Misheard Song Lyrics -> Stories -> Green Day
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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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Green Day's, "86"
The Misheard Lyrics:
There's no return from Adie's sex.
The Real Lyrics:
There's no return from 86.
The Story: I was listening to this after one day and started laughing. I was like "Yeah, we know. But we don't need details, B.J." - Submitted by: Nikqua
Green Day's, "American Idiot"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Boys weren't meant to love you.
The Real Lyrics:
For that's enough to argue.
The Story: I thought this was a reference to his bisexuality; and he was saying how homophobic Americans were about it. - Submitted by: r.p.
Green Day's, "American Idiot"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Now everybodys kicking Papa Genda.
The Real Lyrics:
Now everybody do the propoganda.
The Story: I thought Papa Genda was some old guy that nobody liked, so they started kicking him! - Submitted by: Alex
Green Day's, "American Idiot"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the Aryan nation.
All across the Aryan nation.
The Real Lyrics:
Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alien nation.
All across the alien nation.
The Story: When I first heard this song on the radio, I was doing a report on the mind set of Germany during World War II. And in particular, the racism towards other races. - Submitted by: Jean luc Picard
Green Day's, "Android"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Or did he hide away from those things
Under spotlights smoking dope?
It's crazy.
Under spotlights smoking dope?
It's crazy.
The Real Lyrics:
Or did he hide away from hopes
Under a smile smoking dope?
It's crazy.
Under a smile smoking dope?
It's crazy.
The Story: I was trying to figure out why somebody would smoke dope under a spotlight where just anybody (including police officers) could see them. It just seemed like such a stupid idea since it's illegal and all. When when I finally realized that it said 'behind a smile', I thought, "Ohhhh....now I get it!!!" - Submitted by: Andrea
Green Day's, "Basket Case"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Am I just paranoid
Or am I Joss Stone?
Or am I Joss Stone?
The Real Lyrics:
Am I just paranoid
Or am I just stoned?
Or am I just stoned?
The Story: A friend sang it while on a mic infront of about 100 people when called on stage during a small local-band gig, thinking it was the correct lyrics. [Ed.'s note: Joss Stone wasn't yet famous, an still in her 'tweens, when this song came out.] - Submitted by: Harakoni
Green Day's, "Basket Case"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Do you know the time, and listen to me whine
About a crackhead girl named Ann Marie?
About a crackhead girl named Ann Marie?
The Real Lyrics:
Do you have the time, to listen to me whine
About nothing and everything all at once?
About nothing and everything all at once?
The Story: My stupid boyfriend, who listens to only rap, claims that Green Day is the only rock group that he likes. He was fooling around with my guitar and I caught him singing these lyrics. Not only did I tell him his lyrics were extremely wrong, I was mad because he mentioned Ann Marie, which is the name of a girl he happened to have cheated on me with at one time. - Submitted by: Frann
Green Day's, "Basket Case"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Just speak to the door
So I married a w**** oh!
So I married a w**** oh!
The Real Lyrics:
Grasping to control
So I better hold on.
So I better hold on.
The Story: When I first heard this song, I thought he was being really rude to his wife. - Submitted by: Mayu
Green Day's, "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams"
The Misheard Lyrics:
But it's home to me and I'll walk alone
The Real Lyrics:
But it's home to me, and I walk alone.
The Story: i play piano and sing with a private tutor. When we did this song i made this mistake so much that she paid me to get it right. I made about 17 dollars. - Submitted by: Addye
Green Day's, "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I wore cologne, I wore cologne.
The Real Lyrics:
I walk alone, I walk alone.
The Story: I was chatting to my friend one day. I asked her, "What difference would wearing cologne make?" She started laughing and soon corrected me. - Submitted by: Katie-Leigh
Green Day's, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I wish someone would pillow fight me.
The Real Lyrics:
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me.
The Story: I was on the bus with my friend Mike and 'Blvd. of Broken Dreams' was on the radio. He said, 'Why does he want some to pillow him?' I answered, 'What?' And he sang it where he thought it was. It was so funny. - Submitted by: meghan
Green Day's, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
The Misheard Lyrics:
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shadow heart's the only thing that's beating.
My shadow heart's the only thing that's beating.
The Real Lyrics:
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating.
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating.
