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!).
Carrying a razor down the road
Carrying a Lazer down the road
The Story: Thought carrying a Razer made sense considering my neighborHOOD is filled with crack heads,herion addicts and thieving pimps.I have carried some type of weapon to protect myself my entire life. Lasers would be a much better to use on my neighbors. - Submitted by: John
Carrie Ann lives down the road
Kyrie Eliason
The Story: My wife's name is Carrie Ann, and I always sang this song as I was driving to her house, when were dating whoops! - Submitted by: j
Carry a laser down the road that I must travel
Kyrie eleison, down the road that I must travel
The Story: My friend told me about how much he loved this song when this song first came out - but had no idea what it was called. He heard the title as "Carry a Laser" and belted out these lyrics as loud as he could, and no one who heard him sing ever know he was singing it wrong! - Submitted by: Tony Dercola
Carry a laser down this road that I must travel.
Kyrie elason down this road that I must travel.
The Story: A former roommate of mine thought that these were the lyrics to one of his favourite songs back in the 1980s. It just made sense to a Star-Wars-loving kid that there would be a song advising him to carry a laser. - Submitted by: Dan
Curious lays down the road that I must travel.
Kyrie elaison down this road that I must travel.
The Story: I was a little girl when this song came out. Imagine my mother's dismay when I asked her what was a 'curious lay'. - Submitted by: Danielle
Give me a laser down the road that I must travel
Kyrie Eleison down the road that I must travel
The Story: My friend and I were taking a road trip and I asked her if we could listen to the laser song. She looked at me like I was out of my mind. So I sang some of it for her and she could not stop laughing. Finally she corrected me...I'm glad someone has after 15 years of thinking it is 'the laser song'! - Submitted by: Sarah Spessard
Kyrie lays down on the road that I must travel
Kyrie Eleison down the road that I must travel
The Story: For a long, long, long time (until today, actually) I thought that Kyrie was a girl who layed down on the road so that someone wouldn't step in a mud puddle or a pile of dog poop or something. - Submitted by: Alexandra Phillips
Kyrie, the leis are down the road that I must travel.
Kyrie elaison down the road that I must travel.
The Story: This guy told me the song was written in Hawaii. That's why the reference to a flower lei (actually a wreath of flowers worn around the neck.) - Submitted by: paul
Tearing your legs off
Kyrie Elaison
The Story: A local Phoenix radio DJ replayed a telephone request from a woman asking for that song about 'tearing your legs off.' He was able to determine she was, in fact, referring to 'Kyrie Elaison' - Submitted by: Jim Clingan
New entries in this section are currently reviewed by Brian Kelly. Previous editors (if any) are listed on the editors page.
