misheard lyrics

My husband told me that when the song Rock Me Amadeus came out that the lyrics were "I'm potatoes I'm potatoes." I guess he used to actually sing it with his friends, who all thought the same thing, on his schoolbus

Demonica

A co-worker sent me into gales of laughter when she told me she thought the lyrics in "I Am So Into You" by the Atlanta Rhythm Section were "When you walked into the room, there was doo-doo on the wall"! You should have seen her face turn red when I told her the lyrics were "When you walked into the room, there was voodoo in your vibes".

Anon

I used to believe that the line "Wo-oo we're half way there" in "Living on a prayer" by Bon Jovi was "Oh-oh half-laid egg", and every time the words "make it" were used, that they were "naked", for instance "It doesn't make a difference if we're naked or not", and "Take my hand, we're naked I swear!". Even now, I cannot hear the song without indefinitely hearing "Half-laid egg.", It just seems to sound closer to that than "Half way there."!

Ed

I misheard the "church on time" lyric in David Bowie's "Modern Love" as "ching chong chang" and wondered how such a racist song was allowed to be played on the radio!

Anon

I used to think Toto's Africa contained the line "I spent my life trying to get away from you," (rather than "it'd take a lot to take me away from you.") What makes it more entertaining is that the follow-up line is "it's something that a hundred men or more could never do," thus leaving me with the image of a woman with a hundred or so people just stuck to her like a magnet.

Sandry

For the song 'Steve McQueen' my sister thought the chorus was,

'It's like Steve McQueen, streakin' on your radar screen!'

My sister has a sick mind...

Shadow Spider

When I was little, I used to think that in Bob Dylan was singing, "Hey Mr. Tangerine man, play a song for me," instead of, "Hey Mr. Tambourine man...." Now whenever I hear that song, I visualize a tangerine playing tambourines.

Gabi G.

there used to be a song that got a ton of radio airplay. i could have bet you a million bucks that it said "don't make me yodel" . it was by sinead oconner and it actually said "don't make me over". i couldnt understand why she didn't want to yodel. i even tried to yodel to see if it was painful or if something bad who happen to me afterward.

Anon

My brother used to think the line, "I'll never be your beast of burden" in the Rolling Stone's song "Beast of Burden" was sung:
"I'll never be a pizza burnin'...."

queeeney

This is the absolute funniest, I swear!
When I was younger (@5-20 years old) I thought the lyrice to Pink Floyds "The Wall" were "The Dukes of Hazzards in the classroom." I later realized from @ age 20 on that this didn't make sense and somehow reasoned that the real lyrics must be "The doctors have us in the classrooms." Since then I kept this new belief along with my funny tale of misheard lyrics which I submitted to this site 10 minutes ago. Well, about 8 minutes ago, I found out that my "corrected" version was wrong too. It's actually, "No dark sarcasm in the classroom." LOL!

nicolette

when i was about 10 i thought the words to the song were 'we built this city on sausage roll' instead of 'we built this city on rock n' roll'

anon

I used to think the words to the song 'you're the one that I want' in the movie musical Grease were ' you're the wizard of oz'

lucy

My parents used to watch a lot of All in the Family reruns when I was around 6-10 years old. This is how I heard the lyrics:

By the way glad miller played
Songs that made the hit parade,
Guys like us we had it made,
Those were the days.

And you knew where you were then,
Gals were girls and men were men.
Here's to we could use a man like Herbert Hoov'r for our den.

Didn't need no world's best date.
Everybody pulled his weight.
G.R.O. la sal-man grate.
Those were the days.

I was willing enough to belive that Herbert Hoover had been a great conversationalist, and therefore someone you'd want around your den; and it seemed reasonable that an old fart like Archie might find the modern dating scene not to his liking.
But what was a "sal-man grate"? After much thought, I came to the uneasy conclusion that it was something you put over the ducts in your house to keep out the salamanders. Later, I toyed with the idea that "Salmangrade" was some small, obscure Eastern European state, but that wasn't quite satisfying either.

Later I found out the real lyrics:

By the way Glen Miller played
Songs that made the Hit Parade,
Guys like us we had it made,
Those were the days.

And you knew who you were then,
Girls were girls and men were men.
Mister, we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again.

Didn't need no welfare state.
Everybody pulled his weight.
Gee our old LaSalle ran great.
Those were the days.

JEC

My mum always thought (and, sadly, still thinks) that the song "smoke gets in your eyes" by the Platters is actually "small cats in your eyes".

Anon

You know that song "Indian Outlaw" by Tim McGraw? There's a part in the beginning that I always thought went, "All my friends call me dirt ball." Well, I heard it a few weeks ago and realized that he's saying "bear claw." I'm still not sure what he's saying.

keyboardplayer

My cousin who is now 50 still sings I am in Woolworths. (I am a Walrus) by the Beatles

and

My mum used to sing Hold my hand I'm a strange looking parasite. (Hold my hand I'm a stranger in Paradise) Tony Bennett.

Jan

One of the first songs I learned in nursery school was "My Bonnie is over the ocean". We used to sing it with the English lyrics even though none of us little children understood the meaning, and so I always imagined a pony on a ship crossing the ocean.

At the end of the song, the chorus goes "Brought back, brought back, oh brought back my Bonnie to me" - in my version, this became "Brotbeck (= bread baker in Swiss German), Brotbeck, oh Brotbeck my pony to me". Makes sense, right?

Bread baker

I love that song Gloria by Van Morrison - Instead of singing "Gloria, G.L.O.R.I.A." I used to think it was "Gloria, the yellow warrior"...

Mark 'funky'

I used to believe the the words to the country song "Cheap wine and a three day growth" were in fact, "Cheap wine and a three legged goat" up until about 6 months ago. I am 24.

Justin

The mother of my ex-girlfriend used to think the Bee Gee's song "More Than A Woman", was "Bald Headed Woman". She also thought John Mellencamp's "The Authority Song" said "I'm fightin' Dorothy and Dorothy always wins". First time I heard it was one of the biggest laughs I've ever had.

Steve