Random - Misheard Lyrics

[shmee]

I was creepin on another board and they had one of these threads, they're always good for a laugh. And since I can't think of a clicky poll today to save my life, I present this instead.

What are some song lyrics you've been singing wrong all along? Bonus points if you have an embarrassing story about how you found out the real lyrics.

[shmee]

I always thought it was "I wanna rock and roll all night, and part of every day" instead of "and party every day." Cuz you know, rocking and rolling all night could be exhausting, so only part of every day would be totally understandable.

[t1green]

My aunt had a funny calendar one year of misheard song lyrics and the one that always made me crack up was Dancing Queen. "See that girl. Watch her scream. Kicking the dancing queen."

[beebe918]

Not misheard but misunderstood. When I was younger and would listen to the old country song "Pickup Man" one of the lyrics was "I've got an 8-foot bed that never has to be made" I thought the singer just had a bed that he didn't have to make because he was single/girls like him so much they didn't care that he didn't make his bed. I realized later he was referring to the bed of his truck.

[adetheridge]

For the longest time I thought Metallica's-Enter Sandman was saying Eggs Delight. (Supposed to be exit light) Because all sandmen need eggs.

[SassyPants150]

I always thought that Green Day was saying "Sell donuts at my door" instead of "So don't knock down my door" in When I Come Around.

Also, my sisters and I had a huge debate about Fleetwood Mac's Edge of Seventeen over whether it was a one-winged dove or a white winged dove. I totally thought it was a one-winged dove.

[shmee]

Feb 4, 2015 12:05:49 GMT -5 SassyPants150 said:

I always thought that Green Day was saying "Sell donuts at my door" instead of "So don't knock down my door" in When I Come Around.

Also, my sisters and I had a huge debate about Fleetwood Mac's Edge of Seventeen over whether it was a one-winged dove or a white winged dove. I totally thought it was a one-winged dove.

Ha! That's too funny, we had the same debate in my family and it turns out my brother thought it was "just like the way we were" so he was way off.

[viola]

Recently I thought Taylor Swift's song Shake it off was "shake it out" My sister corrected me when I was singing it and it totally threw off my groove.

also I still hear (even thought I know better) that christmas song "Later we'll have some fuckin' pie and we'll do some caroling"
I sing it that way too because, hilarious.

[shmee]

Feb 4, 2015 12:07:06 GMT -5 @gfj48 said:

When I was younger I used to sing the line in Aladdin's Prince Ali "Prince Ali - fabulous he - Ali Ababwa Genuflect, show some respect: Down on one knee" as domicelly. Which makes no sense, but I was 8 so whatever. My mom makes fun of me constantly about it still.

If it makes you feel any better, I always just mumbled the genuflect part. No idea what that is and today is the first time I've read the real lyrics.

[SassyPants150]

Oh and DHs favorite movie is Top Gun and I definitely thought that it was "I went to the danger zone" instead of "Highway to the danger zone". He looked at me like I was an idiot.

[Ee]

Feb 4, 2015 12:05:49 GMT -5 SassyPants150 said:

I always thought that Green Day was saying "Sell donuts at my door" instead of "So don't knock down my door" in When I Come Around.

Also, my sisters and I had a huge debate about Fleetwood Mac's Edge of Seventeen over whether it was a one-winged dove or a white winged dove. I totally thought it was a one-winged dove.

I thought it was one-winged dove until just this minute when I read this! >.<

[adetheridge]

Feb 4, 2015 12:15:09 GMT -5 SassyPants150 said:

Oh and DHs favorite movie is Top Gun and I definitely thought that it was "I went to the danger zone" instead of "Highway to the danger zone". He looked at me like I was an idiot.

Dyinggggg. I'm glad you finally opened my eyes to this. This is my dad's favorite movie so I have seen it 6565100000 times. I just sat here and sang it in my head the wrong way. Face Palm lol Good information to know.  

[Poppy]

My husband and BIL found it hilarious that I've been pronouncing jukebox wrong my whole life. I had no idea that was how it was pronounced. I thought it was jutebox!

[SassyPants150]

I love this post.

[shmee]

I posted this same thread on TTCAL back in the day and one that always made me laugh was Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit", someone thought it was

"a mosquito, not a beetle" instead of "a mosquito, my libido"

So now whenever I hear it, I sing "not a beetle" and laugh.

