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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Seals & Crofts - Greatest Hits album at Amazon.com
Down I come...sugar shack
Diamond Girl, you sure do shine
The Story: One of the first times I heard this (on one of those 'ball radios' by Panasonic, so not the best sound quality, a factor in my mishearing whatever lyrics!), I actually got a picture in my mind of going down this one hilly road (near Santa Barbara, ca) and I guess there was a shack along the road. It's funny, not only did I get the lyric wrong, but I even had a mental image pic evoked by it--'Down I come, sugar shack!' Of course I guess I have Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs to thank for the 2nd half of my misheard line, eh? ('Sugar Shack', No. 1 smash for that group, 1963, of course.) - Submitted by: Marc Ross
Some of these make me feel fine,
according to the jazz that's in my mind.
Summer breeze makes me feel fine,
blowin through the jasmine in my mind.
The Story: This one came out when I was about 3. When I found out that the song was called 'Summer Breeze', I still thought it was one of those clever song titles that have nothing to do with the song (i.e., the Who's Baba O'Reilley, Led Zeppelin's Dire Maker, et al). That resounding 'DUH' you might have heard thundering across the sky a couple years ago was from me when I made the connection. It always sounded to me like a song about quieting 'voices' in the singer's head by popping pills. Either way, the song's fine. - Submitted by: Eric Liming
Summer breeze, makes me feel fine
B***in' you is jazzin' me out of my mind.
Summer breeze, makes me feel fine
Blowing through the jasmine in my mind.
The Story: My sister-in-law told me about this one. She always liked her version better, me too. I can just picture it, under a shady tree... - Submitted by: Lucy
Summer's Eve makes me feel fine
Blowing all the cobwebs from behind.
or
Summer breeze, makes me feel fine
Blowing all the cobwebs from my mind.
Summer breeze, makes me feel fine
Blowing through the jasmine in my mind.
The Story: My sister was driving me to school one morning and this song came on the radio. I had heard it before but didn't really pay attention to the lyrics. After the song was over I made it known that it was totally gross for a guy to be singing about a female hygeine product. My sister stared at me in stunned silence for a couple of seconds and then burst out laughing. She had to pull the car over she was laughing so hard. When she regained her composure, she quickly corrected me and to this day, she still hasn't let me live it down!! (Editor's note: Your sister's 'correct' lyrics were also wrong, so you can throw that back in her face too. ;)) - Submitted by: Jennifer Vasiliu
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