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Misheard song lyrics (also called mondegreens) occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song. These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics, which is called parody. This page contains all the misheard lyrics for Chicago that have been submitted to this site and the old collection from inthe80s started in 1996. For more information about the misheard lyrics available on this site, please read our FAQ.
There are 128 misheard song lyrics for Chicago on amIright currently.
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"25 Or 6 To 4"
Misheard Lyrics:
25 or 64
Original Lyrics:
25 or 6 to 4
"25 Or 6 To 4"
Misheard Lyrics:
25-4-6-2-4
Original Lyrics:
25 or 6 to 4
"25 Or 6 To 4"
Misheard Lyrics:
95 or 64
Original Lyrics:
25 or 6 to 4
"25 Or 6 To 4"
Misheard Lyrics:
City crossway out of door
Original Lyrics:
Sitting cross-legged on the floor
"25 Or 6 To 4"
Misheard Lyrics:
City crossways on the floor.
Original Lyrics:
Sitting cross-legged on the floor.
"25 Or 6 To 4"
Misheard Lyrics:
See the cornflake on the floor.
Original Lyrics:
Sitting cross-legged on the floor.
"25 Or 6 To 4"
Misheard Lyrics:
Twenty-five o' six two four
Original Lyrics:
Twenty-Five or six to four
"25 Or 6 To 4"
Misheard Lyrics:
Waiting for the Grey Cup game.
Original Lyrics:
Waiting for the break of day.
"25 Or 6 To 4"
Misheard Lyrics:
Waiting for the brink of day
Original Lyrics:
Waiting for the break of day
"All Roads Lead To You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Headed west on a jumbo jet
I rode off in to the retch, I said!
I rode off in to the retch, I said!
Original Lyrics:
Headed west on a jumbo jet
I rode off in to the red sunset.
I rode off in to the red sunset.
"Baby, What A Big Suprise"
Misheard Lyrics:
But here today it's soft and changed my life
Original Lyrics:
But here today you've softly changed my mind
"Baby, What A Big Suprise"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just to be alarmed
Was to be a little more than architect
Then in Kansas City
Then in Illinois,
To love me in the 'I could do'
Help me find my way
Was to be a little more than architect
Then in Kansas City
Then in Illinois,
To love me in the 'I could do'
Help me find my way
Original Lyrics:
Just to be alone
Was a little more than I could take
Then you came to stay
Hold me in the morn
Love me in the afternoon
Help me find my way
Was a little more than I could take
Then you came to stay
Hold me in the morn
Love me in the afternoon
Help me find my way
Editor's note: Please do not type the lyrics in all capitals; it is rather annoying (and considered equivalent to screaming, which is frowned upon).
"Baby, What A Big Suprise"
Misheard Lyrics:
Meggy, what a big surprise
or
Maggie, what a big surprise
or
Maybe, what a big surprise
or
Lady, what a big surprise
or
Maggie, what a big surprise
or
Maybe, what a big surprise
or
Lady, what a big surprise
Original Lyrics:
Baby, what a big surprise
"Baby, What A Big Suprise"
Misheard Lyrics:
Now we blend the night before, I think about the love we've thrown away
But now it doesn't matter anyway
But now it doesn't matter anyway
Original Lyrics:
Now and then, just like before, I think about the love we've thrown away
But now it doesn't matter anyway
But now it doesn't matter anyway
"Baby, What A Big Surprise"
Misheard Lyrics:
Baby, what a wig so high.
Original Lyrics:
Baby, what a big surprise.
"Bigger Than Elvis"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bigger than Everest
Original Lyrics:
Bigger than Elvis
"Blues in the Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
My mama done tol' me
When I was in Depends
My mama don tol' me
She said 'Son....'
When I was in Depends
My mama don tol' me
She said 'Son....'
Original Lyrics:
My mama done tol' me
When I was in knee-pants
My mama don tol' me
She said 'Son....'
When I was in knee-pants
My mama don tol' me
She said 'Son....'
This is actually a borrowed mis-hear. It is from the album Night and Day; the song is a 'cover' of a well-known Big Band song.
"Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Guess I had to go away,
some addition had to go through
some addition had to go through
Original Lyrics:
Guess I had to go away,
So much I had to go through
So much I had to go through
"Fancy Colours"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bittersweet but dry, sublime.
or
Bittersweet but drops of lime.
or
Bittersweet but drops of lime.
Original Lyrics:
Bittersweet, the drops of life.
