphor she makes it out to be whenever I hear the song. 

[Rhapsody]

Alanis Morrissette, "You Oughta Know"
Actual Lyrics - "The cross I bear that you gave to me"
Misheard Lyrics - "The cross-eyed bear that you gave to me"

AC/DC, "Dirty Deeds"
Actual Lyrics - "Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap."
Misheard Lyrics - "Dirty deeds, done with sheep."

[Paradox]

Oh good lord, I'm horrible with these..

For a long time, I thought the Red Hot Chili Peppers' song "Roller Coaster of Love" was "Rolling Toaster of Love".

I made the same "wrapped up like a douche" mistake as y'all.

And there was an old Judas Priest (whose lead singer was gay) song called Living After Midnight. For years, I thought one lyric said

"I set my sights on nine whole men; the joint starts flying when I begin"

Turns out it was "I set my sights and then home in". Oops!

[MzNurse]

My two favorites come from my siblings.  My baby sister:

From Lucille, by Kenny Rogers
Original Lyrics: You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille. With four hungry children and a crop in the field...
Misheard Lyrics: You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille. With four hundred children and a crock in the till...

((I think I'd be leaving right along with Lucille))

Original Lyrics: Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves. We will come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.
Misheard Lyrics: Bringing in the sheets. Bringing in the sheets. We will go to Joyce's bringing in the sheets.

[Torch]

www.kissthisguy.com

Yes, there is a website for everything.

My personal favorite:

Blew out my flip-flop, stepped on a Pop-Tart. ("Margaritaville" by Jimmy Buffet)

[Paradox]

www.kissthisguy.com

Yes, there is a website for everything.

My personal favorite:

Blew out my flip-flop, stepped on a Pop-Tart. ("Margaritaville" by Jimmy Buffet)

Hahaha, "might as well face it, you're a dick with a glove".

[LittleNekodemon]

My little brother who is 5 likes the song, I heard it to the grapevine because he got this little car that plays the sound. Only he can't sing it right, i will say his is on key and  beat. lol

Real lyrics: Don't you know that I heard it to through the grapevine

bad Lyrics:  Tell them I heard to my grape time.

[Doomsday]

Lady Gaga: Poker face.

Puh-puh-puh-poker face puh-puh-poker face....

The second repeat of this line sounds like the metaphor she makes it out to be whenever I hear the song.

Kid Cudi - "I Poke Her Face" (Feat Kanye West & Common) I Make Her Say

Parodied in this song.

[MzNurse]

Hahaha, "might as well face it, you're a dick with a glove".

Paradox...we need the song and artist and the original lyrics, please.

(I know the song, but those are the rules)

My personal favorite:

Blew out my flip-flop, stepped on a Pop-Tart. ("Margaritaville" by Jimmy Buffet)

Torch, I need the original lyrics also.

My little brother who is 5 likes the song, I heard it to the grapevine because he got this little car that plays the sound. Only he can't sing it right, i will say his is on key and  beat. lol

Real lyrics: Don't you know that I heard it to through the grapevine

bad Lyrics:  Tell them I heard to my grape time.

Need title and artist, honey.

[Avis habilis]

Israelite, by Desmond Decker. There's a whole raft of potential misunderstandings in that one.

RL: Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sir
BL: Get up in the morning, baked beans for breakfast

RL: Poooor meeee, the Israelite
BL: Whooaaa, me ears are alight

[despickable]

Alanis Morrissette, "You Oughta Know"
Actual Lyrics - "The cross I bear that you gave to me"
Misheard Lyrics - "The cross-eyed bear that you gave to me"

AC/DC, "Dirty Deeds"
Actual Lyrics - "Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap."
Misheard Lyrics - "Dirty deeds, done with sheep."

Some one recorded that as a song Dirty Deeds Done With Sheep  .
I don't know the artist but it was a crazy song

My friend used to sing the song You're My Home by Bill Joel The lyrics was Home could be The Pensilvana turnpike
Misheard or miss sung Home can be your pants around your drain pipe.  Billy couldn't have written better

[Kurzyk]

Beck - Loser

I know the chorus goes "I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me." But I still think he's singing "I'm a lizard baby, so why don't you kill me." Sounds like lizard to me.

