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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I just want to roll my own.
I just want you for my own
The Story: I never knew the actual lyric until recently, so I just thought about smoking. - Submitted by: Dave
Make my wish come, Drew
Make my wish come true
The Story: That refers to Drew Carey, not really a friend of Mariah Carey. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
I'm a singer and...
And linger on.
The Story: I was in the talent show a few years ago and I sang this song. I didn't know there was gonna be that many Mariah Carey Fans~!! A few came up to me and said, 'Great performance you have a very good voice, but wrong lyrics' I was like wrong lyrics then I went on the computer and looked the right ones up!!!!!! - Submitted by: brianna
Dream lover come rescue me
'Cause I wanna shuffle ruffle with you, baby.
Dream lover, come resuce me
'Cause I wanna share forever with you, baby.
The Story: My sister was in kindegarten when this song was popular. She was just sure she had the lyrics right and I was crazy. Apparently, "the shuffle ruffle" was the biggest dance craze that I somehow missed. - Submitted by: Karen
You got me doin pro-mo-shuns
You got me feelin emotions
The Story: I swear to god, the first time I heard this song on the radio that the dj announced it as 'Promotions' I thought, 'God, has it come to that? Is this girl so desperate for material to sing that she'd write something like this?' I figured it had to be a joke, but it wasn't until I heard to the song a second time that I realize I'd misinterpreted it. - Submitted by: Melanie Loper
You got me feelin' emotions
Higher than Kevin Sorbo.
You got me feelin' emotions
Higher than the heavens above.
The Story: I'm not sure if "Hercules" had debuted at the time the song came out, but maybe she knew Kevin Sorbo before he was a star. :) - Submitted by: Eric Andrews
Togetherness well it's all a math test
Togetherness, well it's all I'm after,
The Story: I was 10 when this was released, that's how I heard it at the time and thought it was that for years after - Submitted by: Larry
Togetherness--well it's all a math term.
Togetherness--well it's all I'm after.
The Story: There is a math term about togetherness--It's called addition. - Submitted by: scout
In my mind In the memories I'll find silence
In my mind In the memories I'll find solace
The Story: Silent memories? - Submitted by: Fraser
Just like a cow on commercial
Just like a Calgon commercial
The Story: I just kept thinking "Now, why in the heck is she singing about a cow? On a commercial?". Now it makes sense...except I don't know what Calgon is. [Ed.'s note: In reference to Mariah's song, Calgon is a brand of bubble bath beads. It is also a laundry detergent additive.] - Submitted by: Cyra Niccals
Just like the cows on commercial
Just like the Calgon commercial
The Story: My best friend REALLY tried to convince me of her version of the lyrics, citing a commercial where these cows were trying to escape the snow to go to California. This chic is crazy! - Submitted by: Celia
Boy, I got a sugar roll.
Boy, I gotta shake you off.
The Story: Really?! What was I thinking? Well... I thought she was saying how sweet she was and how some guy was really gonna miss her. Sometimes, when I hear the song, I still sing my originally misheard lyrics. - Submitted by: Buena
Bought a wombat on the radio.
Bobby Womack's on the radio.
The Story: This comes on the radio all the time. When I heard it for the first time, that was what I thought it was. I looked it up after and found out I was wrong. Bobby Womack is an African-American singer. - Submitted by: Kit Kat
Ken Lee
Tulibu, dibu, douchoo
Can't live
If living is without you
The Story: This was a popular YouTube video where a Bulgarian woman auditioned for her country's "Music Idol" show. She insisted that the song she was about to sing was called "Ken Lee" by Mariah Carey. She proceeded to sing the song gibberishly, using words not even the Bulgarian judges could understand. When one of the judges asked what language she was singing in, the singer replied "English". - Submitted by: Sheila Oh
Oh I can't forget the semen or your face as you were leaving.
Oh I can't forget this evening or your face as you were leaving.
The Story: That's how I always used to sing the song, until one time when my brother heard me sing it, and started cracking up laughing and said to me that those lyrics couldn't be right. When I listened really closely, I realised what the correct lyrics actually were. - Submitted by: Jennie
New entries in this section are currently reviewed by Brian Kelly. Previous editors (if any) are listed on the editors page.