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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Sometimes I feel like the only cat on the boat.
Sometimes I feel like the only cab on the road.
The Story: I was making fun of a friend for switching from rap music to a nice song about a cat on a boat. - Submitted by: Valerie
Sometimes I think I'm the only car on the road.
Sometimes I think I'm the only cab on the road.
The Story: My brother heard it on the radio and pumped it up. We started singing to it, trying to guess the lyrics. It sounded like 'car' when it was 'cab'. Maybe we sing bad. - Submitted by: Alex
Train's,
"Drops Of Jupiter"
And Dan Henning is overrated.
And that Heaven is overrated.
The Story: I listened to this song a number of times, each time wondering: 1. What these guys had against the former San Diego Charger head coach, and 2. Was Dan Henning ever rated? I thought these guys were die hard Charger fans and still hated the guy. Finally, I went to the internet and looked up the real lyrics. Who knew? - Submitted by: Paul V.
Train's,
"Drops Of Jupiter"
And Van Halen is overrated.
And Heaven is overrated.
The Story: My daughter was in the car with me. She freaked out, screaming, 'Van Halen is not overrated!!' - Submitted by: Kelly
Train's,
"Drops Of Jupiter"
Did you finally get the chance
To dance along the Latter Day?
Did you finally get the chance
To dance along the light of day?
The Story: By "Latter Day", I was thinking like Latter Day Saints. I had absolutely no clue what this lyric meant. Then I looked it up, and realized that I had been extremely wrong. - Submitted by: *katie
Train's,
"Drops Of Jupiter"
So sorry 'bout a man
Told a story 'bout a man
The Story: I used to do something in chat rooms where two people were having a conversation and I'd pop up in the middle of it with 'now that she'S back in the atmosphere' and so on. It was funny but people started to get really mad at me. But once I said those misheard lyrics and they were like 'what are you singing?' - Submitted by: Meg
Train's,
"Drops of Jupiter"
Tell me did you sail across the sun
Did you make it to the Milky Way to see the lights all faded
Van Halen is overrated
Tell me did you sail across the sun
Did you make it to the Milky Way to see the lights all faded
And that heaven is overrated
The Story: I was talking to some friends in the Starbucks in the Student Union of my university when the song came on. I wasn't really paying attention until the words 'Van Halen is overrated' seemed to be sung. I did a bit of a double take and immediately tried to find the song so I could hear it again:o) - Submitted by: melysni.cjb.net
Beef or chicken, I can't wait to have, beef or chicken....
Meet Virginia, I can't wait to, meet Virginia
The Story: We saw Train live in a bar before they were famous, and the sound was really bad. We bought the cd that night, and when we listened to it on the way home, I sang my version in front of my husband. He still gives me a hard time, and that was 2 years ago! - Submitted by: Wendy
I'm anything but old and married.
I'm anything but ordinary.
The Story: I thought it was a backwards way of saying he's young and single. - Submitted by: Alex
In this web that I'm tied up.
In this world that I'm tired of.
The Story: It was right about this point in hearing the song on the radio that I thought this song must have been from the Spider-Man 2 soundtrack. I later found out that it was, but it doesn't actually mention webs anywhere like I thought it did. So the reasoning behind my conclusion was slightly flawed. - Submitted by: Scintilla
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