"Fancy Colours"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bittersweet, bit drops of light
Original Lyrics:
Bittersweet, the drops of life
"Feelin' Stronger Every Day" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I know that we both agree
Best thing to happen to you
The worst thing to happen to me.
Best thing to happen to you
The worst thing to happen to me.
Original Lyrics:
I know that we both agree
Best thing to happen to you
The best thing that happened to me.
Best thing to happen to you
The best thing that happened to me.
"Hard Habit To Break"
Misheard Lyrics:
But deep in the mine it's an endless mine
I can't get ya out of my mine
I can't get ya out of my mine
Original Lyrics:
But deep in the night its an endless flight
I can't get ya out of my mind
I can't get ya out of my mind
"Hard Habit To Break"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't want to live without you because I don't make mistakes.
Original Lyrics:
Living without you is all a big mistake.
"Hard Habit To Break"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a driftin' to you
Original Lyrics:
I'm addicted to you
"Hard Habit To Break"
Misheard Lyrics:
She learned to live with it, but I don't want to
Original Lyrics:
Should learn to live with it, but I don't want to
"Hard Habit To Break"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're a heart having to break.
Original Lyrics:
You're a hard habit to break.
"Hard To Say I'm Sorry"
Misheard Lyrics:
After all the hoo you've been through
Original Lyrics:
After all that we've been through
"Hard To Say I'm Sorry"
Misheard Lyrics:
After all the whoo we've been through
I will make it up a pew I promise you
And after all that's been sad and done
You're just a part of me I can't let go.
I will make it up a pew I promise you
And after all that's been sad and done
You're just a part of me I can't let go.
Original Lyrics:
After all that we've been through
I will make it up to you I promise to.
And after all that's been said and done
You're just a part of me I can't let go.
I will make it up to you I promise to.
And after all that's been said and done
You're just a part of me I can't let go.
"Hard To Say I'm Sorry"
Misheard Lyrics:
Couldn't stand to be kept away,
Just for the day, from nobody
Just for the day, from nobody
Original Lyrics:
Couldn't stand to be kept away,
Just for the day, from your body
Just for the day, from your body
"Hard To Say I'm Sorry"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody needs a little time away,
A fantasy, from each other
A fantasy, from each other
Original Lyrics:
Everybody needs a little time away,
I heard her say, from each other
I heard her say, from each other
"Hard To Say I'm Sorry"
Misheard Lyrics:
Far away from the one man I love.
Original Lyrics:
Far away from the one that I love.
"Hard To Say I'm Sorry"
Misheard Lyrics:
Holding out
Original Lyrics:
Hold me now
"Hard To Say I'm Sorry"
Misheard Lyrics:
I am making love to you I promise you.
Original Lyrics:
I will make it up to you I promise too.
"Hard To Say I'm Sorry"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's hot to be a sa-di-an siren
Original Lyrics:
It's hard for me to say I'm sorry
"Hard To Say I'm Sorry"
Misheard Lyrics:
Who banana!
Original Lyrics:
Hold me now!
"Hard To Say I'm Sorry"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're the one Hakeem Olajuwon
Original Lyrics:
You're gonna be the lucky one
"Hard to Say I'm Sorry"
Misheard Lyrics:
After all the who you've been through
Original Lyrics:
After all that we've been through
No funny story. It's just what I hear when I look at my wife and know how she and I met.
"Harry Truman"
Misheard Lyrics:
We'd love to hear you speak in mime
Blaming civil ways
Blaming civil ways
Original Lyrics:
We'd love to hear you speak your mind
In plain and simple ways
In plain and simple ways
"I'd Rather Be Rich"
Misheard Lyrics:
Your sister's a bich
Your momma works like magic.
Your momma works like magic.
Original Lyrics:
The system's a bitch
But money works like magic.
But money works like magic.
"If She Would Have Been Faithful"
Misheard Lyrics:
If she would have been paid for
Original Lyrics:
If she would have been faithful
"If She Would Have Been Faithful"
Misheard Lyrics:
If you want a bid payphone
Original Lyrics:
If she would have been faithful
"If You Leave Me Now" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
If you leave me now, you'll take away the biggest parlor piece.
Original Lyrics:
If you leave me now, you'll take away the biggest part of me.
"If You Leave Me Now" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Ooh, oh no, baby, pizza dough.
Original Lyrics:
Oohh, oh no, baby, please don't go.
"If You Leave Me Now" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Oooh, no, there'll be peace on earth.
