When I first heard the song "Mi Vida Loca" by Pam Tillis, I was totally unprepared to understand the line that says "Destiny turns on a dime". For one thing, I'd known a girl named "Destiny" but wasn't familiar with "destiny" as just a common noun. As a WORD I had no idea what it meant. Secondly, I was totally unfimiliar with the phrase to "turn on a dime". The only way I could guess the meaning was that first, It was about a girl named "Destiny", and secondly the turning on a dime" was meant as if somehow a dime might have an on / off switch. But I puzzled greatly how one could "turn on" a dime in that since (as if it were a light or something). So the song left me wondering in what since a dime could possibly have been "off" so that this girl Destiny could then turn it "on".

Hayley

When I was little my absolute favorite song was "My Eyes Of Georgia" by Frankie Valli. When someone told me I was singing it wrong and that the words were "my eyes adored you" I was perplexed. "My eyes adored you" didn't make a damn bit of sense to me.

David

I used to think Stevie Ray Vaughan said "At nights I go shopping" instead of "And that's a cold shot, baby" in the song "Cold Shot". I didn't figure it out until pretty recently, and I'm 27.

Chris

i used to ask my mom to sing me the song about "the mice". "deedle deedle dumpling, mice on john". actually nursery rhyme about "my son john". we had a farm, and there were lots of mice. made sense to me!

susan

I used to think the lyrics "'Ti' a drink with jam and bread" in the Do Re Mi song from the Sound of Music was "'Ti' a drink with German bread." Always wondered what German bread was.

Anon

For some time, I thought Eric Clapton was singing "Captain Midnight" (in the song "After Midnight.)

Anon

I sang "Big Ol' Jet Airliner" as - "Bingo-Jet had a Light on".

Amy L.

I used to believe the lyrics to "Lay Down Sally" by Eric Clapton were "Way Down South"

Kat

My friend Sandy use to sing "Dirty jeans, Dungarees", instead of Dirty deeds done dirt cheap!
Try it, it's kinda fun!

Stacey

Our brother Robret used to sing 'whats new push and catch' to Tom Jones' Whats new Pussycat.

Julie & Angela

There is a Rolling Stone song that has the words'never be your beast of burden' and my young daughter would always sing this song, except her words were,"never leave your pizza burning"

-Ken

My family used to listen to Broadway show tunes records. A favorite when I was about 6 years old was "West Side Story".

In the song "America", the Puerto Rican boys and girls argue about whether life in America is great, or not. I always believed that once I was older, I'd find out who "Morris Amalfi" was and why it mattered that he was in America:

"I like to be in America, Okay by me in America, Everything free in America, Morris Amalfi in America!"


The correct line, of course, is "For a small fee in America".

deucednuisance

Country music by a 3 year old...The song "Prop Me Up Beside The Juke Box" For my 3 year old daughter it went something like this: "Pwop me up beside my juice box if I cry" We still sing it like that!

Leah

My whole family is pretty bad with songs!
My little sister, who still gets songs wrong, once sang TLC's No Scrubs as, "Hanging out the passengers side of my best french frie". Real lyrics "...best friends ride"

Another sister, also liking TLC, thought that "Don't go chasing waterfalls" was "Go go Jason Waterfalls"

My mom still to this day swears that the true lyrics to independent women by Destiny's Child is "I farted" instead of "I bought it"

Yet another sister, at the age of 19, just realized that the lyrics of Henery the VIII is not "..wouldn't have a Willy or a cent" She never knew why they were talking about money.

To yet another sister. She love Britney Spears' Oops I did it again. The line "I'm washing away", she sang "I'm watching the game.....I'm not that elosent"

My dad, not knowing much about music, bragged to a friend at work that he was going to a Matchbox 40 concert to hear "One Headlight". His friend replied "I've never heard of Matchbox 40, but I've heard of Matchbox 20".

Now to me. After going through this long list of misunderstood lyrics, I realized I have been singing a song wrong for many years myself. At the the age of 21 I realized that that song that goes "I got my mind set on you" is not total nonsense. I thought it was "I got my my san on you". I still think I'm right! I always wonder what a san was.

T.J.

In the song 'The Justified Ancients of Mumu' by KLF, I used to think the blokes were singing 'Pensions and groove'. I only found out when someone pointed out the real words were 'Ancients of Mumu'. I think mine was better!

Jimbeeer

When i was younger i allways remember my dad singin "praise you like a shoe" insted of "praise you like i should" (fat boy slim)and was convinced that they were all dancing round a shoe in the vid!!!

manda

I used to think that the group that sang the 80s song "Voices Carry" was telling the story of two people named George and Carrie. As in, "'Oh George, keep it down now!' whispers Carrie"!

(The actual lyrics are *hush hush,* keep it down now, *voices carry*)

Tabby

I used to believe that the song "Elvira", the words were "hell, fire up...my hearts on fire, for hell fire up"...why, i dont know, since i knew the NAME of the song was Elvira!!!

Kelli

As a child i always thought the song Son of Hickory Hollers Tramp was about a boy who's Dad was a tramp!
Wasn't till my 20's when listening to the line "Outside the door there burned a scarlet lamp" i realised he was singing about his Mum!!

Caz

when i was 16 there was a song called Hurry up harry ......by sham 69, i really didn't understand it when they sang in the chorus ''Marry the hairy camel'' i only realised it was''hurry up harry, come on'' when my husband realised what song i was singing an told me what the actual words were.

a very embaressed wife and mother