Misheard lyrics

[Poly]

Ever realize one day that you've been singing the lyrics wrong to a particular song? Or ever know of somebody who did? What was it?

And if you haven't, what's a song who's lyrics might be funny or maybe even more appropriate if it were sung differently?

When my husband was little, they used to sing, "Bringing in the Sheaves" but he always thought the lyrics were, "Bringing in the Sheets."

I think Fleetwood Mac's "You can go your own way" would be more appropriate if the lyrics were, "You can grow your own weed."

 

[steko]

"Ah got red dirt stains
on my boots and janes.
Callist fangers
from my guitar strangs.
Dumb as a toad
in a tall pine tree,
But I got boots
an' I got janes."- Miranda Lambert

 

[Foxfire]

Monkees - I'm a Believer
"Then I saw her face, now I'm gonna leave her!"

Johnny Nash – I Can See Clearly Now
"I can see clearly now, Lorraine has gone"

Credence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
"There's a bathroom on the right"

 

[Poly]

Beatles - "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"
"...girl with colitis goes by."

 

[Foxfire]

Beatles - "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"
"...girl with colitis goes by."

"Lucy in 'disguise' with diamonds"

 

[genuineoriginal]

Amazing grace! How sweet the sound
That saved a wrench like me.
I want soy sauce. but now am found;
Was blind, but now I see.
’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
Aunt Grace, my fears relieved.
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed.
Through many dangerous toys and snares
I have already come;
’Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.

 

[Angel4Truth]

Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam Misheard Lyrics

Yellow Ledbetter Pearl Jam Misheard Lyrics

 

[patrick jane]

Black Sabbath - Iron Man

"Ozzie fell and hit his head"

 

[Poly]

Candle in the Wind - Elton John

"My poodle like to gnaw you...."

 

[steko]

"I'm not talkin' 'bout the linen and I don't want to change your life....."

England Dan and John Ford Coley

 

[steko]

"Oh, gimme the bean bag, and free my soul. I wanna get lost in your rock n' roll and drift away..."

 

[steko]

"Blinded by the light.....wrapped up like a douche bag in the middle of the night..."



Sorry, but that's what I heard, believe it or not, and it was in the middle of the night when half asleep. :idunno:

 

[Vaquero45]

"scuse me while I kiss this guy"

Jimi Hendrix / Purple Haze

(cant have this thread without that famous line )

 

[patrick jane]

"scuse me while I kiss this guy"

Jimi Hendrix / Purple haze

(cant have this thread without that famous line )

or this one - the most famous of all:

"Jose can you see" ?

 

[Ask Mr. Religion]

There is a word for this: malapropisms, taken from Mrs. Malaprop, a character in Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s play, The Rivals.

For songs, Rock the Casbah probably holds the record for this.

For everyday language, think Yogi Berra, although what he was saying was readily understood, so not really all he is known for saying were malaprops per se. :AMR:

AMR

 

[steko]

"....that would be ecstasy, you and me an Leslie.....groovin' on a Sunday afternoon...."

Who th' heck is Leslie and what's she doin' in the middle of this relationship?

 

[steko]

When I was a kid listening to Roy Orbison, I actually thought that this is what he was saying:

"Love hurts, love stars, th' moon and Mars......"

I couldn't make any sense out of that song.

 

[steko]

Oh....here's another one that I heard totally wrong:

"Goin' to th' Chapel and
we're going to get mad as a hatter,
goin' to the Chapel and
we're goin' to get mad as a hatter...."- The Dixie Cups

 

[Quincy]

That Blue song from Eiffel 65.

It's supposed to be : "I'm blue da ba dee dabba daee."

I always hear " I'm blue, I will beat up a guy, I will beat up a guy... I will beat up a guy."

 

[glorydaz]

Oh....here's another one that I heard totally wrong:

"Goin' to th' Chapel and
we're going to get mad as a hatter,
goin' to the Chapel and
we're goin' to get mad as a hatter...."- The Dixie Cups

You nut. That was as clear as a bell. Chapel....get it?