I was in a band in high school. Our drummer was famous for getting lyrics wrong. One time he suggested we do "Tapico's Own". We were all scratching our heads until he explained, "You know, that Sonny & Cher song Tapico's Own." He was talking about "The Beat Goes On". We never let him forget it.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- I always thought the lyrics in I'm Blue were "I could beat up a guy"— Trisha Gaurav
- i used to believe the song "band on the run" was "band on the rug"— someone
- When I was 6 I used to believe my parents were watching me at school on TV. It explained a lot at the time!— opinionata
- I thought that the song "Hands off she's mine" by The English Beat was actually saying "Anton, she's my aunt"— Nate
- I used to believe that when a song came on the car radio, the band was sitting on top of our van.Anon
- for my little sis -
Paul McCarty song "Band on the Run" but when she sang it it was "Man has the Runs"Anon