The Story: My friend and I like to sing songs together. We were singing this one. I went, 'My shadow hearts the only things that's beating'. Her version went, 'My sweetie's heart the only thing that's beating'. We stared at each other. We both shouted to each other that our lyric was correct. Then this person behind us on the bus said, 'You're both wrong.' He recited the whole thing perfectly! - Submitted by: Bob
Green Day's, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Sometimes I wish Mike Dirnt's mouse hair would find me.
The Real Lyrics:
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me.
The Story: My friend had never ever heard the song, so I sung it to her. When I got to the part about the mouse hair, she immediatly said the correct lyric. And she'd never even heard the song before! It was amazing! - Submitted by: WUTDOUCARE
Green Day's, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
The Misheard Lyrics:
What's the depth in 'Everything's all right'?
The Real Lyrics:
What's f***ed up and everything's all right?
The Story: I thought it was this because I saw it on 'Rage' They cut out the swear words so it sounded like 'What's the depth' - Submitted by: Rynn
Green Day's, "Brain Stew"
The Misheard Lyrics:
My eyes feel like they're gonna blink.
or
My ears feel like they're gonna bleed.
or
My ears feel like they're gonna bleed.
The Real Lyrics:
My eyes feel like they're gonna bleed.
The Story: I always thought he was either having a stare-down and was going to lose or reflecting the lyrics of the song 'She' by the lyric: 'Scream at me until my ears bleed.' - Submitted by: Alan The Ottoman
Green Day's, "Extraordinary Girl"
The Misheard Lyrics:
And she gets in the getaway.
The Real Lyrics:
And she can't seem to get away.
The Story: I own the CD and the lyric book, but I never caught that mistake until I watched 'Storytellers' with the captions on the TV. - Submitted by: Ezra
Green Day's, "Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Another turnip and a fork stuck in the road
Please ask the alien and the farmer's wife to hold.
Please ask the alien and the farmer's wife to hold.
The Real Lyrics:
Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go.
Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go.
The Story: I know people might think I just made up this really random line, but I heard this song about six years ago and have been pondering it since. I knew those weren't the actual lyrics, but it always reminded me of 'the old man and the turnip' this kiddie's book I read when I was little. I think the song would be a lot more intresting if these were the lyrics. LOL! If you actually listen to the song, these words miraculously fit in. - Submitted by: Rage
Green Day's, "Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Another turnip on a fork stuck in the road.
The Real Lyrics:
Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road.
The Story: Although this seemed like a really silly lyric, once I heard the word 'turnip', I couldn't conceive of any other definition of the word 'fork' and thought those must be the words. It's funny the tricks your mind plays. - Submitted by: Kathy Keefe
Green Day's, "Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Dads on trial
The Real Lyrics:
Dead skin on trial
The Story: When I first heard the song I always thought that line was about dads being on trial. I wondered why that line didn't really fit with the rest of the song. A while later when I was watching a Seinfeld retropect with captioning, and I saw the line 'dead skin' (when the song was playing over selected clips), the song made a lot more sense. - Submitted by: pikapal
Green Day's, "Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I hope you had a hammer up your a***.
The Real Lyrics:
I hope you had the time of your life.
The Story: I was talking to my friend on the phone, and the song was playing in the background. She misheard it as above. - Submitted by: Fishbrain
Green Day's, "Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
The Indian is right
I hope you have the time of your life.
I hope you have the time of your life.
The Real Lyrics:
But in the end it's right
I hope you had the time of your life.
I hope you had the time of your life.
The Story: I would sing this song in front of my Green Day-crazed cousin. She would look at me kinda funny, then I read the lyrics in her cd case and felt way embarassed. - Submitted by: Hannah
Green Day's, "Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Tom Grabs you by the wrist.
The Real Lyrics:
Time grabs you by the wrist.
The Story: I always thought Tom was some guy who grabbed some woman by the wrist while they were holding onto the steering wheel because of the fork in the road. - Submitted by: Ashley
Green Day's, "Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Tom grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go.
The Real Lyrics:
Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go.
The Story: Even though I know the real lyrics, I find this funnier because I'm a Thomas Haden Church fanatic. I wouldn't mind Tom grabbing me by the wrist and directing me where to go! - Submitted by: AngeFaitore
Green Day's, "Ha, Ha, You're Dead"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I humped your friends.
