misheard lyrics

I have two really good ones:

Elvis' "Return to Sender"...I thought he was singing "Return Lucinda"

We Built This City on Rock and Roll? Uh uh....we'll both get skinny on rock and roll.

SOOZ

I used to think that the lyrics to My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean was My Body Lies Over the ocean. I though it was supposed to be sung from the point of view of someone who drowned..

Anon

I have a vivid memory from age three. My memory of Paul McCartney singing "Band on the Run" is inextricably linked to seeing a rabbit run through my back yard. I thought Paul was saying "Ban" which is another word for rabbit, like bunny. Consequently, Paul was singing about the "Ban on the Run" that I was seeing in my lawn.

Little Bunny Foo-foo

I used to think that the last line to "I've Got A Lovely Bunch Of Coconuts" was "Take one small one, balance it on your head." I only realised it was "Big ones, small ones, some as big as your head" when I saw it written down. I've never had brilliant hearing.

Rachel

I thought for years that the end of a nirvana song Kurt said All we are is all we know" and I thought that was profound and quoted it often.

jullyard

My brother was convinced up to very recently that the line from Sir Mix alots 'baby got back' was
I like big hut's and i cannot die you other brothers will cry when my girl walks in a with a little bitter taste and a round thing in your face '

We found out he thought this while very drunk at xmas...he was quite surpirsed to find out the really lyrics.

steph

I was convinced that Abba's 1980 number 1 hit "Super Trouper" contained the lyric "I was sick and tired of everything, When I called you last night from Tesco's".

It's actually "...from GLASGOW"!

Anon

Reading a misheard lyric from "You're The One That I Want" on this site, I was reminded of how I misheard the song when I first saw the clip from "Grease" aged 6.

I thought it was called "You're The Wuther The Wuh" ("You are the wuh-the-wuh, ooh-ooh-ooh, honey" etc).

Anon

Until last week, I thought the lyrics to"I Showed Her", were, "I Shall Return".

I liked it better my way.

Virginia W.

as most of you know,there was a song called wannabe by the spice girls. When it says "i really, really, really, wanna Zigga Say ah" i used to think it said "a willy, willy, willy, willy, willy WAH WAH!"

Supergirl

I thought outkast were singing "never meant to make your doggy cry, dry your eyes will be alright!"
in is actually "never meant to make your daughter cry, i apologise a million times."
i got a lot of stick after belting that one out in the local!

cringe

When I was fairly young, (probably around 5) I used to think the lyrics to the Madonna song "Express Yourself" were: "Make music, slap your dead baby"...imagine my parents suprise when they heard me singing those lyrics as apposed to the real ones: "Make him express himself, baby"

Kelly

For years, untill the other day actually when i heard Gareth Gates' rendition of spirit in the sky, I thought the lyrics "when i die and they lay me to rest" were "when i die in the name of Terese" I thought maybe she was some kind of godess?!!! Never was good at religious studies!!!!!!!!

nate

Bohemian Rhapsody, the line that goes "That the devil has put aside for me..." I sang "Has a devil for a sideboard..." for many years.

Helen Y (UK)

I used to think that an aerosmith song said "Who farted? WHO? Who?"

Seth

In the Eminem song 'Sing for the moment' I thought he was singing 'So I'm signing CD's whilst police finger Britney'. Well, it is Eminem!!! It wasn't until I asked my boyfriend why the police would be fingering Britney that I found it was '...whilst police fingerprint me'!

Denise