Misheard Song Lyrics -> Stories -> Pink Floyd
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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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Pink Floyd's, "Another Brick In The Wall (Part Two)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Com'on, hit the deck!
Com'on, hit the deck!
Com'on, hit the deck!
The Real Lyrics:
Wrong! Do it again!
Wrong! Do it again!
Wrong! Do it again!
The Story: I thought it was an illustration of the Physical Education class treated as boot camp. - Submitted by: Julie
Pink Floyd's, "Another Brick In The Wall (Part Two)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
We don't need no cruise control.
The Real Lyrics:
We don't need no thought control.
The Story: I was walking with a group of friends and we were singing this song. When we came to this part, I blurted out 'we don't need no cruise control'. Everyone looked at me and started laughing and corrected me. Every time we here this song, we think of that. And now I know the real lyrics. - Submitted by: Gerri Iovino
Pink Floyd's, "Another Brick In The Wall (Pt 2)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Hol ihn, hol ihn unters Dach (German for 'Take him, take him under the roof')
The Real Lyrics:
All in all you're just a...
The Story: Somebody told me that the evil Teacher (who is supposed to be German) was finally 'taken under the roof' by the children who sing this line... - Submitted by: Rocco
Pink Floyd's, "Another Brick In The Wall II"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Dogs and cats are in the classroom
The Real Lyrics:
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
The Story: Well, I am a huge Pink Floyd fan. However, my wife is not. In fact, she really hates them. So, I can only really play my Floyd cds when she's not home. One day, she comes in to the apartment, and I have The Wall on. Now, my wife is Finnish, and English isn't her mother tongue. Just as she walks in, 'Another Brick in the Wall II' is playing. And this is when I hear for the first time, the cutest misheard lyrics in the world. By the way, if she knew that I was posting this one on the Internet, I would have my 'Frank and Beans' kicked in. Cheers, and I hope that you get a chuckle out of this one. I did. - Submitted by: Jay
Pink Floyd's, "Another Brick In The Wall"
The Misheard Lyrics:
All in all, it's just another break in the wall.
The Real Lyrics:
All in all, you're just another brick in the wall.
The Story: Kind of funny, maybe boring to everyone else. But when I saw them live at Los Angeles Sports Arena in 1980 (or was it '81? Gadzooks, how time flies), I was expecting to see a big wall at the beginning of the concert that would slowly be taken down during the course of the show. I thought that when they said 'another break in the wall' would mean that more of the wall was coming down. To my surprise, the wall got bigger and bigger as the show progressed and finally came crashing down in one fell swoop at the end of the show. - Submitted by: Roger Kieth Barrett
Pink Floyd's, "Another Brick In The Wall"
The Misheard Lyrics:
How can you have any pudding if you don't clean your teeth?
The Real Lyrics:
How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?
The Story: I commented to a friend of mine, who is a big Pink Floyd fan, that it would make a lot more sense if the children were encouraged to clean their teeth *after* having eat the pudding. He soon corrected me on the lyrics :) - Submitted by: Paul
Pink Floyd's, "Another Brick In The Wall"
The Misheard Lyrics:
No "Dukes of Hazzard" in the classroom.
The Real Lyrics:
No dark sarcasm in the classroom.
The Story: I was driving my 12 year old to the store, when this song came on. He was singing along in the back seat. When he got to the part about the "Dukes of Hazzard", I almost wrecked the car from laughing so hard. The best part is that he later asked who the "Dukes of Hazzard" were. - Submitted by: Steve
Pink Floyd's, "Another Brick In The Wall"
The Misheard Lyrics:
The Dukes of Hazzard are in the classroom.
The Real Lyrics:
No dark sarcasm in the classroom.
The Story: My brother-in-law, when he was a kid, would get into fights with my wife over this. I think he still thinks his version is right to this day. - Submitted by: JWinn
Pink Floyd's, "Anpther Brick in the Wall"
The Misheard Lyrics:
We don't need no Borg Patrol
The Real Lyrics:
We don't need no thought control
The Story: I was singing this at karaoke one night, and when I sang this line, the whole pub looked at me like I was an alien or something. I finished the song, but the bartender now calls out ' Hey!, It's the Borg Patrol!' whenever I pop over for a drink. I also think this would make a good band name for a bunch of Trekkers. Think about it... The Borg Patrol. - Submitted by: Mazotti Jordan
Pink Floyd's, "Brick In The Wall"
The Misheard Lyrics:
No dog's orgasm in the classroom
The Real Lyrics:
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
The Story: Hmmmmm..no. - Submitted by: dinesh
Pink Floyd's, "Comfortably Numb"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I have become comfortably known
The Real Lyrics:
I have become comfortably numb
The Story: I always thought the word was 'known'...then one drunken night (about 10 years after I first heard the song) I was feeling no pain, and was going to sing a 'parody' to relate to my state of being...when I sang 'I have become comfortably numb', it struck me stupid, that those words actually made sense, and I was an idiot for ten years. so, cheers to drunken revelations! - Submitted by: renee
Pink Floyd's, "Comfortably Numb"
The Misheard Lyrics:
There is no brain, you are receiving,
a distant chipmunk on the horizon
a distant chipmunk on the horizon
The Real Lyrics:
There is no pain, you are receding,
a distant ship's smoke on the horizon
a distant ship's smoke on the horizon
The Story: I am a musician in Louisiana, and a big Floyd fan. My son was singing along with a symphonic version of the song and I caught this blooper. I couldn't get it out of my head, and began to sing the line in live performance. I have since heard several bands use this line as it has traveled from band to band with other musicians. I think it's kind of neat that it started with my kid. - Submitted by: Frank Wiley
Pink Floyd's, "Comfortably Numb"
The Misheard Lyrics:
There is no pain, you are a ceiling
My hands felt just like two lamoons.
