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Misheard Song Lyrics -> Artist -> M -> Paul McCartney
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 Paul McCartney 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 110 misheard song lyrics for Paul McCartney on amIright currently.
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"Another Day" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Stripping in her stockings
Stepping on my shoes
Dipping into buckets of a rainbow.
Stepping on my shoes
Dipping into buckets of a rainbow.
Original Lyrics:
Slipping into stockings
Stepping into shoes
Dipping in the pockets of her raincoat.
Stepping into shoes
Dipping in the pockets of her raincoat.
"Ballroom Dancing"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ballroom dancing
Made a man a beast.
Made a man a beast.
Original Lyrics:
Ballroom dancing
Made a man of me.
Made a man of me.
"Ballroom Dancing"
Misheard Lyrics:
DVD
Original Lyrics:
Big B.D.
However, DVDs did not exist at the time this song was made.
"Band On The Run" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Bad Donna Run
Original Lyrics:
Band on the run
Editor's note: For other mishearings of this song, please see entries filed under 'Paul McCartney & Wings', since that's how he released it. (Yet some people are still inclined to look for the song under his own name.)
"Beautiful Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
I won't need a castle
They've got castles in the sky
or
They've got castles on the side
or
They've got castles in their sighs
or
They've got castles on the sly
or
They've got castles in the sign
They've got castles in the sky
or
They've got castles on the side
or
They've got castles in their sighs
or
They've got castles on the sly
or
They've got castles in the sign
Original Lyrics:
I won't need a castle
They've got castles in Versailles
They've got castles in Versailles
"Beautiful Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
We can look for catholics
Pretty catholics in the sky
or
We can look for hassles
Pretty hassles in the sky
or
We can look for a**holes
Three d*** a**holes in the sky
Pretty catholics in the sky
or
We can look for hassles
Pretty hassles in the sky
or
We can look for a**holes
Three d*** a**holes in the sky
Original Lyrics:
We can look for castles
Pretty castles in the sky
Pretty castles in the sky
"Coming Up" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Coming up, like a brother.
Original Lyrics:
Coming up, like a flower.
"Coming Up" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Dummy up, like a flower.
Original Lyrics:
Coming up, like a flower.
"Coming Up" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Scummy up, take a shower
Original Lyrics:
Coming up, like a flower.
"Ever Present Past"
Misheard Lyrics:
Indeed, indeed, I did
or
I do, I do, I did
or
I do, I do, I did
Original Lyrics:
The things I think I did
"Figure of Eight"
Misheard Lyrics:
Well, figure it out for yourself, little girl
Don't go low where a doll
's nothing bother the day-glo
In a big a**h***.
Don't go low where a doll
's nothing bother the day-glo
In a big a**h***.
Original Lyrics:
Well, figure it out for yourself, little girl
Don't go nowhere at all
It's nothing more than a tape loop
In a big dance hall.
Don't go nowhere at all
It's nothing more than a tape loop
In a big dance hall.
"Follow Me" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You give me erections
You show me the way.
You show me the way.
Original Lyrics:
You give me directions
You show me the way.
You show me the way.
"Golden Earth Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
Fish in a sunbeam
In a Chelsea
In a Chelsea
Original Lyrics:
Fish in a sunbeam
In eggshell seas
In eggshell seas
"Heaven On A Sunday"
Misheard Lyrics:
And if I only had one love
Yours would be the one-eyed shoes.
Yours would be the one-eyed shoes.
Original Lyrics:
And if I only had one love
Yours would be the one I'd choose.
Yours would be the one I'd choose.
"Helen Wheels"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hello! Hello, weiner!
or
Hallow, Halloweener!
or
Hallow, Halloweener!
Original Lyrics:
Hell on wheels
"Helen Wheels"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hello, Wheels
Original Lyrics:
Hell on wheels
"Hell On Wheels"
Misheard Lyrics:
Heaven? Seborrhea!
Original Lyrics:
Hell on wheels
"Hope Of Deliverance"
Misheard Lyrics:
Anna wouldn't mind glowing, glowing.
Original Lyrics:
And I wouldn't mind knowing, knowing.
"Hope Of Deliverance"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dope of delirium
Original Lyrics:
Hope of deliverance
"Hope Of Deliverance"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hope my minarets
Hold back the cigarettes
Won't my minarets from the door just that surrounds you
Hold back the cigarettes
Won't my minarets from the door just that surrounds you
Original Lyrics:
Hope of deliverance
Hope of deliverance
Hope of deliverance from the darkness that surrounds you
Hope of deliverance
Hope of deliverance from the darkness that surrounds you
"Hope Of Deliverance"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, I'm carnivorous.
Original Lyrics:
Hope of deliverance.
