I thought, for a very long time, that in the song (I think it is by Joni Mitchell...) in which the line is 'Pave paradise, put up a parking lot' the line was really 'Gay pair of guys, put up a fucking lie'. I was corrected by a friend when we heard it in a large store and I commented on how I wouldn't have thought they could play a song with the f word in a mall.

Maria Isabel

Does anyone remember the song "secret agent man?" I used to think the lyrics were, "secret asian man." I thought it was a song about WWII.

Sammy

I thought for years that the chorus to Madonna's "Papa Don't Preach" were "If Papa don't breathe-I'm in trouble."

Glowworm

Wrong lyrics to a song played on radio when i was ten..

Song: "I Go Weak" by Alison Moyet.

Real lyrics: "I go weak, I go weak, weak in the presence of beauty."

Mis heard as:

"I go a wee, I go a wee, wee in the presence of beauty..."

Emma

My brother used to think "Kung-Fu Fighting" was actually "When It Comes To Fighting."

The Pacifist

Up until about a year ago, I thought that in the George Michael song "Father Figure" he was saying "I'll be your bottom feeder". I thought it was a reference to a specific sex act common among gay males...

Cameron

at the beginning of the green day song Jesus of Sububia, the line is IM THE SON OF RAGE AND LOVE. as i listened to it with my friend he cluelessly sang, I JUST ROBBED A LADY LOVE.

Anon

I used to think that
"The land of make believe"
was
"The land of baked beans."

Baked Bean!

Rascals: Groovin....
Thank you!. I also still think it's "you and me and leslie"..
It's still driving me crazy after 30 years

Anon

For ages, I thought the line in 'Free Nelson Mandela' that goes:

'His body abused, but his mind is free'

Was actually...

'His body abused by these mindless freaks.'

Christine

I always thoguth that Natalie Imbruglia was actually singing 'Didn't wanna leave you with my last infection' instead of 'Didn't wanna leave you with my last inflection'
I always wondered what she'd caught and who from!!!!!!

Heat

My parents listened to Kenny Rodgers when I was younger. Up until very recently both me and my sister (who are 26 and 21 respectively). Thought that the lines in Lucille said 'four hundred children' instead of 'four hungry children'. We just thought it was a case of country music style exagggeration.

Emma

I was convinced that Abba's 1980 number 1 hit "Super Trouper" contained the lyric "I was sick and tired of everything, When I called you last night from Tesco's".

It's actually "...from GLASGOW"!

Anon

My boyfriend admitted to me that at school he was curious as to what a 'rancer-doo' was. As in the song 'Daisy, daisy, give me your...rancer-doo'!!! He'll never live that one down!

Lil'Kate

I used to believe that the words to Michael Jacksons "Liberian Girl" were "librarian girl".

Paul

I used to think that the song "Sandra Dee" from grease went "look at me, I'm Sandra Dee, lousy whisper (with her) gin and tee" (as in gin and tonic), but come to find out just before I was 17 it was "lousy with virginity." Go figure! I thought I was right.

Anon

In Queen's 'Killer Queen', I used to think She keeps Moet & Chandon in a pritty cabinet was She keeps mohair sandals in a pretty cabinet. Oh dear.

Jenny Ireland

When I was about 9, i herd the song "The Beautiful People" by Marilyn Manson. I could'nt really hear the part where he was singing "the beautiful people" part so it sounded like he was saying "Go suck a meatball, go suck a meatball."
(I finally memorized all of his songs at my age now and hes my favorite musician!)
lol... go suck a meatball...thats my quote now! lol

Cassie

I used to believe that the song that goes "put my chevy to the levy but the levy was dry." went "Put machete (big sword thing) through the lady but the lady won't die" My friend started laughing at me when I started singing it one day...

Shizuka

When i first heard the song "Story of a girl" i thought they sang "she stepped in the river and drowned the whole world" lol she must have been fat

Laura