misheard lyrics

My friend Beccy used to think that Dusty Springfield's classic 'Son of a Preacher Man' was actually 'Son of the Pizza Man'.

Micki

Up until a few years ago, the christmas song 'Jingle Bells' never made sense to me as i thought the line "one horse open sleigh" was "one horse soap and sleigh". I never understood why there was soap in the sleigh.

Boydy

I was at a party in the late 70s, and the great old Rolling Stones song "Paint It Black" came on, so I began to sing along. I sang the first line, "I see a red door and I want it painted black," and this guy I didn't know corrected me in utter seriousness, "You've got it wrong! It's 'I see a Rambler and I want it painted black.'"

Charlie

I used to think that the chorus to "What's New Pussycat" by Tom Jones went "What you looking at, Whoh,whoh,wa-whoooooh...oooo"

David, London

I managed to convince my younger sister that the words to the Glen Campbell song "Rhinestone Cowboy" was "...and pole vaults coming over the phone" instead of "...and offers coming over the phone". Why? I have no idea - I was 12 yrs old! She finally found out one New Year when she was about 30 and sang along to the song at a party...

markp

The Pink Meat Song - a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. A very small French vocabulary let me hear "le viand rose" instead of "La Vie en Rose"!

Anon

A friend of mine told me he once used to think 'Cotton-Eyed Joe' went "Where did you come from, where did you go, where did you come from, GOT NINE TOES". Somehow the reality of it, "Cotton-Eyed Joe" doesn't really make any more sense.

Natalya

I used to think Pearl Jam's 'Daughter' was "Don't call me, da da da..." as in rhythmic nonsense, wondering at the same time why it was called Daughter. Kinda of silly considering it's meant to be "Don't call me, Daughter, not fit to..." etc. I guess I'm not really fit to listen to it, huh?

Natalya

We used to sing Gordon Lightfoot's "Alberta Bound" as "I'll burn the barn."

10-23

In the nursery rhyme that goes "Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream, merrily, merrily, merrily...." I used to think life was a "custard cream" and not "but a dream". I always thought a custard cream life sounded so cool.

Caroline

I was the laughing stock of my family when i was younger whenever i sang along to my favourite 'Paul Young'...in one of his songs there was the line 'whenever you go away, you take a piece of meat with you' or so i thought! I now know that its actually 'part of me' but i think my version is much better!!!

Laura, Dubai

'thats me with the corndog' instead of 'thats me in the corner' was how my friend understood the REM song Losing My Religion

Anon

Re: Wolfgang - I thought REM sang ""Call me tarwaychener"
- which would be some kind of Irish name, perhaps, I guess,
but thats what I thought.

But I`m told its

"call me til I waken up"

hikermike

My sister was convinced Prince's "Rasberry Beret" was "Rags baby her Rags" well, it made sense when you with the second part of the chorus "the kind you find in a second hand store"...and no one could persuade my sister otherwise!!

sista NeeNee

That the lyrics to "dirty deeds done dirt cheap" were actually "dirty deeds thunder chiefs"

Schweddie

i used the think the lyrics to mrs. robinson were:
"Oh Mr. Please! Mrs. Robinson? She's the slut that no one else should know."

Anon

My mate used to tell me about several new Police songs back in 1978 - I thought some were really rude:
Rock Salmon (Roxanne)
Massage in a brothel (message in a bottle)
A year has passed since I "broke my nose" (wrote my note)

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