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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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Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Bad Moon Risin'"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I've seen ... Paraquats of lightning,
Or
A pair of quaking lighting,
OR
Pears skating lightened
Or
A pair of quaking lighting,
OR
Pears skating lightened
The Real Lyrics:
I see earthquakes and lightnin'
The Story: I pronounced paraquat as "paraquate" until just now because of this song! - Submitted by: Shanan Cummings
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Bad Moon Risin'"
The Misheard Lyrics:
There's a baboon on the right.
The Real Lyrics:
There's a bad moon on the rise.
The Story: When I was a kid, I used to think that the song was about a killer baboon. No joke! I guess was just a little scared of those critters in general. - Submitted by: Alex Allred
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Bad Moon Rising"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Don't go around tonight,
let the farmer take your knife.
There's a bad move on the right
let the farmer take your knife.
There's a bad move on the right
The Real Lyrics:
Don't go out tonight,
it's bound to take your life.
There's a bad moon on the rise
it's bound to take your life.
There's a bad moon on the rise
The Story: For the longest time, growing up, this is literally how I sang this song, and truly felt I knew the words. That is until a friend of mine heard me singing that part and said, 'What was it you said right there?' Obviously he knew what the true lyrics were... - Submitted by: Mark Nakoff
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Bad Moon Rising"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Don't throw up tonight
But if you do it's quite alright
'Cause there's a bathroom on the right.
But if you do it's quite alright
'Cause there's a bathroom on the right.
The Real Lyrics:
Don't go out tonight
It's bound to take your life
There's a bad moon on the risin'.
It's bound to take your life
There's a bad moon on the risin'.
The Story: We were a bunch of hippie-freaks living in a commune in Connecticut where there were no flush toilets, only outhouses. These lyrics evoked an image of real luxury to us. - Submitted by: Henry Packer
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Bad Moon Rising"
The Misheard Lyrics:
There is a bathroom on the right
The Real Lyrics:
There is a bad moon on the right
The Story: When John Fogarty released his solo album, Premonition, he included the misheard lyric in the song Bad Moon Rising. He had known about this for years and so included it in the song as an inside joke. If you listen to the song, it happens just before the fadeout. - Submitted by: Dan
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Bad Moon Rising"
The Misheard Lyrics:
There's a bad mood on the right.
The Real Lyrics:
There's a bad moon on the rise.
The Story: The first time I heard this song was about the same time my older sister started getting her womanly flow. Bad moods were abound! - Submitted by: Amy
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Bad Moon Rising"
The Misheard Lyrics:
There's a bathroom on the right...
The Real Lyrics:
There's a bad moon on the rise...
The Story: I used to Deejay at parties and weddings and such. I played this song one night when a friend (No names. Right, Andreas Freyvogel?) came along to help me. I wasn't sure that that I heard him correctly. But after several repeats, I realized he was singing the wrong lyrics. I corrected him and we have chuckled about it ever since, right Andy? However in his defense: If the story about John Fogerty singing those exact lyrics during the fadeout is true, maybe Andreas was correct after all. - Submitted by: Hans
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Bad Moon Rising"
The Misheard Lyrics:
There's a bathroom on the right.
The Real Lyrics:
There's a bad moon on the rise.
The Story: My brother's mate was heard singing these words at a pub one night. - Submitted by: Conley Newall
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Bad Moon Rising"
The Misheard Lyrics:
There's a bathroom on the right.
The Real Lyrics:
There's a bad moon on the rise.
The Story: My dad and I used to sing it this way. I suspect he knew the true lyrics, but I always thought it really was about a bathroom on the right hand side of the road. - Submitted by: Will
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Bad Moon Rising"
The Misheard Lyrics:
There's a bathroom on the right
The Real Lyrics:
There's a bad moon on the rise
The Story: My Dad used to sing this song all the time with his guitar in the living room while we would sit around and sing listening to him play and my mom would be in the kitchen singing along and she would always sing the wrong lyrics till one day we told her what the real lyrics were and we've sang it her way ever since. - Submitted by: Jodi
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Bad Moon Rising"
The Misheard Lyrics:
There's a bathroom on the right
The Real Lyrics:
There's a bad moon on the rise
The Story: While changing during gym class a discussion broke out about the lyrics to 'Bad Moon Rising' and one student was surprised to find out that 'There's a bathroom on the right' wasn't the correct lyrics to this song. - Submitted by: sharon fuller
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Bad Moon Rising"
The Misheard Lyrics:
There's a bathroom on your right.
The Real Lyrics:
There's a bad moon on the rise.
The Story: When I head this song on the radio, I thought that was what the lyrics were. Really embarrassing. But my grandma admits she thought the same thing, and even sang it that way once. It was too funny. - Submitted by: Taylor
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Bad Moon Rising"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Yeah, the bathroom's on the right.
The Real Lyrics:
There's a bad moon on the rise.
