music: misheard lyrics

In 1967, the Bobby Hebb song "Sunny" was on the radio all the time. ("Sunny, thank you for the smile upon your face....") My twin sister and I were 8, and she was convinced that the song was about Jesus Christ (Sonny, not Sunny). She insisted that "Sonny One so true, I love you" was a prayer and asked the nuns if she could sing it in church.

I don't know what the real lyrics are or even what the title of the song is, but I do know that my misheard lyrics are probably not the right ones:

"Every morning there's an alligator hanging from the corner of my girlfriend's bed!"

Until About 6 months ago, I thought the AC/DC song was " thirty thieves and the thunder chief" not "dirty deeds done dirt cheap." I thought it was about a group of peole who do things for you for money...get drunk and sing that at the top of your lungs in a bar and watch what happens.....

In the title theme from "Dukes Of Hazzard" the line goes "Just the good ol' boys,
Never meanin' no harm,
Beats all you've ever saw, been in trouble with the law since the day they was born. "
I always heard "been in trouble with the law since the Daisy was born."

Oh man, girls cause trouble

I used to believe…

the song "more than a woman" still sounds like he's saying "bald headed woman", even though i know what is really being said! lol

"Hush, hush, keep it down now, this is scary"
instead of
"Hush, hush, keep it down now, voices carry."

In the song "Whip it" by Divo, I used to think they were saying 'whip it, in the shade' instead of 'into shape.' My friend and her mom laughed at me and had to tell me the real words. I got a few others wrong but I can't remember them.

In the song, "Puff the Magic Dragon," I always thought that Jackie Paper brought Puff ceiling wax.

The Shirelles' "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow"

Correct lyric: Can I believe the magic of your sighs
What I heard: Can I believe the magic of your size

I used to think the end of the song Rockaby Baby went like this:

"And down would come baby...cradle and DOLLAR!"

instead of

"And down would come baby...cradle and all"

haha i was a weird little kid.

I used to think the song Cotton Eye Joe Said "where did you come from where did you go where did you go"
NOT where did you come from cotton eye Joe...

I never got where he keeps going and comming. I remember my dads friend had a party with a DJ and my dad tried to explain the whole DJ concept and sent me on my merry way to ask the poor DJ the song I wanted " Where'd you come from" which logically was the name of the song that they constantly say "where'd you come from where'd you go where'd you come from where'd you go" the best was when the guy asked me to sing it cuz he never heard of it.....yea that was bad I was like 13 lol

Blind Melon's "No Rain"---

"You know I'd like to keep my chi extracted, eh." instead of "You know I'd like to keep my cheeks dry today." Still hear it every time.

Michael Jackson song Billy Jean says the KID is not my son. I always thought it said the CHAIR is not my son. Well of course it isn't...duh!

You know the song "Papa Was A Rollin Stone'" by the Temptations? The verse where it says "And when he died all he left us was alone." I always thought he left them an loan (like a loan from the bank) Could never understand why they were so upset in that song.

For ages I thought the lyrics to "I shot the sherif was: "Hey, chocolate cherry" I never could understand what the deputy had to do it...

My husband and I listen to tons of CDs on road-trips, one of which is by Pearl Jam. Took us a few trips to figure out what the song really was about when we thought they were singing either "Low-Flying Version of a Pelican" or "You're a Fine Version of a Pelican" (it's "Glorified Version of a Pellet Gun"), but we still like it our way.