"Hope Of Deliverance"
Misheard Lyrics:
Touch by the little ones
Original Lyrics:
Hope of deliverance
"Hope Of Deliverance"
Misheard Lyrics:
Vote for the Liberals
Original Lyrics:
Hope of deliverance
"Hope Of Deliverance"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're unbelievable.
Original Lyrics:
Hope on deliverance
"I'll Give You A Ring"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll take you to the restroom.
Original Lyrics:
I'll take you to the restaurant.
"Let 'em In" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Two weeks later, open the door, and let 'em in
Original Lyrics:
Do me a favor, open the door, and let 'em in
"Live And Let Die" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You gotta give the other fellow help.
Original Lyrics:
You gotta give the other fellow hell.
"Live And Let Die" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You gotta give the other men a hand.
Original Lyrics:
You gotta give the other fellow hell.
Editor's note: For additional mishearings of this song, look under Paul McCartney & Wings (which is how it is officially credited).
"Magneto And Titanium Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
A middle-aged Iranian man
Original Lyrics:
Magneto and Titanium Man
"Mamunia"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm only a, I'm only a... Whore
Original Lyrics:
Mamunia mamunia mamunia Ohhhhhhh
"Maybe I'm Amazed" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Baby, I'm amazed at the way you told me on the line
Original Lyrics:
Maybe, I'm amazed at the way you pulled me out of time
"Maybe I'm Amazed" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Billy is a man
but he's not the only man who's in the middle of something that he doesn't really understand
but he's not the only man who's in the middle of something that he doesn't really understand
Original Lyrics:
Maybe I'm amazed,
maybe I'm a lonely man who's in the middle of something that he doesn't really understand
maybe I'm a lonely man who's in the middle of something that he doesn't really understand
"Maybe I'm Amazed" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Maybe I'm a lonely man who's in the middle of something
Daddy doesn' t really understand.
Daddy doesn' t really understand.
Original Lyrics:
Maybe I'm a lonely man who's in the middle of something
That he doesn't really understand.
That he doesn't really understand.
"Maybe I'm Amazed" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Maybe I'm amazed at the way you whiff me all the time.
Original Lyrics:
Maybe I'm amazed at the way you're with me all the time.
"Maybe I'm Amazed" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Maybe I'm lonely man who's ever really lost something.
Original Lyrics:
Maybe I'm a lonely man who's in the middle of something.
"Maybe, I'm Amazed" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Maybe I'm a man,
and maybe you're the only woman who could ever have me!
and maybe you're the only woman who could ever have me!
Original Lyrics:
Maybe I'm a man,
and maybe you're the only woman who could ever help me
and maybe you're the only woman who could ever help me
"Maybe, I'm Amazed" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Maybe I'm amazed, maybe I'm a lonely man
Who's in the middle of Sunday
Who's in the middle of Sunday
Original Lyrics:
Maybe I'm amazed, maybe I'm a lonely man
Who's in the middle of something
Who's in the middle of something
"Mull Of Kintyre" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Bollokin' tired
P***ed rolling in from a scene.
P***ed rolling in from a scene.
Original Lyrics:
Mull of Kintyre
Mist rolling in from the sea.
Mist rolling in from the sea.
"Mull Of Kintyre" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Mull of King Tyre
Original Lyrics:
Mull of Kintyre
The mist rolling in from the sea.
The mist rolling in from the sea.
I like to hear it, to learn the words.
"Mull Of Kintyre" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Mull of Kintyre
O mince rolling in from the sea.
O mince rolling in from the sea.
Original Lyrics:
Mull of Kintyre
The mist rolling in from the sea.
The mist rolling in from the sea.
"Mull Of Kintyre" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Mulligan's tire
On this golden empire
The seed I desire is always too near.
On this golden empire
The seed I desire is always too near.
Original Lyrics:
Mull of Kintyre
Oh mist rolling in from the sea
My desire is always to be here.
Oh mist rolling in from the sea
My desire is always to be here.
Kintyre is one of the Scottish isles. A mull is a promontory or cliff.
"Mull of Kintyre" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Mull of Kintyre
The minstrel of incense
The minstrel of incense
Original Lyrics:
Mull of Kintyre
The mist rolling in from the sea
The mist rolling in from the sea
"My Brave Face"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've been living a lie
On the coastal Naziam.
On the coastal Naziam.
Original Lyrics:
I've been living a lie
Unaccustomed as I am.
Unaccustomed as I am.
"My Brave Face"
Misheard Lyrics:
My big, my big, my big break
Original Lyrics:
My brave, my brave, my brave face
"Once Upon A Long Ago"
Misheard Lyrics:
Picking up scales and broken coke
Original Lyrics:
Picking up scales and broken chords
"Press"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bether like this.
