misheard lyrics

MC Hammers song "Have you Seen Her?" was really, in my confused little mind, a song about a woman named "Popasheena". I used to think that was a strange name but if Hammer liked it then so did I.

Instead of "I'll be searching everywhere just to find someone who cares" in What Becomes of the Broken Hearted, My mother and I use to belt out "I'll be searching everywhere just to find some underwear"! Sorry to those who've read this because now you'll never hear it any other way!

A very confused child, New York City, NY

Boston, "More Than A Feeling"..

True Lyrics: "I see my marianne walkin' away"

What I heard: "I see my derriere walkin' away"

Painful!

Ket

I used to belt out a Jon Bon Jovi number:

"Whoooaaaahhh we're half way there - whooooaaaahhhh we're living on BREAD"

perfectly logical at 10 years old... ;)

Cpt Trub

I used to think that the song "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean" was really "My Body Lies Over the Ocean."

Anon

When the Bee Gee's Song "More than a Woman" first came out, I thought they were saying "Four Letter Woman".... Knowing that I had to be hearing it wrong, I asked a radio DJ friend who laughed and said "No it's More than a Woman, but my buddy had it more wrong than you... he thought is was BALD HEADED WOMAN!

Anon

When my brother was younger, around the age of 6, he got hooked by Bon Jovi's song, Livin' On A Prayer. He started singin' along to it, nailing every single lyric, until it got to the part where it said, "We're half way there, OHHH, livin on a prayer, take my hand, we'll make it I swear, OHHH, livin' in a prayer" His version went as follows: "Oh, we're half way there, OHHH, livin' on a bear, in my head, we're makin' a square, OHHH, livin' on a bear"

L Rich (LR Designs)

In the song by the Beatles with the lyrics "Something in the way, she moves", I used to think that the something was an object, that "she" moved out of the way!

Anon

My friend Rylan tired to convince me that the lyrics to Scar Tissue by the Red Hot Chili Peppers were "With the birds I'll shave this lonley pube" when in fact it is " With the birds I'll share this lonely view"

James Hockins

i thought the song 'all star' went:
she was looking kinda dunb
with her finger in her bum
instead of
she was looking kinda dumb
with her finger and her thumb
i used to get so annoyed at my lil sister for singing it!!! i only just found out now that i was wrong lol

norelle

at 5, I thought the Eagles "Take it to the limit" was "Take it to the lemon"

later, intent on finding a nice italian boyfriend, I thought Madonna's "La Isla Bonita" line "Last night I dreamt of San Pedro" was "Last night I dreamt of some daygo"

Finally got my italian

When I was a kid I would sing " I know I'll never lie or steal again" but the correct lyrics were.. "I know I'll never love this way again".

Lola

David Bowie - Jean Genie
"The Jean Genie lives on his back
The Jean Genie loves cheesy snacks"

Santa Puncher

I used to believe that the song by Fatboy Slim that goes "Right about now, funk soul brother, check it out now, the funk soul brother" went "Right about now, funk short rubber, check it out now, the funk short rubber". I loved that song in like third grade and would sing it on the way home from swimming lessons, but could never figure out why Mom would laugh at me...

Rubbergirl

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

"Turn the light on
You potato!
Here we are now
You potato!"

And at the end:

"Bloody nail
Bloody nail
Bloody nail
Bloody nail
Bloody nail
Bloody nail
Bloody nail
Bloody nail
Bloody nail!"

Santa Puncher

I used to believe that Elvis sang " she rode a pony" instead of "she wrote upon it" in the song return to sender, I always imagined the girl sitting in a farm and riding her pony to return the letter as soon as she got it!

ruth

My mom used to think that the Crystal Gayle song went "Just call me Angel in the morning baby, just brush my teeth before you leave me... darling!" However, it is "just touch my cheek before you leave me..."

tulip_angel

I used to think the song "Hang on sloopy" was "hang on snoopy"

gina

I was in the car with my parents when I first heard Elton John's "Candle in the Wind" Maybe the speakers weren't up to par, but I swore he was saying, "Tungla, the bungle whale"

One day, many weeks after that I mentioned it to my mother and asked about that whale named Tungla. It has been a family joke for years.

Easily Amused

Whenever I the movie Titanic first came out, I pretty much fell in love with the song "My Heart Will Go On"...but instead of "Far across the distance, and spaces between us" I thought it said "Far across the distance and spaceships between us." It for some reason made sense at the time.

Stacey

When I was about 4, "Lucille" by Kenny Rogers was popular. Instead of "four hungry children, crops in the field", I sang it as "four hundred children crapping in the field".

Anon