My hands felt just like two lamoons.
The Real Lyrics:
There is no pain, you are receding
My hands felt just like two balloons.
My hands felt just like two balloons.
The Story: A friend of mine had these wrote out in a book of lyrics he used on for practice. There were more ridiculous mistakes in that book as well. I just can't remember them all. (And I still have no idea what a lamoon is supposed to be, LOL.) - Submitted by: Sheldon Jeddore
Pink Floyd's, "Have A Cigar"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Come and hit a deer, boy; have a cigar.
The Real Lyrics:
Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar.
The Story: I didn't know Floyd were into killing animals... - Submitted by: Alice Mayne
Pink Floyd's, "Hey You"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Breaking bubbles in the hall
The Real Lyrics:
Breaking bottles in the hall
The Story: I consider myself an expert on all things drugs. I think that almost every song from Pink Floyd is drug related. So, I thought that the lyric was "breaking 'bubbles' in the hall" - meaning bursting bubbles of smack under the skin left there by sub-cutanious injection. That is, until my friend showed me that I am a complete fool. - Submitted by: Bob-o
Pink Floyd's, "One Of My Turns"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Or get between the sheets?
Or contemplate a violent threeway?
Or contemplate a violent threeway?
The Real Lyrics:
Or get between the sheets?
Or contemplate the silent freeway?
Or contemplate the silent freeway?
The Story: Nothing really funny. It was just what I heard the lyrics to be the first few times I heard the song until I looked them up. Still funny, and sometimes now I still sing the misheard lyrics just for fun, since it sounds like something Roger would say. - Submitted by: Erik
Pink Floyd's, "Run Like Hell"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Ooh, I need an Italian woman.
The Real Lyrics:
Ooh, I need a dirty woman.
The Story: When this came out (and we went to see the Earl's Court concert), I was completely infatuated with my neighbor, Ivana (who was my first 'love' and is Italian). I don't know if this had any bearing on how the lyrics seemed to my developing pubescent mind! - Submitted by: Nyk Fry
Pink Floyd's, "San Tropez"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Rita Pavone
The Real Lyrics:
Reach you by phone.
The Story: When The Amazing Pudding (Pink Floyd fanzine) did the stories behind all the Floyd songs, they referred to Rita Pavone while explaining this! It was cleared up later. - Submitted by: pickle*
Pink Floyd's, "The Wall [Part Two]"
The Misheard Lyrics:
The dogs orgasm in the classroom
The Real Lyrics:
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
The Story: I always liked this song and sang it a lot, [god knows how many people heard me say the wrong lyrics!]. One day, while I was singing it at a friends house, he just started laughing his head off. At first I though it was because of the funny lyrics, but when he told me it was wrong I just felt so embarassed that I practically hid my head in the concrete wall. - Submitted by: Andy Cesar
Pink Floyd's, "The Wall"
The Misheard Lyrics:
You can't have any pudding if you don't eat your meat!
The Real Lyrics:
How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?
The Story: I was on the phone with my friend, who was making dinner for her kids. She said to them, "You can't have any pudding if you don't eat your meat!" So I laughed, thinking she was making a joke for my benefit. She had no idea what I was laughing about. When I quoted the song, she said that she never knew the words. - Submitted by: Andrew's Mom
Pink Floyd's, "Time"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Grandad needs a country walk
So have the pavement sprayed with mines
So have the pavement sprayed with mines
The Real Lyrics:
Plans that either come to naught
Or half a page of scribbled lines
Or half a page of scribbled lines
The Story: I probably misheard the lyric due to all the dope we were smoking at the time, but in its own way it made a weird kind of sense! - Submitted by: Gary Mcleod
Pink Floyd's, "Wish You Were Here"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Did you exchange a walk on part in the war
For a Negro in a cage?
For a Negro in a cage?
The Real Lyrics:
Did you exchange a walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?
For a lead role in a cage?
The Story: When my brother was about 10 or 11, he told me that this was a really bad song. I asked him why and he said it was racist. I was pretty confused, so I asked him what was racist about it and he repeated those lyrics to me. - Submitted by: Heather Brown
Pink Floyd's, "Wish You Were Here"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Did you exchange
A walk-on part in 'The Wall'
For an egg roll in a cave?
A walk-on part in 'The Wall'
For an egg roll in a cave?
The Real Lyrics:
And did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?
The Story: When I was 14 I moved to another town, and before I did, my best friend Caycee inscribed my junior high yearbook with the entire 'lyrics' from the Pink Floyd song, Wish You Were Here. These are some of the actual lines she wrote. - Submitted by: Marni Jean
Pink Floyd's, "Young Lust"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Ooohhh, I heard your dad died in the war man
Ooohhh, I heard your Dad died in the war.
Ooohhh, I heard your Dad died in the war.
The Real Lyrics:
Ooohhh, I need a dirty woman
Ooohhh, I need a dirty girl.
Ooohhh, I need a dirty girl.
The Story: I didn't actually mishear the lyrics. It was a friend of mine. It actually took us watching The Wall one night with him singing along that I pointed it out to him. For years we razzed him about it! - Submitted by: Deanna Darling
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