misheard lyrics

when i was small, i used to think the christmas song, the 12 days of christmas, had the words..

'on the first day of xmas my tulip sent to me.' instead of my 'true love'!!

i still find myself singing it to this day!!(quite a few years later!!)

lizzy

when britney spears song 'baby, one more time' came out first, my sister thought the words 'oh baby baby' were really 'um buy them, buy them' and insisted on singing it at the top of her voice!!

needless to say she was embarassed when i proved that it was in fact wrong!!

mean big sis

my sis used to think in that britney spears song, 'baby one more time' the first words were 'oh buy them buy them' instead of oh baby baby!!

jo

When we were little my sister used to think the lyrics to the Def Leppard Song were "Put your sheets away" instead of "Pour some sugar on me".

Manda

When I was a kid, I always thought the words to the song "Take My Breath Away" were saying 'take off your clo-thing'.

I know better now, but I still like my version better.

Robert

I always thought instead of saying "Im a material girl" Madonna was saying "Im a cheerio girl".

Tiffany

A friend and I were at the checkout clerk in the local grocery with his 5-year-old son when the George Michael/Elton John song "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" came over the in-store loudspeaker system. At the chorus the lad began belting "Don't let your son go down on me." We were mightily embarassed and had quite a time hushing him amidst the snickers and appalled expressions of the grocery clerks and other customers on-line. It was quite some time before my friend again shopped that grocery.

Shushing Godfather

It wasn't but a couple of years ago, when looking for a song that had been one of my husband's favourites from back in the 60's, called: "Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)" by Melanie Safka, that I admitted to him that I had always thought they were saying "Get your white butts right up, and the ones who stand around" instead of -- "Let your white birds smile up, at the ones who stand and frown." He says I have forever ruined the song for him, although I still think it's funny as all get out!

Dazed n' Confused Redneck Ridgerunner

Bryan Adams - "Summer of 69"

Instead of "yeah, I'd always wanna be there"

We thought it was "yeah those worn out beach chairs".

Made sense though, right?

KS

The Go-G0's

"Our Lips Are Sealed" was Alex I See You.

And..."in the DALLAS games people play" instead of JEALOUS. Well, the Cowboys were pretty big then.

KS

MC Hammers song "Have you Seen Her?" was really, in my confused little mind, a song about a woman named "Popasheena". I used to think that was a strange name but if Hammer liked it then so did I.

Instead of "I'll be searching everywhere just to find someone who cares" in What Becomes of the Broken Hearted, My mother and I use to belt out "I'll be searching everywhere just to find some underwear"! Sorry to those who've read this because now you'll never hear it any other way!

A very confused child, New York City, NY

(Told to me by my friend's father) In the song "Take a chance on me" by Abba, he believed they were saying, "Chick-a-chazz on me." He said, "I didn't have any idea what a chick-a-chazz was, but I liked the song."

Uh-oh

There was a song that was popular about three years ago by Dog's Eye View called "It falls apart." There's a line in the song that says "...and the devil is in my hands..." My mom and I thought it was just hilarious because we thought it said, "... and the devil is in my pants..." Finally we read the lyrics and were very disappointed.

Is the devil in your pants?

I have a friend who always sings-"No dry Blood" instead of Low Rider( the Theme song to George Lopez, Sang by War)

EJM

I've been listening to Metallica since mid-eighties, and they have a song called The Four Horsemen on the album Kill'em all. The beginning of the chorus goes - I though for many years:
"Once in a dully mirror
never seem they're right"

The real deal is
"The horsemen are drawing nearer
On the leather steeds they ride"

Dont know why I didnt think more over that dully mirror...

jesper b.

When I was growing up watching reruns of Gilligans Island. I would sing... Just sit right back and you'll hear a tail.. a tail of a bait boat shrimp...

highly confused but what a catchy tune

When we were little, my little sister and I used to fight about music lyrics. She thought Michael Jackson's Billy Jean had the words, "Billy Jean, buu buu uuh" instead of "Billy Jean is not my lover." This was a real sore spot for her and would fight tooth and nail if anyone tried to correct her.

Anon

When I was little I used to think the TLC song "Waterfalls" actually said 'Go, go, Jason waterfalls.'

And I thought that in the song 'Guys do it all the time" by Mindy McCready the line that said "Get over it, honey" actually said, 'Get over Wayne Gretzsky'

Colette

Oh, this one is probably very common, but the song that goes, "Don't it make your brown eyes blue" Well, I heard, "Donuts make your brown eyes blue" Well, maybe if i ate more donuts, i'd have blue eyes!

Sara

I thought the words of the Flashdance song were "take your pants off and make it happen" instead of "take your passion..."...well, it made sense.

Anon