misheard lyrics

My husband and I have a fun game we play during long road trips. If we hear an old 80s song, we'll declare an "all sing" where we have to sing along. So one trip I declare an "all sing" to the Flashdance themesong "Maniac" and I hear my husband belting out "She's a maniac, maniac on the go".

It's supposed to be this stripper who is an incredible dancer, but he sings it like she's a busy soccer mom running errands. Every time he tells me I'm a maniac about something, I'll ask him if I'm also 'on the go'.

one confused girl

in Marc Cohns Walkin in Memphis , i used to sing "saw the ghost of elvis and you you never knew" until i was told it was actually "saw the ghost of elvis on union avenue" doh

tam

My brother recently told me that he thought that in "Wind Beneath My Wings" the lyrics "I can fly higher than an eagle" were "I can fly higher than any gull", as in a seagull...I think the fact that he grew up amongst avid fisherman had something to do with this...

Anon

When my daughter heard the 70's hit, "Drift Away", she thought they were saying, "Give me the Beach Boys & free my soul..." instead of "Give me the Beat Boys"!

Anon

My friend Melanie was convinced that the lyrics to Scar Tissue by the Chili Peppers, instead of "With the birds we share this lonely view", was "at bubba's shed there's a lovely view".

Rob

I used to believe that the Muse song Time Is Running Out said,
You'll buy me on the tenth of May.
The actual lyrics are
You will be the death of me.
Sang it to Matt Bellamy once.
He didn't hear me. :(

Jim

In Sade's song Smooth Operator, I used to think she was saying, " OOOh pop a red eye."

IslandGirlie

"Pressure" by Billy Joel

He said "Sesame Street, what does it mean?" but I misheard it as "Sex in the streets, what does it mean?"

Amanda

In the Michael Jackson song Billie Jean, the lyric really goes, "But the kid is not my son." I always thought it was "the chair is not my lover."

Anon

All growing up my little sister thought the sheryl crow sone "all I wanna do" went a litttle like this..."all I wanna do is get hooked on phonics"
To this day I still sing it that way since i'd hear id so much. Also she sang that song "and if you" by spin doctors was called "ri-nif-you" but the worse one was me...for years I thought the ac/dc song "dirty deeds done dirt cheap" was "dirty deeds and the dungarees" My mother to thid day harasses me. Guess I should have caught on sooner

sara

i used to think the song dont cry for me argentina said 'the truth is i never loved you' when the real lyrics are 'i never left you'

*georgie*

My younger brother Jack was born in Mosside in Manchester in the early eighties. A few years later, ther Eurythmics released the song 'Thorn in my side'. My brother went round singing "Born in Mosside, You know thats all you ever were", thinking the song was about him...

Dennis

the song "under neath it all theres an endless story theres the man i chose thats my territory"

i heard as
"under neath your bra theres an endless story theres the man i chose thats my territory" ummm....no...:0)

someone

In The Smiths song "This Charming Man", when Morrisey sings,
"I would go out tonight
But I haven't got a stitch to wear
This man said "it's gruesome
That someone so handsome should care".
A jumped up pantry boy
Who never knew his place
He said "return the ring" "

I thought he sang,
"I would go out tonight but I haven't got a stitch to wait,
This man, he's gruesome, said someone so handsome should care.
A jumped up country boy
Who never knew his place
She said, return to me."

Well, Morrisey IS pretty darn difficult to understand, listen to this song and you'll understand!

Dazed and Confused.

In smells like teen spirit by nirvana it says:
load up our guns
bring your friends
its fun to lose
and to pretend.
MY VERSION
gang up the tons
bring the dens
grab to a moose
and chew the ends.
RETARDED

Sophia

Just recently, my school's high school dance team danced to Madonna, Material Girl. The original lyrics are,
some boys kiss me, some boys hug me, I think they're ok.
My version was,
some boys kiss me, some boys hump me, I think they're so gay.

Anon

when i was little i used to believe that Michael Jackson's song "Billie Jean" was "Biggie G she's not my lover..." and noone could convince me otherwise!!!! :)

Anon

when my brother was little, he used to watch the old fashioned peter pan that was basically recorded on a sound stage. there was a song that the pirates sang, and he always believed the lyrics were as follows:

"a yo ho ho a went to show
to mere the steak
so-
it's dangerous to eat"

and he would sing this over and over and over with a fake hook on his hand pretending he was captain hook. i can't believe i still remember the song.

annie

Okay up until like, 4 minutes ago, I thought the theme song to Full House went: "the milkman, the paper boy, even MTV." But apparently it really goes "the milkman, the paperboy, evenin' TV. Oopsie. my bad!

MTV Junkie

When I was Younger((ok, not that long ago! I'm 13)), In the song "Dude looks like a Lady" i thought instead of "Dude looks like a Lady" It was "Doin' it like a lady." Last year I found out from my friend how stupid I was!

Sammi