Misheard Song Lyrics -> Stories -> Tom Petty

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. For more information about the misheard lyrics available on this site, please read our FAQ.

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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Tom Petty's, "I Won't Back Down"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I walk downtown
The Real Lyrics:
I won't back down
The Story: My friend Rick started loudly singing along to this song repeating the wrong (and non-sensical) lyrics over and over in front of several people at a party. When we all laughed, he adamantly said that his lyrics were right. - Submitted by: Mark
Tom Petty's, "Running Down A Dream"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Right down the drain
The Real Lyrics:
Running down a dream
The Story: They used this song for the NBA playoffs on ABC. I thought aloud that the lyric was referring to players making shots, only to be quickly told that it was 'runnin' down a dream'. - Submitted by: Paul
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