Violent Femmes

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Violent Femmes', "Blister In The Sun"

The Misheard Lyrics:

Big Pants I know you're the one.

The Real Lyrics:

Big hands, I know you're the one.

The Story: I just knew that I was singing the lyrics correctly. I always thought is was something clever about a girl with a nice rear end. It popped in my head one night and I wanted to see the lyrics or at least hear the song. The only thing stuck in my head was the part of the song that said 'Big Pants'. I didn't even know the name of the group or name of the song. I figured if I typed in 'Big Pants' lyrics on a search that I was surely find it. Boy, was I wrong. I searched for about 4 hours and stayed up until 1:30 am on a work night looking for it because I couldn't sleep and couldn't find it. I thought I was going crazy! I finally found a blog of people thinking they heard the same thing I did and I was finally able to get the name of the band, look up the song, listen to it, and finally go to sleep! - Submitted by: Tommy Williams

Violent Femmes', "Blister In The Sun"

The Misheard Lyrics:

My girlfriend, she's Auntie Em.
She is starting to cry.

The Real Lyrics:

My girlfriend, she's at the end
She is starting to cry.

The Story: I thought the girlfriend was crying because he called her Auntie Em. I also got confused about who Auntie Em was for some reason, and instead of thinking she was from The Wizard of Oz, I thought she was Aunt Jemima! - Submitted by: Smokey

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[N]

[O]

[P]

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[T]

[U]

[V]

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[Y]

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