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!).
Aqualung album at Amazon.com
Flying is a pulson
Drying in the cold sun
The Story: I didn't hear the lyrics wrong - My brother did. I happened by his bedroom one day, he was playing my Aqualung album when I overheard him sing 'Flying is a pulson'. I walked in and asked him to repeat it. He looked at me uncertain and repeated it with a ? at the end. I set him straight and it's been a joke with us ever since it happened back in 1973. - Submitted by: Tom Sturm
Leg hurting bad, as he bends to kick a dog in.
Leg hurting bad, as he bends to pick a dog-end.
The Story: A friend at school whose copy of the album didn't have the lyric sheet (for some reason ?), had produced his own by transposing the lyrics directly from the album himself. Thus his mis-hearing of the lyric had been proudly preserved, on A4 ruled paper, for all to see. Oh how we laughed when first we saw it. Mainly, I think, 'cos it actually seemed better (or, at least, funnier !) than the real lyric. - Submitted by: R Curry
Running naked with a lashing braid.
Would rather make it with a letching grey.
The Story: I mentioned it once to a college roommate at Tulane University - 1972 (who had the album and the lyrics). He said, "No, that's not right, but I like your lyrics better". - Submitted by: John
She dives in Hampstead Village
Then expends a pound of drool.
She dines in Hampstead Village
On expense-account gruel.
The Story: 'Expending a pound of drool' was what I thought of as a more formal way of saying 'hocking a loogie.' - Submitted by: The Skuz
La fa lay lan san
Life is a long song.
The Story: For years I thought this lyric was something being said in French (like in the Beatles' Michelle). I was trying to research these lyrics online to find out what he was saying in French, only to discover it was in English all the time. - Submitted by: Joyce
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