misheard lyrics

I used to think that the words for outkasts 'Hey ya' went 'shake it like a polaroid pizza' instead of ' shake it like a polaroid picture'
also i used to think that in the song i try by Macy Gray that it said 'I wear googgles when your are not near' instead of 'My world crumbles when you are not near' dunno why?....

freya, age 15

When I was a kid, my "cool" older cousins always used to listen to AC/DC and there's a song on Back In Black
(Givin' The Dog A Bone) that I used to believe had something to do with the smurfs. When they sang the chorus, I thought they were singing "Give it to Gargamo! Yeah! Give it to Gargamo!" I thought Gargamo must have been Gargamel's brother or something and that whatever "it" was, it would surely spell doom for the smurf way of life.

carmania

There was a popular song when I was little that had the line "Don't it make my brown eyes blue?" The singer had wonderful long hair and pretty blue eyes.

I had brown eyes and wanted bule eyes so bad. I thought the lyrics were "Donuts make my brown eyes blue." She was giving out beauty tips!! I ate lots and lots of donuts, as my waistline could confirm, but I still have brown eyes.

Anacita

There's this Elton John song, 'Benny & The Jets'... well, in it, there's this line that I thought says, "She's got electric boobs, her mom has too," but it really says, "She's got electric boots, a mohair suit." And I sing this at the top of my lungs all the time.... =p

Al

The chorus of "Every Time You Go Away" (by Paul Young) goes: "Every time you go away, you take a piece of me with you." But as a child I thought it said "you take a piece of meat with you." I always was puzzled by that.

Stendy

my mother, when she was small, used to love the xmas song - 'the 12 twelve days of christmas'

however she always beleived that on the 1st day of christmas...'my tulip said to me..' instead of 'my true love sent to me!!'

as a result i find it very hard to sing the right words!! ah well its worth it...gettin to have a laugh at my mums expense!!!

Loving Daughter!! (sometimes)!!

Remember the old Tubes song "White Punks on Dope". Thought they were singing "White Folks are Dumb"

WailerMan

One week before christmas I asked my mom, where we could get a "Partriginipear" Tree since there was a song about it I thought it was a must have kind of tree, for the season to get started. Mom and I argued for what seemed to be about 20 minutes, where she clearly explained about a partridge bird , in a pear tree.

erika24

I always used to think that in the song "you sexy thing" by Hot Chocolate, the opening words were 'I believe in Michael' instead of the real words which are 'I believe in miracles' crazy I know.

Body Worshipper

I used to hear in Warrant's song "Bed of Roses"; where it goes"on the bed of roses, not beneath some motel light..." - "on the bed of roses, nothing seems to multiply..." LOL, I have no idea, WHAT should multiply there...:)

I also misheard ABBA's Dancing Queen... where it goes "dig in the dancing queen", I heard "chicken, the dancing queen.." the fun thing is, My sister said me that, laughing at me (I was a huge ABBA fan back then), like"what stupid kind of song you listen to, it's about a chicken!" I was very angry at her, but I was kinda ashamed for my favorite band, 'cause I thought my sister was right.... Well, it still sounds like "chicken", what can I do:D

Anna

That the line in Desitny's Child 's Bootylischous, " I don't think you're ready for this jelly" was infact
" I don't think you're ready for FISH jelly"

As far as I was concerned no one was ready for that. EEEWWW

Teresia

My sister used to think thewords to the song were "later on, we'll perspire". I suppose that makes sense if you're by the fire.

Christine

When I sang the American national anthem as a child, I thought that the line, "...by the dawn's early light" was actually "...by the 'dawnserly' light", and 'dawnserly' was a word that meant something aking to 'beautiful'. My parents thought it was cute, when I used 'dawnserly' in a sentence as a substitute for beautiful, and laughingly corrected me. I was a touch ashamed, though, and disappointed that such a word didn't actually exist.

Ali

When I was young my Mom thought she would be cool and listen to some of my music. She used to beleive (and sing) that the Eurythmics song, "You Dropped a Bomb on Me"...was "You Dropped a Farm on Me".

Nancy

When I was in an infant church school I used to think that the hymn that goes' I am the lord of the dance said he' was ' I am the lord of the dance settee.' The fact that it was completely illogical never crossed my mind.

Caroline

I used to believe that the lyrics to Savage Gardens Animal Song was "I wanna live like cannibal" I always wondered why they wanted to eat other people, was it better than eating animals??

Bronagh Lee

When "In Da Club" by 50 Cent first came out I was in like 6th grade. And by now we all know, he really doesn't enunciate much. You know how, in the beginning, he goes "Go shawty, it's your birthday" and stuff like that? For like 3 months I sang "Go shawty, it's shiver, k?" Until finally at this dance this one kid came up to me and was like "What are you singing?" I was so embarrassed. And also mad that everyone just let me go around singing that.

Kat

Her name in Rio and she dances in the sand were the actual lyrics to the Duran Duran song that I used to sing along with. But...I sang slightly different words.... her name is Rio and she doesn't understand. Poor confused Rio!

phishphan

A little while ago I went on vacation to Las Vegas. My parents could only find out how to turn the rental car's radio to one station, and it was the crappy 80s and 90s station.
We were driving around the strip looking for some restaurant, and I was bored out of my skull when suddenly a song came on that I thought went,
'EEEEMO WOMAN!'
So I started laughing hysterically, picturing the typical "emo kid" sterotype and the band ELO singing about it. My parents were like, "What are you laughing about?"
So I told them, expecting them to be like "Oh yeah! Isn't this song funny?"
They actually just corrected me. Turns out it was actually "EEEEVIL WOMAN!"
They have NEVER let me forget this.

Kat

I have two:
I thought "I'll write a symphony just for you and me" in Elton John's 'Are You Ready For Love' was "I'll ride a cell phone in, just for you and me".

Also, I thought "Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me" in 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams' by Green Day was "Sometimes I wish someone will pillow fight me"!

Catherine