The Story: I never knew the name of the song, but I couldn't figure out why the song was talking about where the bathroom was. Then I found out the title of the song after asking my boyfriend. Being the classic rock enthusiast he is, he hasn't let me forget my mistake. Now when the song comes on the radio, he asks me, "Hun, where's the bathroom?" I always respond, "On the right". :o) - Submitted by: Andrea
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Bbad Moon Rising"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Tthere's a bathroom on the right.
The Real Lyrics:
There's a bad moon on the rise.
The Story: My wife and I were driving from Baton Rouge to Atlanta. She was singing along to this song at top volume, oblivious to how ridiculous she sounded. I had to pull over laughing when she actually argued with me about the correct lyric. - Submitted by: Charles De Long
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Down On The Corner"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Grisdo hits the waplo and people just got to smile
Root Beer foams the gupbate and solos for a while
Old Board playin' the rhythm out on his kalamazoo
Willy goes into a dance--the 'Devil's Ongazoo'.
Root Beer foams the gupbate and solos for a while
Old Board playin' the rhythm out on his kalamazoo
Willy goes into a dance--the 'Devil's Ongazoo'.
The Real Lyrics:
Rooster hits the washboard and people just got to smile
Blinky thumps the gut bass and solos for a while
Poorboy twangs the rhythm out on his kalamazoo
Willy goes into a dance and doubles on kazoo.
Blinky thumps the gut bass and solos for a while
Poorboy twangs the rhythm out on his kalamazoo
Willy goes into a dance and doubles on kazoo.
The Story: For years I thought the whole second verse was written as deliberate nonsense. Then I finally saw the real lyrics, which actually do make sense. - Submitted by: Edward
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Down On The Corner"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Throw it on the corner
There's a happy foot.
There's a happy foot.
The Real Lyrics:
Over on the corner
There's a happy noise.
There's a happy noise.
The Story: I was eating in a restaurant when the overhead speakers started playing this song so ripe for mishearings. Of the real lyrics that I know to this song, most of them I learned from postings on this site, seeing misheard excerpts and the corresponding real lyrics! That means there are some lines to the song I'd never learned, perhaps partially because they correspond to no frequently read mishearings. The above lines were in that category. As best I could hear through the talking in the restaurant, those lines jumped out at me as the misheard version above. I came home and looked on a lyrics site, pretty sure that I hadn't heard the lines right, and I hadn't. - Submitted by: Edyth Bowen
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Down On The Corner"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Wear your knickers, tap your feet.
The Real Lyrics:
Bring a nickel, tap your feet.
The Story: It still cracks me up when I hear this song on the radio. I looked up the real lyrics on the record recently, and I asked some people about it. They laughed, making me look like a fool. My wife told me she heard a more racially offensive version of the song. - Submitted by: John C
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Down On The Corner"
The Misheard Lyrics:
You don't need a penny just to hang around
But if you got a nickel, won't you lay your money down? Over on the corner
There's a happy goer
People come from all around
To puff the magic horn
Down on the corner
Out here in the street
When the popo comes around
Better beat your happy feet.
But if you got a nickel, won't you lay your money down? Over on the corner
There's a happy goer
People come from all around
To puff the magic horn
Down on the corner
Out here in the street
When the popo comes around
Better beat your happy feet.
The Real Lyrics:
You don't need a penny just to hang around
But if you've got a nickel, won't you lay your money down?
Over on the corner
There's a happy noise
People come from all around
To watch the magic boy
Down on the corner
Out in the street
Willy and the Poorboys are playin'
Bring a nickel, tap your feet.
But if you've got a nickel, won't you lay your money down?
Over on the corner
There's a happy noise
People come from all around
To watch the magic boy
Down on the corner
Out in the street
Willy and the Poorboys are playin'
Bring a nickel, tap your feet.
The Story: Always thought the song was about smoking marijuana. - Submitted by: Alex De Leon
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Down On The Corner"
The Misheard Lyrics:
You don't need a pinhead just to hang around
But if you've got a n**-***, won't you lay yo money down!
But if you've got a n**-***, won't you lay yo money down!
The Real Lyrics:
Don't need a penny, just to hang around
But if you have a nickel, lay your money down.
But if you have a nickel, lay your money down.
The Story: I thought the song was about a street corner slave trade. - Submitted by: Soda83
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Down On the Corner"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Blinky thumps the duck bait.
The Real Lyrics:
Blinky thumps the gut bass.
The Story: A few years ago, my dad and I were listening to this song. When this lyric came on, he mentioned how he always thought they said, 'Duck bait'. Of course, I laughed, but every time I heard this song afterwards, I thought they said it too! - Submitted by: Josh
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Down on the Corner"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Down on the corner
Out the the street
Where the popcorn's a-playin'
And the knee bells fancy feet.
Out the the street
Where the popcorn's a-playin'
And the knee bells fancy feet.
The Real Lyrics:
Down on the corner
Out in the street
Willy & The Poorboys are playing
Bring a nickel, tap your feet.
Out in the street
Willy & The Poorboys are playing
Bring a nickel, tap your feet.
