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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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Tori Amos', "A Sorta Fairytale"
The Misheard Lyrics:
A sordid fairy tale with you.
The Real Lyrics:
A sort of fairy tale with you.
The Story: I first heard this song on British radio. And knowing Tori's stuff, I wasn't surprised at the lyric---until I actually bought the cd. - Submitted by: mindy
Tori Amos', "A Sorta Fairytale"
The Misheard Lyrics:
A sordid fairy tale
or
I sowed a fairy tale.
or
I sowed a fairy tale.
The Real Lyrics:
A sorta fairy tale
The Story: I called the radio station and asked if she 'sowed a fairy tale' or 'had a sordid fairy tale' The DJ told me there are double connotations throughout the song. After that, he laughed at me. :) - Submitted by: Karen Kasey
Tori Amos', "A Sorta Fairytale"
The Misheard Lyrics:
And I'm so sad like a good book
I can't put this to bed.
I can't put this to bed.
The Real Lyrics:
And I'm so sad like a good book
I can't put this day back.
I can't put this day back.
The Story: I just heard it and thought she was talking about when you are reading a really good book in bed. It's 3am, and you're still reading because you have to find out what will happen next. - Submitted by: Louise
Tori Amos', "Barons Of Suburbia"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I'm p***ing a portion to combat your poison.
The Real Lyrics:
I'm piecing a potion to combat your poison.
The Story: I've heard this song many times. But when I first misheard the lyrics, I was doing some work on my computer, so I was only half listening. When these lyrics came on, I stopped dead in my tracks and had to play the section back! - Submitted by: Jeremy
Tori Amos', "Bug A Martini"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Vodka martini, take me to Moscow.
The Real Lyrics:
Bug a martini, take me to Moscow.
The Story: I thought the song was about a lady wanting to forget her troubles via a vodka martini. It really makes perfect sense this way. A troubled and disenchented lady looking at her martini glass and quietly directing it to take her to Moscow. (BTW, it's a beautiful song, with Tori jamming on a roto organ.) - Submitted by: Mixolydian
Tori Amos', "Cornflake Girl"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Mama, where'd you put the keys on you?
The Real Lyrics:
Rabbit, where'd you put the keys, girl?
The Story: I looked up the lyrics, and now the song makes even less sense. Before, I could at least hold out the hope that it was my mis-hearing that made the song so indecipherable. - Submitted by: Timmy
Tori Amos', "Cornflake Girl"
The Misheard Lyrics:
With my hands like a pee-pee head
The Real Lyrics:
With my encyclopedia
The Story: When I first heard this, I could barely believe it. I knew that Tori Amos had a reputation for being a bit of a kook, but this was ridiculous! Basically, after hearing this (nearly wetting my pants), I told an entire circle of friends who proceeded to look up the lyrics on the internet for confirmation. Of course, it wasn't 'pee-pee head', or even 'hands'. It was 'with my encyclopedia'. My friends and I laughed so hard we could barely speak for the rest of the day... - Submitted by: Brenna
Tori Amos', "Crazy"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Saw me my al dente all.
The Real Lyrics:
Saw me melt down to your
The Story: I frequently mishear Tori's lyrics, but usually can figure them out in time. This one, however had me stumped. Obviously, the line I heard was not right, but any attempt to make out something different lead me back to those lyrics. Too much food on the brain. - Submitted by: Torifan
Tori Amos', "Cruel"
The Misheard Lyrics:
No cigarettes, only peeled bananas for you.
The Real Lyrics:
No cigarettes, only peeled Havanas for you.
The Story: I embarassed myself in front of my parents singing this one in the car with them. My father (a connoisseur of cigarettes/cigars) said, 'Are you sure she's saying 'bananas' there? Sounds like Havanas to me.' I, being the headstrong daughter, said 'Havana wouldn't make any sense!' Then he explained what a peeled Havana was. (It's a style of cigar.) When we got home, we checked the liner notes. Ooooops...... - Submitted by: Emily
Tori Amos', "Cruel"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Sadam's she's got in her own neighborhood.
The Real Lyrics:
Flaunt all she's got in our old neighborhood.
The Story: . - Submitted by: Autumn
Tori Amos', "Don't Make Me Come To Vegas (Timo Maas Mix)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Don't let me convert you.
The Real Lyrics:
Don't make me come to Vegas.
Tori Amos', "General Joy"
The Misheard Lyrics:
General Lee
The Real Lyrics:
Generally
The Story: A Tori fan on one of the forums asked what the car from the 'Dukes Of Hazzard' was doing in this song! - Submitted by: pickle*
Tori Amos', "Horses"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I got me samosas to ride on.
The Real Lyrics:
I got me some horses to ride on.
The Story: It just really sounds like samosas. She sings it over and over again. I thought, "This can't be right. Why is Tori singing about samosas? Is she having some curry cravings?" Then of course I looked up the lyrics and went, 'Oh......'. - Submitted by: Al
Tori Amos', "Hotel"
The Misheard Lyrics:
If I multiply, if I multiply
The Real Lyrics:
Give me more, give me more
The Story: Um. I'm a massive Tori Amos fan.. and when i got Choirgirl I sat down and memorized all the lyrics.. or so I'd thought.. one day I was looking at the lyric sheet and I noticed it wasn't 'if I multiply' it was 'give me more'.. which sound nothing alike. I posted about it to a Tori mailing list and got my ass laughed at, that's about it. If you listen.. it really does kinda sound like 'if I multiply'. - Submitted by: Lecy
Tori Amos', "Hotel"
The Misheard Lyrics:
King Solomon's Lines, Excerpt 75:
'I'm still alive'
'I'm still alive'
The Real Lyrics:
King Solomon's Mines, Exit 75
I'm still alive.
