Story about this misheard lyric by: Psycho deBergerac: My friend Scott was really into new wave music way before they started calling it "Alternative Rock/Pop" and just devoured anything of that ilk. He had note books of lyrics to songs he heard, and "Goody Two Shoes" was one of those songs. As I read the lyrics he had written down, I started laughing hysterically and told him there was no way those could be the lyrics. The misheard lyric above was a typical example, and as I leafed through the notebook I laughed even harder as I began to realize all of the lyrics he had written down for numerous songs were all wrong. Finally, he snatched the book from my hand and stormed off. He wouldn't talk to me for days afterward. I wish I had that notebook in my possession now as it would've been a valuble source of info for this site.

Story about this misheard lyric by: Sheila Evans: A friend was playing this on my car CD player; and I thought, "Well, hmmmm...." on hearing the lines as I misheard them. On further reflection at home, while looking up the correct lyrics, I pondered my misheard version in more detail. I thought, ah, so only Heaven would know that? Huh? What a thing for only Heaven to know!?!

Story about this misheard lyric by: Lisa Basil: In fact, this is the first line of her reading. Everytime I've listened, it sounds exactly likely she starts off with the word "Frontier". But as she goes on, I recognize the passage from Luke 2 that she is reading. And then I know that the words that sound like "Frontier" are actually "For unto you"

Story about this misheard lyric by: Courtney Jane: I bought Ali Lohan's Christmas CD, thinking it might be a gamble that it would be worth it. Well, in general I found it surprisingly worth listening to, and it gives me some hope that this young singer might not go down the same wreckless path as her big sister. But Ali could stand to annunciate her words a bit more clearly. Even though I was quite familiar with the words to this standard, it certainly SOUNDED like she was singing "When it snows men and women"!

Story about this misheard lyric by: Amber Wayland: I heard this on a car radio and thought it sounded just like they were saying "thunder". I was thinking, "How can thunder take anyone into space?" Then my sister's boyfriend helped me figure out what song it was. But he was unfamiliar with that line and had to look up the real lyrics. Now that we know the real words, how can wonder take anybody into space, for that matter?

Story about this misheard lyric by: CiCi: I was hearing it on the radio one day at work. When I mishard that line, I went, "Since when was Beyonce a Buddhist?". My Buddhist friend told me in an irritated tone, "BUDDHISTS ARE NOT FOOLISH."

Story about this misheard lyric by: Amy: My ex-boyfriend was singing it this way one day. When I heard him I just about peed my pants laughing at him. It's still a pretty big joke.

Story about this misheard lyric by: nathan: We listened to this song at camp each day. Everyone in my bunk was wondering what a chomboche was for 2 weeks.

Story about this misheard lyric by: Victor: The first time I heard this on the radio, I thought it was a soft drink commercial.

Story about this misheard lyric by: Keri: When my oldest son was a baby, we called him little Earl, Since that's what we thought we heard the song say, we sang it to him all the time.

Story about this misheard lyric by: jeaison childs: A friend's uncle at the police department asked one night what (the acronym) G.R.O.S.L. was. I just laughed.

Story about this misheard lyric by: Laura: I was on the way to school, and I was listening to this. I wanted Mexican food...and I guess that's just how I heard it.

Story about this misheard lyric by: Jonny: Thats what my brother was singing fof a while when it came out.

Story about this misheard lyric by: Andria: I first heard this song in 1991 at a family reunion. There are a lot of truckers in my family, and when they were singing along to an old record (my old record, to be exact), I was singing about 10-4 gears and a Georgie Euler drive. I was sternly reprimanded and I was given the correct lyrics, and peace resumed at the Kilgore-Reznick Family Reunion afterward.

Story about this misheard lyric by: Ashley: I used to bring in lots of "strange" music for my guitar teacher to help me learn. He had a habit of mishearing the lyrics, and this was the most memorable.

Story about this misheard lyric by: Adam C.: My Uncle was convinced for many years that 'Poison Serpant' were the lyrics in the song, yes - despite the song actually being called 'Boys of Summer'. One day he was singing along with my Dad and Cousin who are also massive Eagles fans and heard him blurt it out. They both turned to him and gave him some stick to say the least. Everytime I hear the song now I think of him. (He's not dead or anything, it just makes me laugh.)

Story about this misheard lyric by: Amber Wayland: I had trouble understanding the lyrics to this song. And apparently, so do those who make up lyrics sites. I checked lyrics sites for this and found that the majority of them show this line as "If I had one wish, it would be more Christmas". The first thing to clue me to the wrongness of that is that she clearly sings another word in that line, after "Christmas". Then I listened to the whole song while reading one of those lyrics sites, and found other lines where the lyrics that they cite clearly leave off one or even two words before she finishes the line. The line that I've quoted above is sung twice in the song, once early and once later. I eventually noticed that the first time is when she clearly sounds like she says "Christmas tree". The second time makes it easier to guess that she just might be saying "Christmas kiss". So I again searched that line by Google, assuming "kiss" might be right, and found two sites that show the lyrics that way. Furthermore I found that those two also finish those other lines cut short on those several other sites. So that made me confident that I had found the correct lyrics at last on those two sites.

Story about this misheard lyric by: Heidi: I thought that they were singing about food, since they talk about fried chicken and going to a grocery store.

Story about this misheard lyric by: Amber Wayland: Here's a case of hearing a familiar song sung in a new style by a happy-go-quirky group with some peculiar pronunciation patterns that make it sound like they alter the lyrics at some places. They do in fact change some of the lyrics and add in spoken phrases at places. But this that I've cited must be a real mishearing. It wouldn't fit their overall rendition of this standard to say that Rudolph had a shabby nose, as much as it sounds to me exactly AS IF they said "shiabby" rather than "shiny". It is clear that, if they are treating the song with any irreverence, they're not being THAT irreverent. It's basically a somewhat innovative but serious and likeable rendition of this familiar song.

