music: misheard lyrics

I used to think that the Australian National Anthem went:

"Australians all and Ostriches"

I also used to think that the pawns in chess were called "prawns".

when i was in third grade i was learning the state capitals and it was around the first time i heard the song sweet home alabama only i thought the words were saint paul minesota!

Not about me, it's about my kids actually.

They sing "My Darling Clementine" and at the part where it goes, "dreadful sorrow" the sing "Drink The Soil"

ALSO: That song Daisy, Daisy give me your answer true. The next line is supposed to be I'm HALF crazy but they hear it as Im ASS crazy and they love to sing at the top of their lungs in the supermarket. Gets me lots of looks.

My best friend of 20 years believed when we were kids that the song by Bon Jovi "Living on a Prayer" was actually called "Living on a Prairie". My dad still thinks that is funny to this day.

I used to think the words to Chumbawumbas "tubthumping' were "i hate no doubt/ but i get over it/ but im never gonna like no doubt/" seeing as I loved no doubt (still do) I hated that song!!!

A Macy Gray song went like this:

I try to say goodbye and i choke
try to walk away and i stumble
when i try to hide it, its clear, my world crumbles when you are not there

I used to believe it went like this:

I try to say goober and achoooo
try to walk away and i stamp balls
when i tried to hide it, its clear, i blow bubbles when you are not there

My sister and I crack up everytime we think about it.

My mom thought that Chumbawumba's Tub Thumping went "I got no towels, but I get up again" ("I get knocked down, but I get up again"). She had no idea what it meant and told me and my siblings it was a stupid song because it didn't make sense.

When he was little my brother thought the words to the song "Watch out here she comes/ she's a man eater" were really "Watch out here she comes she's an anteater." Always made me think I was safe because those anteaters only liked men.

I used to think in Nirvana's song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" The line "A mosquito, my libido!" was "I'm afraid of, Albino!" I sung it out loud like that numerous times.

when i was younger i thought the chorus to 'Lucille' was 'with four hundred children, the crops and the field' when it was actually 'four hungry children, the crops and the field'

I used to think that the song on Dirty Dancing called "she's like the wind" that line that says "just a fool to believe I have anything she needs." I thought instead of "just a fool" I thought it said "Jessie poo" so I always told my parents I wanted to listen to the Jessie Poo song. They never understood what I was talking about.

I used to believe…

up until recently, I thought the Housmartin's version of the song "He ain't heavy" went like this:
"So on we go - to where there is mountain sun" instead of "his welfare is of my concern".

Romantic, really, having to drag that big fella through the mountains...

I used to believe…

up until last year i thought that the song that goes "goin' to the chapel and i'm gonna get married" went "goin' to the jack-o-lantern and its gonna be scary"

My dad thought the lyrics to Girls Aloud, "Jump" were "If you want to take my temperature tonight" Instead of "If you want to taste my kisses in the night"

when i was a kid, i used to think that the Adam & the ants song 'stand and deliver' was actually 'stan, heres your dinner, your honey or your wife'

I used to believe…

instead of 'buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks' my little sister sings 'buy me some peeps and some apple jacks'