misheard lyrics

My mother had a couple of good ones:

In Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, she thought the line was "a girl with colitis goes by" (not "a girl with kaleidoscope eyes") and the refrain...

"Lucy in the Sky, Look Down" (Elton's version sounded more like this)

and

she thought the Hues Corporation disco song sounded like
"so I'd like to know where, you got the nose job..." (instead of ...."the notion")

Jen N

I used to think that the lyrics to My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean was My Body Lies Over the ocean. I though it was supposed to be sung from the point of view of someone who drowned..

Anon

When I was 4 I thought Paul Simon's Fifty Ways to Leave our Lover was:

Hop on the Back Jack
Make a New Plan Sam
You Don't Need to Wear Corduroys
Just Listen to Me

(real lyric - Coy to Roy)

Aimee

"Then I saw her face"...(doo doo doo doo)..."on a golden retriever"

Anon

I was about 8 when "Eyes Without a Face" came out on the radio. I thought that he was singing "How's about a face?"
I envisioned some crazy faceless person looking for a face!

TxTetley

There was a song in the 60's called "Hey look me over" There's a line that goes "Don't thumb your nose folks, take a tip from mine" which I thought went "Don't pick your nose but take a pick from mine" For some strange reason that song used to remind me of the man who collected the pools money.. Wierd or what !!

Dave, Lancashire

I used to think that the Queen song contained the line "Beelzebub has a devil for a sideboard". After years of singing this I was eventually told that the line is "Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me". Thanks to everyone who didn't tell me!

Anon

In the song "Don't Worry Baby" by the Beach Boys, the original lyric is "She told me baby when you race today. . ." Up until just recently, my mum thought it was "She told me baby when you raise the dead. . ."

Simon Edwards

I cant sleep at night for tossing and turning would sound better if it was I cant sleep at night for tossing my gherkin

Stevie P

I believed that Tori Amos sang "My heart is sick of beaning cheese!" It took a lot of Internet-searching to find out that, in fact, she intended "My heart is sick of being in chains". Well, "Crucify" will always be The Cheese Song to me!

Rissa (14)

Hearing the song still makes me laugh.I always sang with my sisters bee gees album "four letter woman, four letter to me"

lola

I used to think that the "All In the Family" theme song sang, "G R OL L SAL AN GRATE" and never understood this. For years, this was what I thought, until my 13 year old daughter corrected me with "Gee our old La Salle ran great," Whoops.

Mary

my friend thought that the line in the song "pilot of the airways here is my request was in actual fact Running up the stairway here is my request"

Anon

I thought that in the song Bootylicious by Beyonce they were saying: "I dont think your ready for this chedder," when they were really saying "I dont think your ready for this jelly." I argued with my sister for ages before I saw the lyrics online...

bootylicious...or not

I always thought that that freaky song,"Barbie Girl" was sayin' : I'm a BOBBY girl, livin' in uh Bobby woooorrrld! " Little did she know that I had a crush on a guy named Bobby at the time. Hmmm. Intelestink.

Elmo

My brother used to think the song "Blue Velvet" was called "Ooh Melvin". I used to think my brother was an idiot.

artemis

My little sister, my mom and I were in the car one day listening to TLC's "Scrubs" and my sis and I were belting out the lyrics and mom decided to try and join us.... did you know that a SQUWIB is the kinda guy that won't get no love from her? He He

Cait

When I was a kid my mum was mad about 60's music and especially loved the song 'Bobby's girl' however I used to sing it as 'I wanna be barbie's girl'
quite worrying really if you think about it, no wonder Ken and Barbie split up!

Phil McCoy

When I first heard the Bon Jovi song You Give Love A Bad Name' i really believed they were singing 'Spatula Heart and your to blame, you give love to Batman'

Also our dad's version of the Joe Cocker/Jennifer Warnes song 'up where we belong' he sings 'No lift goes up where we belong' and he calls them 'Joe Cock up & Jennifer Wont'

Rob, Bootle

when my grampa heard the beatles song i dont care 2 much for money he heard the lyrics as "i dont care too much for mummy cuz mummy wont bummmy love!" LOL!

kert