music: misheard lyrics

my mom has always thought that the lyrics to the ruff ryders song, "ride or die chick" were, i need a raunchy daunchy, when they were actually, i need a ride or die chick. We were riding in the car singing the song and she said her lyrics all loud and proud. To this, my sister and i have not been able to get her to use the right lyrics.

In the song "This Land is Your Land" there is a line that goes "From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters." I thought the line was "...to the ghosting waters." I thought it was refering to the white foam in the ocean waves that I thought looked a little like ghosts.

When I was little, I thought that the song "This Old Man" ended with, "Knick-knack, patty-whack, keep it on the phone" (instead of "give a dog a bone"). My little brother (two years younger) picked it up from me, and once I found out the truth, it took me the longest time to convince him of the real words. :)

My belief for a long time was that the line in the KISS song went "III want to rock and roll all night, in the everglades". Made sooo much sense! They wore 7 inch heels.It was to treadge through the swamp i guess.
The rest of the line:"and party everyday".

I used to believe…

jimmy hendrix sang "'scuse me while i kiss this guy"... which later turned out to be "'scuse me while i kiss the sky"....

and was it mariah carey? "oh i can't forget the semen on your face as you were leaving". and then i got my mind out of the gutter, and it was "oh i can't forget this evening, or your face as you were leaving"

MC Hammers song "Have you Seen Her?" was really, in my confused little mind, a song about a woman named "Popasheena". I used to think that was a strange name but if Hammer liked it then so did I.

Instead of "I'll be searching everywhere just to find someone who cares" in What Becomes of the Broken Hearted, My mother and I use to belt out "I'll be searching everywhere just to find some underwear"! Sorry to those who've read this because now you'll never hear it any other way!

I used to belt out a Jon Bon Jovi number:

"Whoooaaaahhh we're half way there - whooooaaaahhhh we're living on BREAD"

perfectly logical at 10 years old... ;)

When the Bee Gee's Song "More than a Woman" first came out, I thought they were saying "Four Letter Woman".... Knowing that I had to be hearing it wrong, I asked a radio DJ friend who laughed and said "No it's More than a Woman, but my buddy had it more wrong than you... he thought is was BALD HEADED WOMAN!

When my brother was younger, around the age of 6, he got hooked by Bon Jovi's song, Livin' On A Prayer. He started singin' along to it, nailing every single lyric, until it got to the part where it said, "We're half way there, OHHH, livin on a prayer, take my hand, we'll make it I swear, OHHH, livin' in a prayer" His version went as follows: "Oh, we're half way there, OHHH, livin' on a bear, in my head, we're makin' a square, OHHH, livin' on a bear"

My friend Rylan tired to convince me that the lyrics to Scar Tissue by the Red Hot Chili Peppers were "With the birds I'll shave this lonley pube" when in fact it is " With the birds I'll share this lonely view"

i thought the song 'all star' went:
she was looking kinda dunb
with her finger in her bum
instead of
she was looking kinda dumb
with her finger and her thumb
i used to get so annoyed at my lil sister for singing it!!! i only just found out now that i was wrong lol

at 5, I thought the Eagles "Take it to the limit" was "Take it to the lemon"

later, intent on finding a nice italian boyfriend, I thought Madonna's "La Isla Bonita" line "Last night I dreamt of San Pedro" was "Last night I dreamt of some daygo"

David Bowie - Jean Genie
"The Jean Genie lives on his back
The Jean Genie loves cheesy snacks"

I used to believe that the song by Fatboy Slim that goes "Right about now, funk soul brother, check it out now, the funk soul brother" went "Right about now, funk short rubber, check it out now, the funk short rubber". I loved that song in like third grade and would sing it on the way home from swimming lessons, but could never figure out why Mom would laugh at me...

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

"Turn the light on
You potato!
Here we are now
You potato!"

And at the end:

"Bloody nail
Bloody nail
Bloody nail
Bloody nail
Bloody nail
Bloody nail
Bloody nail
Bloody nail
Bloody nail!"

I used to believe that Elvis sang " she rode a pony" instead of "she wrote upon it" in the song return to sender, I always imagined the girl sitting in a farm and riding her pony to return the letter as soon as she got it!