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!).
Bad Boys album at Amazon.com
Campbell's, Campbell's
Bad boys, bad boys
The Story: I could have sworn that the reggae singers who sang the theme song to Cops would have talked about soup. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
When the Chevy trum trum cum fo' you.
When sheriff John Brown come for you
The Story: Always heard this watching COPS and could never figure out what the lyrics were but just now thought to look them up and found them here so thought I'd add my misheard lyrics too! - Submitted by: Randy
When the sheriff shum from come for you
When the sheriff John Brown come for you
The Story: My mom and I like to watch 'Cops' on Saturday night, and all these years we wondered what they were actually saying. When I found the correct lyrics, I explained it to her and she said, 'Oh! Like Denzel Washington said in 'Remember the Titans'!' (John Brown state troopers). - Submitted by: Sarah
When the sugar gum done come for you.
When the sheriff John Brown come for you
The Story: I'm so happy I found your site! This song has driven me crazy for years, yet I never looked up the lyrics to this ONE line. I always meant to Google it, and forgot (I'm 56 now, have sympathy, ha ha!). I used to just 'pretend' I knew what they were singing and fudge through that line, you know, "When the la la la come for you". Then I tried really hard to listen to it and was convinced, wrongly, that it was, "When the sugar gum done come for you". Wait for it, it's really stupid story. I thought I was being clever, believing wrongly BTW that a police detective used to be called a Sugar Gum Shoe. I was singling it just now as I was watching a re run of Cops and suddenly said to myself, "Wait, you idiot, it is a, "Gumshoe, not a Sugar Gum Shoe." I instantly Googled Cops and Bad Boys song (had no idea who wrote or sang the song) and read it wasn't ANY of those words anyway. I will go stand in the corner with my sugar gum shoes until I learn it is sheriff John Brown come for you. Barbara B - Submitted by: Barbara B
Girl, I'm gonna make you swim
Girl, I'm gonna make you sweat
The Story: I think this comes to mind because people really want to swim. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
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New entries in this section are currently reviewed by Brian Kelly. Previous editors (if any) are listed on the editors page.