The Story: Some friends and I heard this on the radio, and we spent most of the rest of the time in the car trying to figure out what these lyrics meant. - Submitted by: Oblivion
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Down on the Corner"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Willy goes into a dance, the devil's on his hooves!
The Real Lyrics:
Willy goes into a dance and doubles on kazoo.
The Story: I think I've searched all the misheards -- some close, but... I've had this wrong for close to 40 years, and no one else ever heard it exactly this way?? I think I Iike mine better. A kind of wild possessed dance goes better with people coming to watch the magic boy. - Submitted by: Bob Sheleg
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Fortunate Son"
The Misheard Lyrics:
It ate me, it ate me.
The Real Lyrics:
It ain't me, it ain't me.
The Story: I really thought this song was about a man getting eaten before my brother told me otherwise. - Submitted by: Hermod Arne
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Have You Ever Seen The Rain?"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Have you ever seen Lorraine?
The Real Lyrics:
Have you ever seen the rain?
The Story: I was half asleep in the car when the station my brother-in-law was playing started playing this song. Not really awake yet, I asked him, 'Did they just say ...'? He laughed, but before he could answer, I woke up and realized my mistake and corrected myself. He commented that my version of the lyrics would give a whole new meaning to the song. - Submitted by: Car
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "It Came Out Of The Sky"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Ronnie the Cop said, 'It was a Communist plot.'
The Real Lyrics:
Ronnie, the Popular said, 'It was a Communist plot.'
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Lodi"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, Lord, I'm stuck in low-drive again.
The Real Lyrics:
Oh, Lord, I'm stuck in Lodi, again.
The Story: Same trip, same situation. Okay, maybe 'bathroom' was funnier. At least this time, she didn't argue about it. - Submitted by: Charles De Long
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Lodi"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, Lord, stuck on a diaphragm.
The Real Lyrics:
Oh, Lord, stuck in Lodi again.
The Story: Yes, when I was a teen, I giggled, thinking that Fogarty had some trouble shortly after having sex. -:) It wasn't until sometime when I was in my twenties in the late 1980's that I finally found out the true lyrics, as well as the name of the song. - Submitted by: Peter
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Lookin' Out My Back Door"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Woman's apparition, provided by magician.
The Real Lyrics:
Wond'rous apparition, provided by magician.
The Story: A song where after many dozens of times listening to it, over several years, the light bulb came on with the correct lyrics, piece by piece, until I just about got it all. 'Memories of elephants all playing in the band' was maybe the last one to be deciphered into 'tambourines.' - Submitted by: Rich Reese
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Looking Out My Back Door"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Got a sore throat, listening to Buck Owens.
The Real Lyrics:
A dinosaur Victrola, list'ning to Buck Owens.
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Looking Out My Backdoor"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Coo, coo, coo, lookin’ out my back door.
The Real Lyrics:
Doo, doo, doo, lookin’ out my back door.
The Story: I always used to think of Roscoe P. Coltrane (of The Dukes of Hazzard) when this song would come on. He would go, "Coo coo coo". - Submitted by: Harry May
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Mustang Sally"
The Misheard Lyrics:
All you wanna do is ride around
Sally Ride, Sally Ride.
Sally Ride, Sally Ride.
The Real Lyrics:
All you wanna do is ride around, Sally
Ride, Sally, ride.
Ride, Sally, ride.
The Story: When I was younger, I used to hear this song on the radio occasionally. I never really listened to the rest of the lyrics, so I was convinced this song was written about the astronaut Sally Ride, who I had learned about in school. It made sense with the chorus at least, that they would make a play on her name and riding around on the spaceship. - Submitted by: The Dormouse
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Proud Mary"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Donut, donut
Donut on the river
or
Don't it, don't it
Don't it on a river?
Donut on the river
or
Don't it, don't it
Don't it on a river?
The Real Lyrics:
Rollin', rollin'
Rollin' on the river.
Rollin' on the river.
The Story: My 5-year-old niece sings this version. She mixes up other things, too. She insists that in 'Finding Nemo', Nemo is shouting 'Birthday school! Birthday school!' when actually it's 'First day of school! First day of school!' When we got the Lion King 1-1/2 toy from McDonalds (I think) that says 'Hakuna matata' when you push a button, she thought it was cussing (and I don't know to this very day what she misheard) - Submitted by: Jeffrey Hope
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Proud Mary"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Pumped a lotta pain down in New Orleans
The Real Lyrics:
Pumped a lotta 'tane
The Story: I never heard the abbreviation 'tane so I just assumed the singer considered it painful that he was stuck pumping gas when he'd rather be rollin' on the river. It wasn't until I saw the real lyrics on another mondegreen site that I realized I'd been singing it wrong all these years. - Submitted by: Lady Mondegreen
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Sweet Hitchiker"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Swee dudge-a Heike
The Real Lyrics:
Sweet hitch-a-hiker
The Story: My then-girlfriend Susan was ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED this was correct-and it was 'a German Lyric!' - Submitted by: Rick Harrison
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