misheard lyrics

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

In the song by Anistaia i think it is called lie or why did u lie to me...anyway the last lie of the chorus sounds like Why did u lie to me you good for mothing chuklebrother!!! i know that cant be right but i cant for the life of me figure out what it says.

Tinkerbell

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

Schweddie

Mates wife: Constant craving by KD Lang - she thought it was Can't Stand Gravy...(sorry Sarah)

Ex g/friend: Jet by Wings was actually called - Chair!

Me (although I realised it HAD to be wrong) - Meatloaf, Bat Out of Hell "on a silver black phantom bike - was "I'm a Cilla Black fan on bike.."

Dan

I thought the song lyric "Till death to his part" was actually "To get to his pond." My sisters never stopped bothering me about that.

Anon

an ex boyfriend used to believe that the lyrics to Nirvana's All Apologies went "choking on the ashes of an orangutang" instead of "choking on the ashes of her enemy". every time i hear that song i wonder what was going through his head at the time. bless him.

Anon

I used to think that the lyrics to the last line of "Row, Row, Row your Boat" was "Life, a spot, a dream." I never could figure it out until my mom told me.

Hilary

I thought Glen Fry's song Boys of Summer, was actually Poison Summer.

My friend thought Sittin on the dock of the Bay, by Otis Redding actually said, Sittin on the top of the bed.

Azazil

years ago my friends brother, (who was about 7) thought the lyrics to "pump up the volume" were "pump up the barbyoo". Go figure.

jameschapter

My sister-in-law misunderstood the 80's song Electric Avenue. Actual was "..we're gonna rock on through Electric Avenue and then we'll take it higher." She heard, "We're gonna rock on to electro-tary Newt..."

Hal Parks

Heart's These dreams instead of "perfume on my wrist" I thought they were singing "perfume on my lips".

smc

When my Mum was a little girl, she was convinced that a certain Christmas carol went: "Good King Wensus last looked out..."

Most obvious twisted lyric in my opinion has to be the chorus of The Police's "So Lonely", which sounds like they're chanting the name of Sue Lawley, one time BBC newsreader and Nationwide presenter.

If anyone really wants to get some lyric seriously wrong, try listening to the early albums of IQ without the lyric sheets. I did this with a friend, and we tried to work them out. About two years later, we finally got access to the words, and found out that we'd only been about 50% accurate. It still makes life a bit difficult trying to sing along at their gigs!

Uncle Korky

I use to think in the Bee Gees song they sang "Living in a world of food" instead of fools.

Stevie

song-more than a woman

REAL LYRiCS: "more than a woman.. more than a woman to me"

MiSHEARD LYRiCS- waLk LiKe a woman.. waLk LiKe a woman to me!

i discovered that i was singing the words wrong two years ago.. i was outside with my mom and the song was stuck in my head and so i sang it out LoUd(screaming) and my mom couLdn't stop LauGhing.. and she toLd me..

aH-LeE<3

My friend started singing "two 10 o'clock girls go round the outside, round the outside, round the outside.." to eminem's Without Me instead of "two trailer-park girls.."
I never quite figured out what a "10 o'clock girl" was

XTC

I thought in Angie Martinez's "If I can Go !", her background singer at the end is saying, "If I can go... to home depot"... instead of If I can go, con tigo (with you). And I thought why these people want to fly to go to home depot.

brainy

I used to think that bout a couple years ago the song by matchbox 20 " its 3am I must be lonely" said "its 3 am I must be horny" lol

Daniel Benvin

I used to think that in the song Halo by Texas, she sang "She has a halo, we really do a door, she has a halo, hairy sunshine"

Instead of "She has a halo, we really do adore her, she has a halo, can we touch her"

Clare, Lancs, UK

My mum used to think 'I Believe In Miracles (Hot Chocolate) was: 'I believe in MERKELS' up until The Full Monty soundtrack a few years ago...

Andy

I used the think that the song "Dude looks like a lady" was "Do that Lucky lady" until I looked at this site and realized I was wrong.

Amy