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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Death! Oh so sudddenly you were gone.
Then! Oh so suddenly you were gone.
The Story: When this song was popular in 1970, my over-melodramatic friend Cherie insisted that the very mundane 'then' in the verse was really the much more profound 'Death!' She refused to believe she was wrong. - Submitted by: Azazella
Bye, bye, bye, Delilah!
Bye, bye, bye, Delilah!
My, my, my, Delilah
Why, why, why, Delilah?
The Story: I was young and naive about why he was murdering this woman with such a bouncy backing tune, considering I was also educated on more menacing (and cool) music like Rolling Stones or AC/DC. I even got in trouble once for waving and hollering "Bye, bye, bye!" at the top of my voice at a funeral party. - Submitted by: Paul H
Wide, wide, wide v*****
My, my, my Delilah
The Story: In Australia, that was the way most young guys sang the song when it came out...especially when drunk around a campfire. - Submitted by: Neil
Mama told me nut'll come
She said, 'Just let the waiter have fun'
So-o I let the waiter have fun, so-o.
Mama told me not to come
She said, 'That ain't the way to have fun, son
That ain't the way to have fun, son.
The Story: When I was little, my brother used to put Tom Jones on because he knew it annoyed me. One day, we were both quite hyper, and started singing it. All of a sudden I just belt out, 'Just let the waiter have fun!' I was really little and thought these were the right ones! He still won't let me forget it! - Submitted by: Miss Kitty
Set bum, set bum
You're my set bum.
Sex bomb, sex bomb
You're my sex bonb
The Story: When I first heard the song a few times, I was almost sure I was listening to 'Set Bum', as opposed to 'Sex Bomb'. However, since set bum doesn't make a lot of sense, realized I had to be mistaken. It was a while though, before the actual words dawned on me. - Submitted by: The Big Guy
She's a lady
And the lady is a man.
She's a lady
And the lady is mine.
The Story: Growing up in the 70s, gender-bending was ubiquitous (Bowie, The Dolls, The Kinks' "Lola", Castro with boobs on up the sandbox). So even in grade school, I just took it for granted that this was a song about a lady who was a guy. - Submitted by: Samsa
Well she always knows her place
She's got style, she's got grace
And a wiener.
Well she always knows her place
She's got style, she's got grace
She's a winner.
The Story: This man I know, his name is Gobby, was singing it, but he sang the wrong words. He said that his wife was a lady and then he started singing it. Then he said that his wife had a wiener. I told him what a wiener was, apart from a sausage, and he went red. I told him, "Hahaha Gobby, you're thick." - Submitted by: Rhysibabe
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