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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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Petula Clark's, "Dans Le Temps"
The Misheard Lyrics:
My on the Thames
The Real Lyrics:
Ma grande peine
The Story: "Dans Le Temps" was the French version of Petula Clark's #1 smash, "Downtown". - Submitted by: S. Tim Wood
Petula Clark's, "Don't Sleep In the Subway"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Don't sleep in the subway, darling, Don't sing in the pouring rain. Don't sleep in the subway, darling, Inste-ead take/ the elavatah-ted, Inste-ead take/ the elavatah-ted train!
The Real Lyrics:
Don't sleep in the subway, darlin', Don't stand in the pouring rain, Don't sleep in the subway, darlin'. The night is long. Forget your foolish pride. Nothing's wrong, now you're beside me again.
The Story: Years ago, my BF and I were in the car with her mother and listening to the radio. When this song came on, for no reason we both just yelled about the Elevated Train because it made so much more sense after the Subway part. For years after I always heard the chorus as "elevated train" until I finally read the real lyrics. - Submitted by: Panda Rosa
Petula Clark's, "My Love"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Milo is warmer than the Warner's sunshine
The Real Lyrics:
My love is warmer than the warmest sunshine
The Story: Whenever we hear "my love", why does it ALWAYS sound like "Milo"? - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Petula Clark's, "Winchester Cathedral"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I wished for a beagle
The Real Lyrics:
winchester cathedral
The Story: Actually, it was my 3 year old daughter that went around the house singing iI wished for A beagle. it wasn'T until one day when it came on the radio & she started singing along that we knew what it was she had been trying to sing. - Submitted by: Beth Moore
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