music: misheard lyrics

I used to think that Green Day's "Time of Your Life" went
Another yearning goat, a cork stuck in a toad,
Time grabs you by the wrist and erects you and your nose.
o.O Don't ask...

The song "American Pie" by Don McLean has the lyrics:

"While Lenin read a book of Marx..."

I thought it was:

"While Lennon read a book of marks..."
Something about John Lennon and a tally sheet or something.

I also thought the next line, instead of "...dirges in the dark" was "Sturgis in the dark", because my dad was a Harley enthusiast.

It also took me awhile to realize that the song was about Buddy Holly (man, alot of people post about him on here).

I listened to Led Zeplin singing

"I want to be your back door man"

for many years before I realized he was singing about anal sex. I thought he meant sneaking in the back door of the house, like they were having an affair or something. Thanks Tim for clearing that one up for me.

i used to believe that the lyrics to"change(in the house of flys) was" "al is in chains, who knew a fly", not, "i watched you changed into a fly" and also thought that Alice in Chains sang that beca"use of how close "al is in chains" sounds to "Alice in chains" when you say it fast.

'Run Run Away' by slade. a song i had a bit of a mix up with.

If you've got a crush, don't beat about the bush.
I thought it said
I'f you've got a crush don't be an octopus

I used to think that Madonna's Song where she's sings "do you love me", I thought she was singing "Annie Oakley"- It might of been because of the western outfit she was wearing, who knows!

I used to think Without Me by Eminem contained these lyrics:

"A little bit of wee mixed with some hot liquor"

It actually says:

"A little bit of weed mixed with some hot liquor"

In the movie "The Little Mermaid," when Ariel sings the song "I Want to be Where the People Are," there is a line that actually goes "bright young women, sick of swimming, ready to run."

I used to think they were saying, "Pregnant women sick of swimming ready to run."

In the song "Summer Nights" from Grease, when they said "Tell me more, tell me more.", I thought they really said "Tell me boy, tell me boy."

I thought it was strange that the female voices sang "Tell me boy, tell me boy, like, does he have a car?"...

I used to think Cher's song "Half- Breed" really was saying "Heffrey!" I thought that was a new name, sort of like a variation on Jeffrey, that Cher was making up.

When I was little I thought the song I Want Candy by Aaron Carter meant that he wanted candy, to eat. And since i couldn't understand what he was rapping i thought he was singing about different kind of candies.

in the song toxic by britney spears the real words are:

too high
can't come down
losing my head
spinning round and round
can you feel me now
with a taste of your lips im on a ride
you're toxic i'm slipping under

BUT I THOUGHT the words were

Come on
yank em down
we're on the ground
spining round and round
do you feel me now
with a taste of your lips im lost
youre on top and im the one under

I thought this was a very appropriate song considering britney is such a whore and all. I figured she was owning up to it. Then one day I read the lyrics online. I think my version is more suiting to her. But could anyone out there really understand what the hell she was saying in that song? It's nowhere near singing!

I'm the song "santeria" by sublime in the part that says "I don't practice santeria"I used to think it said " I don't practice diarrhea"! For the longest time time I couldn't figure out why the singer would practice diarrhea! God was I stupid a few weeks ago........

my friend alex thought that the song bottons by the pussycat dolls said "losen up my butt muscle" like they wanted to have anal sex but in acctuality it says losen up my bottons i dont know what goes through his mind somtimes .

My husband used to believe that Macy Grey was singing "I blow bubbles when you are not here."

When I was eight years old I thought the Billy Joel song "scenes From An Italian Restaurant" said "well they got an apartment with deep pile carpets and a couple of painted brazzieres. The real lyrics are "a couple of paintings from Sears"
My sister heard me (unfortunately) singing it wrong and I still hear about it to this day! :-(