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 20 most recent songs that have been 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!).
Walkin's what's paradise.
Walkin' t'wards paradise
The Story: The misheard lyrics reminded me of a jingle I heard in a commercial for Watchimlas, wearable animal friends for girls with an LCD watch inside. - Submitted by: Isac
I had a Roger Daltrey capon
I had a Roger Daltrey cape on
The Story: While I realised almost immediately what the correct lyrics were, I've never been able to get rid of the image of a chicken strutting around whirling a microphone around its head. - Submitted by: Judith Nicolson
Brown Hornet
Broken dreams that never really started, yeah!
Downhearted
Broken dreams that never really started, yeah!
The Story: The lead singer of Australian Crawl, had a vocal style that led to many misunderstood lyrics. I thought that this song was about the super hero, the Brown Hornet (as seen on the cartoon series, Fat Albert.) - Submitted by: Scott Mcphee
Break your finger
Break a finger
The Story: Source - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWgofsAhXWY - Submitted by: Brendan Richards
Annie, do you want cake?
Are you wonky, Annie?
Annie, are you okay?
Are you okay, Annie?
The Story: Annie's father gives the girl the cake, then after eating it, she becomes wonky. - Submitted by: Stephen Emmett
For enticing a hooker pie, say...
Foreign types with the hookah pipes say.
The Story: It was a long time ago now - but I do remember my mum was not best pleased when she heard me sing these words..! - Submitted by: Wendy Christopher
Doesn't matter that I have to be the bottom of a buoyant dance
It doesn't matter that I have to feed the both of us, employment's down.
The Story: Wasted WAAAY too much time trying to work out the physics of that misheard line..! - Submitted by: Wendy Christopher
I'd say her veins are corrupted 'cause she's up in two chains
I'd say her values are corrupted but she's open to change
The Story: Even as a naïve teenager, I remember (mis)hearing this line and thinking that not knowing 'what she wants' was the LEAST of her problems! - Submitted by: Wendy Christopher
You can take the dog to Bachman Lake
You can tell your dog to bite my leg.
The Story: Bachman Lake is a small freshwater lake located in the Love Field neighborhood of northwest Dallas, Texas - Submitted by: Amber
With Gordon Liddy on his arm
Just a guy made of dots and lines
No cigar, no lady on his arm
Just a guy made of dots and lines
The Story: Gordon Liddy, full name- Mr. G. Gordon Liddy, was an assistant to the Nixon White House During the Watergate scandal of the 1970s. I don't know why I thought that the band was singing about Gordon Liddy. I guess "no cigar, no lady" was a lyric that I didn't think of, and that a band that sings about fingertips or lions on silver spaceship(s) would probably sing comedy songs about Mr. Liddy, too. - Submitted by: TR
