misheard lyrics

Recently my sister told me that in Fallout Boy's 'The Take Over The Break's Over' lyrics were actually 'Flash flash flash, photography', not 'Scratch scratch scratch, for tiger-people'. We both though that was pretty funny.

FlashTigerography

I used to watch Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and frequently sang along to the theme tune. I thought the end of the song was "Toodle pop" - as in a really twee english way of saying goodbye. It actually says "Turtle Power"! I was in fits of laughter for weeks!

Babycake

So when I first heard the song "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" by Death Cab for Cutie, there was a line where I wasn't so sure what he was saying. I heard:
"If heaven and hell decide that they both are satisfied
Illuminate the nose on their Vatican seasides"
Eventually I looked this up on a lyrics website. Turns out the actual lyrics are:
"If heaven and hell decide that they both are satisfied
Illuminate the no's on their vacancy signs"
whoops.

Hannah P.

Until about 10 years ago, whenever I heard the song, "On the Road Again" by Willie Nelson I thought the part that says "we're the best of friends" actually was saying "You're a Mexican". I always thought that was very rude and what did it matter anyway?

Regina

Bon Jovi was a huge hit when I 13 and I used to think that they lyrics to "Wanted Dead or Alive" were...."on a steering horse I ride", my husband informed me 2 years ago that I had been singing it all wrong for 17 years.

Jacquelyn A

In "Song 2" by Blur the first line is "I got my head checked, by a jumbo jet" for a long time I thought it was "I got my head shaved, by a chimboche" I thought chimboche was some Indian tribe or something

Dietrich Corby

The Beatles song "Ticket to Ride" always came out "She's got a tick in her eye."

Kurt

I used to love the song All Star, by Smashmouth. I always thought some of the lyrics were "She was looking kinda dumb with her finger up her bum, and the shape of an elf on her forehead."

Anon

When I was five, thought paul McCartney was singing "stand on the rug" instead of "Band and the Run". I also though the girl "walked and talked like an ape now" (instead of ACE) on the Beach Boys song "Fun Fun Fun".

Holly

The Pink Meat Song - a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. A very small French vocabulary let me hear "le viand rose" instead of "La Vie en Rose"!

Anon

My husband turned me on to classic ACDC, and up until he heard me singing along, I thought the lyrics were:

Dirty Deeds and the Thunder Chief

It's one of his favorite "cocktail party stories."

Niki

"what a wonderful world" by Louis Armstrong still is my favourite song but I used to believe he sings "the dog says goodnight" instead of "the dark sacred night" I only discovered that last week and I am fifty years old....well never too old to learn...

cobus

When my son was 5, we were on a trip and the song A Horse With No Name by America was playing on the radio. My son was in the back seat singing "Ive been through the desert on a horse with no legs" instead of, "I've been through the desert on horse with no name"

jonnyd

This isn't mine, but my dad used to think that the lyrics to the Beach Boys song "Fun, Fun, Fun" were "We'll have fun, fun, fun 'til your daddy takes the teapot away." instead of "We'll have fun, fun, fun 'til your daddy takes the T-bird away."

Liz

What about this one?
In the song by Yes called "Owner of a lonely heart", when they come to the part where they sing:
Owner of a lonely heart!
Owner of a lonely heart!
I used to think they tried to make people steal things from the lonely people on the street by singing:
Only rob the lonely ones!
Only rob the lonely ones!

Imagine that :D

Morten Vestergaard

Ok so, the Travis Tritt song "I smell T-R-O-U-B-L-E" was a source of much confusion for me as a child. In the song he sings the title... and since I hadn't quite learned how to spell and had no concept of letters themselves, I heard "I smell pee all over you and me." ... I always wondered why I got in so much trouble for wetting my pants when grown men did it all the time ... hahaha

Em Michelle

The Genesis song that goes:
"She seems to have an invisible touch, yeah"
i thought went:
" She sees the hat and reaches for the top shelf"
I thought it was about shopping.

cj

In the song "Ordinary" by Train. When they say: "I'm everything but ordinary...", I really thought they said: "I'm everything but old and hairy..."

Raja

I used to believe that the lyrics to that song from grease, your the one that i want (you know the one)were
"your the wizard of oz, oh oh ah ah"
instead of
"your the one that i want ooh ooh ooh yeah"

teneille eats socks

for all my life I though that in 'Billy Jean' 1 of the lyrics was "the jailer's not my son". i actually believed this until last month & I'm 22!

Cas