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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There’s a bathroom on the right
or
There’s a baboon on the rise
There’s a bad moon on the rise.
The Story: My dad heard CCR on the radio and asked me why the lyrics talked about a bathroom. My niece was visiting and I had CCR playing and she was singing "there’s a baboon on the rise." In fairness she’s 12. - Submitted by: Kevin
It's gone and you can tell that one's a foul.
It's gone and you can tell that one goodbye.
The Story: I was a bit disappointed to find out I was wrong here. I always thought this was a cute little song about an overzealous kid that had an absolutely genius punchline. Guess it was just me. - Submitted by: Zotmeister
Pudding and Coke
Put me in, Coach.
The Story: I had a high school girlfriend, who's little brother even played on a baseball team, said something about the 'Pudding and Coke Song' by John Fogerty. He had to sing it before we knew what the heck he was talking about. Not quite 'There's a bathroom on the right,' but kinda funny. - Submitted by: Matt
Put me in Vogue
I'm ready to stay, today.
or
I want to be seventeen.
Put me in, Coach
I'm ready to play, today.
The Story: I just recently told by my husband and son, this song was about baseball, not about being in Vogue magazine and staying young forever. Of course, for years I thought 'All my friends ride horses', not 'drive Porsches'. [Ed.'s note: From Janis Joplin's "Mercedes Benz"]. - Submitted by: Lori Anne Muzzerall
Put me in a coma
Put me in, Coach.
The Story: I used to think Fogerty wanted to be sedated long before The Ramones - Submitted by: A G
Put me in coach
Put me in, Coach
The Story: I always knew this song was about baseball, but it just hit me the other day that he isn't saying to put him in coach like on an airplane. He is telling the Coach of the team to put him in the game. - Submitted by: Amber
Put me in cold,
Put me in, Coach
The Story: This lyric has always bugged me one way or another. So, after listening to Dream On and seeing if anyone else (via Google link to here!) heard "Sing Women" rather than "Sing With Me" on Dream On, Mr Fogerty came on.
I had to settle if he was being put in 'cold' (w/o warm-up, like many baseball hero movies where the Good Guy Underdog gets put in at the last minute to save the day), or if he was just talking to the Coach. ;) - Submitted by: NH
Don't tread on my toe, toe
Don't mess with my Toot-Toot
The Story: dancing - Submitted by: jf
Fly like a goat, all over the world
I'd like to go, all over the world
The Story: I couldn't stop wondering why he was singing about flying goats. :S - Submitted by: Alex Procter
New entries in this section are currently reviewed by Brian Kelly. Previous editors (if any) are listed on the editors page.
