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'm getting closer to my boat.
I'm getting closer to my home.
The Story: I remember several years ago I wanted to by a ski boat and pay cash (hence no loan) and this song came on the radio. It (the misheard version) became my money saving motivation that played in my head whenver I checked my bank account or thought about eating out or otherwise wasting money. So, it worked. I got the boat, but after the fact I found out the song wasn't even saying 'closer to my boat,' which would've made sense with all the waves and seagulls in the background. Oh well. - Submitted by: Jon Wyncroft
I'm getting closer to my hole.
I'm getting closer to my home.
The Story: When I was younger I thought he was saying "getting closer to my hole"...in the sense that he was playing golf and getting the ball closer to the hole. - Submitted by: Jeff
So return me, my s***.
So return me, my ship.
The Story: I was packing it up and moving out and found that my ex-husband had taken many of my things. For this to come on the radio was pretty hilarious, since I wanted him to return me, my s***. Basically, you can replace any 'ship' word with 's***' and it's pretty close and very funny. - Submitted by: Lisa L3 Lislangsta
Can I get a Whiskey
Can I get a witness.
The Story: I work as a D.J. and my boss who has been a D.J. for more than 20 years was singing while we were playing this song, and this is what he was singing (he really thought it was the lyric) - Submitted by: Lisa
All them cicadas in Omaha.
Four young chiquitas in Omaha.
The Story: My husband and I opened the front door to go out last evening. The sound of the cicadas was deafening. Once inside the car I started singing 'All them cicadas in Omaha.' He started laughing and asked 'Is that what you think the words are?!' 'No, I don't think so, I know so,' I replied. Both hubby and I were teenagers when this song came out and here I have been singing it wrong all this time! Well, you learn something new every day. - Submitted by: Val
I've got to tell you, Focus here sang.
I've got to tell you poker's his thang.
The Story: I was totally confused by this lyric for years because Focus was a one-hit wonder whose only top 10 hit was 'Hocus Pocus', which was pretty much an instrumental. The only part of the song that had any resemblance to singing was the piss poor yodeling attempt throughout the song. - Submitted by: Bob Malone
Smokin' Chiquitas in Omaha
Four young chiquitas in Omaha
The Story: During this time frame, people were actually drying banana skins and smoking them to get high. No, really! Hence, 'Smokin' Chiquitas'. - Submitted by: OldRocker
They said, 'Come on, Boots, let's get it on!'
They said, 'Come on, dudes, let's get it on!'
The Story: A male friend of mine back then thought they were using his nickname, 'Boots' (which he earned because that's what he always wore). He got really stoked on that part. It was years before I realized that's not what they were saying--wonder if my friend ever figured it out? (Hey, what a bummer, dude!) - Submitted by: Kathy W.
Up all night, were freakin'
I've got to tell you, Pocus had a saying.
Up all night with Freddie King
I got to tell you, poker's his thing.
The Story: Our drummer sang these misheard lyrics for months at live shows until I finally had to ask him what in God's name he was saying there and find the correct lyrics for him. - Submitted by: Sheldon Jeddore
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