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when i was little i was a huge fan of the Sound of Music. And whenever they sang edelweiss, I thought that they where saying little mice

— edlemice

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The song "Bad Moon On The Rise" is actually "bathroom on the right"

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Until a few minutes ago I heard Foghat's slow ride..take it easy as It's all right... take it easy.

I like my version better

— It's all right take it easy!

i used to always mishear the bridge and the chorus of the Fall Out Boy song 'sugar we're going down' as:

we're always sniffing ink and sniffing
for the roll tear
we're going down down
do do do do da
do do do do do do da da
number god complex
cocked it and pull it

when it is in fact:

we're always sleeping in and sleeping
for the wrong team
we're going dow dow
ina n earlier round
sugar we're going down swinging
i'll be your number one with the bullet
loaded god complex
cock it and pull it.

for a while i always thought the singer just got bored and decided to change it

— obsideon blackbird mcknight

Hearing the theme song every week, I I thought The Who were threatening some kind of extreme supplies embargo on C S I Miami when they menacingly sang " W O N T get food A G A I N ! " .

— Sainty

The Monkees song 'Daydream Believer' has the lyrics 'to a daydream believer and a homecoming queen'. I thought for a very long time that she was a queen that was literally coming home. Like from overseas or something.

Anon

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I used to believe that in the song Airport they were singing Ethel and would not believe anyone who told me otherwise

Anon

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

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well, in micheal jackson's song the lyrics say,
"Billie Jean, is not my lover"
I thought it was,
"Billie Jean, is not a motherfucker."

— BIGHEADsmallvoice

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Kentucky HeadHunters Song "Dumas Walker" I thought the lead lyric was "Were all going down to do Ms Walker..."

— Jeremy Alsup

Although I now know the lyrics are " I'm blue ba-da-be-ba-da-bi " in the song Blue, I still can't help singing what I'd always thought Eiffel65 sang... " I'm blue I got beat up and died"

— sainty

I used to think in "I'm still waiting" by Diana Ross, the line which goes "I put him off with lies, he could see i had no eyes" was actually "I put him off at last, he could see I had no arse"

Anon

In the REM song What's the Frequency, Kenneth? I thought that Michael Stipe sang You want to shag violently instead of the real lyric you wore a shirt of violent green! Lots of other people did which made me feel a lot better!

— Janet Broadley

i remember "millennium" by robbie williams coming on the radio wen i was with my friends and me singing loudly "with any earth". I don't know where I thought the word "millennium" came in!

— mary

on ashanti's song "whats love" it says "whats love, got to do, got to do". I always said " whats ma, dr. doo, dr. doo".

— carlos

until just last week i always thought it was ''do the *hustle*!'' not the shuffle!

— Ducki

Baa baa baa, baa baa beran
Baa baa baa, baa baa bu barber Ann
I hit my hand
Hit my hand
It's rockin and a rollin
Rockin and a renal
Barber Ann baa baa baa barber Ann

Went to a dance
Lookin' for romance
Saw a Barberina and I thought I'd take a chance
Baa baa, Barber Ann Barber Ann
She's rockin' and a rollin
rockin and a renal
Barber Ann baa baa baa Barber Ann

Hi Betty Sue, By Betty Lue
Saw a Barber Ann and she really wouldn't doo (hair)
Barber Ann Baa Baa
Barber Ann Baa Baa
She's a rockin and a rollin (hair)
A rockin and a renal
Barber Ann

— Leslie

My son thought the words "Paparazzi" in the Lady Gaga song were actually "Papa Rahtzee" and asked me why she was singing about this random man called Papa!

— Sal

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

i used to think that the michael jackson song, billie jean, that the chorus was
billie jean is not my lover
shes just a gal dat says that i am da 1
but the king is not my son

— sarah

The Tina Moore song that goes 'Never gonna let you go' has the line 'Worth more than a million in gold' and I firstly thought it was 'Football and a million goals'.

Anon

Lene Marlin - Sitting Down Here

"I'm sitting down here
But hey you can see me
Kind of invincible
You won't sense my stay"

and also, in the second verse

"I'm not tryna avoid you
I just don't wanna hear your voice
When you called me up in Boston
I don't really have a choice"

— Reid

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