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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Don't you remember the p*** in a Pepper?
Don't you remember the fizz in a Pepper?
The Story: Everytime I sing the misheard lyrics I get a laugh, whether that's because of the misquote or because I sound like a braying donkey, I don't know. - Submitted by: Jim Brymer
Doctor said the baby smiled.
Doctor said the baby's fine.
The Story: I always thought that these were the lyrics. I could always picture a little newborn smiling. One day, I sang these lyrics out loud and my family (especially my mom) still makes fun of me whenever this song plays. - Submitted by: Jonathan
Take the hair from my breast
Take the heart from my chest
The Story: When I was about eight 'Don't Take The Girl' by Tim McGraw came out. I started to sing it and my mom just out of the blue started laughing at me. She couldn't Stop laughing to tell me what was so funny. She finally calmed down she told me I was singing 'Take the the Hair from my breast.' then it clicked. My mom told me it was 'Take the heart form my chest.' oops!! - Submitted by: Paige
Don't know what it is, but the middle cows love it.
Don't know what it is 'bout that little gal's lovin'.
The Story: When I was younger used to play this on the radio in the car, and I would sing along (very loudly!!!) these misheard lyrics. - Submitted by: Kazi
Tim McGraw's,
"I'm Gonna Live Where The Green Grass Grows"
Watch my corn popping crows.
Watch my corn pop up in rows.
The Story: My little boy would always sing, 'Watch my corn popping crows'. I think he thought that the crows were taking it easy living in the country, and they were popping pop corn. - Submitted by: Annette Johnson
I went 2.7 seconds on a homade Fu Man Chu.
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named Fu-Manchu.
The Story: Well I heard the song a few times and I like it a lot but I had no idea what a homade Fu Man Chu was.So on break at work I asked someone else and they told me the correct lyric. I was honestly thinking a Fu Man Chu was a Japanese motorcycle or something. But I didn't get the homade part. After they told me the correct lyrics it makes more sense now. And I feel pretty stupid. - Submitted by: Michael
She's my Cabaret.
She's my kind of rain.
She's my cataract.
She's my kind of rain.
The Story: I heard Tim McGraw singing this on Country Music TV. I thought he was saying repeatedly, 'She's my cataract'. My son laughed when I said that, and then told me the real lyrics. - Submitted by: Pepper Jones
I wanna live where the green grass grows
Watch my corn popping crows.
I wanna live where the green grass grows
Watch my corn pop up in rows.
The Story: One of my sons always sang, 'Watch my corn popping crows.' I guess he thought if the song was about moving to the country to take it easy, then maybe the crows would be out there in the fields popping popcorn. - Submitted by: Annette Johnson
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