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My ex boyfriend to this day sings 'She's a greasy lover' instead of 'She's an easy lover' when he hears that Phil Collins song on the radio. He refuses to believe that those are not the correct words... all I can do is laugh and think "Ewwwwwwwwwwwww!!"
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my friend Carol thought that the Shania Twain song was "And when I cook him dinner in a Barney hat" instead of "When I cook him dinner and I burn it black"
I used to believe…
When I was a kid, one of my favorite songs was "I'm in Love with My Car" by Queen. However, I was confused by the line, "get a grip on my boyracer rollbar," probably because I heard it as "catch a whiff of my boyish aroma."
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My wife, despite being told a number of times sings 'Heaven is a half PINT' to the lyrics of OPM's 'Heaven is a half PIPE'
...oh and to ABBA's 'Super Trouper', 9 times out of 10 you will hear from here 'Super-douper'
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In "God Bless America" I thought the ocean was WIDE with foam. I also believed that in "Joy to the World" the Lord was CALM.
I used to believe…
For years my Mom has sang "To legit to quit" as "Do the jerk, do the jerk at work", and she's a teacher
I used to think that the 80's song
" I wish that I had Jesse's girl"
was
"I wish that I was Jesse's girl"
and I was so confused as to why a boy would want to be Jesse's girl.
I used to believe…
A college roommate of mine once admitted to me that he used to think the song "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" was written about the Lucy character from "Peanuts" comic strips.
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In the song, "We're coming to your town, we're gonna PARTY DOWN"....my brother sings it this way (he is 40 by the way)"We're coming to your town, we're gonna BURN IT DOWN"
I used to believe…
My mother whose name is June used to like the Beatles' song "Hey Jude" until she found out that it wasn't "Hey June".
I used to think that the refrain to Pearl Jam's 'Glorifird G' went, '45 virgins on a pelican' instead of 'glorified version of a pellet gun.' Imagine the embarrasment when my mom heard me singing that in my room.
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and then there was that Beatles song - "she's got a tick in her eye" instead of "she's got a ticket to ride"
I USED TO THINK THE CLASH WERE SINGING, "YOU'RE REALLY GONNA LIKE IT, YOU'RE REALLY GONNA LIKE IT....MADAGASCAR, MADAGASCAR!!!"
LATER I LEARNED THEY WERE SINGING, "ROCKIN THE KASBA"...HMMM...
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When I was 4 I thought Paul Simon's Fifty Ways to Leave our Lover was:
Hop on the Back Jack
Make a New Plan Sam
You Don't Need to Wear Corduroys
Just Listen to Me
(real lyric - Coy to Roy)
I remember telling a friend that I didn't like the new Duran Duran song because of the terrible sexist lyrics... I had a big problem with them saying, "I'll slap that %itch when I find her."
(The Reflex - I'll cross that bridge when I find it.)
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In the 80's, in my early teens, I used to think that one line of the lyrics in "The Final Countdown" by Europe was "We're heading for peanuts" - when it's really "We're heading for Venus"...
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The Canadian Rock group Harlequin had a hit with a song called "Innocence." I swear that in live shows they would sing "Anal Sex" - that 's all you ever needed.
"Anal Sex" - that' all you ever need from me......
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i was positive the lyrics went
'another one bites the doctor'
instead of
another one bites the dust
i fought with my mom about this one
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For years I thought that ABC's 'when smokey sings said 'When Smokey Sings, I hear violence', thinking that smokey drove people to fighting. My brother pointed out that it's 'I hear violins'. I reckon either makes sense though. No?
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When I was 11, I started getting into music, and Foreigner, at the time, ruled the radio. I therefore thought they were considered universally one of the all-time great bands, alongside the Beatles.
