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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By the Balls
Bailamos
The Story: I was in the car with my Brother-in-law and this song came on the radio, He started singing 'By the Balls' at the top of his lungs, I told him what it really was and laughed so hard I almost peed myself - Submitted by: Jenn B
Her lips are 'devourais'.
Her lips are devil red.
The Story: I just thought that 'devourais' was some foreign exotic colour. I'm not even sure it exist, but I remember asking a load of people what it was. - Submitted by: Mjn Seifer
Her lips are deviled eggs
And her skin's the color mocha
Her lips are devil red
And her skin's the color mocha
The Story: It was actually my lyrically-challenged mother who heard these lyrics. We were driving in the car and she turned to me and said: 'I can understand how her skin's the color mocha, but why are her lips deviled eggs?' Fortunately, she thinks it's hilarious, too. - Submitted by: Madeline
Livin' to feed the locust.
Livin' la vida loca
The Story: An older lady I worked with was walking around the shop singing 'living to feed the locust!' I thought, 'What the h***!?' - Submitted by: Keli
Her lips are devil rays
Her lips are devil red
The Story: Haha. My mom still makes fun of me for this one and I'm almost 30! I couldn't figure out why Ricky was singing about devil rays and how someone's lips could be like them. Red makes much more sense. - Submitted by: Kelly
I want to be your ocra
Living La Vida Loca
The Story: My 5 year old grandson is the one who misunderstood the lyrics. He kept saying he wanted to hear his favoritse song 'I want to be your ocra' and it wasn't until Living La Vida Loca came on the radio again that we figured out what somg he meant. - Submitted by: Cheryl Strayer
Shake your wonton.
Shake your bon bon.
The Story: Standing in the middle of a terribly crowded bar, I couldn't understand why he was singing about shaking wontons. - Submitted by: Vamp
Sugar bon-bons
Shake your bon-bon.
The Story: This is what I heard my friend's 4 year old daughter, singing as she listened to the radio shaking it. - Submitted by: jaichelle
She looks like a fella and stinks like pee
She looks like a flower and stings like a bee
The Story: Idk... - Submitted by: Andrea
She looks like a flower but she stinks like a pig
She looks like a flower but she stings like a bee
The Story: Me and my friend were at the music class and we saw some writing at the desk. It turned out to be a lyric from the Ricky Martin's song. We were laughing at it since someone had thought it went 'She looks like a flower but she things like a bee.' My friend went, 'Hey it's she stinks like pig and not like that!' I started laughing hilariously and she was like 'what?' I told her how it really went and I found that she had always thought Ricky Martin sung it like that. - Submitted by: Anne-Mari Nieminen
Talk to me, tear me nude
You air me out like parachutes.
Talk to me, tell me the news
You wear me out like a pair of shoes.
The Story: I misheard this while watching the video. When he sings 'tell me the news' there are girls taking his clothes off so I thought he was singing 'tear me nude'. It did make sense! But when he sang 'you air me out like parachutes' I was, like, what?!? - Submitted by: Meboline
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