When ever I heard the song "Respect" by Aretha Franklin, I would sing along to it as "R-E-S-P-E-C-P" It was close, save for that last letter, but for the longest time I could not get the lyrics correct and everytime my mom and older sister would laugh at me for it.

Anon

When my dad was little he thought "I shot the Sherriff" was "I'm shockin' Sherry". To this day (I'm grown up now) if I am with him when that song comes on I will start singing "I'm shockin' Sherry" and we both get a good laugh

Daddy's little girl

I believed for 2 years that the chorus of the song "Lola's Theme" by the Shapeshifters was "I love Vanessa, turn my world around!" Actually the real words are "I'm a different person, yeah, turned my world around". Sometimes the lyrics of dance tracks can be hard to understand. Too much bass beat!

Gary

wen i was bout 5 we used to sing this song at school assemblies .. i ALWAYS thought it was

" rock my sole in the person of the bakery?"
instead of
"rock my soul in the bosom of abraham"

i remember visions of a chef rocking someones shoe..

the even more embarrasing thing is that we had words projected up onto the wall...

tk

In addition to believing that Elton John sang, "Hold me closer, Tony Danza!" instead of "Tiny dancer," I couldn't figure out if he was saying "Lay me down in sweet surender" or "Lay me down in sheets of linen." Whenever I sang it, I would switch it up. This website motivated me to find out which was right...the latter.

lise

My brother once asked my why, in her song "Lucky," Britney Spears sings, "She fly, fly, flies in her lonely car." I just looked at him, burst into laugher, and shouted, "It's, 'cry, cry, cries in her lonely heart,' you idiot!"

Elise Masur

In "Dammit" by Blink182, I thought that it was not "this is growing up", but "sis is growing up"!

Moherowy Beret

I used to think that the songs "Have you Ever Seen the Rain" and "Who'll Stop the Rain" by Creedence Clearwater actually stated "have you ever seen Lorraine?" and "Who'll stop Lorraine?" I could never figure out why they'd write (not one, but TWO!) songs after some lady named Lorraine. Seemed kind of boring to me.

Mel

When i was about 4ish i thought the lyrics for "Funky town" (wah wah nee???) were.....fu**en town

You live WHERE?

When I was in an infant church school I used to think that the hymn that goes' I am the lord of the dance said he' was ' I am the lord of the dance settee.' The fact that it was completely illogical never crossed my mind.

Caroline

Boy do I feel stoopid...
Justin Timberlake's Sexy Back...
Annoying as hell... yet somewhat catchy...

Dirty babe
You see these shackles
Baby I'm your slave.
I'll let you whip me if I misbehave.
It's just that no one makes me feel this way.

Go head be gone wit it...

I sang it something like this

Dirty babe...
You see these shackles baby I'm insane
I'll let you in me if I misbehave
I't just that Nor makes me feel this way...
Go head get down wit it.

I got visuals of a man being held in a cell with chains because he was crazy before letting someone in him. As far as the Nor part goes... don't know WHERE that came from...

LBoogie

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 11 when we would watch baseball games or go to them I thought the line "and the home of the brave" was referring to the Braves (my favorite team) dugout...I didn't think it was fair to only sing praise of one team

Sam

There is this song by Avril Lavinge called Complicated. I loved the song, but I made a major mistake on a lyric.

Actual lyric:
"Your never gonna find me fakin'"

What I thought:
"Your never gonna find your bacon."

Yikes, big mistake. =X

I will never find my bacon ='(

When I first heard about the record "Tea for the Tillerman" (by Cat Stevens??? I don´t know) I thought it was "Teeth for the Tillerman"...

joana

Does anyone remember the song "secret agent man?" I used to think the lyrics were, "secret asian man." I thought it was a song about WWII.

Sammy

One of my friends in (a trade school here in Detroit, MI) Specs Howard School of Broadcast Arts thought the lyrics to the George Harrison song "I Got My Mind Set On You" were "Look out! I might Sit on YOU!" ahahaha....I actually used that on the air once.

BOBQ

I used to think:

Prince's song "Little Red Corvette" was actually "Ring me collect"

The song Karma Chameleon says "with golden dreams" I thought it was "Red corn and Beans"

In Glycerine by Bush there is a line that says "my old friend fear and you and me", I thought it was "my old friend Phil and you and me"

Kristina

it´s christmas time, isn´t it? so in "o holy night" it made sense to me to "..fall on your nose - o hear the angel voices" ouch, did anybody just rang a bell?

Slim Tom

Song: Betty Davis Eyes

I used to think that instead of the lyrics "she's got Betty Davis eyes" it said "she's got better taste in guys".

Anon