[despickable]

Hahaha, "might as well face it, you're a dick with a glove".
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Now he has passed on shall The lyric now be
Might As Well Face it He's A Stiff With A Glove]

[Cold Heritage]

Five For Fighting - Superman

Actual Lyrics: Looking for special things inside of me
Misheard Lyrics: Looking for special things in sodomy

[MzNurse]

Some one recorded that as a song Dirty Deeds Done With Sheep  .
I don't know the artist but it was a crazy song

Weird Al Yankovich.  He did a lot parodies and he was hilarious. He did "Macarena" as "Gonorrhea" but my favorite by him will always be "The Twelve Pains of Christmas".

[Lord Drake]

My own personal Myth.

Crazy Indian Video... Buffalaxed!

[despickable]

Weird Al Yankovich.  He did a lot parodies and he was hilarious. He did "Macarena" as "Gonorrhea" but my favorite by him will always be "The Twelve Pains of Christmas".

My favorite of his was You're Pitful the James Blunt Song You're Beautiful

I also loved his song You Don't Love Me Anymore.

It was by Bob Rivers  Dirty Deeds Down With Sheep I looked it up from the cd Twisted Tunes Vol Five

http://www.foxytunes.com/artist/bob_rivers#/track/dirty_deeds_done_with_sheep

[Lilias]

Nothing beats this...

Fall Out Boy Misheard lyrics - This aint a scene Arms race

[despickable]

that is what we call in Australia Piss funny. Meaning so funny you wee yourself.

[Avis habilis]

My own personal Myth.

"Have you been high today?"

Looking at that, I'm starting to think I am right now...

[Paradox]

http://cnettv.cnet.com/hot-hot-heat-bandages/9742-1_53-1079.html

For a long time, I thought he was saying Sandwiches

Hot Hot Heat- Bandages

[jasmine06]

The Move, California man.
Real lyrics are "dance right down till the floor is shaking"
I always thought it was "dance right down till your balls are aching"

[MzNurse]

From "Barroom Blitz" by Sweet

Original Lyric: The man in the back said everyone attack and it turned into a ballroom blitz.  The girl in the corner said boy I'm gonna warn ya it'll turn ito a ballroom blitz.

Misheard Lyrics: The man in the back said gimme some Jack and turn it to a barroom tits. The girl in the corner said I'm a begonia and turn into a barroom tits.

[Nimmy]

Finally figured the real lyrics out today at work when it came on and I actually listened to the song... this one's been bugging me for like 3 weeks now.

The Look of Love by ABC

Original Lyrics: When your world is full of strange arrangements
Misheard Lyrics: when the world is full of stranger danger

Btw: In my defense with "Blinded by the Light" that song was released about 14 years before I was conceived. So I wouldn't know about the whole "deuce" being a car thing... so most of that song is nonsense to me.

[Oniya]

No - actually, most of the song is nonsense.  O8)

http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/blow/blindedbythelight.htm

[Paradox]

Steve Winwood- Higher Love

For a long time, I thought it was saying "Rape me an iron-lung".

Turns out it was "Bring me a higher love"

[the fox without]

My sister Had to learn the song "Grand old Flag" when she was 4 and sang it at the family reunion

Original Lyrics: It's a grand old flag, it's a high flying fag
Her version: It's a grand old fag, it's a good hiding fag

[Avis habilis]

What "God Bless America" always sounds like to me:

"Stand beside her, and guide her
Through the night with a light from a bulb!"

[Callista]

I remember a commercial that was spoofing this and they did "Rock the Casaba"

The guy was singing, Rock the Catbox!

[MzNurse]

From "I Can't Help Myself" by the Four Tops:

Original Lyrics: Sugar Pie Honey Bunch...You know that I love you.  Can't help myself. I love you and nobody else.

Misheard Lyrics: Chicken fried honey butts. You know that I love you. Can't help myself. Low tool and toast on a shelf.

