misheard lyrics

I used to imagine that in the song "Just a Gigilo" by Van Halen when he said "I ain't got no body" it was just a little head dancing around, kinda like a Mr. Potato Head toy. I thought he really didn't have a body.

Andrea

I used to mthink that "I'll never let you go" by Third Eye Blind, was "Another Latchiko, Another Latchiko." My friend thought it was "I'd rather wear JNCO." we still laugh at that song

Jenn B

in the song hakuna matata where timon and pumba sing "it's a problem free
philosophy", I thought they said "it' a
problem Tree Phil and Sophie". I walked
around singing this over and over again
when I was five.

Anon

There was a song in the 90's. I don't remember the band but in the chorus, it said "I'm standing by you". I was pretty young then and I loved to watch ice-skating. I used to think the singer said, "Oksana Baiul". I always wondered why he was singing about a skater.

Ram420

The song *Blinded by the Light* was always a frustration for me, I always heard "Blinded by the light, wrapped up like a deuce and a loner in the night" until just now, this very instant I have decided to check out the real lyrics and it actually says, "And she was blinded by the light, cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night"...well I wasn't that far off,I got deuce right!

Mercedes

The chorus to the song "Freshmen" by The Verve Pipe says
"We were only freshmen" ... I had a friend who would sing "We were only FLESHmen"

In the song "Busy Child" by The Crystal Method, there is a line that repeats a lot that says
"I guess I didn't know" ... the same friend misinterperated this as "I guess I didn't notice"

Not that I haven't had my share of misunderstandings of a lyrical nature... a few classics are:
White Zombie's "More Human than Human" -- "More human than you, man"
Gin Blossoms "Hey, Jealousy" -- "Hey, Chelsea!"
and in "Daria" by Cake, John McCrea sings the words "icing on a cake" at one point... for years I thought he was saying "I sing on a cake" ... what a revelation that was, when the truth dawned on me!

ZiZak

Wuthering heights, I heard it as:
here on the wild, windy moores we'll roll and fall in brie.
you had a temper, like my jealous seal, so hot, so greasy
I hated you, badminton
bat cream in the night
you told me not to lose my flight
leave behind eye
wuthering, wuthering, wuthering nights
it's me, im kathy i've come home, come meet the animals
after that it's normal til:
I find the roof falls without you.

mishearer

The Corrs: "leave me breathless" - "Come on, leave me, Bradley". (Just dump him, girlie!)

Eminem: "but today I'm cleaning out my closet" - "But today I'm coming out my closet" (How brave!)

doomchild

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

the other day my boyfriend and his friend were in the car and we heard the Who's Eminence front and when it goes : Behind an eminence front
Eminence front - It's a put on. My boyfriend and his friend started singing : "from behind ram it in the butt." They both have always thought the words said that...now we sing it like that

Anon

I used to believe that the text in "Blue Da ba dee" by Eiffel 65 went: I´m Blue, in Aberdeen I will die, in Aberdeen I will die, in Aberdeen I will die... ;) How stupid!

Sita

My mom, her friends, and I were talking one day about how songs paint a picture in your head. We were listening to an oldies station and a song came on that goes "As I write this letter I send my love to you..." and my mom asked me what picture came into my head. I replyed a cowboy riding into the sunset. I had no clue why she looked so confused until she asked me to sing what I just heard: "As I ride the saddel I send my love to you..."
She still pickes on me about that

Kara

I thought the elvis song that goes "Return to Sender address unknown" was "Return September...." I always wondered what september's address was!!

KCA

Similarly to another post here, I thought the lyrics to Madonna's 'Erotic' were 'hey Ronnie, hey Ronnie, put your hands all over my body'. I didn't realise until a couple of years ago what they actually were (I'm 17 now).

Holl

When I was little I used to think that the Sheena Easton song "Morning Train" went like this: "My baby takes the morning drink, he works from 9 to 5 and then, he takes another home again to find me waiting for him . . . " My parents used to die laughing as I strolled around the house singing at the top of my lungs. I always took offense, never knowing why it was so funny.

Leslie

Remember the Aerosmith song. Dude looks like a lady. When i was young i thought that it was "do the f****** lady." fun stuff fun stuff

Anon

I used to think that the lyrics to the song Daddy's Money by Ricochet were "She's a goodbye swisher, a dynamite kisser. Hungry as a turn up free..." when they're really "She's a good bass fisher, a dynamite kisser. Country as a turnip green..." I found out I had it wrong when I was singing with my friend. She thought it was pretty funny!

Dingy-D

me and my friend were listening to Save Ferris's version of Come on Eileen, and we started to sing along. She sang the lyrics "Come on Eileen, whow u smell of chlorine!" instead of "Come on Eileen, oh I swear (well he means)" We were on the floor laughing, and we sing her version instead now because its better!

skankachic