Misheard Lyrics -> New Entries for June 10, 2009

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1960s
Jefferson Airplane's, "White Rabbit"
Misheard Lyrics:
When logic and proportion
Have fallen slightly dead.
Original Lyrics:
When logic and proportion
Have fallen sloppy dead.
Jefferson Airplane's, "White Rabbit"
Misheard Lyrics:
When logic and proportion
Have fallen slightly dead.
Original Lyrics:
When logic and proportion
Have fallen sloppy dead.
The Beatles', "Get Back"
Misheard Lyrics:
Jojo was a man and Mary was a woman.
Original Lyrics:
Jojo wasa man who thought he was a loner.
The Beatles', "Yellow Submarine"
Misheard Lyrics:
In your aiser yellow submarine
Original Lyrics:
We all live in yellow submarine.
 
1970s
Kenny Rogers', "Lucille"
Misheard Lyrics:
You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille
With 400 children and a crock in the field.
Original Lyrics:
You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille
With 4 hungry children and a crop in the field.
Mungo Jerry's, "In the Summertime"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cava tree, cava try
Original Lyrics:
Have a drink, have a drive.
Paul Simon's, "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover"
Misheard Lyrics:
You don't need McCoy, Roy.
Original Lyrics:
You don't need to be coy, Roy.
The Doobie Brothers', "What a Fool Believes"
Misheard Lyrics:
As she rises to her apartment
Original Lyrics:
As he rises to her apology
The Monitors', "Singing In The 80's"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wobble Weeds be
Singing in the Daisies.
Original Lyrics:
What will we be singing in the 80's?
 
1980s
Black Sabbath 's, "Iron Man "
Misheard Lyrics:
I am Iran Man.
Original Lyrics:
I am Ironman.
Def Leppard's, "Pour Some Sugar on Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Awesome sugar omelette
Original Lyrics:
Pour some sugar on me.
Jane Wiedlin's, "Rush Hour"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oooh, you said to me.
Original Lyrics:
Oooh, you send me
Jane's Addiction's, "Mountain Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause ya know, honey.
Cash in dismay-al.
Original Lyrics:
Cash in now, honey
Cash in, Miss Smith.
Jefferson Starship's, "Winds Of Change"
Misheard Lyrics:
Head on
Original Lyrics:
Hang on
Kenny Loggins', "Footloose"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm parking my car.
Original Lyrics:
I'm punching my card.
Kool And The Gang's, "Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics:
My 16th birthday
I was so shy
Could not get a man
But ready to try.
Original Lyrics:
My 16th birthday
I was so shy
Not yet a man
But ready to try.
Madonna's, "Papa Don't Preach"
Misheard Lyrics:
Popperdome, preach.
Original Lyrics:
Papa, don't preach.
Mike And The Mechanics', "All I Need Is A Miracle"
Misheard Lyrics:
I never had any time and I never had any fun.
Original Lyrics:
I never had any time and I never had any call.
Paul Simon's, "Graceland"
Misheard Lyrics:
As if I'd never noticed
The way she brushed her hair from her forehead.
Original Lyrics:
As if I'd never noticed
The way she brushed her hair from her fart head.
Simply Red's, "If You Don't Know Me By Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
Why do we only act like children
When we're arguing for some fun?
Original Lyrics:
'Cause we only act like children
When we argue, fuss, and fight.
Skid Row's, "18 And Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
18 and lightly salted.
Original Lyrics:
18 and life, you got it.
Spandau Ballet's, "Communication"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hamma-let me here-a hope!
or
I'm-a left-a here alone!
Original Lyrics:
I'm a-left a-here-oh!
Talking Heads', "Burning Down The House"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold tight, wait till the potty's open.
Original Lyrics:
Hold tight, wait 'til the party's over.
Talking Heads', "Burning Down The House"
Misheard Lyrics:
This will you take you vacuum bags: jump right up and blow the horn.
Original Lyrics:
Here's your ticket pack your bag: time for jumpin' overboard.
The Waterboys', "Red Army Blues"
Misheard Lyrics:
Changed my sax for a unicorn.
Original Lyrics:
Changed my sacks for a uniform.
Was (Not Was)'s, "Hello Operator"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hello, operator, I'll be dead on the police.
Original Lyrics:
Hello, operator, I mean dad, I mean police.
ZZ Top's, "I'm Nationwide"
Misheard Lyrics:
Got a blues band on the deck, my reputation at the wheel
Original Lyrics:
Got a bluesman in the back, a beautician at the wheel
 
