My sister used to think the song that went " every time you go away, you take a piece of me with you" said every time you go away you take a piece of meat with you.

Anne

When my sister and I were little, my father used to drive us around, listening to cheesey 80's rock. Our favorite song to sing along to was "Egg nog, egg nog...don't dream it's over" which we would BELT, at the top of our lungs, every time the song came on. Not until I was in high school did I realize that Egg Nog was, in fact, "Hey now, hey now...don't dream it's over," by Crowded House.

Celia Rangel

Billy Jean is not my mother
Just a girl who says that "I am your mom"
But the chair is not my son ....

If anyone wants to interpret that for me, it'd be much appreciated

Jimmy

In Nelly's song "Hot in Herre" he says "I'm looking for the right time to shoot my seed", ie masturbation. Well, when the song came out I was 10 and didn't know what that was, and I heard "I'm looking for the right time to shoot my steed". As I loved horses, I thought it was terrible that Nelly would want to shoot one.

Katie

I couldn't believe it when my brother actually sang "I'm shaving off my muff for you" instead of the real words "saving all my love for you" by Whitney Houston.

Me Me

When I was a kid, I used to think that the lyrics for Kenny Rogers' "Lucille" were, "You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille, 400 children and a rotten Big Wheel," instead of, "You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille, 4 hungry children and a crop in the field." I really used to think what could be worse than having to take care of 400 hundred children by yourself with only 1 crappy Big Wheel? Honestly, Kenny's woes pale in comparison.

close2nd

When I was about 6 years old, I believed the start of "Oh Canada" was: "Oh Canada, our home and naked land ... "

I couldn't figure out what not wearing clothes had to do with Canada.

Karen H

My dad thought the song "I believe in Miracles" was actually "I Believe in Milkos" hahah he's 52!!!

GrK GdEsS

In the Avril Lavigne song "I Can Do Better" she sings:
"I will drink as much lemoncello as I can..."
But for a while I did not know that lemoncello is a kind of liquor, did not even know that it is a word.
So I heard it as:
"I will drink as much lemon jello as I can..."
I spent hours wondering how a person could drink jello.

Hannah P.

What about "Another one buys a Datsun." You know, instead of "Another one bites the dust.

e-man

there's a song "so happy together" that i used to hear on the radio. one line goes, "the only one for me is you, and you is me, so happy together". until i was at least 11 i thought the line was, "the only one for me is sue, and sue is me, so smack me with feathers." and i still sing this whenever it's on.

Gina

When I was little there was this song and the lyric was "solve the mystery" and I thought it was "gotta get some listerine" so I would run and get the listerine and put it on the radio.

LyricFreak

On Wake me up before you go go

it says
My best friend told me what you did last night

but i thinkas
My best friend told me that you were a transvestite

Omega-R-Fox

I misheard the lyrics to Tina Turner's song 'I don't wanna fight no more' as 'I don't wanna fart no more'

and I also used to think that Madonna's 'papa don't preach' was called 'poppadom pete' I thought she was on about a fella who owned an Indian takaway.

Marie

When the Go-Go's "Our Lips Are Sealed" first aired, I thought that the line was:

"...give 'em Jello-stained paper pla-a-a-ates, Alex the Seal..."

instead of the actual:
"...in the jealous games people play-ay-ay-ay...our lips are sealed"

B. Gloozer

The first Madonna song I ever heard was "Material Girl" when I was 5. I thought she was singing "Cheerio Girl". I thought she was soo cool, because I was a girl and loved Cheerio's too.

Charlene Bosiak

In the song 'Back to Life' by Soul to Soul I thought it was "I dont wanna be a woman, I wanna be an earwig" When in fact the lyrics where "However do you want me, however do you need me" I was only about 7!

Jem

For as long as I could remember I thought Trisha Yearwood's "She's in love with the boy" went..."when you, yourself was just a hasty cowboy, who didn't have a motor home." It wasn't until I was married and was singing the song outloud that my wife about wet herself laughing and informed me it was "you yourself was just a hayseed plough boy who didn't have a row to hoe" Oops! I've tried many times to have her see that my way made sense too. No matter what she isn't buying what I'm selling!

Chris

I always thought the lyrics to the Aerosmith song were "You look like a lady" until about 5 minutes ago when I saw other people getting the lyrics wrong.


I am 21 years old, clearly I should have found out about this earlier!

Bex

I was convinced that the line "Another Brick In The Wall" was 'no dogs or cats are in the classrooms' instead of 'no dark sarcasm'.

Gary