misheard lyrics

I had a friend who thought the line "and my ashes are scattered" from 'Back On Earth' by Ozzy Osbourne was hysterical because he thought he was saying "my ass is a-scattered"

Matt

I'll never forget the day my friend, Krissy, called me to tell me about this great new song, but she warned me that the lyrics were weird. I asked her to sing it. She sings "Hot potatoes, hot potatoes,...Hot potatoes. Hot potatoes, hot potatoes,...hot potatoes. Oh, oh, oh, hot potatoes." I cracked up! She was singing "Amadeus"!

Holly B.

When Metallica did the remake of Whiskey in a Jar my husband would always sing the words Whiskey and a Gyro. I still laugh at him everytime I hear that song.

Deb

The chorus to the song "Freshmen" by The Verve Pipe says
"We were only freshmen" ... I had a friend who would sing "We were only FLESHmen"

In the song "Busy Child" by The Crystal Method, there is a line that repeats a lot that says
"I guess I didn't know" ... the same friend misinterperated this as "I guess I didn't notice"

Not that I haven't had my share of misunderstandings of a lyrical nature... a few classics are:
White Zombie's "More Human than Human" -- "More human than you, man"
Gin Blossoms "Hey, Jealousy" -- "Hey, Chelsea!"
and in "Daria" by Cake, John McCrea sings the words "icing on a cake" at one point... for years I thought he was saying "I sing on a cake" ... what a revelation that was, when the truth dawned on me!

ZiZak

When I was young(er), the song "I was
made to love her" by Stevie Wonder
came out. I'm 47 years old now, and
still can't figure out the FIRST LINE!"I was born in ______, something,
something ... and, I THOUGHT the second
line was, "had a carpet sweeper, we were
always hand in hand." Now, I at least
know that "carpet sweeper" is "childhood
sweetheart" after a friend heard me
attempting to sing with the radio and
told me what a idiot I was - "You were
hand in hand with a carpet sweeper?' she roared. Well, "hey, hey, hey." I
at least knew THAT part. We still don't know the first line, though - it's just one of life's mysteries. Arden Las Vegas

Arden Diers

When the Eiffel 65 song "Blue Da Ba De" came out I thought they were saying "I'm Blue, if I was green I would die". Pretty dumb, but not as bad as one guy's argument that they were really saying "I'm Blue, I would beat off a guy". Bit of a perv.

Tank

There's a Kate Bush song on 'The Dreaming' that I thought had the most beautifully honest lyric I had ever heard: 'How come I really bore you?' Turns out it's, 'Not until I'm ready for you.'

John

I used to believe (acutally until about a month ago) that in the song This Kiss that instead of saying silver moom sparkeling, I tohugh they were saying saylor moon sparkling!

La Rubia

For the longest my mom used to think that the lyrics to nas's "if i ruled the world " were get down nancy pearl, when they were actually black diamonds and pearls. That was the funniest thing ever. To this day i cannot listen to that song without laughing.

Fallon

at shristmas in school we had to sing christmeas carols and i always thought "oh what fun it is to ride on a one horse open sleigh" was 2 oh what fun it is to ride on a one foot horse and sleigh" oh how wrong i was lol

sausage

In the Walking on Broken Glass song, My brother and I always used to sing "walking on, walking on, walking on broken grass" and run around barefoot in the yard.

Lindsay

When I first heard Bananarama's song Venus, I thought they were singing "I'm your penis, I'm your fire, Your desire."

And on the beauty commercials too, I thought the females were singing about a male body part.

Anon

When the song Hey Ya by Outkast came out and I first heard the verse that says, 'shake it like a polaroid picture' I thought they were saying 'shake it like a porn star' Oops:)

Elle

I used to think that in the song "Shameless" by Garth Brooks, he was singing "I'm SHAVIN'" instead of "I'm shameless"...

Manda

Kiss' song "I wanna rock and roll all night" - I thought it was "...and part of every day" (instead of "and party every day").

Also, Bruce Cockburn's song "If I had a rocket launcher" - I thought it was "if I had a rockin' lawn chair" (the next lyric is "some son of a b**ch would die" - odd!)

liz

When I was little and at Skateland (a place to rollerskate where they had music, and sometimes you could suggest songs) I heard this song called "poop that ass" so i really liked the beat so I suggested it. the Dj laughed at me, and clueless, i left to skate. In 6th grade I now know its Whoop there it is.

LIZZIE

I used to believe that the Offspring song "No Brakes" went "Tell Ballaws there is something singed always waiting for and waiting for the morning" instead of "Down below, there's a pile of sin, always waiting for and waiting for a warning."

Ballaws

When i was about 9, i used to love the song "Pure and Simple" and i was always dancing around the house singing it. And one day my brother goes to me "what are you saying?" and i go "Coz your my Sample! I'll be there for you, Your my Sample gona be there!"

Nix

In the Labryrith(dunno spelling) David Bowie song 'Dance Magic',I thought the lines "Slap that baby,make it breathe!" were "Slap that baby,make it pee!".Oh what a laugh me and my friends have now.

Sarah

Stephen Stills wrote a popular song called "Love the One You're With". I still burst our laughing when I think of my little sister singing "bon ja won ja wit" at the top of her lungs.

Anon