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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Closer than my peep-sha-wa to me.
Closer than my peeps you are to me.
The Story: My husband asked the reggae band playing in Jamaica (on our honeymoon) what a Peep-sha-wa was! - Submitted by: Mary
Grill you're my angel, my dartin' angel
Closure than my peeps you are to me, Baby
Shorty you're my angel, my dartin' angel
Girl you're my friend when I'm in heat, Baby
Girl, you're my angel, my darlin' angel
Closer than my peeps you are to me, Baby
Surely you're my angel, my darlin' angel
Girl, you're my friend when I'm in need, Baby
The Story: I went home with a friend one night after school. Her mother was standing in the kitchen making supper, singing these lyrics as loud as she could, not realizing we were there. - Submitted by: Vehad Akoje
She touch me on the butt (she says boom boom boom).
She touch me on my back (she says boom boom boom).
The Story: I was scared that the lady was talking about Shaggy's farting problem. - Submitted by: Phantasm
You are the born enemy of the cheese
Fa me a razor, love ya the peas.
Well, you a the bun and me a the cheese
And if me a the rice, well maybe you a the peas.
The Story: I thought he was singing a song about a fat chick. "Enemy of the cheese?!" Wha? - Submitted by: jspengs
Bangin' on the bathroom door
Bangin' on the bathroom floor
The Story: I announced to everyone I knew (at work and home) that 'I love this song!!!' .. I would crank up the volume and sing along... it's a catchy little tune that seemed at first to be about someone wanting in the bathroom! But my son and his 13 year old friends broke the news to me... it's about a man getting caught by his girlfriend 'doing' the neighbor repeatedly in various places all over his house! - Submitted by: Darcy
She said our dinner over was.
She stayed until it was over.
The Story: When I first heard this song it really confused me! I thought 'were they having dinner, and then he escaped?' - Submitted by: shaheen
Vasoline
It wasn't me.
The Story: Girls in a disco in Hungary. They didn't speak any English, so they thought that Shaggy was singing about Vasoline. My Hungarian friend asked them was they were singing---quite a laugh when she found. She was laughing so hard she had to leave the dance floor. :) - Submitted by: tom
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