Misheard Song Lyrics -> Stories -> Toto
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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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Toto's, "Africa"
The Misheard Lyrics:
As sure as Kilamanjaro rises like a lepress
Above the savagery.
or
As sure as Kilamanjaro rises like an empress
Above the savagery.
Above the savagery.
or
As sure as Kilamanjaro rises like an empress
Above the savagery.
The Real Lyrics:
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus
Above the Serengeti.
Above the Serengeti.
The Story: This is what it sounded like for a long time. I finally figured out that 'savagery' was Serengeti. But not until I saw this song on your site today did I figure out 'Olympus' as opposed to lepress (which is what I originally thought) and eventually 'Empress' is what I concluded that word was. - Submitted by: Doug Quaid
Toto's, "Africa"
The Misheard Lyrics:
As sure as killin' the jerro rises like a lymphus
Above Vassarian heat.
Above Vassarian heat.
The Real Lyrics:
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus
Above the Serengeti.
Above the Serengeti.
The Story: I only found out while laughing at others' mistakes. I didn't even question, all my life, that there is no such thing as 'Vassarian heat' or 'killin' the jerro', for that matter. - Submitted by: Sara
Toto's, "Africa"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I catched some rays down in Africa.
The Real Lyrics:
I bless the rains down in Africa.
The Story: My best friend Lexie Lam and I had a dumb a** competition about who heard the words right. - Submitted by: La'i Mitchell
Toto's, "Africa"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I kissed the whales down in Africa.
The Real Lyrics:
I bless the rains down in Africa.
The Story: I was always concinced that this is the right text..I wanted to listen to the song and tipped the words...and suddenly I have to realise that I have always been singing the wrong text(beside...I always laugh reading about what strange expressions some people her) :D - Submitted by: Madeleine
Toto's, "Africa"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I left my brains down in Africa.
The Real Lyrics:
I bless the rains down in Africa.
The Story: I'd loved this song since I was a little kid, and I really truly always thought that those were the lyrics. I remember hearing in a department store when I was 7, and I just thought it was a weird song. Then like a month ago, my family was hearing Ja Rule's 'The Reign'. We had just figured out where we knew the back-track from. My mother sang 'I bless the rains down in Africa'. I said, "Isnt it, 'I left my brains down in Africa'?" My whole family laughed at me. - Submitted by: anya
Toto's, "Africa"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I lost my brains down in Africa.
The Real Lyrics:
I bless the rains down in Africa
The Story: We were in Kenya and we started talking about this song, as we were in Africa. This was the lyric that one girl thought it said. We laughed. - Submitted by: katherine
Toto's, "Africa"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I touched a brain down in Africa.
The Real Lyrics:
I blessed the rains down in Africa.
The Story: My girlfriend and I argued several hours about what was actually said. I thought it meant some guy made a big impact down in Africa. 'I touched a brain'. Get it? (Editor's note: No.) - Submitted by: T Micky J
Toto's, "Africa"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Kilimanjoar rises like a leper.
The Real Lyrics:
Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus.
The Story: I didn't really think they would write something that stupid. It was just my best guess. I just mumbled through that part if anyone else was around when I sang along with it. - Submitted by: Angela
Toto's, "Africa"
The Misheard Lyrics:
She's coming on a Trans-Atlantic flight.
The Real Lyrics:
She's coming in, 12:30 flight.
The Story: Well I'd think that you'd have to cross the Atlantic to get to Africa (at least from some places!) So it could've made sense. - Submitted by: Larcen Tyler
Toto's, "Africa"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Sure as killin' the jerro rises across the desert of the serengeti.
The Real Lyrics:
sure as Kilamanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti.
The Story: I was young. I always wondered what a 'jerro' was. I thought it was some animal he felt he HAD to kill- hence the 'I know that I must do what's right.' - Submitted by: Juls
Toto's, "Africa"
The Misheard Lyrics:
There's nothing that a hundred men on Mar's could ever do!!
The Real Lyrics:
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do!!
The Story: I even wrote what I thought were the lyrics to my girlfriend. To this day my sister still sings my mis-quoted lyrics and then just laughs her head off - Submitted by: Trey
Toto's, "Africa"
The Misheard Lyrics:
There's nothing that a hundred men on Mars could ever do.
The Real Lyrics:
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do.
The Story: I've sang this lyric wrong for around 24 years, then really laughed at myself when I sat down and really listened to the music. I had a light bulb moment of the right lyric. - Submitted by: Ray
Toto's, "Hold The Line"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Hold the lies.
The Real Lyrics:
Hold the line.
The Story: A bunch of us were typing song lyrics in a chat room and trying to get the others to guess who sang it. One of my acquaintances correctly typed the verses. But when it came to the chorus, she typed, 'Hold the lies.' - Submitted by: Woody
Toto's, "Hold The Line"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Hold the line
Love is a four-way stop sign.
Love is a four-way stop sign.
The Real Lyrics:
Hold the line
Love isn't always on time.
Love isn't always on time.
The Story: My mother came to me while it was playing and asked, 'What do they mean, love is a 4-way stop sign?? that doesn't even make sense.' - Submitted by: Erik
Toto's, "Hold The Line"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Toe the line!
The Real Lyrics:
Hold the line.
The Story: I thought this was a song about how parents want their kids to behave themselves on a date. No kidding! - Submitted by: Justine K
Toto's, "Home of the Brave"
The Misheard Lyrics:
America: The Home of the Brave
The Real Lyrics:
The land we call the Home of the Brave
The Story: Well, since my misheard lyric sounds better, and I didn't know what it was, I used this misheard lyric in a lip sync project for my Drama class. Unfortunately, a lot of people in my class knew the true lyrics, and a lot of people told me about my mistake! - Submitted by: Kelli McClary
Toto's, "Rosanna"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Meet you holiday.
The Real Lyrics:
Meet you all the way.
The Story: I've had been singing this for awhile, when my boyfriend asked me what I was singing. (By the way, he is a big fan of Toto...and no, it's not over between us. ;) ) - Submitted by: Jenny
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