In the title theme from "Dukes Of Hazzard" the line goes "Just the good ol' boys,
Never meanin' no harm,
Beats all you've ever saw, been in trouble with the law since the day they was born. "
I always heard "been in trouble with the law since the Daisy was born."

Oh man, girls cause trouble

Slim Tom

i used to think the words to footloose (as i didnt actually know the title of the song and was about 8 years old) were nuttergutter cut loose for luce, kick up a sunday shoes, please, louise cut me up on my knees, jack,get back,come on before we crack, luce, for luce, everybody clap for luce..

bimwif

the song "more than a woman" still sounds like he's saying "bald headed woman", even though i know what is really being said! lol

Bald Headed Woman

In the song "Whip it" by Divo, I used to think they were saying 'whip it, in the shade' instead of 'into shape.' My friend and her mom laughed at me and had to tell me the real words. I got a few others wrong but I can't remember them.

Katie

I used to believe that the lyrics to "My eyes adored you" were really "Liza Georgia, though I never laid a hand on you Liza Georgia" and that the song "Forever in Blue Jeans" by Neil Diamond was really "Reverend Blue Jeans" and wanted to go to his church!

Litiotti

You know the song "Papa Was A Rollin Stone'" by the Temptations? The verse where it says "And when he died all he left us was alone." I always thought he left them an loan (like a loan from the bank) Could never understand why they were so upset in that song.

R

For ages I thought the lyrics to "I shot the sherif was: "Hey, chocolate cherry" I never could understand what the deputy had to do it...

Tone

My husband and I listen to tons of CDs on road-trips, one of which is by Pearl Jam. Took us a few trips to figure out what the song really was about when we thought they were singing either "Low-Flying Version of a Pelican" or "You're a Fine Version of a Pelican" (it's "Glorified Version of a Pellet Gun"), but we still like it our way.

FloridaSmiths

Often subjected to Kenny Rogers' 'You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille', I thought the line was:
with four hundred children and a crop in the field (instead of 'with four hungry children' etc)! I thought Lucille was pretty mean too!

Scorp

An ex-boyfriend tried to convince me that the song "Who are you", by The Who was actually about New Orleans, so the refrain was "New Orleans, new-new, new-new" I, for once, actually knew the correct lyrics and he looked like the dope.

Amy

Back in the late 80s, my wife loved that song that goes "Tonight I need your sweet caress, hold me in the darkness." That is, she loved it until she heard me mangle the lyrics - "hold me in your armpit". She never could listen to the song again, and never would forgive me for ruining it for her.

Divorced Now

My cousins used to sing "I'm shavin'" instead of "I'm shameless" when listening to Garth Brooks.

Jacquie

I used to think that the chorus to "What's New Pussycat" by Tom Jones went "What you looking at, Whoh,whoh,wa-whoooooh...oooo"

David, London

my best friend used to be under the impession that bon jovi's living on a prayer was living on a prairie. god know why but she sang it that way until she was 18. the only way we could convince her was to show her the words. strangly enough thats the way we all sing it now. wooooah oooooh were half way there ooooh oooooh livin on a prairie

cat

I used to think (being a boy into cars) that Don't Stand So Close To Me by The Police, had the line
"Wet bus stop, she's waiting, his car is four wheel drive" - I was confused to find out many years later that in fact "his car is warm and dry".

Still think 4 wheel drive is better....

Simon

My daughter cracked me up one day as we were singing along to Prodigy Smack my Bitch Up. She seriously thought they were singing Smack the Bishop!!! She was about 16 at the time and she still sings it that way, she got me started too. So now i can't sing it the way it should be

Helgz

in the well know song "i can see clearly now the rain has gone" i used to think that ob-stickles referred to were a kind of rainy dewdrop thingy that clung to you eyelids if it was raining and that became visible when the rain stopped and the sun came out.....in fact i'm still not emntirey convinced that they aren't

owen cash

Long ago, my sister owned a Beatle's LP. One song in particular on the album that she sung a lot was "Take the back right turn". It wasn't until I looked at the back of the album cover did I discover that the song was entitled "Paperback writer".

Patzilla

I thought the Jimi Hendrix lyric from Purple Haze was "Excuse me while I kiss this guy". Turns out it's "while I kiss the sky". Hey, I was young!

Ross

I used to think (for an alarmingly long time, well into my teens) that the very last to words to "My Country "Tis of Thee" were "and from every mountainside, let free Yombre" (let freedom ring). Now I had no idea who Yombre was or in which particular mountains he was being incarcerated, but this was AMERICA DAMMIT! and LET FREE YOMBRE!

Greg