misheard lyrics

My best friends used to believe that the word's from the band AQUA's song tunr back time went 'i would order steak for tonight' when they really sang 'i would stay for tonight.' She woundered for quiet a while why when they were turning back time why they would want to eat steak until one day when we were singing it to the radio and she heard me say the real words.

Al

I used to think that in the National Anthem the part where they say "dawns early light" was "donzerly light" and that donzer was just a word I didn't know.

Anon

i used to believe that twinkle twinkle little star went "tinkle tinkle little star what a wonder you far are" and was talking about a star weeing and being far away.

poisen

Until I was about 8 I thought the Christmas song that says "Gloria in excelsius day-o" [or however the crap you spell it xP] said "Oreo".

Didn't make sense to me at the time why in Christmas songs they'd be singing about Oreos, but I just assumed...

Caitie

My take on The Who's 'Who Are You?'

Real:I remember throwin' punches around
And preachin' from my chair

My version:I remember throwin' munchies around
And reachin' for my chair

I imagined the singer throwing cheese puffs at the other band members, and crawling around trying to reach his precious recliner before anyone else could sit there.

The Anonamoose

I used to believe that the lyrics to the song "Dancing Queen" by Abba went, "You can dance, you can DIE having the time of your life." I was always confused about this until a few months ago when I asked my family while the song was playing on the radio. My family now has another reason to think I'm insane...

shania

In Justin Timberlake's Sexy Back We in work sing "Take it to the fridge" instead of "Take it to the bridge"

Sounds better we thought!

Diane

I used to think that the lyrics in Tim McGraw's song Only On Days That End In Y was actually "Only On Days With Indian Wine".

Natasha H

When my class would sing America, the Beautiful I would always burst out in tears when I had to sing the part "land where my father dies" I thought it was ONE father and that it was MY father...not our forefathers

JewLea

i used to think the ac/dc song you shook me all night long was you should be all night long until i was 11 and my friend sean told me after a dance that i was yelling the wrong words to the song i was so embarrassed

idiot gurl*

In Elton John's "Tiny Dancer", I thought it was "Jesus frees...out in the streets", when it really was "Jesus freaks...out in the streets"
Silly me!

Anon

me being a confused person i never got the lyrics right... or the purpose to any of the lyrics... but anyway, there is a song called things we go through by: hawk nelson and part of the lyrics go.. stand up for what you beleive and shout to.. but i thought they went... stand up for what you beleive is jollytrue... now since this is a canadian band and im from the u.s. i thought canadians had a different set of words then us... like they say eh alot ive heard... so i thought jollytrue was also another word of theirs.. to this day i still dont sing it the right way... its to hard to learn any differently for me!!!

wont change my way

In "All Star," the line goes: "All that glitters is gold, only shootin' stars break the mold." (or something like that)

My friend thought: "All the rivers are gold, only shootin' stars wait for morn."

Chris

Apparently in the song Eton Rifles by the Jam, they sing 'Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles' and not, as I thought, 'Meets a right one, Meets a right one'.

Elaine Matthews

In the song "Let's get it on", I seriously thought they were saying "candy on Crome".

Kate P

Misheard lyric in Sam Cooke's "Twisting The Night Away": it's actually supposed to be "dancing with the chicken slats". Chicken slats are the boards that make up the framework of a chicken coop. This would have been familiar to Cooke who was from rural Mississippi. Also it's crucial to the song: as in "Another Saturday Night" the protagonist didn't have a girl, thus he was dancing with "Chicken slats ".

Anon

The Limbo Rock - real lyrics:
"Jack be limbo, Jack be quick
Jack go under limbo stick"

But I thought it was:
"Check your limbo techniquique
Check your under limbo seat"

limbo

A common misheard lyric in BMTH’s ‘Shadow Moses’ is “THIS IS SANDPIT TURTLE!”

Oli

Michael Jackson- Billie Jean.

"Billie Jean's not my love, ah,
She's just a girl and I'm on the run.
The jail is not my son.
She says I'm done.
But the jail is not my son."

Shelley

I used to believe that the lyrics to "Mothers Talk" by Tears for Fears started out "My peaches fall with the change in the weather" but in actuality its "My features form...". It took until like 2016 before I realized this.

creightn