music: misheard lyrics

In the song "American Pie" I'm sure you know it, there is a part in the song where they sing "they were dancing in the gym" and my mother used to think they were saying "chin-to-chin" instead of "in the gym." And this was recently!!!

When I was young, I always thought the Bangles song 'walk like an Eygptian' was 'walk like a midget' my aunt actually explained it when I was doing the dance and singing it, I still get teased about that.

my mum used to think that the macy gray song went 'i try to say good-bye and achooo' (as in a sneeze!) until i corrected her that it was 'and i choke' man was she red-faced!

when i was in first grade we would sing songs at the beginning of the day and one was "my bonnie lies over the ocean" and i thought bonnie was bunny and i thought someone loved their bunny very much

When Kula Shaker released that song called 'Gurvinder' or something, my dad used to sing the names of our next door neighbours. I used to believe they were the real lyrics and was really surprised a really famous band had made a song up about my next door neighbours!

When we were little my brother used to think that the lyrics to the song "Gloria" were really "Oreo" so we always sang "Oreo/ I think I got you number/ Oreo..." I mean who named their kid Gloria 20 years ago when we were little?

I used to think that "Anxiety" by Pat Benatar had these lyrics: "Sometimes in the city, sometimes in my car, I pound on the windows, I could pee inside a jar."

Found out years later that it was "like a bee inside a jar". D'oh!

in the song SWAY (song 2 in 'sticky fingers' album) by the Rolling Stones, i used to think the chorus went: "It's just that needle I forgot you in its sway", when he (mick jagger) really sings: "It's just that demon life that's got me in its sway"

Until recently when my friend informed me that the words to 'sweet chariot' were what they were, i thought they went like this 'swing low, sweet chariot, mummas gunna carry me home' what an idiot!

When I was little i used to the song Achey Breaky Heart would go "My achey breaky heart makes me wanna fart."

I later found out I was wrong when i said it in kindergarten.

in the song "inch by inch, row by row; I'm gonna make this garden grow. All it takes is a rake and a hoe and a piece of fertile ground." I thought that "all it takes is a rake and a hoe" was "all it takes is oregeno"

I thought until I was about 25 that the ZZ Top song lyric, "Slip inside my sleeping bag" was actually "SuperSonic Secret Man". It still sounds like that to me!

Someone on this site said,

"I used to believe that the song my bonnie lies over the ocean was my body lies over the ocean."

I thought so too, until I read this just now. ^^;; I'm 12.

When i was little, my mum was always listening to 60's music, and she particularly loved the Susan Maughn song 'Bobby's Girl' however i used to dance around singing 'I wanna be barbie's girl'now i know why barbie &ken never did get married!! think about it.

I used to think the snowman in the song, "Winter Wonderland", was "parse and brown". ("In the meadow, we can build a snowman, and pretend that he is Parson Brown.") I didn't know what "parse" meant, nor understand why anyone would want to build a snowman from dirty snow.

I use to think that song by Trace Adkins "(This Ain't ) No Thinkin' Ting". was

This aint no thinkin train right trian left train.