Original Lyrics:
Never like this.
"Spies Like Us"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hey, don't feel afraid
All the love and cover aid.
All the love and cover aid.
Original Lyrics:
Hey, don't feel afraid
Of an undercover aid.
Of an undercover aid.
"Take It Away"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take you away
I wanna hear you pray
'Til the lights go down.
I wanna hear you pray
'Til the lights go down.
Original Lyrics:
Take it away
I wanna hear you play
'Til the lights go down.
I wanna hear you play
'Til the lights go down.
"That Would Be Something" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Reach in the falling rain mama
Reach in the falling rain.
Reach in the falling rain.
Original Lyrics:
Meet you in the falling rain mama
Meet you in the falling rain.
Meet you in the falling rain.
"That Would Be Something" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Reach in the phone and ring, Mama
Reach in the phone and ring.
Reach in the phone and ring.
Original Lyrics:
Meet you in the falling rain, Mama
Meet you in the falling rain.
Meet you in the falling rain.
"Tug of War"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bulls***, bulls***
Pull it, pull it
Bulls***, pull it.
Pull it, pull it
Bulls***, pull it.
Original Lyrics:
Push it, push it
Pull it, pull it
Push it, pull it.
Pull it, pull it
Push it, pull it.
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Admiral Halsey horrified me
He had to have a pill or he couldn't go to sea
I had another toke and I had a cup of tea and a butterfly (A Butterfly?)
The butterfly was horrid, so I put it in the pie.
He had to have a pill or he couldn't go to sea
I had another toke and I had a cup of tea and a butterfly (A Butterfly?)
The butterfly was horrid, so I put it in the pie.
Original Lyrics:
Admiral Halsey notified me
He had to have a berth or he couldn't get to sea
I had another look and I had a cup of tea and butter pie. (Butter pie?)
The butter wouldn't melt so I put it in the pie.
He had to have a berth or he couldn't get to sea
I had another look and I had a cup of tea and butter pie. (Butter pie?)
The butter wouldn't melt so I put it in the pie.
I love this song!
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Admiral Halsey notified me
He had to get a breath, he couldn't get to sleep.
He had to get a breath, he couldn't get to sleep.
Original Lyrics:
Admiral Halsey notified me
He had to have a berth or he couldn't get to sea.
He had to have a berth or he couldn't get to sea.
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Admiral Halsey notified me
He had to have a bath or he couldn't get to sleep
I had another look and I had a cup of tea
And a spot of pie.(Pot of pie?)
He had a little pot so he put it in the pie.
He had to have a bath or he couldn't get to sleep
I had another look and I had a cup of tea
And a spot of pie.(Pot of pie?)
He had a little pot so he put it in the pie.
Original Lyrics:
Admiral Halsey notified me
He had to have a berth or he couldn't get to sea
I had another look and I had a cup of tea
And butter pie.(Butter pie?)
The butter wouldn't melt so I put it in the pie.
He had to have a berth or he couldn't get to sea
I had another look and I had a cup of tea
And butter pie.(Butter pie?)
The butter wouldn't melt so I put it in the pie.
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Admiral Halsey notified me
He had to go to Perth or he couldn't get to sea.
He had to go to Perth or he couldn't get to sea.
Original Lyrics:
Admiral Halsey notified me
He had to have a berth or he couldn't get to sea.
He had to have a berth or he couldn't get to sea.
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Admiral Halsey notified me
He had to have a bath or he couldn't get to sleep.
He had to have a bath or he couldn't get to sleep.
Original Lyrics:
Admiral Halsey notified me
He had to have a berth or he couldn't get to sea.
He had to have a berth or he couldn't get to sea.
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Admiral Halsey notified me
He had to have a bath or he couldn't get to sleep.
He had to have a bath or he couldn't get to sleep.
Original Lyrics:
Admiral Halsey notified me
He had to have a berth or he couldn't get to sea.
He had to have a berth or he couldn't get to sea.
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Admiral Halsey notified me
He had to have a boat or he couldn't get to sea.
He had to have a boat or he couldn't get to sea.
Original Lyrics:
Admiral Halsey notified me
He had to have a berth or he couldn't get to sea.
He had to have a berth or he couldn't get to sea.
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Admiral Halsey notified me
He had to have a buzz or he couldn't get to sea.
He had to have a buzz or he couldn't get to sea.
Original Lyrics:
Admiral Halsey notified me
He had to have a berth or he couldn't get to sea.
He had to have a berth or he couldn't get to sea.
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Admiral Halsey notified me
He had to have a pass or he couldn't get to sea.
He had to have a pass or he couldn't get to sea.
Original Lyrics:
Admiral Halsey notified me
He had to have a berth or he couldn't get to sea.