I'm still alive.
The Story: I thought she was quoting the Bible. - Submitted by: muriel
Tori Amos', "Jamaica Inn"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Rum and coke
The Real Lyrics:
Rebecca
The Story: It was a critic who misheard 'Rebecca' as 'rum and coke'- and then he hadn't a clue about the story, which relates to Daphne Du Maurier's novels 'Rebecca' and 'Jamaica Inn'. - Submitted by: pickle*
Tori Amos', "Mary"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Like Gemma says
The Real Lyrics:
Like Jimi said
The Story: This one was probably half wishful thinking, but I was sure Tori was singing about someone named Gemma. Then few years later, she actually did. - Submitted by: Gemma
Tori Amos', "Mary"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Like Genesis
The Real Lyrics:
Like Jimi said
The Story: A friend of mine who liked the Gabriel-era Genesis coined the 'Like Genesis' line. Tori is known for wanting to give Mary Magdalene and Mary, Mother of Jesus equal prominence, and the only evidence of one of them I know of in a Genesis song is 'Holy Mother of God' in 'Dance On A Volcano'! - Submitted by: pickle*
Tori Amos', "Not The Red Baron"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Little sound, many there Olsen Girls
With red ribbons
The pettiest red ribbons.
With red ribbons
The pettiest red ribbons.
The Real Lyrics:
Little sound, many there know some girls
With red ribbons
The prettiest red ribbons.
With red ribbons
The prettiest red ribbons.
The Story: I don't know. I figured Tori just wasn't a fan of the Olsen Twins, so she put them in her song about Hell. - Submitted by: Katie
Tori Amos', "Pandora's Aquarium"
The Misheard Lyrics:
She does the shows with her nautical nose.
The Real Lyrics:
She dives for shells with her nautical nuns.
The Story: Until I read the lyric sheet, I didn't even question what I thought I heard. I figured it's Tori, it's not supposed to make sense to anybody but her. - Submitted by: Jackie
Tori Amos', "Parasol"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I haven't moved since the cocaine.
The Real Lyrics:
I haven't moved since the call came.
The Story: I assumed she was referring to a bad drug experience - maybe an impure batch of cocaine. - Submitted by: pickle*
Tori Amos', "Parasol"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I haven't moved since the cocaine
Since the cocaine, I haven't moved.
Since the cocaine, I haven't moved.
The Real Lyrics:
I haven't moved since the call came
Since the call came, I haven't moved.
Since the call came, I haven't moved.
The Story: The only thing I just thought, was: wtf is she singing? Then I looked it up and wasn't sure if I know should be disappointed. I asked my girlfriend to listen to it and to tell me what she understands. Well, she heard 'cow' instead of my 'cocaine'. - Submitted by: Sabrina
Tori Amos', "Parasol"
The Misheard Lyrics:
The seeded woman
The Real Lyrics:
The seated woman
The Story: I initially thought she was singing about a ladies' tennis champion, because they always say something like 'So-and so is seeded fourth in the finals' on coverage of Wimbledon! - Submitted by: pickle*
Tori Amos', "Professional Widow"
The Misheard Lyrics:
He's got a big d***, he's got a big d***.
The Real Lyrics:
He's got to be dead, he's got to be dead.
The Story: I used to work in a clothes store. The manager was rather fond of this song and would play it at almost full blast. I was a bit concerned as I thought it might offend the customers until she told me the proper lyrics. I did feel a bit stupid. - Submitted by: Nicola
Tori Amos', "Professional Widow"
The Misheard Lyrics:
He's got a big dick
The Real Lyrics:
Its got to be big
The Story: I worked for Tori Amos's record company in Australia at the time of this single coming out and I made the mistake of walking around the office corridors singing this line quite loudly and wandering why people were giving me extremely strange looks. A colleague pointed out the correct words to me (much to my embarrassment) but it hasn't stopped me from still singing my version now and again! - Submitted by: Alby
Tori Amos', "Spark"
The Misheard Lyrics:
You thought that you were divine
Yeah well so did I.
Yeah well so did I.
The Real Lyrics:
You thought that you were the bomb
Yeah well so did I.
Yeah well so did I.
The Story: My sister actually did the exact same mistake and told me about it (because I still thought the line said 'divine') We both think it works better our way though! - Submitted by: Senan
Tori Amos', "Tear In Your Hand"
The Misheard Lyrics:
The back of the black excursion
The Real Lyrics:
The black of the blackest ocean
The Story: I never really got how that tied into a love song. I didn't know if she meant the tail end of something sad. I was lost, until I finally looked it up after 10 years of singing wrong lyrics. - Submitted by: Katrina
Tori Amos', "The Big Picture"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Called my boyfriend lucky, add another slender pair of thighs.
The Real Lyrics:
Caught my boyfriend looking at another slender pair of thighs.
The Story: Was in the car with a friend and we were both singing along when these lyrics slipped out of his mouth. It was a very Seinfeld moment: 'What did you say? What? What could you possibly have thought that means?' - Submitted by: Easter Bradford
Tori Amos', "You Can Bring Your Dog"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I hear that your old flame is a pilgrim.
The Real Lyrics:
I hear that your old flame is a purebreed.
The Story: I knew the song had something to do with dogs, but mishearing 'pilgrim' for 'purebreed' made me think "if this guy dated a pilgrim, he's got issues". - Submitted by: Alice
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