misheard lyrics

My husband always thought that Sade's song "Smooth Operator" was "Sooner or Later"

Anon

When I was little, my father sang a cute little song, "Mares Eat Oats". I thought the words were like this: Maresy dotes and dosey dotes and little lambsy divey, a kiddlee divey too, wouldn't you?

Nancy M.

In the song 'Yesterday' by the Beatles, the line goes: I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday. I used to believe it went: I said, 'Something wrong?' Now I long for yesterday. It's a small but very important difference.

sal

My best friend, when she was young, really liked the song "take my breath away". The thing is, she thought it said "Take my brother Houla"!!

Alexia

I use to think in the Madonna song "La Isla Bonita", Madonna sang "Last night I dreamt of salt bagels" instead of "Last night I dreamt of San Pedro". 

DarkDan 

Re: Lucy In The Sky - someone once told me that for the longest time he believed the song went: "The girl with colitis goes by" :))

L

My neice was convinced that the line about 'The girl with kalidiscope eyes' in the Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", was actually 'The girl when Kalidis goes by'. I'm not sure who she thought Kalidis was, but she couldn't be convinced otherwise.

Anon

I remember sitting on my Dad's lap when the Beatles' song Eight Days a Week first came out. I was confused because someone had told me there were really only seven days in a week and I wanted to believe the Beatles.

Jane

A huge baseball and Beach Boys fan as a young kid (and still am), I used to believe "Catch A Wave" meant going to the beach, running to the water's edge with your baseball mitt and trying to catch the water rushing towards you.

tony

Herman's Hermits used to sing - she's a must to avoid. I thought it was - she's a muscular boy

Jan

my girlfriend and i had jsut watched a James Bond movie, and she started to sing "secret-- agent man, secret--agent maaan....." only problem was, she thought the words were "secret Asian man"....

anthony k

the national anthem:

"o say can you see, by the donzerly light..."

so i figured donzerly light was like a nightlight, or a flashlight or anything that helps you see in the dark and then i would ask whoever was there "o say can you see?"

kimberly

Back in the late 80s, my wife loved that song that goes "Tonight I need your sweet caress, hold me in the darkness." That is, she loved it until she heard me mangle the lyrics - "hold me in your armpit". She never could listen to the song again, and never would forgive me for ruining it for her.

Divorced Now

Trapped in a van once with seven other people Prince's "Little Red Corvette" came on the radio. We all began to sing along and when we got to the chorus a friend of ours at the top of her lungs belted out "LEAD THE WAY CARMAY!!!" She's never lived it down...we named her cat Carmay in her honor.

anon

My boyfriend and I go round and round about REM's "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight"...i think the lyric is "don't even try to wake him up" and he thinks it's "calling Jamaica"...neither of us knows the answer because REM doesn't publish lyrics...

WolfGang

In the old Jerry Reed song "Amos Moses" there's a line, "about 45 minutes southeast of Thibidaux Looziana..." For about 10 years I thought they were saying "Tippy Toe". I figured it out after I moved to New Orleans in my mid-20's.

Anon

For nearly 40 years I thought the 1st 2 lines to "Love Potion #9" were "I took my troubles down to Madam Roux; You know that Gypsy with the gold tatoo". Yesterday I found out it's "Madam Ruth" and "gold-capped tooth".

Anon

I always thought that in the song "Blinded by the Light" the lyrics were "..wrecked up like a DOUCHE you know the roller in the night" It was only a couple of years ago that I learned it was wrecked up like a DUCE (meaning a type of car)

Liz

My cousin thought that "Your a pal and a confidant" from the Golden Girls them song was, "Your a pal and a clump of dump"

Dusty