misheard lyrics

I always thought the line which goes "Its been three years since I wrote my note" In "Message in a bottle" - The Police, was "Its been three years since I broke my nose". I think it sounds better like that any way.

Styg o' the Dump

When I was little there was an oldies song that contained the Lyrics "I'm a girl watcher." I would sing it as "I'm a Whale watcher."

Daniel

In the Kenny Rogers song, You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille, I always thought the line "four hungry children" was actually "four hundred children". Surprisingly it never occured to me why they had so many children.

Anon

Sting's song "Message in a Bottle" somehow got garbled into "Message in a Bottomless Pit". I guess I never really actually listened to it--it sounded far more intriguing that way anyway.

Natalya

Years ago, my little sister was heard in her room, singing: "I knew our love was just a passing phrase" to Ant and Dec's Eternal Love.
It's obviously 'phase' not 'phrase', and we're NEVER going to let her live it down! What a corker!

Claire Bussey

As a child i always thought the song Son of Hickory Hollers Tramp was about a boy who's Dad was a tramp!
Wasn't till my 20's when listening to the line "Outside the door there burned a scarlet lamp" i realised he was singing about his Mum!!

Caz

Heart's These dreams instead of "perfume on my wrist" I thought they were singing "perfume on my lips".

smc

My sister-in-law misunderstood the 80's song Electric Avenue. Actual was "..we're gonna rock on through Electric Avenue and then we'll take it higher." She heard, "We're gonna rock on to electro-tary Newt..."

Hal Parks

In Elton John's song Philadelphia Freedom I thought he said "Philadelphia feedom took me knee-high to a man, gave me a piece of momma, daddy never had. I thought the song was sick. Recently I found out it was "gave me a piece of mind, Daddy never had." I think. He makes mind a two syllable word.

baw

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY-QUEEN... Till a year or so ago i was convinced the line "spare him his life for his MONSTROSETIES" was "spare him his life for his...PORK SAUSAGE TEA!" i always wondered what they meant!!!!!!!!!!!!

jo

That in the song Rhinestone Cowboy that he was gettin': "cabbage & lettuce from people I don't even know". I never even thought it was odd that people were sending vegetables to a cowboy.

Sid

my 2 year old son used to sing 'OH MUM FUM" IT IS TO RIDE IN A 1 HORSE OPEN SLEIGH, instead of oh what fun. it was adorable

mom

My mother had a couple of good ones:

In Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, she thought the line was "a girl with colitis goes by" (not "a girl with kaleidoscope eyes") and the refrain...

"Lucy in the Sky, Look Down" (Elton's version sounded more like this)

and

she thought the Hues Corporation disco song sounded like
"so I'd like to know where, you got the nose job..." (instead of ...."the notion")

Jen N

Here's a few:

"I'm a Danish, I'm a Danish" as opposed to " Amadeus, Amadeus"...

Kim Wilde:

"pack of crisps in America" as opposed to "we're the kids of America"

Hot Chocolate:

"I believe it milk oils" as opposed to "I believe in miracles"

Browner von Wight

When I heard "my lover has got no money he has got his strong beliefs" I thought they said, "lover has got no money, he has got his trombone leased!!!"

The Raven

My 3 year old daughter sings the Attomic Kitten song "The tide is high" Her way is "The tidiest house im moving on".Cant wait until her Twenty first.

Shar nz