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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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Weezer's, "Beverly Hills"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Kimmie, Kimmie!
or
Timmy, Timmy!
or
Timmy, Timmy!
The Real Lyrics:
Gimme, gimmie!
The Story: My little sister was wondering why they were singing about Timmy from "Fairly Odd Parents". I was wondering why they were singing about a friend of mine from when I was younger. My brother corrected us by saying, "It's 'Gimmie, gimme!', you doofuses." He still makes fun of us for that now, even though it was several months ago. [Ed.'s note: Who's the doofus now? LOL] - Submitted by: Isabel
Weezer's, "Buddy Holly"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I don't care what they say about us doing,
I don't care about that.
I don't care about that.
or
I don't care if it never stops,
I don't care if it stops
I don't care if it stops
The Real Lyrics:
I don't care what they say about us, anyway.
I don't care about that.
I don't care about that.
The Story: This song came on my Windows 95 program cd. I used to sing it 'I don't care what they say about us doing, I don't care about that.' One time my cousin started singing, and I couldn't stop laughing when I heard him say 'I don't care if it never stops, I don't care if it stops!' I later saw on a lyrics page that I, too was wrong. Not that wrong, though. - Submitted by: Chris Smith
Weezer's, "Dope Nose"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Dead on my head
The Real Lyrics:
Debt on my head
The Story: Almost every site that has the lyrics to this song starts off with 'Dead on my head', but the official lyrics in the little booklet that come with the cd (Maladroit, 2002) read as 'Debt on my head'. Oh well, not everybody enunciates well. - Submitted by: San
Weezer's, "El Scorcho"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I wish I could get my head out of this end.
The Real Lyrics:
I wish I could get my head outta the sand.
The Story: The two phrases sound practically identical. I thought Rivers was saying he wished he could get his head out of his behind. - Submitted by: Phoenix13enator
Weezer's, "Hash Pipe"
The Misheard Lyrics:
A** wipe
The Real Lyrics:
Hash pipe
The Story: My mom actually misheard this while she was listening to some of my stuff. She was horrified, so I told her what the words really were. She was more upset that it sounded like a curse word than the fact that it was a drug reference. - Submitted by: Emily
Weezer's, "Hash Pipe"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I've got my halfpipe
The Real Lyrics:
I've got my hash pipe
The Story: It's relatively indecipherable, the only way you'd know is to either know the title of the song (which I didn't originally) or see and hear the song censored on mtv for being a drug reference. Damnit, they can say it on the radio... - Submitted by: killer_roach
Weezer's, "Hash-Pipe"
The Misheard Lyrics:
You got your d*** cheese, I got my a** wiped.
The Real Lyrics:
You got your big G's, I got my a** wide.
The Story: I was drivin along in the car when I heard 'Hash-Pipe' for the first time. At the time, my seven year old kid was with me and she was the one to first ask, 'Dad, why did he get his a** wiped?' - Submitted by: cory effe
Weezer's, "Keep Fishin'"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, Guven I'm in love with you!
The Real Lyrics:
Oh, girl, when I'm in love with you!
The Story: Guven (pronounced with a silent "V"-Gu-en) was one of my mates at school and I thought-and hoped Weezer knew of a 'Guven' and included him in their 2002 hit, "Keep Fishin'" Imagine my disappointment when I looked up the actual lyrics to find the far more prosaic reference to a girl... - Submitted by: Twatwit
Weezer's, "My Name Is Jonas"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Come sit next to me
Pour yourself some tea
Just like dramamine
When we couldn't find tea.
Pour yourself some tea
Just like dramamine
When we couldn't find tea.
The Real Lyrics:
Come sit next to me
Pour yourself some tea
Just like grandma made
When we couldn't find sleep.
Pour yourself some tea
Just like grandma made
When we couldn't find sleep.
The Story: Dramamine made sense to me because they were on a train, and maybe they had motion sickness. I didn't get why tea was a substitute for a motion sickness drug, but who really understands Rivers anyway? - Submitted by: Zach
Weezer's, "My Name Is Jonas"
The Misheard Lyrics:
The chicken cost only your mind.
or
The ticking clock's only your mind.
or
The ticking clock's only your mind.
The Real Lyrics:
A ticket cost only your mind.
The Story: For a while I was singing the chicken one, because basically I had to sing something and had no idea what the real words were. Eventually I listened to is for a while and came to 'the ticking clock's only your mind.' I was about to post that up here but decided to make sure.. good thing, too! - Submitted by: Cohort
Weezer's, "The Good Life"
The Misheard Lyrics:
School is crap, I've had it.
The Real Lyrics:
Screw this crap, I've had it.
The Story: I almost put it as my senior quote (in a yearbook?). Good thing I didn't. - Submitted by: Garrett
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