The Real Lyrics:
Ha Ha You're Dead
The Story: I was listening to the song, and my mom was sitting in the other room. So then she came into the room I was in and said "What are you listening to?!" And I said "Haha You're Dead by Green Day" And she's all "OH! I thought they were saying "I humped your friends. And sometimes it even sounded like they were saying 'I hopped your fence.' I'm guessing that it sounded that way because she couldn't hear the song properly from the other room! - Submitted by: Stephanie
Green Day's, "Hitchin' A Ride"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I'm wondering why you let this generate.
The Real Lyrics:
I'm off the wagon and I'm hitchin' a ride.
The Story: This is honestly what i heard because, at the time, because I didn't even know that the song was called 'Hitchin' a Ride'. - Submitted by: BasketCase
Green Day's, "Holiday"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Bang, bang goes the broken glass
And kill all the f**s with doughnut cream.
And kill all the f**s with doughnut cream.
The Real Lyrics:
Bang, bang goes the broken glass
And kill all the f**s that don't agree.
And kill all the f**s that don't agree.
The Story: I heard my daughter singing along in the van one day. I had to ask her what she was singing. I laughed so hard, I could barely drive. - Submitted by: Dr
Green Day's, "Holiday"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Can I get another A.M.A.? (A.M.A.!)
The Real Lyrics:
Can I get another Amen? (Amen!)
The Story: I live in Alberta, and the only A.M.A. I had ever heard of was the Alberta Motor Association. I wondered why an American band would be singing about it, and why Green Day would want one. - Submitted by: Mayu
Green Day's, "Holiday"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I beg to dream and differ from the hall of lies.
The Real Lyrics:
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies.
The Story: I thought this was a reference to the Senate. - Submitted by: fullyarmdvishnu
Green Day's, "Holiday"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I'll bet you Truman differed from the hollow lies.
The Real Lyrics:
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies.
The Story: I expected to hear them directly knock (George W.) Bush at least once in this song. So I thought maybe they were saying Truman was a better President. - Submitted by: Matt W
Green Day's, "Holiday"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Kill all the f**s and donut cream!
The Real Lyrics:
Kill all the f**s that don't agree!
The Story: This came from my 7 year old son. First I laughed, then realized he got the word 'f**s' correct. Not so good! - Submitted by: Tony
Green Day's, "Holiday"
The Misheard Lyrics:
The company lost their Lorna Doones.
The Real Lyrics:
The company lost the war today.
The Story: Lorna Doones are very popular among older Scandinavian ladies. But, who knows. Maybe they've caught on with the younger, punk-rock set. - Submitted by: Sarah
Green Day's, "Holiday"
The Misheard Lyrics:
The ones who died without a nan.
The Real Lyrics:
The ones who died without a name.
The Story: I thought 'nan' must have just been short for 'nanny' or something, but it didn't make any sense so I looked it up and discovered how wrong I had been. - Submitted by: *katie
Green Day's, "Homecoming"
The Misheard Lyrics:
After 10 cups are copied in bacon
The Real Lyrics:
After 10 cups of coffee, I'm thinking
The Story: My little brother was listening to his American Idiot CD and playing this song. I heard the line and suddenly thought, "I didn't know Green Day wrote funny lyrics for such serious political songs." Then I looked up the real lyrics. - Submitted by: Shiru101
Green Day's, "Jesus of Suburbia"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I'm the son of rage and love
The Jesus of Serbia.
The Jesus of Serbia.
The Real Lyrics:
I'm the son of rage and love
The Jesus of Suburbia.
The Jesus of Suburbia.
The Story: One day my mate comes into school, shortly after the American Idiot album was released, and sez 'I know almost all the words to Jesus of Serbia now.' We lmao'd - Submitted by: invisibletomato
Green Day's, "Longview"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I locked the door to my hotel and I lost the key.
The Real Lyrics:
I locked the door to my own cell and I lost the key.
The Story: My friend actually heard this one when the album first came out. We had a few minutes of arguing before I finally convinced him that his interpretation made no sense. - Submitted by: Colin
Green Day's, "No One Knows"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Call me irrisponsible
Call me a b****, you will.
Call me a b****, you will.
The Real Lyrics:
Call me irrisponsible
Call me habitual.
