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 | |
1970s | |
ABBA's, "Chiquitita"
Misheard Lyrics: Chiquitita, you and I know
How the holidays come and they go And the scars they're leaving You'll be dancing once again in the paper trail Original Lyrics: Chiquitita, you and I know
How the heartaches come and they go And the scars they're leaving You'll be dancing once again and the pain will end |
ABBA's, "Take a Chance on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Take a chance on me
(Come on, come on and rape me) Take a chance on me Original Lyrics: Take a chance on me
(Come on, give me a break will you?) Take a chance on me |
ABBA's, "Take a Chance on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: You say that I waste my time,
But I can't get you off my mind You know I can't Lego, 'cause I love you so Original Lyrics: You say that I waste my time,
But I can't get you off my mind No, I can't let go, 'cause I love you so |
ABBA's, "Take a Chance on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: You say that I waste my time,
But I can't get you off my mind You know that I can't Lego, 'cause I love you so Original Lyrics: You say that I waste my time,
But I can't get you off my mind No, I can't let go, 'cause I love you so |
Bread's, "Make It with You"
Misheard Lyrics: A baby climbing on rainbows
Original Lyrics: I may be climbing on rainbows
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Elton John's, "Don't Let The Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I can't find, or draw a dramatic line
Original Lyrics: I can't find, oh, the right romantic line
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Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Close the door and left me blind, idle eye
Original Lyrics: Closed the door and left me blinded by the light
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Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Close the door and let me fly, my, my
Original Lyrics: Closed the door and left me blinded by the light
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Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I can't lie in no more of your darkness
Original Lyrics: I can't light no more of your darkness
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Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I can't lie... no more Augie Dogness
Original Lyrics: I can't light no more of your darkness
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Elton John's, "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: And someone saved my life tonight, shit the bed
Original Lyrics: And someone saved my life tonight, sugar bear
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Elton John's, "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: Prima Donna rocked you when you should've been there
... You nearly had me roped and tied, Audubon, hypnotized Original Lyrics: Prima Donna lord you really should've been there
... You nearly had me roped and tied, Altar-bound, hypnotized |
Elton John's, "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: Someone saved my life tonight, should have they?
Original Lyrics: Someone saved my life tonight, sugar bear.
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Elton John's, "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: Someone shaved my wife tonight
Original Lyrics: Someone saved my life tonight
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Elton John's, "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: Someone shaved my wife tonight, shaved her bare
Original Lyrics: Someone saved my life tonight, sugar bear
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Elton John's, "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: They're coming in the morning
Where they're drunk to take me home Original Lyrics: They're coming in the morning
With a truck to take me home |
Elton John's, "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: You nearly had your own tongue tied
Original Lyrics: You nearly had me roped and tied
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Looking Glass', "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne"
Misheard Lyrics: Almost fully grown
And worryin' the whys Original Lyrics: Almost fully grown
And worldly wise |
Lynyrd Skynyrd's, "Sweet Home Alabama"
Misheard Lyrics: In Birmingham they robbed the governor
Original Lyrics: In Birmingham they loved the governor
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Queen's, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Misheard Lyrics: No one really matters
Original Lyrics: Nothing really matters
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Steely Dan's, "Don't Take Me Alive"
Misheard Lyrics: Honey-boo, keep her son
Original Lyrics: I'm a book-keeper's son
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Sylvester's, "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)"
Misheard Lyrics: Mickey D
Original Lyrics: Make me feel
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The Cars', "Just What I Needed"
