misheard lyrics

Me and my cousin Eddie were talking about 'Bela Lagousi's Dead' by Bahaus recently when he sheepishly admitted that for years he'd thought that it was 'Bella the Goose is Dead'....

Blarney

The chorus of REM's song "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight" repeats the line "Coming in to wake her up" and not my long held belief that it was "Covered in jamaican rum"

Fitze

Phil Collins song "I missed again" - I thought it was "I pis*ed again" - didn't realise he was an alcoholic?!

Anon

I only recently found out that the Cliff Richard & Young Ones song, "Living Doll" is NOT "Living Dog". "i've got a roving eye and that is why she satisfies my soul" So that makes sense now.

Meat-eating Vegetarian

This was actually more recently than childhood, but until I looked up the lyrics to "Absolutely (Story Of A Girl)" by Nine Days, I was wondering why on Earth they were singing "When you look in the mirror, say hi to your shoes"... (They were really saying "So how do you choose?")

Athazagoraphobia

The first time I heard Enigma's "Age of Loneliness," I thought I heard "Take it, take it in your a**." I knew that couldn't be right, but still, that's how it sounded. I told my now-husband on our second date, and after laughing his head off, he informed me it was "Take it, take it in your hands." I suppose that makes a little more sense.

LTM

My brother thought the lyrics to Billy Idol's "Eyes Without a Face" were "How's About a Date?" I nearly wet myself when I heard him singing along. I've never let him forget it.

LTM

The song with the lyrics - "secret sign of love" was "secret xylophone" which never made any sense. This song was out in the early ninties and I only found out the real lyrics when my girlfriend told me the other day. I'm 22.

Anon

I used to believe that the song "I Shot The Sheriff" went "I shot Sherry, but I didn't shoot the rest of 'em." Then I learned that it was "I Shot The Sheriff," and then decided that it went "I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot the President." I only learned the true lyrics a few months ago!!!

Mandy Grrrl

Ooh, ooh Just remembered another one...

Instead of "I can see clearly now the rain has gone" I used to wander around singing "I can see deardrie now lorraine has gone"

R

Was convinced for years (and am still unconvinced otherwise) that Chris De Burgh sings about getting high on emulsion

R

I still have no idea what the lyrics are... or even what the songs called but I still swear she's sings "You remember me? I'm the one who ate your baby's eye"

R

Not Me....

But had a friend of mine convinced that U2's Running to stand still was actually called "The Halalaladeday Song" - Ah we were only 17

R

My auntie Karen used to think that the lyrics to Adam & the Ants 'Prince Charming' was in fact 'Drink Champagne'
Also in the song 'Happy birthday' by Altered Images the lyrics 'if I were you - if I were you' were in fact 'Irish stew - Irish stew'.
Absolutely hilarious !!!!!!!!!

cole

Bonnie Tylers "Total Eclipse of the Heart"

Bonnies version - I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark, We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks

My version - I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark, We're living in a shed and eating Kelloggs Start

1998 - I think it was around the time "start" was first out, and I became a tad confused...

Boo

I used to believe that the song "Janie's Got A Gun" by Aerosmith went like this "Janie's got a gun, hot spring pepper tongue" ("Janie's got a gun, her world's come undown")

ShannonE

my friends mum loved madonnas "like a birdie" and when she found out it was actually "like a virgin" she never sang it again, shame!!

anna

When I was a little girl, I loved watching the movie Grease. My favorite song was one Rizzo would sing..."Look at me, I'm Sandra Dee....Lousy with virginity" Well I always thought it was "Look at me I'm Sandra Dee...I'm from West Virginia, see" My family still likes to tease me about that!

Lori