misheard lyrics

When I was a kid and I watched The Powerpuff Girls, I used to mishear the credits theme's line "Bubbles, she is the joy and the laughter" as "Bubbles, she likes to play with the water". Not too bad? Well, I misheard "Buttercup, and she's the toughest fighter" as "Buttercup, and she's a topless spider".
And this isn't something I misheard, but my friend said she misheard "Blossom, commander and the leader" as "Blossom, she really is the leader".

Anon

The song "My Country 'Tis of Thee" contains a phrase "Of thee I sing." I thought, when I first heard it (and sang it, along with however many other 5-year-olds) I thought that "My Country Tizzaly" contained the phrase "Of V.I.C," and I had no idea what V.I.C. stood for.

IMMarkotron

When I first heard "The Twelve Days of Christmas" on the radio in my parents' car, I could not understand the lyrics very well. I thought the last line of each verse was "And a parpridge pinapear tree." I have spelled them exactly the way I heard them about about age six. I had never heard of a partridge, let alone a parpridge. I really didn't know what a pinapear tree was. I still think it is a rather silly song.

Merry Christmas!

VIcki J.

I used to think that “The Fine Columbian” line from Deacon Blue by Steely Dan was “Fine Combed Ambience.”

Anon

I used to be really into Johnny Horton when I was younger (probably because of that amusing alligator line in "Battle of New Orleans"). Anyways, whenever I listened to "Sink the BIsmark" (and probably cause I didn't clean out my ears as often as I should have) for about a year I heard "the world depends us" line as the "world had been so nuss". I was corrected (and probably told to do a better job of cleaning my ears) when I asked what "nuss" means.

Anon

Used to think Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water" was "Snow Covered Otter"

Ken C.

my best friend's younger brother was convinced that Huey Lewis was singing "I Want A New Truck", instead of "I Want A New Drug." - Maybe Ford should buy the rights and use it.

optional

Sometime around 1976 when I was about 6 years old, Elton John's "Benny & the Jets" was a popular radio selection. I can't be the only one who thought he was singing about a woman with "Electric Boobs". Boy, I thought that was nasty.

CC

The refrain of "Flashdance" is "Take your passion and make it happen." I used to sing "Take your pants off and make it happen." I guess I had a dirty mind as a kid.

Andrea

That song with the chorus, "I got my mind set on you...". Well, when I was a kid it was used as a jingle for a potato chip commercial (Hostess?) and I thought it was "I got the munchies, oh yeah!" Made total sense to me as I sang along at the top of my lungs.

mags

Re: Lucy In The Sky - someone once told me that for the longest time he believed the song went: "The girl with colitis goes by" :))

L

instead of "sitting on the dock of the bay" i heard my mother's friend belting out at the top her lungs one day
"sitting like a duck in bombay"
your guess is as good as mine...

Marissa

In Paul Simons " Graceland ", my son ( and I ) originally heard the line " as if i never noticed the way she brushed her hair and farted". YOU LISTEN THE NEXT TIME. The actual line is "The way she brushed her hair from her forehead"

Keith P

For years I used to think that Wombles were "common" due to thinking that the theme tune talked about "Wombles of Wimbledon - common are we" instead of meaning that the Wombles were from Wimbledon Common!

Lins

Who remembers 'My Simple Heart' by the Three Degrees???

I was convinced they were singing 'Bicycle Parts'

Graham

I used to believe the song lyrics to Tori Amos' 'Professional Widow' remix was 'Honey bring me toast tonight, Honey bring me toast tonight will ya... its gotta be burnt, its gotta be burnt...' Instead of 'Honey bring me close tonight, Honey bring me close tonight...'. Thought that she was just a little strange but artistic licence and all that!

Kate

I'll never forget the day my friend, Krissy, called me to tell me about this great new song, but she warned me that the lyrics were weird. I asked her to sing it. She sings "Hot potatoes, hot potatoes,...Hot potatoes. Hot potatoes, hot potatoes,...hot potatoes. Oh, oh, oh, hot potatoes." I cracked up! She was singing "Amadeus"!

Holly B.

When Metallica did the remake of Whiskey in a Jar my husband would always sing the words Whiskey and a Gyro. I still laugh at him everytime I hear that song.

Deb

The chorus to the song "Freshmen" by The Verve Pipe says
"We were only freshmen" ... I had a friend who would sing "We were only FLESHmen"

In the song "Busy Child" by The Crystal Method, there is a line that repeats a lot that says
"I guess I didn't know" ... the same friend misinterperated this as "I guess I didn't notice"

Not that I haven't had my share of misunderstandings of a lyrical nature... a few classics are:
White Zombie's "More Human than Human" -- "More human than you, man"
Gin Blossoms "Hey, Jealousy" -- "Hey, Chelsea!"
and in "Daria" by Cake, John McCrea sings the words "icing on a cake" at one point... for years I thought he was saying "I sing on a cake" ... what a revelation that was, when the truth dawned on me!

ZiZak

When I was young(er), the song "I was
made to love her" by Stevie Wonder
came out. I'm 47 years old now, and
still can't figure out the FIRST LINE!"I was born in ______, something,
something ... and, I THOUGHT the second
line was, "had a carpet sweeper, we were
always hand in hand." Now, I at least
know that "carpet sweeper" is "childhood
sweetheart" after a friend heard me
attempting to sing with the radio and
told me what a idiot I was - "You were
hand in hand with a carpet sweeper?' she roared. Well, "hey, hey, hey." I
at least knew THAT part. We still don't know the first line, though - it's just one of life's mysteries. Arden Las Vegas

Arden Diers