Original Lyrics:
Oooh, no, baby please don't go.
"If You Leave Me Now" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Oooh..No, baby ping pong ball
Original Lyrics:
Oooh.. No, baby please don't go
"If You Leave Me Now" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Oooh..no
Baby Flintstone girl
Baby Flintstone girl
Original Lyrics:
Oooh..no
Baby, please don't go.
Baby, please don't go.
"If You Leave Me Now" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
When tomorrow comes and we both declare
The things we said today.
The things we said today.
Original Lyrics:
When tomorrow comes and we'll both regret
The things we said today.
The things we said today.
"If You Leave Me Now" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
When tomorrow comes and we'll both feel better
The things we said today
The things we said today
Original Lyrics:
When tomorrow comes and we'll both regret
The things we said today.
The things we said today.
"In The Country" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Well, my b***s are like rivers in a stream
I see myself so clean.
I see myself so clean.
Original Lyrics:
Well, my thoughts are like ripples in a stream
I see myself so free.
I see myself so free.
"Look Away"
Misheard Lyrics:
And from what you said
I know you've got another me.
I know you've got another me.
Original Lyrics:
And from what you said
I know you've gotten over me.
I know you've gotten over me.
"Love Me Tomorrow"
Misheard Lyrics:
And though it's not what we perform.
Original Lyrics:
And though it's not what we both want.
"Love Me Tomorrow"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hurry babe, can't you see?
Original Lyrics:
Will you babe, can't you see?
"Love Me Tomorrow"
Misheard Lyrics:
Love me tomorrow, 'Furry Bear' won't you please
Love me tomorrow like today?
Love me tomorrow like today?
Original Lyrics:
Love me tomorrow, Hurry babe, won't you please
Love me tomorrow like today?
Love me tomorrow like today?
"Love Me Tomorrow"
Misheard Lyrics:
Love me tomorrow, not today
Original Lyrics:
Love me tomorrow, like today
"Love Me Tomorrow"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's sad. 'It's lonely here tonight,'
She always said when she's alone.
She always said when she's alone.
Original Lyrics:
She said, 'It's lonely here tonight.'
She's always sad when she's alone.
She's always sad when she's alone.
"Love Me Tomorrow"
Misheard Lyrics:
You know, when she's there, I'll carry on.
or
No - when she's there, I'll carry on.
or
No - when she's there, I'll carry on.
Original Lyrics:
Knowing she's there, I'll carry on.
"Make Me Smile" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Children play in the park, they don't know
I'm alone in the dark, feelin' low.
I'm alone in the dark, feelin' low.
Original Lyrics:
Children play in the park, they don't know
I'm alone in the dark, even though.
I'm alone in the dark, even though.
"Make Me Smile" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Tell her you were gay
Make her smile.
Make her smile.
Original Lyrics:
Tell me you will stay
Make me smile.
Make me smile.
"Make Me Smile" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
We make Almond Joys the dreams we share
Original Lyrics:
We may now enjoy the the dreams we share
"Make Me Smile" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
We may now enjoy the drinks we share, son of a gun!
Original Lyrics:
We may now enjoy the dreams we shared so long ago.
"Mongonucleosis"
Misheard Lyrics:
Get that Jazz-Rock
Original Lyrics:
Que pe chesa.
"Mongonucleosis"
Misheard Lyrics:
Get the chainsaw
Original Lyrics:
Que pe chesa.
"Mongonucleosis"
Misheard Lyrics:
Get the chairs out
Original Lyrics:
Que pe chesa.
"Mongonucleosis"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hit the jackpot
Original Lyrics:
Que pe chesa.
"Mongonucleosis"
Misheard Lyrics:
Keep the chestnuts.
Original Lyrics:
Que pe chesa.
"Mongonucleosis"
Misheard Lyrics:
Paper chaser
Original Lyrics:
Que pe chesa.
"No Tell Lover"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't-tell lover
or
Milk Dud lover
or
Milk Dud lover
Original Lyrics:
No-tell lover
"No Tell Lover"
Misheard Lyrics:
Uptown lover
or
Downtown lover
or
Downtown lover
Original Lyrics:
No-tell lover
"No Tell Lover"
Misheard Lyrics:
I loooooooove it...
Original Lyrics:
I'm loooooooooovin'....
"No Tell Lover"
Misheard Lyrics:
Put a smile on your face and a warm breeze
Now I need you lady.
Now I need you lady.
