Misheard Song Lyrics

[SalixIncendium]

Every think a line is a song was something completely different?

List the song and artist, what you thought the lyric was, and what you eventually learned it was. I'll start.


Blinded By the Light - Manfred Mann

"Wrapped up like a douche, another runner in the night."

"Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night."


Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band

"We don't share no lighter."

"Big ol' jet airliner."


Benny and the Jets - Elton John

"She's got electric boobs, a mohair suit."

"She's got electric boots, a mohair suit."

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

When I first heard "One" by U2, I thought Bono was singing:

"Did you come here to play Jesus to the leopards in your head?"

Instead of

"Did you come here to play Jesus to the lepers in your head?"

 

[Stevicus]

When I was a little kid, I heard "You're So Vain" by Carly Simon, thinking she was singing "You're so lame."

 

[Treks]

Two from Avantasia songs with content oddly appropriate for this forum:

I heard: "In Hell the scent of Heaven"
It's actually: "Inhale the scent of Heaven"-
(The song is called Runaway Train)

I heard: "And what if God is just an image in the mind... a reflection of the wind"
It's actually: "... a reflection of the will"
(The song is called Let the Storm Descend Upon You)

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

I can't think of too many off the top of my head, but apparently when Papa Roach says "Cut my life into pieces", a lot of people hear "Cut my life into pizzas".

 

[SalixIncendium]

Alive - Pearl Jam

"Why I can't remember anything to this very day
'Cept blood, blood"

"Why I can't remember anything to this very day
'Cept the look, the look"

 

[It Aint Necessarily So]

A few classics:

[1] 'Scuse me, while I kiss this guy.

[2] Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly, a girl with colitis goes by.

[3] Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like a lepress above Estelle Getty (should be, sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti).

 

[Polymath257]

"Do the Funky Lady"

as opposed to

"Dude looks like a lady"

 

[Stevicus]

The song "I'm Not in Love" by 10CC had a part misheard by both me and my brother. There's a part where the background singers are whispering "Be quiet, big boys don't cry, big boys don't cry," etc.

I heard it as "Be quiet, be nice and quiet, be nice and quiet." My brother said that I was wrong and he thought it was "Be quiet, requesting quiet, requesting quiet." Our dad was the one who actually figured it out.

 

[SalixIncendium]

"Do the Funky Lady"

as opposed to

"Dude looks like a lady"

I used to think it was, "Do this like a lady."

 

[SalixIncendium]

Dirty Deeds - AC/DC

"Dirty deeds and the dunder chief."

"Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap."

 

[RestlessSoul]

Every day and every night
We'll be together,
With a roof rack over our heads...

Bob Marley and the Wailers. Thought he was singing about shagging in the back seat of a Ford Cortina...

 

[ADigitalArtist]

For a while there was a trend of channels that made misheard lyrics of non-English songs for English audiences. Stuff like this:

 

[Viker]

Jimi Hendrix "Purple Haze"

Excuse me while I kiss this guy

Actually is

Excuse me while I kiss the sky

 

[Viker]

A few classics:

[1] 'Scuse me, while I kiss this guy.

[2] Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly, a girl with colitis goes by.

[3] Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like a lepress above Estelle Getty (should be, sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti).

Beat me to it. Foiled a gain.

 

[Viker]

Here we are now, in containers
Actually is
Here we are now, entertain us.

Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit

 

[Viker]

Credence Clearwater Revival "Bad Moon Rising"

There's a bathroom on the right

Actually is

There's a bad moon on the rise

 

[exchemist]

Every think a line is a song was something completely different?

List the song and artist, what you thought the lyric was, and what you eventually learned it was. I'll start.


Blinded By the Light - Manfred Mann

"Wrapped up like a douche, another runner in the night."

"Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night."


Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band

"We don't share no lighter."

"Big ol' jet airliner."


Benny and the Jets - Elton John

"She's got electric boobs, a mohair suit."

"She's got electric boots, a mohair suit."

Elton John was famous for that, partly because I think he sometime mucked about and actually sang rude words. "Jamaica Jerk-Off", anyone?

One that flummoxed us when my brothers and I were young was "Elderberry Wine" which appeared to include the lines: "Knew how to please meh/ Looks like a beezmeh".

We spent ages replaying the song trying to work out WTF he was saying, but never worked it out. The term "beezmeh" passed into family slang, as a joker word to use when you couldn't think of the real word: "Pass the, erm, beezmeh, would you?", etc.

As it turned out the real words were nonsense anyway, being "You aimed to please me/ Cooked black-eyed peas me." [yup, really ]

 

[Viker]

We Didn’t Start the Fire' by Billy Joel
- Misheard: “We didn’t start the fire, it was always burning, said the worst attorney”
- Correct: “We didn’t start the fire, it was always burning, since the world’s been turning"

The misheard lyric with this one at least makes sense.

 

[Quagmire]

Thought

"I can see clearly now the rain is gone"

was

"I can see Shirley now Lorraine is gone"

(I didn't really)