[beebe918]

And another misunderstood lyric, I remember being young and listening to Alanis Moriesette's "You Oughta Know" I thought the lyrics were "cross eyed bear" instead of "cross I bare" and I was like why did this guy give her a cross eyed bear?

[cosmicav]

I always thought the opening line to ACDC's "You Shook Me All Night Long" was: "she was a sex machine," and the other day I belted that one out and got some very weird looks. Apparently, she was a fast machine, and not a sex machine. Oooops

[amelandre]

I can't think of any good one right now! DH and I always purposely mess up a line in "Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys" that says "Cowboys like smokey old pool rooms, and clear mountain mornings"

We like to sing "Cowboys like smokey old poon rooms" because that's what it sounds like when Willie Nelson sings it.

[robotpcr]

I think this is a pretty common one but my mom says when I was a kid I would loudly sing CCR's "there's a bad moon on the rise" as "there's a bathroom on the right"

[shmee]

I am learning a lot in this thread. Especially the Alanis piece.

[saltyh2O]

A dear friend's 5year old daughter recently informed me that the lyrics to that (terribly, awfully ridiculously bad) "Black Widow" song by Iggy What's-her-face are, in fact...."like a black wittle baby." You know, wittle, like the kind we're all carrying on our bladders currently.

Can't help but laugh whenever I hear it now. Much funnier that way of course.

[limad]

Do you remember that Shakira song Shewolf or whatever? It was played on the radio way too much.
She says "There's a shewolf in my closet..."
I caught DH singing "There's a shewolf in my pocket"

[lgsdesigner]

Dire Straits "Money for Nothing". 
I used to think it said:

"We've got some movies, refrigerators...we've got some movies for color tv"
Nope! It's:
"We gotta move these, refrigerators...we gotta move these color tv's"

and

"Get your money for nothing and your CHECKS for free!" 
Nope! It's:
"Get your money for nothing and your CHICKS for free!"

Haha!

[brittneysandra]

Bob Segar song - Night Moves...
Bob- "Working on her night moves"
Brittney's - ..."Working on the NIGHT MOON"

Kip Moore- Beer Money
Kip- "and I got a little beer money"
Brittney- "and I got a little bit o money"

Both are just two, and DH had to correct me and be like WTF ru singing? , I had no idea! .. especially the bob segar one, I've been singing it that way my whole life! lol

[brittneysandra]

Feb 4, 2015 12:22:01 GMT -5 beeorange said:

Blinded By the Light by Manfred Mann

Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night

I thought it was wrapped up like a douche in the middle of the night.

When I was 15 my sister and I were in the car and that song comes on, when it's over I say "why would anyone sing about douches?". She's like "you're a fucking idiot, it's revved up like a deuce." My sister is nice.

BAHAHAH ME TOO!!>. and up until this moment I thought it was douche!!! 

[staccajaye]

Feb 4, 2015 12:58:14 GMT -5 amelandre said:

I can't think of any good one right now! DH and I always purposely mess up a line in "Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys" that says "Cowboys like smokey old pool rooms, and clear mountain mornings"

We like to sing "Cowboys like smokey old poon rooms" because that's what it sounds like when Willie Nelson sings it.

Hahaha

I love this song

[staccajaye]

Summer of '69.
The first line I've been singing
"Got my first real sex dream"
When it's actually
"Got my first real six string"

Whoops

[lgsdesigner]

Feb 4, 2015 14:02:59 GMT -5 staccajaye said:

Summer of '69.
The first line I've been singing
"Got my first real sex dream"
When it's actually
"Got my first real six string"

Whoops

Bwahaha! This is awesome.

[lgsdesigner]

One more:
Lit – “My Own Worst Enemy”

I thought he said:

“Can we forget about the things I said when I was druuuunk…I didn’t mean to call you FAT!”

He actually said:

“Can we forget about the things I said when I was druuuunk…I didn’t mean to call you THAT!”

[prater2011]

Feb 4, 2015 12:22:01 GMT -5 beeorange said:

Blinded By the Light by Manfred Mann

Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night

I thought it was wrapped up like a douche in the middle of the night.

When I was 15 my sister and I were in the car and that song comes on, when it's over I say "why would anyone sing about douches?". She's like "you're a fucking idiot, it's revved up like a deuce." My sister is nice.

I'd say this is a classic misheard lyric! love it