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.
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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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I wanna b*** something wild and wooly.
I wanna grow something wild and unruly.
The Story: I was at work one night, not really paying attention to the lyrics when I started humming along. I must've been tired, because these were the only lyrics I could come up with for that line. Maybe it's a subliminal message? - Submitted by: Kate
On a pillow of blue vomit
On a pillow of bluebonnets
The Story: My daughter was belting this out one day. I told her the correct lyrics. She still doesn't believe me and points it out everytime she hears the song. - Submitted by: Jim Swortz
Earl walked right thru like a staining motor
Earl walked right thru that restraining order
The Story: - Submitted by: Tara
Let 'er rip, Butterfly.
Let 'er rip, let it fly.
The Story: My 4 year old niece misinterpreted this one and always requested 'The Butterfly Song.' - Submitted by: Charlotte Denney
If you're gonna say good bye don't take all damn night
If you're gonna say good bye don't take all day and night
The Story: I quoted the song as the misheard way on a Dixie Chicks bulliten board once. They were doing a sing along type thing where someone says a line of the song and then someone else says the next line etc. Well I got to post the line I thought it was. It wasn't long until people started correcting me. Felt like a moron but I can see how it can be easily confused. - Submitted by: Daniel (Blam-o)
F*** yeah, sounds good
F*** yeah, I'm not sure I could.
Forgive, sounds good
Forget, I'm not sure I could.
The Story: I heard this one at this year's Grammys while hanging out with a few friends. I had to bite my tongue to keep from laughing uncontrollably when I heard it, though. - Submitted by: Josh
Tonight, the hard eggs on me.
Tonight the heartache's on me.
The Story: When my daughter was 3, she loved this song and would sing it to the top of her lungs in the car. We started listening really close to what she would say and those were her words. To this day we still sing it to her occasionally, just for a good laugh. She's 13 now, so it embarrasses her when we sing it now. - Submitted by: Deb
Stroken up true love
Token of true love
The Story: My lyrically challenged friend was singing this at the top of her lungs on our way into a store. Needless to say, shopping was fun that day. She's always singing misheard lyrics. - Submitted by: pairbondhj
Her dad yelled out the window
'Chucky Boil!'
Her dad yelled out the window
'Check the oil!'
The Story: My daughter loves the dcs and is always singing their songs. She sang this one day and I asked her what she was saying. When she told me, I couldn't help but laugh. I told her the real lyrics and asked her, didn' t she realize that 'Chucky Boil' didn't make sense. She said she thought it was a nickname her dad had called her when she was growing up!! Everytime we hear that song, we sing 'Chucky Boil!' - Submitted by: Lynn Tate
She knows Ohio stinks
She knows the higher stakes
The Story: The Dixie Chicks actually told this story on Leno - they had gotten an angry letter from a man in Ohio who thought they were insulting his home state. - Submitted by: Kathryn Hinkle
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