Misheard Lyrics: I guess you're just a Beatle
Original Lyrics: I guess you're just what I needed
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The Hollies', "The Air That I Breathe"
Misheard Lyrics: Sometimes all I need is a ba-a-ad dream
Original Lyrics: Sometimes all I need is the air that I breathe
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Thin Lizzy's, "The Boys Are Back in Town"
Misheard Lyrics: The boys of Jacksonville
Original Lyrics: The boys are back in town
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1980s | |
ABBA's, "Lay All Your Love on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I've had a few little love affairs
They didn't last very long and aching really scares. Original Lyrics: I've had a few little love affairs
They didn't last Very long and they've been pretty scarce. |
Don Henley's, "The Boys of Summer"
Misheard Lyrics: I saw a Jack Black sticker on a Cadillac
Original Lyrics: I saw a dead head sticker on a Cadillac
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Eurythmics', "Love Is a Stranger"
Misheard Lyrics: And I want to, and I want to
And I want to suck this circumcision Original Lyrics: And I want you, and I want you
And I want you so it's an obsession |
Glass Tiger's, "My Song"
Misheard Lyrics: So far from my homeland
So far from my asshole Original Lyrics: So far from my homeland
So far from my soul |
Nena's, "99 Red Balloons"
Misheard Lyrics: 99 reddened boobs go by
Original Lyrics: 99 red balloons go by
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Patrice Rushen's, "Forget-Me-Nots"
Misheard Lyrics: Surgeon General
Original Lyrics: Sending me forget-me-nots
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Sheena Easton's, "Morning Train (9 to 5)"
Misheard Lyrics: Amazingly bull fight
Original Lyrics: Amazingly full of fight
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1990s | |
Deacon Blue's, "Twist And Shout"
Misheard Lyrics: So Miss April, half the things you say don't seem as certain as in harmony
Original Lyrics: So it's April and the things you say don't seem as certain as on Hogmanay
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Honeyz's, "End of the Line"
Misheard Lyrics: Do you think that by treating me cruel
That some oil will disappear? or Do you think that by treating me cool That some oil will disappear? Original Lyrics: Do you think that by treating me cruel
That somehow I'll disappear? |
Jennifer Paige's, "Crush"
Misheard Lyrics: Not like coffee every time we touch
Original Lyrics: Not like I faint every time we touch
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REM's, "Stand"
Misheard Lyrics: Think about tourettes and wonder why you have it now
Original Lyrics: Think about direction
Wonder why you haven't before. |
Stone Roses', "Elephant Stone"
Misheard Lyrics: Kids in the cotton clouds
Original Lyrics: Kiss in the cotton clouds
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Stone Roses', "Made Of Stone"
Misheard Lyrics: When the streets are cold and lonely
And the cops say all baloney Original Lyrics: When the streets are cold and lonely
And the cars they burn below me |
Travis', "Turn"
Misheard Lyrics: I watch the moon, it's a big balloon
Original Lyrics: And what's the moon? A big balloon
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Will Smith's, "Men in Black"
Misheard Lyrics: Here comes the ladybug
Original Lyrics: Here come the men in black
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2000s | |
Evanescence's, "Going Under"
Misheard Lyrics: 16 thousand moles I hide
Original Lyrics: Fifty thousand tears I've cried
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Kelly Clarkson's, "A Moment Like This"
Misheard Lyrics: For that bowl of Special K
Original Lyrics: For that one special kiss
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2010s | |
FUN.'s, "Some Nights"
Misheard Lyrics: I listen to my sister and
About the condom she tore off And I look into my nephews eyes Man you won't believe The most amazing things That can come from____ Some terrible lies Original Lyrics: My heart is breaking for my sister
And the con that she called "love". And when I look into my nephews eyes, Man you won't believe The most amazing things That can come from____ Some terrible nights |
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Florence and the Machine's, "Ship to Wreck"
Misheard Lyrics: Dreamt of a great white shark swimming in the bed
Original Lyrics: Dredging of great white sharks swimming in the bed
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JLS's, "She Makes Me Wanna"
Misheard Lyrics: Something 'bout her turns me into a wild goose
Original Lyrics: Something 'bout her turns me into a wild beast
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Taylor Swift's, "Karma"
Misheard Lyrics: Karma's a relaxing thought
Poncho en fiesta por you it's not? Original Lyrics: Karma's a relaxing thought
Aren't you envious that for you it's not? |
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