Call me habitual.
The Story: The way Billie Joe says habitual in this song just sounds different. I mean, I thought that people call him a b**** all the time or something. That he was sad about it, so he put it in his song. - Submitted by: Andrea
Green Day's, "Scattered"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I'm taking claim in such a beautiful coffee time.
The Real Lyrics:
I'm taking pride in telling you to f*** off again.
The Story: Well, in my defense, the words to this part of the song aren't in the booklet and Billie Joe is singing in one h*** of a strange accent to get 'pride' to rhyme with 'again'. But when I leant this song to my friend Jo, he understood them right away! And I felt pretty stupid. - Submitted by: Az
Green Day's, "St. Jimmy"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I am the son of a b****
A n***** and a hoe.
A n***** and a hoe.
The Real Lyrics:
I am the son of a b****
And Edgar Allan Poe.
And Edgar Allan Poe.
The Story: (I just want to apologize if the misheard lyrics offended anyone.) I was listening to "American Idiot" a few months ago; and I thought I heard the frontman say the n-word. I actually had to go back and look at the booklet. - Submitted by: Eva
Green Day's, "Wake Me Up When September Ends"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Trenches are made again
Becoming who we are.
Becoming who we are.
The Real Lyrics:
Drenched in my pain again
Becoming who we are.
Becoming who we are.
The Story: I saw the video and it was about war. So I thought they talked about trenches. - Submitted by: Dorkus
Green Day's, "Wake Me Up When September Ends"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Wake me up when September comes!
The Real Lyrics:
Wake me up when September ends!
The Story: 'Top of the Pops' magazine listed the song title as "Wake Me Up When September Comes". Someone then, wrote to them to correct them. - Submitted by: K.y.l.e
Green Day's, "Welcome To Paradise"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Pay attention to the cracked streets
And Mike's broken nose.
And Mike's broken nose.
The Real Lyrics:
Pay attention to the cracked streets
And the broken homes.
And the broken homes.
The Story: Mike (Dirnt) is Green Day's bassist. His nose juts out at about halfway down. And as far as I know, your nose can only be that way if you've broken your nose. It just so happens that that part of the song sounded more like it said, 'Mike's broken nose' instead of 'and the broken homes.' - Submitted by: Billiejoesgirl
Green Day's, "When I Come Around"
The Misheard Lyrics:
No time to search for Waldo now
Do you know where he'll be found?
If he comes around.
Do you know where he'll be found?
If he comes around.
The Real Lyrics:
No time to search the world around
'Cause you know where I'll be found
When I come around.
'Cause you know where I'll be found
When I come around.
The Story: I was looking through a "Where's Waldo?" book at the same time this song was playing. I was still thinking about Waldo, so I thought Billie Joe was singing (about him). - Submitted by: Punk Bassist
Green Day's, "When I Come Around"
The Misheard Lyrics:
The time that turns the world around.
The Real Lyrics:
No time to search the world around.
The Story: When I got their 'Dookie' album, I looked up the words and I was thinking, 'If he came around to this person's house, why would they search for him?' Then my mother pointed out that Billie Joe meant coming around mentally. - Submitted by: Ariane
Green Day's, "When I Come Around"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Tu m'excites, j'aime pas mal ça
Ouais, les lesbies, y'en a même pas (French)
(You excite me and I like it a lot
Yeah, lesbians don't even exist)
Ouais, les lesbies, y'en a même pas (French)
(You excite me and I like it a lot
Yeah, lesbians don't even exist)
The Real Lyrics:
You've been searching for that someone
And it's me out on the prowl
And it's me out on the prowl
The Story: Sometimes it's just too fun to be a billingual French-Canadian surrounded by not so billingual francophones... That was the official version at my High School the whole year. - Submitted by: Spiritual
Green Day's, "When I Come Around"
The Misheard Lyrics:
When I caught a red hound
The Real Lyrics:
When I come around
The Story: I was in 12 or 13 when I heard this song the first time and I went along singing it in school. I ask one of my friends if he had heard the song and he asked me to sing the chorus and I went on with it. I look at him and asked if he had heard it before. He started to lauch and corrected me with the right lyrics. Since that incident I shrug evertime I hear Green Day. - Submitted by: Calvin
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