misheard lyrics

When I was five, I thought that the Beatles' song verse "I wanna hold your hand" meant "I wanna know John Lennon", and it was a homage from The Beatles to John, who was dead.

Mônica

Somebody else submitted something about what their mother thought the lyrics to "I Predict A Riot" (Kaiser Chiefs) were.

Well, my mum thought they were "I've got Tourette's".

Beth

I ued to believe, in the song 'whiskey in a jar' that in the chorus, it was actuallly 'Whiskey and Angina!'
I wondered what the point of the qwhole song was about.

Bells scottish

I thought the first line to the Starspangled Banner was "Oh say can you see
By the donzer lee light?"

I figured a donzer was a lamp or something.

Sin D

In the song "All Downhill From Here" by New Found Glory they say:
"Reoccuring episodes with each and every kiss"
and I really thought they had said:
"Reacurring apathy with each and every kiss"

I kind of like my version better. :B

Deposit Apathy Here

I used to believe that Donna Summers wasn't singing "She works hard for the money," but rather "she was hot for the money." Yeah. I used to think that the song was about a gold digger.....

Anon

My ex boyfriends mum once asked me what a strombolees was, She had heard it in a song and thought it was some kind of italian musical instrument, and me being italian would know what it was. Turns out however that the line in the song was 'he's got his stong beliefs'

Anon

I used to think:

Prince's song "Little Red Corvette" was actually "Ring me collect"

The song Karma Chameleon says "with golden dreams" I thought it was "Red corn and Beans"

In Glycerine by Bush there is a line that says "my old friend fear and you and me", I thought it was "my old friend Phil and you and me"

Kristina

Well ya know that song by Brittany Spears, Oops I did it again?
Well the song goes like this:Oops!...You think I'm in love
That I'm sent from above
I'm not that innocent

I thought it said: Oops you think im a dove
gonna sing from my heart
my names not vincent

Too embaressed to tell

When I was younger I overheard my two brothers arguing over the lyrics of a song. One was sure it was "Werewolves of Thunder" and the other was certain it was "Where was London". I had to correct them both, once I stopped laughing. The song, of course, Werewolves of London.

Well, they were both HALF right.

Anon

In the song "Reeling In The Years by Steely Dan, I thought they were saying "If you're running out of peas/ you can have a bunch of mine." I seriously thought the song was about sharing vegetables!

Laura S.

"She's just a girl, with a big fat bum"

Billie-Jean lyrics "She's just a girl, who claims that I am the one


Once again, I can attribute this to my dear old Mum who honestly believed these lyrics were the real ones... we've had her hearing checked since the 80's...

Anon

I thought the REM song Stand said "Stan's in the place where you live" I guess I thought it was about a stalker

Brittany

For years I thought the 10,000 Maniacs song "Because The Night," instead of saying,"The way I feel under your command," said, "The way I feel on the Autobahn." I thought it was a song about road trips.

Eileen

My teen-aged daughter would sing the lyrics of Shirley Murdocks "As we lay" song...the part goes ...as we slept the night away...She thought she was saying "as we swept the night away" which makes sense only if you are having an affair with a janitor.

laura

Garth Brooks "Friends in Low Places" I heard as,
I got friends in the Oasis. I thought that it was handy if you were ever stuck in the desert. My dad and sister corrected me one day while I was singing along.

Shawn

A 20-something friend of mine would hear this line from Jon Sebastian's "Welcome Back" (theme to Welcome Back, Kotter):
"Your dreams were your ticket out"
But she thought he was singing:
"Your jeans are torn. Check it out!"

Gary

In the song 'Ironic'...the line "An old man turned ninety-eight"...my boyfriend thought it was "Milkman turned ninety-eight"...and also "Free ride when you've already paid"...he thought was "Creamy white on your roll everyday"...what's ironic about that? HA!

Mike-n Joe

I used to believe in a My Chemical Romance song, that there was a hidden, racist message.

The actual lyric:
"I wear this on my sleeve."

I stupidly heard:
"I work you like my slave."

Yoko (Village Idiot)

In the Wings song "Listen To What The man Said" it says "the wonder of it all, baby". When I was little I thought it said "don't want to rub it off baby"
Hey it made pretty good sense to me at the time! LOL

Lisa