Misheard Song Lyrics -> Stories -> Bruce Springsteen
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This page contains a list of the songs that have stories about their misheard lyrics submitted.
Song names are sorted by first letter, excluding A and The. This is sorted by song title only, not by song title and performer. So if two different performers preformed the same song, you'll see misheard lyrics for both on the same page (provided the song title was spelt the same both times, and misheard lyrics have been submitted for both!).
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Bruce Springsteen's, "10th Avenue Freeze Out"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Chet W. freeze town.
The Real Lyrics:
10th Avenue freeze out.
The Story: I was over heard singing the above lyric back in 1979 by older brother and have suffered ridicule ever since! - Submitted by: Patrick
Bruce Springsteen's, "10th Avenue Freeze Out"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Devil, devil with the freeze eyes
The Real Lyrics:
10th Avenue freeze-out
The Story: On January 15th 2004, while watching the 'Today' show, I heard Katie Couric claim she heard the phrase 'Devil devil with the freeze eyes' for this song. I laughed really hard. - Submitted by: Jamison Long
Bruce Springsteen's, "10th Avenue Freeze Out"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Tent devil in the freezer
The Real Lyrics:
10th Avenue freeze out
The Story: I was shooting pool with a girlfriend from high school. This song was on when I heard her singing along, 'Tent devil in the freezer' and I literally fell onto the pool table laughing. 10 years later it still makes me giggle when I think about our conversation after about what exactly a 'tent devil' was and why was it in the freezer? - Submitted by: Robb
Bruce Springsteen's, "Badlands"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Bada**, you gotta live it every day.
The Real Lyrics:
Badlands, you gotta live another day.
The Story: My husband (not really into Bruce at the time) always thought Bruce was saying 'Bada**'!!' You should've seen his face when I told him the real lyrics (as I was laughing just way too hard), as he sang out (way too loud) 'Bada**' over and over again, pumping his fist in the air. Too funny!! - Submitted by: Dee
Bruce Springsteen's, "Blinded By The Light"
The Misheard Lyrics:
And little Curly Girly gave my anus a curly whirley
And asked me if I wanted to ride.
And asked me if I wanted to ride.
The Real Lyrics:
And little Early Pearly came by in his curly-wurly
And asked me if I needed a ride.
And asked me if I needed a ride.
The Story: I was singing with a friend and heard that and laughed for 20 minutes...and got yelled at by our uncle. - Submitted by: Lee
Bruce Springsteen's, "Blinded By The Light"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Blinded by the light
Cut loose like a douche, another lover in the night.
Cut loose like a douche, another lover in the night.
The Real Lyrics:
Blinded by the light
Cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night.
Cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night.
The Story: I heard my friend, who is a self-proclaimed Bruce Springsteen freak, singing these lyrics. I started laughing hysterically. I told her, 'Jane, do you really think The Boss is singing about feminine hygiene?' - Submitted by: Kathy
Bruce Springsteen's, "Born In The U.S.A"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a long d*** daddy in the USA.
The Real Lyrics:
I'm a long gone daddy in the USA.
The Story: Need I say more? Must a guy turn everything into the subject of his 'gadget'? This is what my husband has sang forever, it seems. - Submitted by: KittyF
Bruce Springsteen's, "Briliant Disguise"
The Misheard Lyrics:
It's just a Bridge in disguise.
The Real Lyrics:
It's just a brilliant disguise.
The Story: Thinking I was the world's foremost authority on Bruce Springsteen lyrics, I attempted to sing this song and was corrected by my husband, who doesn't care for the guy. He sings "Bridge in Disguise" all the time now. - Submitted by: Rachel Lange
Bruce Springsteen's, "Brilliant Disguise"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Is that you, baby
Or just a brick in my eye?
Or just a brick in my eye?
The Real Lyrics:
Is that you, baby
Or just a brilliant disguise?
Or just a brilliant disguise?
The Story: From Pete, a mate at college who liked 'intentionally' mis-hearing lyrics ;-). - Submitted by: Miztadave
Bruce Springsteen's, "Countin' On A Miracle"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Two plus two
The Real Lyrics:
To come through
The Story: When my mom was listening to 'The Rising' the day it came out, I misheard these lyrics, causing me to remark, 'Bruce, four is not a miracle.' My mom, a Bruce fanatic, flipped out. - Submitted by: Charlie Decker
Bruce Springsteen's, "Dancing In The Dark"
The Misheard Lyrics:
This gun's for hire
Even if you're Ted Danson in the dark.
