misheard lyrics

I used to think that 'you'll go down in history' in Rudolf the Red-nosed Reindeer was 'you'll go down in his story'.

Gordon Grams, Porto Portugal

No word of a lie and boy do I feel stupid now = I always thought that the song that says " Doo Wah Diddy Diddy Dum Diddy Do" said "Do what daddy did to mommy to make me"

Jacqui

my friend jenn thought that the prodigy was singing i'm a twisted fiire fighter instead of fire starter, also that oasis were singing fromage frais instead of some might say.

chelle

the carpenters sing sing a song my words were always sink sink a sonk so i certainly put them in there place still love to listen to it though

jeanie

I used to believe the lyrics to Seven Nation Army by - The White Stripes was "The Salvation Army couldn't hold me back"

Michael

I used to think that Green Day's "Time of Your Life" went
Another yearning goat, a cork stuck in a toad,
Time grabs you by the wrist and erects you and your nose.
o.O Don't ask...

Jazmine

I listened to the Beatles all the time when I was younger, and before I learned any English. I have a lot of misunderstandings that I have realized later.... It's quite interesting to listen to the lyrics again, now that I understand what they're talking about.

One "mishearing" however I hadn't realized until recently. The song is "I'm a loser" and he sings: "What have I done to deserve such a fate" but I always thought that he said: "What have I done to deserve such a face"
- I was picturing a very ugly man singing and I felt so sorry for him....haha

Denmark

I used to believe that in the Christmas song "Winter Wonderland" that the words were "later on, we'll perspire, as we sit by the fire" instead of "later on, we'll conspire, as we dream by the fire." I would get some chuckles by family members when we would sing this song. Even though know the real words now, I still prefer to sing it my way.

AnnO

For the "Family Guy" theme song there's several mistakes i made until i looked it up online-

where it says "lucky there's a family guy" i thought it said "puffy is a family guy"

and where it says "all the things that make us laugh and cry" i thought it was "all the things that make us effin' cry"

Gina

My friend Helz has a lot of these, but my favourite was when she thought the line from Summer Nights from grease "he just turned 18" was " and he has white teeth"
It really tickled me

big Ging uk

When I was a child I believed that the lyrics in the song My Bonny Is Over The Ocean actually read My Pony Is Over The Ocean. So I thought the song was actually about some horse on a boat far far away from home.

Morten Norway

For a while, I thought that the 90s hit Common People by Pulp said "rent a fag and barber shop" instead of "rent a flat above a shop." This led to a lot of confusion over what the next line, "cut your hair and get a job" was talking about. Because if the mishearing was correct...what kind of job would the person be getting?

Kâtïe

Beatles - Ticket To Ride

"She's got a chicken to ride
She's got a chicken to ri-hi-hide
She's got a chicken to ride
And she don't care
My baby donkey..."

Santa Puncher

Destiny's Child - I Depend On Me

"The shoes on my feet
Alf Garnett
The clothes I'm wearing
Alf Garnett
The rock I'm rocking
Alf Garnett
Coz I depend on meat
If I want it
The watch I'm wearing
Alf Garnett
The house I live in
Alf Garnett
The car I'm driving
Alf Garnett
I depend on meat
I depend on meat..."

Santa Puncher

Bronski Beat - Beat Boy

"Meatball
Meatball
Hit that perfect meatball..."

Santa Puncher

i used to think the song 'living on a prayer' was actually 'living on a stair.' after a while it changed to 'living on a prarie' in fact i only just figured out what the real lyrics were when i read it on this site!

....sweetcherrypie....