I used to think the words in ZZ Top's I'm bad, I'm nationwide was I'm bad, venetian blinds. I thought he was so cool he had blinds on his car.

Anon

'thats me with the corndog' instead of 'thats me in the corner' was how my friend understood the REM song Losing My Religion

Anon

It was roughly the same time that I started to eat Indian food and discovered Abba. I thought that Abba sang about Chicken Tikka when in fact it was Chiquitia.

Helen

I used to believe that Madonna's Papa don't preach was pop-a-long priest

Mark "lyric master" Rowbowtohme

I used to believe that in the song "The Boogie Man", boogie man was pronounced booger man. I used to picture a giant booger dancing down the street.

gerbil

When reading this website, I was surprised to learn that David Bowie sings "this mellow-thighed chick" in Suffragette City. I always thought it was, "the smell of fat chicks." I figured that he was acting like he had transcendant sexual senses or something.

whatever

Another misheard lyric: The Beatles "Twist and Shout" - I thought they were singing "Winston Chow", and that it had something to do with former prime minister Winston Churchill.
And I thought that in England they had "Eight Days A Week".

dbigtex56

when I was a kid I heard the Moody blues song ' Nights in White Satin' ..about the same time I must have heard or seen something about the Ku Klux clan and decided that that was what the song was about..' Knights in white satin sheets riding horses!!... For a long time I saw these posh white knights never reaching the end..!!

Sarah M

When I first heard the song "Constant Craving" by KD Lang, I thought she was singing "God save gravy."

Anon

For years I used to sing Madonna's song 'Erotica' as " Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie, put your hands all over my body" and I really thought these were the actual lyrics, then when I actually saw Bill Oddie on the telly I thought 'crikey, why does Madonna fancy him?

Maz

I wondered WHY and HOW "76 Strong Bones Led The Big Parade" when I was a little girl (song was popular back then). It was much later when I realized it was Trombones!

Michele M, South Bend, IN

When I was five years old, I sent adults into fits of laughter with my interpretation of "That Old Black Magic"--". . .that same old witch crap when your eyes meet mine . . ."

Anon

My kindergarten teacher's name was Mrs. Boshultz. Around that time, "Bus stop" by the Jackson 5 was a big song. So of course I heard the song as "Get down, Mrs. Boshultz! Don't stop til you get enough!" My parents couldn't stop laughing at this one, and made sure to share this with Mrs. Boshultz at the parent teacher conference.

Anon

you know the song 'boulevard of broken dreams' one part of it "i walk alone iwalk alone"i used to think it was "i wear colone i wear colone"

alexa_ren

You know how in Nightwish's song "Elvenpath" at the beginning it says "Accompanied only by the full moon and the howling of the night wolf, and the path beneath my feet. The elvenpath" ? Well, because of the accent the woman had I though she said "Accompanied only by the full moon and the howling of the night wolf, and the barf beneath my feet. The elephant barf" and I cracked up laughing thinking of a woman walking through a forest at night then suddenly walking into a puddle of elephant puke!

Chizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

When I was a child, we used to sing "Row, Row, Row your boat" all the time. I used to think the last line was "Life is butter beans" instead of "Life is but a dream".

theresa

There's a song by a band called No Doubt. The song is called Spiderwebs. In the song, I always thought she sang "i'm gonna scream my boobs off." In reality, she says "I'm gonna screen my phone calls." Took me til I was about 20 to realize what she was really saying.

Jen

I used to do some babysitting when I was in my teens and I always listened to music with the kids when I was at their house. I became a big fan of the Beatles and brought some of their music to the house of a five year old girl one night. The next time I came to her home she asked me if she could hear the chicken to ride song. It took me a minute but I figured out that she thought the song Ticket to Ride was saying she's got a chicken to ride. And I guess she don't care.

Beatles4ever.

I used to think that the title of Barry Manilow's song "Looks Like We Made It" was "Looks Like Tomatoes".

close2nd

I used to believe that the lyrics to Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name" were "You give love a Band-Aid".

Anon