The song Puff The Magic Dragon made me kind of cross, at their fleeting reference to their friend "Frolicton the Ottomist". I didn't know what an Ottomist was, and wished the song would go into more detail.

It took me a few years to work it out.

Anon

I thought the line "Gina works the diner all day," in Bon Jovi's Livin' On A Prayer was "Gina wants to die of old age,". My friend thought it was that too ...

Peppermint Penguin

Bon Jovi was a huge hit when I 13 and I used to think that they lyrics to "Wanted Dead or Alive" were...."on a steering horse I ride", my husband informed me 2 years ago that I had been singing it all wrong for 17 years.

Jacquelyn A

I used to think one line to the All American Rejects' "Gives You Hell" was "I've never seen you fart so hard." Turns out it's actually "fall!"

Also, I thought that some Mamma Mia song had a line that said "Ooh, since the baby farted..." My friend agreed with me. After a few more times hearing it I figured out that it's actually "Since the day we parted."

I have a pretty wrong mind when it comes to lyrics... and farts...

Aretia

When I was younger and Breaking Benjamin was the thing, I could never quite understand that he was singing "Diary of Jane". I was so curious as to why he would be singing about a "Diarrhea chain", or what the hell a Diarrhea chain was. I didn't like the song for a while until I realized he wasn't singing about feces.

Jocelyn

When I was about 10 years old,I used to believe the song by The Commitments, Mustang Sally, was actually Mustard Salad,not a good thing to sing in front your class mates.

Jennifer

One day on the way to school, my mom was singing along with the radio to the Beegee's song "More than a Woman", and I heard her say---"Bald-headed Woman, Bald Headed Woman to me", instead of More than a Woman!

Beth

My brother's used to think that the lyrics to the ZZTop song, Slip inside my Sleeping Bag. was simply, seepoo sypoo seepoo say. I'm not sure where in the world they came up with that one!!!!!

sister nellnell

I used to mishear the Eric Clapton song "Cocaine". Listen how the meaning changes for the want of just one word: "If you want to hang out, you've got to take her out, okay/ If you want to get down, down on the ground, okay/ She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie... okay.
I knew about sex by then, so I thought it was about a girl, and that it was okay with her daddy to date her because "she don't lie".

Ana Byrd

me and my friend were listening to Save Ferris's version of Come on Eileen, and we started to sing along. She sang the lyrics "Come on Eileen, whow u smell of chlorine!" instead of "Come on Eileen, oh I swear (well he means)" We were on the floor laughing, and we sing her version instead now because its better!

skankachic

I thought in the opening of gone in 60 seconds the movie the song was bring sally up bring sally down when it was really "Green sally up Green sally down" Ive been singing it wrong until i found it on a lyrics page.

Robbie Starr

I used to believe that 'One more time' by Britney Spears used to be:
'Oh Baven Baven' instead of 'oh baby baby'. My dad said 'It isn't Baven. What's Baven?' I replied with 'Duh! Baven is a Scottish name!' Silly me!

Never_Forget

I grew up on rock and roll, so imagine my surprise when, at 23, I found out that the ACDC song was dirty deeds done dirt cheap and not thirty thieves and the thunder chief

Kate

in the song "i kissed a girl" i used to sing "i kissed a girl her lips were sweet, she was just like kissing meat" insted of "she was just like kissing me". i never understood why meat wasnt sweet.

Anon

on the radio, instead of "I've got chills. they're multiplying," from GREASE, some guy sang "I;ve got shoes, they're made of plywood." well, i guess its no wonder that he's "losing control" :-)

d

My Aunt used to believe that the lyrics that the Bee Gess were singing in "More than a Woman" were, "Bald Headed Woman"

Domo

I used to believe that the lyrics to that song from grease, your the one that i want (you know the one)were
"your the wizard of oz, oh oh ah ah"
instead of
"your the one that i want ooh ooh ooh yeah"

teneille eats socks

I read on here that someone misheard the lyrics to Paul McCartney's Mull of Kintyre... I always thought he was singing about a "Mullicking Tyre" I never thought to ask what "Mullicking" was, I guessed that they obviously made tyres, kinda like Michelin?

Rosey

i dont know what song this was, but there was sometihng like "precious and few are the moments we two can share" and i heard "precious and few are the moments, sweet toucan Cher" i thought of some guy singing it to some female toucan named cher...

Toucan Cher

For ages I think I and many others thought that Kenny Rogers sung "You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille, with 300 children and a croc in the field".

Actually "3 hungry children and a crop in the field" I believe it was.

Gif