Making fun of music, one song at a time. Since the year 2000.
Check out the two amIright misheard lyrics books including one book devoted to misheard lyrics of the 1980s.
(Toggle Right Side Navigation)

Misheard Lyrics -> New Entries for March 11, 2020

Misheard lyrics (also called mondegreens) occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song. These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics, which is called parody. For more information about the misheard lyrics available on this site, please read our FAQ.

 
1960s
The Beach Boys', "Heroes And Villains"
Misheard Lyrics:
And she was right in the rain of the boats that eventually brought her down
Original Lyrics:
And she was right in the rain of the bullets that eventually brought her down
 
1970s
Ace's, "How Long?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Our law, has this been going on?
Original Lyrics:
How long has this been going on?
Black Sabbath's, "War Pigs"
Misheard Lyrics:
Satan laughs and spreads his wings
Original Lyrics:
Satan laughing spreads his wings
Carly Simon's, "Attitude Dancing"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like an apple on the stage
Original Lyrics:
Like an actor on the stage
Carly Simon's, "The Right Thing to Do"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just clothes on
Original Lyrics:
Just close now
Elton John's, "Honky Cat"
Misheard Lyrics:
Get back, honky cat better get in back of the woods.
Original Lyrics:
Get back, honky cat better get back to the woods.
Harry Nilsson's, "Coconut"
Misheard Lyrics:
Put the line and the polka dots
Original Lyrics:
Put the lime in the coconut
Johnny Rivers', "Secret Agent Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Secret Asian Man
Original Lyrics:
Secret agent man
Secret agent man.
Led Zeppelin's, "Immigrant Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
All this sleeping, stretching out
I wanna go where people rest & shout
Original Lyrics:
On we sweep with threshing oar
Our only goal will be the western shore.
Led Zeppelin's, "Immigrant Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tonight you’d better stop & read me all your runes
Original Lyrics:
So now you'd better stop and rebuild all your ruins
Livingston Taylor's, "I Will Be in Love with You"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't know how to be sauce
Original Lyrics:
I don't know how to be soft
Manfred Mann's Earth Band's, "Blinded By The Light"
Misheard Lyrics:
And she was blinded by the light
Wrapped up like a douche, you know the rumor in the night.
Original Lyrics:
And she was blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night.
Paul Simon's, "Loves Me Like a Rock"
Misheard Lyrics:
When I was a little bored
Original Lyrics:
When I was a little boy
Queen's, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Misheard Lyrics:
The elder-pope has a debbah put aside for me
Original Lyrics:
Beelzebub had a devil put aside for me
The Buoys', "Timothy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Chimpanzee
Original Lyrics:
Timothy
The Staple Singers', "I'll Take You There"
Misheard Lyrics:
I know I'll face
Original Lyrics:
I know a place
UFO's, "Shoot Shoot"
Misheard Lyrics:
Holding out in my hotel room police they finally called
Original Lyrics:
Holding out in my hotel room police they finally come
 
1980s
Bon Jovi's, "Livin' On A Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Whoa, I hate play there
Original Lyrics:
Whoa, we're halfway there
Depeche Mode's, "Personal Jesus"
Misheard Lyrics:
Reach out and touch me
Original Lyrics:
Reach out and touch faith
Earth, Wind & Fire's, "Let's Groove"
Misheard Lyrics:
Genghis Kahn, sips on his juice
Original Lyrics:
Let this groove, get you to move.
Expose's, "Let Me Be the One"
Misheard Lyrics:
Policy
Original Lyrics:
Promise me
Lionel Richie's, "Ballerina Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
Galleria girl
Original Lyrics:
Ballerina girl
The Ramones', "Blitzkrieg Bop"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lipstick gloss
Original Lyrics:
Blitzkrieg Bop
Toto's, "Africa"
Misheard Lyrics:
I missed the rains down in Africa
Original Lyrics:
I bless the rains down in Africa.
Weird Al Yankovic's, "Living with a Hernia"
Misheard Lyrics:
Living in suburbia
Original Lyrics:
Living with a hernia
ZZ Top's, "Dipping Low (In the Lap of Luxury)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dear beloved
Original Lyrics:
Dippin' low
 
1990s
Chante Moore's, "Chante's Got a Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
How he hurts me
Original Lyrics:
How he loves me
Diana King's, "Shy Guy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Nothing everybody
Original Lyrics:
Loving everybody
Dishwalla's, "Counting Blue Cars"
Misheard Lyrics:
And tell me, am I very hard?
Original Lyrics:
And tell me, am I very far?
Jay-Z's, "Can I Get A..."
Misheard Lyrics:
Can I get a ruff-ruff
Original Lyrics:
Can I get a what, what?
Oleander's, "Why I'm Here"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't wanna be full of hay
Original Lyrics:
I don't wanna be full of hate
Real McCoy's, "Another Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh no, it's not another dream, but always you
Original Lyrics:
Another night, another dream, but always you.
Roxette's, "The Look"
Misheard Lyrics:
Kissing at the wit's end
Original Lyrics:
Kissing is the wet sand
Spin Doctors', "Two Princes"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't want put you in my arms again
Original Lyrics:
I know what a prince and lover ought to be
Surface's, "The First Time"
Misheard Lyrics:
I look into your eyes I try
Original Lyrics:
I look into your eyes I cry
The Time's, "Jerk Out"
Misheard Lyrics:
Germs, germs, germs
Original Lyrics:
Jerk, jerk, jerk
 
2000s
Dream's, "He Loves U Not"
Misheard Lyrics:
I know what you're singing
Original Lyrics:
I know what you're thinking
Pink's, "So What"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've got my rocket boots
Original Lyrics:
I got my rock moves
Shaggy's, "Hey Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Jayla, I need to be sure
Come back and see me in two years or more
Original Lyrics:
Hey love I need to be sure
Come back and see me in two years or more
The Wiggles', "Hot Potato"
Misheard Lyrics:
One potato
Original Lyrics:
Hot potato
Third Eye Blind's, "Never Let You Go"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll never let you down
Original Lyrics:
I'll never let you go
 
2010s
Billie Eilish's, "Everything I Wanted"
Misheard Lyrics:
Did I blow it again?
Original Lyrics:
Would I do it again?
Dua Lipa's, "Don’t Start Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
Did a fool want babies? Crazy.
Original Lyrics:
Did a full 180. Crazy.
Gotye's, "Somebody That I Used to Know"
Misheard Lyrics:
Make it out like we were happy to marry and nothing
Original Lyrics:
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
Lady Gaga's, "Applause"
Misheard Lyrics:
I stand here waiting for you to thank the gods.
Original Lyrics:
I stand here waiting for you to bang the gong.
Major Lazer's, "Lean On"
Misheard Lyrics:
Marcus Styrofoam
Original Lyrics:
Blow a kiss, fire a gun
Panic! At the Disco's, "High Hopes"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mama said, it's uphill varieties.
Original Lyrics:
Mama said, it's uphill for oddities
Sia's, "The Greatest"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ice Josh jamina
Original Lyrics:
I got stamina
Twenty One Pilots', "House of Gold"
Misheard Lyrics:
I will make you clean up everything you see
Original Lyrics:
I will make you queen of everything you see
 
country
Tim McGraw's, "Where the Green Grass Grows"
Misheard Lyrics:
Watch my corn pop ****ing rows
Original Lyrics:
Watch my corn pop up in rows.

New Entries Index     Next Day's Entries