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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Please Diana,
for as long as yo' here I'm not
Please die Ana,
for as long as you're here, we're not
The Story: I was singing it in a rehersal, and Blunt and Crackduck {band members} said, 'Where did you get the lyrics?' I told them I just sung it by ear, and they said, 'Boy that's one messed up version.' - Submitted by: STG
Could I be red if I was see-through?
Could I be read if I was see-through?
The Story: I actually made a comment in the nonsensical lyrics section asking how could he be 'red' and see-through and that there might be an alternate meaning. That, however, was before I realized the type of 'read' he was talking about! - Submitted by: sXe LeXi 5X2
Would I be red if I was see-through?
Could I be read if I was see-through?
The Story: The most tragic thing is that I had the misheard lyric as my MSN name for at least a week. - Submitted by: Samantha
Through the wind you crawl
And laugh at burning Jews.
Through the wind you crawl
And laugh at burning dunes.
The Story: I have nothing against Jewish people at all, for one of my best friends is Jewish. He's the one that pointed out one day that that's what that line sounded like. I never saw it until he pointed it out. - Submitted by: Gregory Johnston
It's twelve o'clock and its uffel duffel day.
It's twelve o'clock and it's a wonderful day
The Story: thought it was right until the YouTube channel game grumps/grump out made fun of the song. - Submitted by: Adam Larson
Mary had a dream
Very hard to drink
The Story: Whenever I heard this song, that’s what I thought I was hearing…. - Submitted by: Nagib Masmoudi
They're going to waste you, black boy
You're gonna waste you, fat boy.
The Story: It's always sounded like black boy to me which is completely racist but since it was 1995 I just figured it was something done in protest, about racism or something. - Submitted by: Dark
Very hot to drink.
Very hard to drink
The Story: I thought since going straight down was hell the water was “hot” to drink not hard to drink. - Submitted by: Robert
You wait till tomorrow.
You wait till tomorrow.
You gonna wait till, bad boy.
Bad boy, wait till tomorrow.
You gonna wait till, bad boy.
Bad boy, wait until tomorrow.
You wait till tomorrow.
You wait till tomorrow.
You gonna wait till, fat boy.
Fat boy, wait till tomorrow.
You gonna wait till, fat boy.
Fat boy, wait until tomorrow.
The Story: Another favorite song that found on my playlist. About this song: "Tomorrow" featuring an acoustic guitar intro and electric guitar coda. With the theme of poverty, the song is regarded as an alternative rock anthem and part of art rock. "Tomorrow" became their greatest hit to date with topping in their native country, Australia, and New Zealand. It also topping on both Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks and Album Rock Tracks. "Tomorrow" also peaking at #28 on Billboard's Hot 100 Airplay Chart and #59 in the UK. The follow-up singles are less popular than its previous single and only popular in Australia and some countries and sometimes there are other singles that no charting on any charts at all. - Submitted by: Wisnu Aji
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