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.
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by song title and performer. So if two different performers preformed the same song, you'll see
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misheard lyrics have been submitted for both!).
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I got the microwave
I got the news dudes in the trunk of my car.
I got the microwave
I got the deuce- deuce in the trunk of my car.
The Story: I was driving in my car with my buddy and I was singing this song. He heard me sing that line and says to me, ' Do you always change what they say?' I said, 'What ya mean?' Then he told me what the song really went. I was convinced they said,'news dudes'. - Submitted by: Jackie Leveque
I spoke to Joyce in the mornin'
I spoke to Joyce at night.
I smoked two joints in the morning
I smoked two joints at night.
The Story: When I was little, I had no clue to what a "joint" was. I always thought he was singing about talking to Joyce. - Submitted by: Sos
So long, so long, so long, see ya.
Selassie, Selassie, Selassie, I...
The Story: This isn't my misheard lyric. But in the tabs of this song floating around the internet, there are way too many mistakes. This is the most amusing to me. Bradley uses a ton of Jamacian Patois in this song (a testament to his genius), and it's difficult to understand, but come on... 'so long, so long, so long, see ya' would just never be in a song... - Submitted by: Jeremy
the only family shes ever had are her seven older brothers
and her dumb a$$ dad she bleeded money
so he put her on the streets
and everything was going fine
until the day she let me
The only family she's ever had are her seven horny brothers
and her drunk a$$ dad he needed money
so he put her on the streets
and everything was going fine
until the day she met me
The Story: I was at a dance and this song came on and I was screaming the lyrics thinkin I was all cool and everything then my friends pulled me aside and were like, you know these are the real words... but I only thought that 'older brothers' instead of 'horny brothers' they told me the rest and when I bought their self-titled, I was all like 'you were all wrong, too!' - Submitted by: bradly (formerly phoebe, queen of the world)
Hurl friends is what I got
I said remember that
Hurl friends is what I got.
Lovin’ is what I got
I said, 'Remember that'
Lovin’, is what I got.
The Story: A bunch of us go tubing on the Guadalupe in Texas each year and call it Camp Hurl. It's become a pretty tight group of people. One year, after a few brewskis, this song came on and that's what they heard and it just fit. We've even written a song to go with it (sorta). - Submitted by: Marvin
I can play the guitar like a mother f***in´ Vai.
I can play the guitar like a mother f***in' riot.
The Story: Vai, as in Steve Vai (former guitarist from David Lee Roth's band), ´because he plays the guitar f***in´ well. - Submitted by: Line
I don't get angry when my mom scolds me.
I don't get angry when my mom smokes pot.
The Story: My friend and I were singing this song together. When we got to that part, I burst out laughing at what she thought he was singing. She was a very sheltered person growing up. - Submitted by: jessica
One-eyed God
What I Got
The Story: The summer that this song came out, I would frequently hear it being announced by radio dj's. While I *knew* that the song's title was 'What I Got', it always sounded to me like the djs were saying 'One-eyed God', at which point I'd get excited thinking it was a new song by Sublime that I hadn't heard...only to find out my mistake as soon as the song started playing! :-) - Submitted by: joey
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