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

I used to think that Kim Carnes song, "Betty Davis' Eyes" was "She's Got Better Days Aside"...

reecy

I thought Queen's song 'Bohemium Rhapsody' went: I see a little cigarette on a man.

Clare, Ireland

I used to think Hot Chocolate's "I believe in miracles" was "I believe in Milkos"

Dave, Lancashire

In Evanescence's song "Taking Over Me" the real lyrics were "I lie awake and try so hard not to think of you."I could have sworn that the lyrics were "I lie away and try so hard not to finger you."It still sounds like that to me!!

So Embarassed

my friend belived for so long- and we fell out about it- that the lyrics to destinys child 'bug-a-boo' were
"break my kness so i can't move"
when it is in fact
"break my lease so i can move"
i will never let her forget that!!

me

I thought that at the end of the Ben Folds song "Army" he was saying "thought about your mommy" when he's really saying "thought about the army"

Anon

I have a good friend, a very high level executive in a international banking firm, that thought the lyrics to a song were "in a white room, with black cousins" when it's really "in a white room, with black CURTAINS!"

B.A.

I used to believe that on Ace of Base's All that She Wants she was saying Ohh Matchy Box, I could never figure out why she was singing about what I thought to be match boxes.

Phsyco Zipp-

My nephew used to sing Mary Chapin-Carpenters' "Passionate Kisses" as "Ashes and Fishes"

And I thought Elton John, in Bennie and the Jets, was saying "She's got electric boobs, I know it's true". :p

Beano