misheard lyrics

In the old Jerry Reed song "Amos Moses" there's a line, "about 45 minutes southeast of Thibidaux Looziana..." For about 10 years I thought they were saying "Tippy Toe". I figured it out after I moved to New Orleans in my mid-20's.

Anon

For nearly 40 years I thought the 1st 2 lines to "Love Potion #9" were "I took my troubles down to Madam Roux; You know that Gypsy with the gold tatoo". Yesterday I found out it's "Madam Ruth" and "gold-capped tooth".

Anon

I always thought that in the song "Blinded by the Light" the lyrics were "..wrecked up like a DOUCHE you know the roller in the night" It was only a couple of years ago that I learned it was wrecked up like a DUCE (meaning a type of car)

Liz

My cousin thought that "Your a pal and a confidant" from the Golden Girls them song was, "Your a pal and a clump of dump"

Dusty

Around Christmas time my parents used to play this kids' song that went "I'm gettin' nuttin' for christmas, Mommy and daddy are mad" Only I always thought they were saying "Mommy and daddy are men." This didn't even strike me as funny, growing up, as I was in the Castro district of San Francisco.

Anon

Country music by a 3 year old...The song "Prop Me Up Beside The Juke Box" For my 3 year old daughter it went something like this: "Pwop me up beside my juice box if I cry" We still sing it like that!

Leah

My daughter was 3 when Billy Ray Cirus had the number one hit "Achy Breaky Heart". She had a very hard time with her "r's", every "r" souded like a "w". Wehre we live they have a penny drive sponsored by a local country music station. We were at one of the penny drive locations and the DJ asked her to sing her favorite song...she did it like this"don't tell my hawt, my cwanky, cwanky hawt. You just need a rubberband..."

Leah

In the song "Never Let Me Down Again" by Depeche Mode, Dave Gahan sings "I'm taking a ride with my best friend"... I thaught it was "I'm taking your wife, be my best friend"...
;-o)

Jarmila

When I was very young my brother and I used to believe the song by Linda Ronstadt "It's so easy to fall in love" went: "It's so wee-wee to fall in love". We called it the "wee-wee" song and loved singing along with it as loudly as possible whenever it was on the radio. I think Mum and Dad must've thought it was pretty funny because they never corrected us.

sal

The song Torn by Natalie Imbruglia goes "So I guess the fortune teller's right/Should have seen just what was there/ And not some holy light" My friend thinking it said "So I guess the fortune teller's right/Should have seen just what was there/ And not some horny light"

- Estelle

In the song "Naked" by the Spice Girls the lyrics read "Strip you down don't need to care, lights are low exposed and bare" but my friends thought for the longest time that it was "strip you down no need to care, just pull down your underwear"

-Estelle

That song with the chorus, "I got my mind set on you...". Well, when I was a kid it was used as a jingle for a potato chip commercial (Hostess?) and I thought it was "I got the munchies, oh yeah!" Made total sense to me as I sang along at the top of my lungs.

mags

When I was growing up, my best friend was notorious for mixing up song lyrics. Her "alternate renditions" still crack me up! She believed that Pat Benatar's song "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" was Hit Me With Your Pants Down"! Pretty racey for a 9 year old... She also thought Barry Manilow's song, "Looks Like We Made It", was "Looks Like Tomatoes".

Baltimore

When I was about 7 and my sister was 4, she used to drive me up the wall by singing: "when you're in love with a beautiful womble" instead of "... ... beautiful woman". I can see how she made the error. Whenever I hear the song now, I always insert "womble" - it makes me chuckle...

Shelby-Lou

I beleved that the lyrics to mr. mister song Kyrie was "Carry a laser down the road that i must travel.

Jeff

I have a friend who used to sing ' Down down deedums town ' instead of down down deeper and down.
I also had a girlfriend who's mother thought The group Level 42, was Nevelle Fortesque.

Stephen -- Northern Ireland

I used to think the line in Joe Walsh's "Rocky Mountain Way" was. "The bases are coated with traces of fat think it's safe to play?"

Witless

I thought "Mr. Roboto" was about a cyborg that was killing people to stay alive.

I also thought that "Benny and the Jets" was "Granny's fanny at the dance."

SWC