I used to think the national anthem went "our land is bound with nature strips" instead of natures' gifts. I believed this until i was 14 and our school assembly program contained the real words.

Anon

One of my friend's little brothers who was at least 5, thought the song "im blue" by Eiffel 65 went "im blue, im in need of a dime"

Neesha

Lene Marlin - Sitting Down Here

"I'm sitting down here
But hey you can see me
Kind of invincible
You won't sense my stay"

and also, in the second verse

"I'm not tryna avoid you
I just don't wanna hear your voice
When you called me up in Boston
I don't really have a choice"

Reid

I used to sing, from KISS "I want to rock and roll all night- AND PART OF EVERYDAY!!" It was a 1.5 day party, i thought.

Also I thought the song, "Stop dragging my heart around" Was, "stop driving my car around"

Anon

My mom thought that Chumbawumba's Tub Thumping went "I got no towels, but I get up again" ("I get knocked down, but I get up again"). She had no idea what it meant and told me and my siblings it was a stupid song because it didn't make sense.

Anon

I was litsening to some song By macy Gray on the radio in the car with my very musical 3 year old brother, and the lyrics go : ' My world bobbles when your not here', and it was completely hilarious when he attempted to sing along as he started to sing ' i wore goggles up your side rear'!

aah!

When I was little I used to hear everyone sing the song, "David and Sally sitting in a tree K I S S I N G" Childishly I thought it was "David and Sally sitting in a tree
K I S S P M T"

GoudSpelur

My little brother for the londest time thought "How Bizare, How bizare." went "How's the bar, How's the car."

Anon

Picture the scene.
Jimi Hendrix, the Woodstock crowd roaring in approval as he screams "Excuse me while I kiss THIS GUY!"
Never going to happen, was it?

Ross

A Macy Gray song went like this:

I try to say goodbye and i choke
try to walk away and i stumble
when i try to hide it, its clear, my world crumbles when you are not there

I used to believe it went like this:

I try to say goober and achoooo
try to walk away and i stamp balls
when i tried to hide it, its clear, i blow bubbles when you are not there

My sister and I crack up everytime we think about it.

Julie

i alwas used to sing

i fucked you when the lights went out

but it's actually


where were you when the lights went out

:s

the song is from "freaks"

kooba

I thought for...over ten years that the words to the popular swing song "Jump, Jive, and Wail" were, "Drunk driving/ can you worry bout it/ drunk driving/ can you worry away?"

just kat

My 9-year-old sister never gets the words to songs right. One day I was listening to, "Makes No Difference" by Sum 41. I heard her singing, "The reasons you gave me, we're all wearing fins!" when the real words are, "The reasons you gave me are all wearing thin." I laughed so much and I still tease her about it!

Goonie

My mother was talking about this annoying song that was always played at the fitness centre. I asked her how it went and she said... "I don't know...I just remember this one part 'leeeett your haiiirr down...'"
I recognized the tune about a minute later- Where's your Head at by Basement Jaxx! A little different from what she thought!

Heather H

In the Chorus of the song The Motivation Proclemation by Good Charlotte, there is the line
"Captivate me, I want good thoughts inside of my head"
I always sang it as
"Captivate me, I want catharsis out of my head"

Jaded Angel

"When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's amore." Yeah, well I used to get really mad because I thought the lyrics were, "When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie that's the morning." I couldn't understand how they could say the moon being out made it the morning.

Danielle

On the bus in kindergarten, the big kids would sing the song that goes "I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves" etc. Well anyway, I thought they were saying "I know a song that gets an extra Suzy verse", and since my name is Suzanna, I thought they were singing about me. Also, there was this one sharp turn we always came to, and they would chant "SHARP TURN! SHARP TURN!" but I thought they were saying "SHARK TURD! SHARK TURD!" Sometimes I'd sing along with them.

Suz