misheard lyrics

I used to believe that in U2's 'With or Without You', he was singing "whistle without you" with a strong lisp!

Whithle without you~

funky president

Michael W. Smith has a song with the chorus line "So be strong and courageous". Our 6 year old was singing "Toby's gone, it's outrageous"; he was highly embarrassed when we laughed and pointed out the error.

Sue

When I was in high school listening to the radio, I believed the chorus of this song went "Give me the Beach Boys and free my soul/I want to get lost in your rock & roll..." etc. This summer I was told that the lyrics are actually "Give me the beat boys and free my soul... " etc. But what's the difference really? It's like the difference between purple and lavender... (then again, I'm no painter...)

Debby

In Paul Simon's Gracelands I was convinced the line 'She brushed her hair from her forehead' was 'She brushed her and farted'
I,m still not sure! Try it.

Geetee

I used to believe that in the song "Philadelphia Freedom" by Elton John that instead of "A peace of mind my daddy never had" that he was saying "A piece of mama daddy never had"

Sue

me and my sister both liked the live aid song when it came out. We used to sing along, singing "Heave ho, woah. Do they know it's christmas time..."

Simon

Jolly Old Saint Nicholas, Clean your ears this way!

Need I say more?

KK

I used to believe that John Lennon's song went "Vincent Carmen's gonna get you..." instead of "Instant Karma"...I was always nervous around people called Vincent...

Mairin

My sister came home one day from elementary school singing "i'm bringing home a baby bumble bee, won't my mommey Pizza potty me"

John Doe Generic

At the end of the Beatles song Love Is All You Need, where they repeat the line, my brother used to sing along "Love Salami". I thought the song Paperback Writer sang "paid for my Chrysler"

Anon

I used to think Pink Floyd's "Another Brick In The Wall" went: "the dogs are gathered in the classroom"; original: "the dark sarcasm in the classroom"

Tia

In Jessica's post earlier, she said she misheard a Depeche Mode lyric as "Jesus took a pee in the grass," but that it was actually "someone to be oppressed." The actual line is "someone to hear your prayers"--my friends and i used to argue about those lyrics ad nauseam!

claudia

My cousins used to sing "I'm shavin'" instead of "I'm shameless" when listening to Garth Brooks.

Jacquie

elton john released a song called 'cold cold heart' back in the 90's. I honestly thought he was singing 'co co heart' and singing about people who had chocolate hearts.

Kayleia Clear

I used to think that neil diamond was singing about the reverend blue jeans

Anon

When my son was three he used to love The Brady Bunch. When it came on he used to sing along with the theme song:

Here's a story/Of an UGLY lady/Who was bringing up three very UGLY girls...

Tiff

When I was five, thought paul McCartney was singing "stand on the rug" instead of "Band and the Run". I also though the girl "walked and talked like an ape now" (instead of ACE) on the Beach Boys song "Fun Fun Fun".

Holly

When I was young, I thought that the line "Under the pale moon light" from the song "Somewhere out there" (The rescuers) was "Under the pebble light"... Still sing it to this day!

Helen