[Oniya]

The song is 'Movin' In', I forget who sings it.

Real lyrics:
I'm not talkin' 'bout movin' in
And I don't wanna change your life
But there's a warm wind blowin', the stars are out,
And I'd really love to see you tonight

Misheard as:
I'm not talkin' 'bout the women
And I don't wanna change your life
But there's a warm wind blowin' the stars around,
And I'd really love to see you tonight.

[Paradox]

The song is 'Movin' In', I forget who sings it.

Real lyrics:
I'm not talkin' 'bout movin' in
And I don't wanna change your life
But there's a warm wind blowin', the stars are out,
And I'd really love to see you tonight

Misheard as:
I'm not talkin' 'bout the women
And I don't wanna change your life
But there's a warm wind blowin' the stars around,
And I'd really love to see you tonight.

[MzNurse]

The song is 'Movin' In', I forget who sings it.

Real lyrics:
I'm not talkin' 'bout movin' in
And I don't wanna change your life
But there's a warm wind blowin', the stars are out,
And I'd really love to see you tonight

Misheard as:
I'm not talkin' 'bout the women
And I don't wanna change your life
But there's a warm wind blowin' the stars around,
And I'd really love to see you tonight.

lol....until I read this I thought that line read:

there's a whirlwind blowin the stars around...

[Paradox]

"Mr. Jones and me" by the Counting Crows

I always thought it said "Nigger Jones" >.>

I never understood why they could get away with saying it on the radio, so I figured it must about about someone (since quite a few African-Americans have "Jones" as their last name) or someone African-American was singing it.

This was back in middle school, mind you, before I learned how to search for lyrics on the internet. It made so much more sense once I learned it was "Mister"

[CaptainErotica]

The song is 'Movin' In', I forget who sings it.

Real lyrics:
I'm not talkin' 'bout movin' in
And I don't wanna change your life
But there's a warm wind blowin', the stars are out,
And I'd really love to see you tonight

Misheard as:
I'm not talkin' 'bout the women
And I don't wanna change your life
But there's a warm wind blowin' the stars around,
And I'd really love to see you tonight.

This is how I misheard it.

Misheard as:
I'm not talkin' 'bout the livin',
And I don't wanna change your mind.
But there's a strong wind blowing the stars around,
And I'd really love to see you tonight.

[Shiri]

Move Along - All American Rejects
Lyrics: "When all you got to keep me strong, move along, move along like I know you do, and even when your hope is gone, move along, move along"
Misheard: "And all you wanna beat me strong, move along, move along like I know you do, and even when your heart is gone, move along, move along"


EDIT: Just realized this one lol
Nemo - Nightwish
Lyrics: "Oh how I wish, For soothing rain, All I wish is to dream again, My loving heart, Lost in the dark, For hope I'd give my everything
Misheard: "Oh how I wish forced to be framed, oh I wish she still dream again, my loving heart, lost in the dark, behold my keep my everything"

[MzNurse]

We had a little kid in the office as a new patient. Young boy, 4 yrs old, came in wearing his favorite green power ranger pajamas. I got him back to the room asked him his name and he jumped into the typical power ranger fighting stance, announcing that he was:

Joe, Joe, Power Ranger

Mom says she can't convince him that the real words are Go Go Power Rangers.

[PaleEnchantress]

Madonna-Ray of Light
Lyrics: I feel like a just got home
Misheard: I feel like a disco cold

[shadowspale]

Ub40 - Red, Red wine

Lyrics: The line broke, the monkey get choke
Burn bad rizla pon him little rowing boat

Misheard: the line broke; the monkey was stroked. We all hate that monkey in his little rubber coat.

[Guincho]

Metallica - Enter Sandman

Lyrics: "...and of things that will bite, yeah!"

Misheard: "...and of baked apple pie, yeah!"

[Monochromatic]

Uncle Kracker - Follow Me

"And swim through your veins like a fish in the sea."

"And swim through your veins like a Piss in the sea." When I first heard the song, I so didn't hear it as 'fish'.