misheard lyrics

I thought outkast were singing "never meant to make your doggy cry, dry your eyes will be alright!"
in is actually "never meant to make your daughter cry, i apologise a million times."
i got a lot of stick after belting that one out in the local!

cringe

when I was little my folks loved Bruce Spreengsteen, my mom would play his music when we cleaned the house and we'd both dance around and sing and clean. We were washing the windows one day, when she turned the stereo down and told me to sing the verse again. She then busted out laughing and had me sing for all friends and family for weeks. I was much older when I discovered The Boss' hit was called "Tenth Avenue Freeze Out" and not "Dead Devil in a Flea's Ass"

mel

I used to believe that Madonna's Papa don't preach was pop-a-long priest

Mark "lyric master" Rowbowtohme

I used to believe that in the song "The Boogie Man", boogie man was pronounced booger man. I used to picture a giant booger dancing down the street.

gerbil

When reading this website, I was surprised to learn that David Bowie sings "this mellow-thighed chick" in Suffragette City. I always thought it was, "the smell of fat chicks." I figured that he was acting like he had transcendant sexual senses or something.

whatever

Until I saw this site, I thought the Blind Melon verse "You know I like to keep my cheeks dry today" was "You know I like to keep my cheating strategy, so stick with me and I'll have it made."

When my sister was really little in the 1960s, she thought that the superhero Hercules was called "Hurt your knees."

Maybe there was something in the water?

Texas Rocky

I attended a French-immersion school, so at the beginning of the day we sang the French version of O Canada. I understood most of it, but I didn't get a few parts.

I thought "car ton bras sait porter l'épée" (your arm can bear the sword) was "...sait porter la paix" (can bear peace), which is much nicer, after all.

In the line "ton histoire est une épopée des plus brillants exploits" (your history is an epic of the most brilliant exploits) I thought an "épopée" had something to do with poppies. This went nicely with the "fleurons glorieux" a few lines previous, and had the side benefit of going nicely with the poppies we wore on Remembrance Day (to remember our brillants exploits, naturally).

Finally, I thought "et ta valeur de foi trempée" (and your valour, steeped in faith) was "deux fois trompée" (twice fooled). I figured dear old Calixa Lavallée must have had very definite opinions about the First and Second World War!

Matt

When I was little, i used to believe that the popular childrens tv theme "pink and the brain" went "pinky and the brain, pinky and the brain, one's in the juniors, the others in spain" rathet than the correct "one is a genius, the others insane!"

Chris

Another misheard lyric: The Beatles "Twist and Shout" - I thought they were singing "Winston Chow", and that it had something to do with former prime minister Winston Churchill.
And I thought that in England they had "Eight Days A Week".

dbigtex56

when I was a kid I heard the Moody blues song ' Nights in White Satin' ..about the same time I must have heard or seen something about the Ku Klux clan and decided that that was what the song was about..' Knights in white satin sheets riding horses!!... For a long time I saw these posh white knights never reaching the end..!!

Sarah M

I'm absolutely stunned someone else thought, like I, that London Bridge Is Falling Down was London Britches Falling Down! I sang it that way until i was 18!

I don't know about this one but I until now just realized that the Bee Gees song "You Should Be Dancing" I thought the line was always "What you doing on your back?" :/

Jennifer

My grandma used to think that "It's raining men" by the weather girls was "Israeli men"

Heh

Dan

I used to think the lyrics to the Abba song 'Super-trooper' were
"When I called you last night from Tesco"
instead of
"When I called you last night from Glasgow"

Anon

For the longest time I thought that Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer had a very "chinese" nose...

Anon

When I first heard the song "Constant Craving" by KD Lang, I thought she was singing "God save gravy."

Anon

When I was a child, I used to believe the song "Walking in a Winter Wonderland" was called (and sung) "Walking in my Winter Underwear" ... I think it just made sense to me.

Carolyn

For years I used to sing Madonna's song 'Erotica' as " Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie, put your hands all over my body" and I really thought these were the actual lyrics, then when I actually saw Bill Oddie on the telly I thought 'crikey, why does Madonna fancy him?

Maz

Until I was 12 I used to think the Australian national anthem ("Advance Australia Fair") was about Australia putting up the price of Australian airline tickets so New Zealanders couldn't afford them - "Advance Australia Fares".

Anon

When I was five years old, I sent adults into fits of laughter with my interpretation of "That Old Black Magic"--". . .that same old witch crap when your eyes meet mine . . ."

Anon

My kindergarten teacher's name was Mrs. Boshultz. Around that time, "Bus stop" by the Jackson 5 was a big song. So of course I heard the song as "Get down, Mrs. Boshultz! Don't stop til you get enough!" My parents couldn't stop laughing at this one, and made sure to share this with Mrs. Boshultz at the parent teacher conference.

Anon