Original Lyrics:
Pretty smile, lovely face and a warm breeze
Now I need you lady.
Now I need you lady.
"No Tell Lover"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're my Motown lover.
Original Lyrics:
You're my no tell lover.
"No Tell Lover"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're my motel lover
or
You're my hotel lover
or
You're my hotel lover
Original Lyrics:
You're my no-tell lover
"Old Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
'How do you do' days
Original Lyrics:
Howdy Doody
"Old Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold me, good times I remember.
Original Lyrics:
Old Days, good times I remember.
"Old Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
Old days, good times I remember
Fundies, filled with simple pleasures
Fundies, filled with simple pleasures
Original Lyrics:
Old days, good times I remember
Fun days, filled with simple pleasures
Fun days, filled with simple pleasures
"Old Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
Old ladies
Original Lyrics:
Old Days
"Old Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oldies
Original Lyrics:
Old days
"Saturday In The Park"
Misheard Lyrics:
A Bronx man still can tell stories his own way.
Original Lyrics:
A bronze man still can tell stories his own way.
"Saturday In The Park"
Misheard Lyrics:
A Bronx man
Still can
Tell stories his own way.
Still can
Tell stories his own way.
Original Lyrics:
A bronze man
Still can
Tell stories his own way.
Still can
Tell stories his own way.
"Saturday In The Park"
Misheard Lyrics:
A bronze man
Steely Dan
Tell stories their own way.
Steely Dan
Tell stories their own way.
Original Lyrics:
A bronze man
Still can
Tell stories his own way.
Still can
Tell stories his own way.
"Saturday In The Park"
Misheard Lyrics:
A man playing skin toss, and singing to us all
Original Lyrics:
A man playing guitar, and singing to us all
"Saturday In The Park"
Misheard Lyrics:
A proud man still can tell stories his own way
Original Lyrics:
A bronze man still can tell stories his own way
Over 30 years of thinking it was "proud"... what the heck "bronze"??
"Saturday In The Park"
Misheard Lyrics:
A proud man
Still can
Tell the story his own way.
Still can
Tell the story his own way.
Original Lyrics:
A bronze man
Still can
Tell stories his own way.
Still can
Tell stories his own way.
"Saturday In The Park"
Misheard Lyrics:
Forty days in the park,
Every day's the Fourth of July
Every day's the Fourth of July
Original Lyrics:
Funny days in the park,
Every day's the Fourth of July
Every day's the Fourth of July
"Saturday In The Park"
Misheard Lyrics:
Forty days in the park
Original Lyrics:
Funny days in the park
"Saturday In The Park"
Misheard Lyrics:
Little children, always alone
Original Lyrics:
Listen, children, all is not lost.
"Saturday In The Park"
Misheard Lyrics:
Saturday in the dark
Original Lyrics:
Saturday in the park
"Saturday In The Park"
Misheard Lyrics:
Saturday steel guitar
Original Lyrics:
Saturday in the park
"Scrapbook"
Misheard Lyrics:
Jimi brought some cannabis
Had us on the tour.
Had us on the tour.
Original Lyrics:
Jimi was so kind to us
Had us on the tour.
Had us on the tour.
"Show Me A Sign"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold on to the line.
Original Lyrics:
Hold on to the light.
"Show Me A Sign"
Misheard Lyrics:
Is there a threat we can hold on to?
Original Lyrics:
Is there a thread we can hold on to?
"Show Me A Sign"
Misheard Lyrics:
Show me a sine.
Original Lyrics:
Show me a sign.
"Stay The Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
And if you still don't have to
Unless there's something that you’ve got to hide
We’ve got better things to do
Unless there's something that you’ve got to hide
We’ve got better things to do
Original Lyrics:
And if you still don't have a clue
Unless there's something else you've got in mind
We’ve got better things to do
Unless there's something else you've got in mind
We’ve got better things to do
"Stay The Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
And if you still don't have to.
Unless there's something that you've got to hide
Unless there's something that you've got to hide
Original Lyrics:
And if you still don't have a clue.
Unless there's something else you've got in mind
Unless there's something else you've got in mind
"Stay The Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
Nothing can stop you from getting away.
So, pay tonight
So, pay tonight
Original Lyrics:
Nothing can stop us from drifting away.
So stay the night
So stay the night
"Stay The Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
One thing I can tell you, I'm gonna be fair
Original Lyrics:
One thing I can tell you, make it perfectly clear
"Stay The Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
Stale nights
Original Lyrics:
Stay the night
"Stay The Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
Stay the night
Sounds groovy, lucky for 2.