1990s
2 Unlimited's, "Where Are You Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
I watch the dog, but no-one comes through.
Original Lyrics:
I watch the door, but no-one comes through.
Bush's, "Everything Zen"
Misheard Lyrics:
Straussie was my wife.
Original Lyrics:
Try and see it once my way.
Foo Fighters', "Floaty"
Misheard Lyrics:
That's not as big as the snow 'round here.
Original Lyrics:
That's not as big as what's flown around here.
Green Day's, "Basket Case"
Misheard Lyrics:
I went to a whore
He said my life's a bore
So quit my whining sex that's bringing her down.
Original Lyrics:
I went to a whore
He said my life's a bore
So, quit my whining 'cuz it's bringing her down.
Guns N Roses', "Knockin' On Heaven's Door"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm not knockin' on heaven's door.
Original Lyrics:
Knock, knock, knockin' on Heaven's door
Jane Child's, "Don't Wanna Fall In Love?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't you know, oh your cancer two-inch
Original Lyrics:
Don't you know what your kiss is doing?
Jane Child's, "Don't Wanna Fall In Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Run away how this all god's haunted.
Original Lyrics:
Unaware how this all got started
Sting's, "Desert Rose"
Misheard Lyrics:
I dream of love, as Thai runs through my head.
Original Lyrics:
I dream of love as time runs through my hand
Swing Out Sister's, "Am I The Same Girl?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Am I the singer you used to know?
Original Lyrics:
Am I the same girl you used to know?
 
2000s
Coldplay's, "Viva la Vida"
Misheard Lyrics:
Roman Catholic Christ is singing.
Original Lyrics:
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing.
Kernkraft 400's, "Zombie Nation"
Misheard Lyrics:
Jump me
Jump me
Jump me bass drum.
Original Lyrics:
Zombie
Zombie
Zombie nation
Lazy Town's, "You Are A Pirate"
Misheard Lyrics:
If you have low self-esteem
You are a pirate.
Original Lyrics:
If you love to sail the seas
You are a pirate.
Lil Wayne feat. T-Pain's, "Got Money"
Misheard Lyrics:
Big chain ship
Like a h** and a trick
Original Lyrics:
B***h ain't s**t
But a h** and a trick
Ol' Dirty Bastard's, "Baby I Got Your Money"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hey Dude A
Original Lyrics:
Hey, dirty
Paramore's, "That's What You Get"
Misheard Lyrics:
Why do we like to burn so much?
Original Lyrics:
Why do we like to hurt so much?
Simple Plan's, "My Alien"
Misheard Lyrics:
I f***ed the astronobkin
Now all I read is rocket.
Original Lyrics:
I bought the astronaut's kit
Now all I need's a rocket.
The Editors', "Munich"
Misheard Lyrics:
With one hand you come at me
With one hand I'm stale.
Original Lyrics:
With one hand you calm me
With one hand I'm still.
Toybox's, "Superstar"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've got muscles on my stud
Jealous people kiss my butt.
Original Lyrics:
I got muscles, I'm a stud
Jealous people kiss my butt.
 
misc
Cast of 'The Wizard of Oz''s, "Lullaby League And Lollipop Guild"
Misheard Lyrics:
We represent the lollipop jail.
Original Lyrics:
We represent the Lollipop Guild.
Muse's, "New Born"
Misheard Lyrics:
Link it to the world
Link it to yourself
Stretch it like above squeeze.
Original Lyrics:
Link it to the world
Link it to yourself
Stretch it like a birth squeeze.
Senses Fail's, "Calling All Cars"
Misheard Lyrics:
So will you stare at my ass just where they won't beat you down?
Original Lyrics:
So will you scatter my ashes where they won't be found?
Traditional's, "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Then one forty Christmas Eve
or
Then one farty Christmas Eve
Original Lyrics:
Then one foggy Christmas Eve
 
xmas
Jose Feliciano's, "Feliz Navidad"
Misheard Lyrics:
Billy's not Enoch.
Original Lyrics:
Feliz Navidad

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