misheard lyrics

When I was little and innocent (and understood hardly any English) I was sure that instead of "sex bomb" Tom Jones sings "James Bond, James Bond, you are James Bond". I was frustrated when I didn't find it from my father's "Bond theme songs" CD.

Anon

I always thought that Beyonce's 'All The Single Ladies' was about drawing circles around the toys you liked in the catalogue. It didn't help that my parents called the action of drawing a circle around an image in a catalogue 'ringing'.
"If you liked it, then you should have put a ring on it"

Teddyoncé

In the song Flashdance, there's a line, 'Take your passion...' My sister and I used to think the line was 'Take your pants off.' At the ages of 10 and 12, we thought it was the dirtiest thing we'd ever heard.

i'm right, you're wrong

The Macy Gray song that was a big hit a couple of years ago - I used to think the chorus said:
"I try to say goodbye and I choke
Try to walk away and I stumble
Though I try and hide it, it's clear
I wear goggles when you are not near"

A friend pointed out that it says "My world crumbles when you are not near".

It's not. It's goggles!

It still tickles me now!

my little nephew thought that The Verve's "The Drugs Don't Work" were saying that "The Trucks Don't Work" so would always say to his Dad (a mechanic) "You can fix them can't you Dad?!?"

Anon

I used to think Aerosmith's "Dude Looks Like A Lady" was really a dance tune called "Do The Calculator".

mclique

Phil Collins song "I missed again" - I thought it was "I pis*ed again" - didn't realise he was an alcoholic?!

Anon

My friend used to think (probably still does) that "Dude Looks Like A Lady" was really "Doing It Like A Lady."
EWWW! Dirty mind! Can't bring myself to tell her. She might have a fit. I thought so too till I saw this site.

Anon

I am still convinced that there is a line in "Mr. BoJangles" that says "he crapped his pants, took a stand and jumped so high". I tried singing "clapped his hands", but it doesn't fit. It's hilarious - try singing that along to the song next time you hear it.

Oh yah, and have you ever heard "Father of Mine" by Everclear? There is a line the guy keeps repeating ... "My daddy gave me a name". Now, is it me or sdoes it sound like he says, "my daddy laid me an egg"?

Caitlin from Canada

When I was younger I thought that the song Chapel of Love by the Dixie Cups was Going to the Jack-O-latern, Instead of Going to the chapel and we're gonna get married... I never understood what marriage had to do with the song.

Anon

I used to think the line, 'and pretend that he is Parson Brown' in 'Winter wonderland' went, and pretend that he is parsnips now.

Clare, Ireland

My younger sister couldn't understand why Kelly Clarkson was so upset about her bakery goods in the song 'Miss Independent':

"What happened to my cinnamon buns?"

I told her that the lyrics are really "what happened to Miss Independent?" - but I don't know why I bothered, because now all I can hear is those bloody cinnamon buns!

Gargy

I found 8 other posts here about the Kenny Rogers song Lucille, but I didn't see any that misunderstood it like I did:
"You picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel. Four hundred children and a crop in the field." instead of "You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille. Four hungry children and a crop in the field."
I thought this was about a guy mad at his truck when the wheel fell off the piece of junk, and he needed it for harvest. Plus, he had a bunch of kids to care for.

Anon

I used to think that the lyrics in "Send me on my way" (Rusted Root) were Simeon the whale--underwear. It was years before someone felt compelled to tell me that they were actually saying "Send me on my way--on my way"

But I prefer the whale.

Portia

my mom has always thought that the lyrics to the ruff ryders song, "ride or die chick" were, i need a raunchy daunchy, when they were actually, i need a ride or die chick. We were riding in the car singing the song and she said her lyrics all loud and proud. To this, my sister and i have not been able to get her to use the right lyrics.

Fallon

In the song "This Land is Your Land" there is a line that goes "From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters." I thought the line was "...to the ghosting waters." I thought it was refering to the white foam in the ocean waves that I thought looked a little like ghosts.

Lauren P

When I was little, I thought that the song "This Old Man" ended with, "Knick-knack, patty-whack, keep it on the phone" (instead of "give a dog a bone"). My little brother (two years younger) picked it up from me, and once I found out the truth, it took me the longest time to convince him of the real words. :)

Kootie

My belief for a long time was that the line in the KISS song went "III want to rock and roll all night, in the everglades". Made sooo much sense! They wore 7 inch heels.It was to treadge through the swamp i guess.
The rest of the line:"and party everyday".

Buzzerd

jimmy hendrix sang "'scuse me while i kiss this guy"... which later turned out to be "'scuse me while i kiss the sky"....

and was it mariah carey? "oh i can't forget the semen on your face as you were leaving". and then i got my mind out of the gutter, and it was "oh i can't forget this evening, or your face as you were leaving"

nineinchmale

Not mine, but a friend once asked me to put on the Beatles song, 'take the back right turn'.....(paperback writer.)

Bagpie