Sounds groovy, lucky for 2.
Original Lyrics:
Stay the night
There's room enough here for two.
There's room enough here for two.
"Stay The Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
Steak and eggs
Original Lyrics:
Stay the night
"Stay The Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's room in love here for two
Original Lyrics:
There's room enough here for two
"Street Player"
Misheard Lyrics:
Beantown pullin' through my mind.
Original Lyrics:
Street sounds swirling through my mind.
"Street Player"
Misheard Lyrics:
Street signs flowing through my mind
Original Lyrics:
Street sounds swirling through my mind
This is exactly the same phrase later sampled by The Bucketheads in the mid-90s for their song "The Bomb."
"Street Player"
Misheard Lyrics:
These sounds fall into my mind
Original Lyrics:
Street sounds swirling through my mind
"Street Player"
Misheard Lyrics:
These sounds fall through my mind.
Original Lyrics:
Street sounds swirling through my mind.
"The Pull"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the pleasures in my eyes
Original Lyrics:
And the flashes in my eyes
"The Pull"
Misheard Lyrics:
I recall the heat risin' from the ground in waves.
Original Lyrics:
I recall the heat risin' from the ground in a way.
"The Pull"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like a judge, it kills me
Black rope hanging down
Black rope hanging down
Original Lyrics:
Like a judge accusing
Black robe hanging down
Black robe hanging down
"The Pull"
Misheard Lyrics:
Summers in Kansas often doomed.
Original Lyrics:
Summers in Kansas often do.
"The Pull"
Misheard Lyrics:
Well I walk across the funky moon
or
Well I walk across the monkey moon
or
Well I walk across the monkey, oooh
or
Well I walk across the monkey, moo.
or
Well I walk across the monkey moon
or
Well I walk across the monkey, oooh
or
Well I walk across the monkey, moo.
Original Lyrics:
Well I walk across the murky room.
"What Kind Of Man Would I Be?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh girl, if I could count all the streets as twice...
Original Lyrics:
Oh girl, if I could count all the sleepless nights...
"What Kind Of Man Would I Be?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Whoa baby, who wouldn't want to have you in bed tonight?
Original Lyrics:
Oh baby, who wouldn't want to have you in their lives?
"What Kind Of Man Would I Be?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Whoa, baby, who wouldn't want to have you in bed tonight?
Original Lyrics:
Oh, baby, who wouldn't wanna have you in their lives?
"Will You Still Love Me?"
Misheard Lyrics:
I never had the things you do.
Original Lyrics:
I never had a thing to prove.
"Will You Still Love Me?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Now you're old and alone.
Original Lyrics:
Now you're all that I know.
"You're Not Alone"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've seen you dance in a legend in the moonlight.
Original Lyrics:
I see you there, a silhouette in the moonlight.
"You're Not Alone"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've seen you dance in a legend in the moonlight.
Original Lyrics:
I see you there, a silhouette in the moonlight.
"You're Not Alone"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wanna be a sex story on the late night news.
Original Lyrics:
Wanna be a sad story on the late night news.
"You're Not Alone"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're not alone, throw me a bone.
Original Lyrics:
You're not alone, pick up the phone.
"You're The Inspiration" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
From tonight until the end of time
You should know (Yes, you need to know)
Everywhere I go
You're always on my mind
You're in my heart
You imbecile.
You should know (Yes, you need to know)
Everywhere I go
You're always on my mind
You're in my heart
You imbecile.
Original Lyrics:
From tonight until the end of time
You should know (Yes, you need to know)
Everywhere I go
You're always on my mind
You're in my heart
In my soul
You should know (Yes, you need to know)
Everywhere I go
You're always on my mind
You're in my heart
In my soul
"You're The Inspiration" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I want to have you near me sayin'.
Original Lyrics:
I want to have you hear me sayin'
"You're The Inspiration" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I want you to here with Satan
Original Lyrics:
I want you to have you hear me sayin'...
"You're The Inspiration" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Wanna have you hear me
I wanna have you here beside me.
I wanna have you here beside me.
Original Lyrics:
Wanna have you near me
I wanna have you hear me sayin'...
I wanna have you hear me sayin'...
"You're The Inspiration" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Wanna have your deer meat
Original Lyrics:
Wanna have you near me
"You're The Inspiration" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You're the insulation
Original Lyrics:
You're the inspiration
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