misheard lyrics

there's this commercial that they recently played a lot on cartoon network. It advertises a compilation album of love songs. And my daughter, who watches cartoon network a lot (she's six), was particularly smitten with one song. She'd sing it - or at least the part from the commercial - all the time. And one day she asked me to buy that song for her. "Daddy, I want you to get me Osamio Lady." "Osami lady?" I asked. And then she sang it to me. I recognized it from the commercial, but I realized that I didn't know what it really said either. My girlfriend finally cleared things up for us. The song is "Cause I'm your lady" by Celine Dion.

mr strauss

I firmly used to believe that in the song "Voices carry", they were actually sining 'Mrs. Carrey', and I always wondered why Mrs Carrey got a song.
Later I thought that they said 'This is Gary', so I thought the song was about some person introducing her friend Gary.

cool cat

My best friend still believes that the Rolling Stones were singing "I'll never be your big suburban" instead of "I'll never be your beast of burden".

joann

For quite a while in the late 90's, I thought that Alanis Morissette was singing about a "cross-eyed bear" that she had received.

Lydia

I used to believe that the lyrics to that song from grease, your the one that i want (you know the one)were
"your the wizard of oz, oh oh ah ah"
instead of
"your the one that i want ooh ooh ooh yeah"

teneille eats socks

my parents both used to believe that 'out of reach' by gabrielle was 'Valerie' lol:P

Kaz

when i was a kid in the 80's i thought it was hush hush, keep it down now, don't tell gary. instead of keep it down now voices carry. and even watching the video i would think, that gary is such a jerk. aahhh i hate that gary. i didn't realize it until maybe 4-5 years ago. go figure?

darlene

In the Prince song, Sign 'O' The Times, during the part where he sings 'At home there are seventeen-year-old boys
And their idea of fun', I was concvinced he was actually saying, 'At home there are 17 or so boys, and they are all deformed'

Also, in the Janet Jackson song 'Escapade', listening to it when i was perhaps 6 or 7 and was completely oblivious to the existance of such a word, I would happily sing along 'Nes-Ca-Fe, we'll have a good time, Nes-Ca-Fe, leave your worries behind'

Nescafe

row row row your boat gently down the stream...merrily merrily merrily merrily life's a butter bean.

bleeslady

I used to believe that the UK's national anthem included the line "Send her Victoria's" instead of "Send her victorious"
I was ever so curious as to what they were sending the Queen that belonged to Victoria!
"Mummmmmyyy,send her Victoria's WHAT???"

Rosey

My cousin thought, when she first heard "Part of Your World" in The Little Mermaid, that instead of 'bright young women, sick of swimmin'...' it was 'pregnant women, sick of swimmin'...' We make fun of her for it to this day. ;D

Crimson Butterfly of the Snow

When I was little the song "Material Girl" by Madonna was on the radio a lot. My hearing must not have been too keen, because for more years than I care to admit I thought the song was called "Cheerio Girl." I kept wondering what, exactly, made one a Cheerio girl : P

FuzzyBlueElf

when my brother was like 4 he used to sing the ricky martin song "bailamos", but he mistook the words for "i love horse when the river makes me yellow i love horse. shake your booty and your weenie"

anonymous

R.Kellys "Bump and Grind":
I used to think he says:"I don't see nothing wrong, with a little bun and wine..."
There sure ain't nothing wrong with that :)

northern Lights

Years ago when I had my first job I worked with a girl who thought that McCartney's "Mull of Kintyre", was called "Bollocking Time". She actually went around singing that.

baggie1

FOR YEARS, until I was maybe 14, I thought "Lord, I was born a ramblin man" was Lord I was born on Grand Manan (my hometown)

Anon

Dido - White Flag

Real Words - I will go down with this ship, and i will put my hands up ...

What i thought - I will go down with fishing, and i will put my hands up ...

Scott

My little brother used to sing "Steak and a liver" instead of "Stand and deliver" in Prince Charming by Adam Ant.

Scotland

The first Madonna song I ever heard was "Material Girl" when I was 5. I thought she was singing "Cheerio Girl". I thought she was soo cool, because I was a girl and loved Cheerio's too.

Charlene Bosiak

My friend Sam used to thing that that "Grease lightning" song went "i've got chills, from multiplying"
It was funny when we finally broke the news to her...

Sum41Phreak