He had to have a berth or he couldn't get to sea.
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Admiral Halsey notified the King
He had to have a bath or he couldn't go to sea.
He had to have a bath or he couldn't go to sea.
Original Lyrics:
Admiral Halsey notified me
He had to have a berth or he couldn't get to sea.
He had to have a berth or he couldn't get to sea.
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Admiral Halsey, notified creep
Original Lyrics:
Admiral Halsey notified me.
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Butterfly felt so funny in the pie.
Original Lyrics:
The butter wouldn’t melt so I put it in the pie.
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Dance across the water, water
Dance across the sky.
Dance across the sky.
Original Lyrics:
Hands across the water, water
Heads across the sky.
Heads across the sky.
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Get your feet up off the ground
With a little get around.
With a little get around.
Original Lyrics:
Get your feet up off the ground
Live a little, get around.
Live a little, get around.
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I demand my water
Original Lyrics:
Hands across the water
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I had another look and I had a cup of tea and a butterfly.
Original Lyrics:
I had another look and I had a cup of tea and butter pie.
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I had another look, and I had a cup of tea and pot-a-pie.
Original Lyrics:
I had another look and I had a cup of tea and butterpie.
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Little Beatle be a gypsy, get around.
Original Lyrics:
Live a little, be a gypsy, get around.
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Little little gypsy girdle, get around
Original Lyrics:
Live a little, be a gypsy, get around
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Little little, be a gypsy, get around.
Original Lyrics:
Live a little, be a gypsy, get around.
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Little little, be a gypsy, get around
Get your peanut butter crown
Little little, get around.
Get your peanut butter crown
Little little, get around.
Original Lyrics:
Live a little, be a gypsy, get around (get around)
Get your feet up off the ground
Live a little, get around.
Get your feet up off the ground
Live a little, get around.
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Little, little bee, a gypsy, get around (get around)
Get your feet up off the ground
Little, little, get around.
Get your feet up off the ground
Little, little, get around.
Original Lyrics:
Live a little, be a gypsy, get around (get around)
Get your feet up off the ground
Live a little, get around.
Get your feet up off the ground
Live a little, get around.
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Little, little geo-gypsy, get around.
Original Lyrics:
Live a little, be a gypsy, get around.
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Little, little, bitty gypsy get around
Get your feet up off the ground
Little, Little get around
Get your feet up off the ground
Little, Little get around
Original Lyrics:
Live a little, be a gypsy, get around (get around)
Get your feet up off the ground
Live a little, get around.
Get your feet up off the ground
Live a little, get around.
"Winedark Open Sea"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sailing on a wide, dark, open sea
or
Sailing on a wind-up open sea
or
Sailing on a wide, up, open, see?
or
Sailing on a wind-up open sea
or
Sailing on a wide, up, open, see?
Original Lyrics:
Sailing on a wine-dark open sea
"Wonderful Christmastime"
Misheard Lyrics:
(in) Rwanda for Christmastime
Original Lyrics:
A wonderful Christmastime
"Wonderful Christmastime"
Misheard Lyrics:
A choir of Jews will sing their song.
Original Lyrics:
The choir of children sing their song.
"Wonderful Christmastime"
Misheard Lyrics:
See if we're having a wonderful Christmas time
Original Lyrics:
Simply having a wonderful Christmas time
"Wonderful Christmastime"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sid Green Allen, a wonderful Christmas time.
Original Lyrics:
Simply having a wonderful Christmas time.
"Wonderful Christmastime"
Misheard Lyrics:
Singing, happy, a wonderful Christmas time.
Original Lyrics:
Simply having a wonderful Christmas time.
"Wonderful Christmastime"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sinking attic, a wonderful Christmas time.
Original Lyrics:
Simply having a wonderful Christmas time.
"Wonderful Christmastime"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sleepy Alice, a wonderful Christmastime.
Original Lyrics:
We're simply having a wonderful Christmas time.
Editor's note: To the person who submitted this--- "Simply Havin'" is NOT part of the title.
"Wonderful Christmastime"
Misheard Lyrics:
Stimpy's having a wonderful Christmas time.
Original Lyrics:
Simply having a wonderful Christmas time.
"Wonderful Christmastime"
Misheard Lyrics:
We'll be catching a wonderful Christmastime.
Original Lyrics:
We're simply having a wonderful Christmastime.
"Wonderful Christmastime"
Misheard Lyrics:
We'll be having a wonderful Christmas time.
Original Lyrics:
Simply having a wonderful Christmas time.
"Wonderful Christmastime"
Misheard Lyrics:
We're simpy had a wonderful christmas time.
Original Lyrics:
We're simply having a wonderful Christmas time.
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