I have two from Led Zeppelin Songs:

Song: The Immigrant Song

Actual Lyric: Our only goal will be the western shore.

Misheard as: I wanna go where there's a restroom stop.


Song: Kashmir

Actual Lyric: Sit with elders...

Misheard as: Citronella


Crazy stuff, eh?

Lincoln

when i was younger i thought ac/dc's dirty deeds (done dirt cheap), was dirty knees and the thunder cheeks.

S

My earliest memories begin in the early 1960s, when Peter, Paul and Mary were singing "Puff, the Magic Dragon" on the radio. I understood most of the words and the general idea. Besides, Captain Kangaroo helped a lot with his Magic Drawing Board.

But there was a verse that mentioned "sealing wax". I didn't know what sealing wax was. I sincerely (pardon the pun) thought they were singing about "CEILING wax"! I knew people waxed their floors, but I didn't know anyone who waxed their ceiling!

Vicki J.

When I first started school, my class used to sing the hymn 'He's got the whole world in his hands' and I thought the words were 'He's got the whole world, P.E. Sands'. I wondered who P.E. Sands was and why he would be holding the world in his hands.

Mellie

The line 'The dark sacred night' in What A Wonderful World is actually 'The dogs say goodnight'...

rebecca

When I was about 5 or 6 years old, I used to think Terrence Trent D'arby's lyrics were "..lemonade accross my heart," instead of "..sign your name across my heart".

Sharon

elton john released a song called 'cold cold heart' back in the 90's. I honestly thought he was singing 'co co heart' and singing about people who had chocolate hearts.

Kayleia Clear

When I was going into the 8th grade, the song, "I'm, Henry the 8th, I am" was just coming out. I heard the lyrics wrong, however, until I turned 27 years old, I REALLY thought the words were... "I'm entering the 8th, I am!" I really loved that song... thought it was written just for me.

Jan

Until now, (I'm 22 and I was 15 when I first heard the song)"I got chills, they're (or you're) multiplying" from Greased Lightning was "I got shoes, they're both a-flyin.'" Hee hee!

Anon

When I was little and listened to "Puff the Magic Dragon," I thought when they said, "brought him strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff," that they were saying "ceiling wax." I thought it was like floor wax but for the ceiling. I used to wonder what the point of waxing the ceiling was!

Anon

Up until about a month ago when we corrected her, my oldest sister (who is now 22) was convinced that the words to Jimmy Barnes song "Cheap wine and a 3 day growth" was actually "cheap wine and a 3 legged goat". She could never undenstand why anyone would want to sing about 3 legged goats!

Jay

I play the piano and once when i was going out with one of my ex-girlfriends we decided to have a sing-song, revealing that for many years (and up until then) she thought the lyrics "Don't cry for me Agentina" were actually "Don't cry for me Aunty Tina"
Is Madonna's version of this song really that bad!?

Bauhaus Rocker

I thought for...over ten years that the words to the popular swing song "Jump, Jive, and Wail" were, "Drunk driving/ can you worry bout it/ drunk driving/ can you worry away?"

just kat

My dad said that when he was little he thought "Home home on the range, where the deer and the antelope play" was "Home home on the range, where the deer and the cantalope play"

Shirley B.

When Destiny's Child started to become really popular and "Jumpin, Jumpin" was on the radio a lot, my aunt used to get angry at my cousins and me for singing along because she thought it said, "...the club is full of ballers and they cocks is full grown..." instead of "...the club is full of ballers and they pockets full grown..." It took us laughing hysterically at her and actually looking up the lyrics to prove it to her before she believed us. Everytime we hear it, we still make fun of her by singing her lyrics 'til she's red in the face.

Andrea P

I always thought that in the Queen song Bohiemian Rhapsody it sang: "Spare him his life from his warm sausages!" I had nightmares for years about aze-wielding oversized weiners.

Elf-Locks

I used to think that Chris de burgh song Lady in red was Lady in Bread

Omega-R-Fox

R.Kellys "Bump and Grind":
I used to think he says:"I don't see nothing wrong, with a little bun and wine..."
There sure ain't nothing wrong with that :)

northern Lights

Jingle bells...

I used to believe until I was about 22 that in Jingle bells it was a "one horse soap and sleigh". My husband politely informed me it's "one horse OPEN sleigh..."
I never really thought about it but was so very embarrassed when he told me what it really was.
*duh* PFFFFTTTTTTTT!

Jennifer W.

I always thought the Kenny Roger's "You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille" song said "four hundred children and a crop in the field" (instead of four hungry children). I thought it was a little bit over the top to have a story with quite so many children!

Kim NZ