Story about this misheard lyric by: Jerry: Heard this from a friend in 1970 or so. She really though that was how it went. It was Thanksgiving time after all.

Story about this misheard lyric by: Amber Wayland: I bought a CD called "No Way! It's Like So Christmas" (by various artists). I was in another room when I heard these particular lyrics playing. The misheard version was definitely what it sounded like from there. Later when I played it again and waited in the same room to listen, the pronunciation (of the song generally) was not especiallyly clear, but I was able to make out the correct lyrics to most lines, including these. Later my big sister's boyfriend played for me an older version of the song, by Brenda Lee, and that one was a bit easier to understand.

Story about this misheard lyric by: Tim Judge: In the '50s there was a car model called a "deuce and a quarter". Naturally, we thought that was what was being sung.

Story about this misheard lyric by: Gretchen Wieners: I'd long known the song from the James Taylor version, and knew that HE sang "fire and rain", NOT "God and rain". Then I was at a trivia contest, where the trivia host plays music and he plays it loud while groups are working on their answers. That's supposedly so groups can discuss their responses without other groups overhearing them. But some in my group object to the loud music and hope to soon find a different trivia venue. Anyhow, the last time my group was there, the songs he was playing were familiar songs but in a different style. Like, I recognized "Rocket Man" but clearly not the Elton John version and later "Fire And Rain" but clearly not the James Taylor version. I asked the trivia host who was singing these and he said "Me First And The Gimme Gimmes." I had to ask him twice to even begin to catch that peculiar band name. Oops -- don't tell anyone I said that. I could be thought unfetch to not be keeping up with what might be for all I know a hot "in" band currently. But I didn't known of them. I'm really a closet math geek. Oh, no -- don't tell anybody I said that. Anyhow, the reason I wondered who this was singing this different version of "Fire And Rain" was because I thought it sounded totally more like they were saying "God And Rain" than "Fire And Rain". So I went home and looked up this strange band and found that what was played must be their "Have A Ball" album. It does have "Fire and Rain". But then I thought that the lyrics change that I thought I heard would change the song's title (wouldn't it, logically). So I researched the matter a bit more online, only to find no evidence they either they or anyone else ever recorded a song called "God And Rain". So I became pretty sure that what I heard was a strange pronunciation of "Fire and rain," even though I still think it totally SOUNDED more like "God and rain" for some reason.

Story about this misheard lyric by: Randoon: I heard this on a cheap car radio - hence the misunderstanding.

Story about this misheard lyric by: Armin: I found these misheard lyrics in a youtube film, complete with the matching pictures. If you listen to the song and watch the misheard lyrics, you really start to hear the wrong text.

Story about this misheard lyric by: Meredith Corpening: I had heard this song before but hadn't familiarized myself with all the lyrics. Then I heard it tonight on my car radio. And this line, which I'd never particularly noticed before, struck me as sounding just like the misheard version that I've quoted. I knew that couldn't be right, so as soon as I got home, I checked out the real words on line. By then I'd already thought about how, sadly, with some marriages I've known of, the misheard lyrics turn out to fit better than the real ones.

Story about this misheard lyric by: Jayleen Delgado: I heard this song for the first time when I was 7 years old, and I just couldn't get past Neil Tennant's accent. So, to the best of my knowledge the song had to do with boys and waves, with some kind of Spanish flare, hence the "ole, ole" - lol

Story about this misheard lyric by: Harry: I was on Youtube, and there are people making fun of Slipknot by messing up the lyrics. But the people blogging think that they are the real lyrics, and many get mistaken for these lyrics.

Story about this misheard lyric by: Marvin: A bunch of us go tubing on the Guadalupe in Texas each year and call it Camp Hurl. It's become a pretty tight group of people. One year, after a few brewskis, this song came on and that's what they heard and it just fit. We've even written a song to go with it (sorta).

Story about this misheard lyric by: Piper Piper: When I thought they were saying 'cake or Pepsi' I used to think of an empty pint-size Pepsi glass stuffed with birthday cake and then I thought, 'How do you stuff a Pepsi bottle with birthday cake?'

Story about this misheard lyric by: Amber Wayland: On first listening to this on a Christmas CD of mine, it sounded exactly like they said "One small voice, away too strong". But I wondered why they would say that, as it doesn't go along at all with the song generaly, which is about the good that one small voice can do. So calling it "too strong" just wouldn't make sense. I listened again, more closely, but the pronunciation of that line was obscure. With some difficulty, I found the words online. It was a bit hard because there are several different "One Small Voice" songs with different lyrics, but with some confusing resemblance among them. The version that came up most was by Sesame Street. Its second verse seemed to start off similar to this song's first verse, but soon it was clear that they weren't the same. Finally I found this version and learned the correct lyrics.

Story about this misheard lyric by: Kalili: For years, I thought this was the lyric. And so did the milkman, the paperboy, even MTV.

Story about this misheard lyric by: Ruby Spinel: William Frawley was the actor who played "Fred" on "I Love Lucy". For years, I thought that this song referred to him.

Story about this misheard lyric by: Buffy: I first heard it at my line-dancing class while learning a dance called "Zjozzy's Funk" (apparently pronounced "Lolly's Funk"). I eventually found the title of the song and lyrics while looking for the dance steps on the net. The song is in Italian. No wonder I got confused!