Even if you're Ted Danson in the dark.
The Real Lyrics:
This gun's for hire
Even if we're just dancin' in the dark.
Even if we're just dancin' in the dark.
The Story: Well, it made sense, because I was watching Cheers before I heard this song for the first time. - Submitted by: Molly
Bruce Springsteen's, "Glory Days"
The Misheard Lyrics:
He could throw that speed-ball by ya
Making love like a fool boy.
Making love like a fool boy.
The Real Lyrics:
He could throw that speed-ball by ya
Make you look like a fool boy.
Make you look like a fool boy.
The Story: My brother thought these were the correct lyrics for 19 years, since 1984, until I heard him and corrected him in 2003. - Submitted by: Big Bisho
Bruce Springsteen's, "Hungry Heart"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Gotta watch 'em kiss in Baltimore, Jack.
The Real Lyrics:
Gotta wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack.
The Story: Shortly after my wife and I started dating, this song came on the radio. And this was the line she started singing. It took a look at the lyrics sheet in the CD case to prove to her the correct words. - Submitted by: j.dodgson
Bruce Springsteen's, "I'm On Fire"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Sometimes it's like someone took a knife, baby, edgy and dull,
and cut a six-inch valley through the middle of my skull
and cut a six-inch valley through the middle of my skull
or
Sometimes it's like someone took a knife, baby, edgy and dull,
and cut a six-inch valley through the middle of my toe
and cut a six-inch valley through the middle of my toe
The Real Lyrics:
Sometimes it's like someone took a knife, baby, edgy and dull,
and cut a six-inch valley through the middle of my soul
and cut a six-inch valley through the middle of my soul
The Story: I don't know the originator of this misheard lyric. I overheard the 'mis-hearer' telling the story to someone else, and it completely cracked me up. Since then, for me, this song has always been -- and always will be -- the 'Big Toe Song.' I laugh every time Bruce gets to that line. - Submitted by: Ruthie
Bruce Springsteen's, "Mary's Place"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I got a picture of you in my locker.
The Real Lyrics:
I got a picture of you in my locket.
The Story: I guess that would not be the same kind of picture you put in a locker than you would in a locket. I'm not a native English speaker, the two words sound close. :) - Submitted by: Rover
Bruce Springsteen's, "Old Dan Tucker"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Get out the way, you old damn f****r.
The Real Lyrics:
Get out the way for Old Dan Tucker.
The Story: Someone e-mailed Johnnie Walker's show on BBC Radio 2 when he played it, asking if this song was about road rage. - Submitted by: Pickle*
Bruce Springsteen's, "Tenth Avenue Freeze Out"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Step on the freezer.
The Real Lyrics:
Tenth Avenue freeze-out.
The Story: I am a big Springsteen fan, and when my daughter was about three years old, I used to play his 'Born to Run' tape all the time in the car. This was her favorite song from the tape, and she would always ask me to play 'Step on the Freezer.' She's seventeen now, and we still laugh about it. - Submitted by: Laurie Breton
Bruce Springsteen's, "Tenth Avenue Freeze out"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Tap devil to freeze hell
The Real Lyrics:
Tenth avenue freeze out
The Story: Forever thats what I thought it was, and one day my brother was in the car with my mom singing it and she heard him and corrected him, and thought it was incredably funny so she told me, and the wierd thing was that's what I though it said too! We still sing it our way! - Submitted by: Shelly
Bruce Springsteen's, "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out"
The Misheard Lyrics:
10-W Freeze-Out
The Real Lyrics:
Tenth-Avenue Freeze-Out
The Story: It just sounded to me (it came out when I was 8) like he's singing about his engine freezing up because of the wrong oil. - Submitted by: Eric Liming
Bruce Springsteen's, "The Nothing Man"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I am the muffin man.
The Real Lyrics:
I am the nothing man.
The Story: Well, my dad comes home and goes, 'Bruce Springsteen has a song about the Muffin Man' First, I cracked up, then he played it. I thought, 'Wow it does sound like it.' - Submitted by: nick
Bruce Springsteen's, "The River"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I come from down in Nevada
The Real Lyrics:
I come from down in the valley
The Story: When I was ten I looked over at my mom and said 'I thought he was from New Jersey!' She (not realizing that I had misunderstood the lyric) asked me 'But aren't there valleys in New Jersey?' I shut right up after that! - Submitted by: BPSTeam
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