Have you ever misheard song lyrics?

[cantdrv55]

For years I thought Van Morrison was singing about a One Eyed Girl.

[herr_oberst]

Yes.

Mistaken song lyrics

Misheard song lyrics ...

[Seahawk]

Well, I'm your Venus

[oldE]

Same song, tag: "bit by bit by bit" I was hearing, "6 -5 -6-5 -6"

Or a song by a British group, "She's a must to avoid " , I was hearing, she's a muscular boy.?!

I blame it on lousy radio reception.

Best
Les

[craigster59]

Big ol' Chad had a light on....

[Shaun @ Tru6]

All the time but as a twist to the OP, have you created a better line(s) in the lyrics?

Rolling Stones' Sympathy for the Devil has this stanza

I rode a tank, held a general's rank
When the blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank

I think it should have been

I rode a tank, held a general's rank
When the blitzkrieg raged
I was center stage (meaning Hitler)

I always sing it my way in the car as loud as it will go.

[jyl]

I always wondered why Jimi was kissing that guy.

[deckard]

they're called mondegreens

[Steve Carlton]

[GH85Carrera]

One of my former co-workers thought the sone from AC/DC titled Pull the trigger was the most obscene song ever to get airplay. I was puzzled and asked what he found obscene and he said they are screaming mother-**er over and over. I laughed and show him the real lyrics.

[juanbenae]

This was touched on in another thread over on the dark side earlier this week. The Beatles sung "toe jam football", and being a huge USC football fan as a kid in the 70's i thought they were singing "Trojan Football"...

[techman1]

Aerosmith. Dude look like a

Thought it was Do the funky lady first time I heard it.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by techman1

Aerosmith. Dude look like a

Thought it was Do the funky lady first time I heard it.

My best friend as a kid swore for years the lyric was “do the naked lady”! Never mud the song name….

[The Synergizer]

Teenage boys listened to the beat and music. Teenage girls listened to the lyrics.

[GH85Carrera]

Another funny one was another AC/DC song called Inject the Venom, a fried thought they were singing Itchy Cabana. He even asked me was a itchy cabana was and I laughed and said I have no clue.

[rwest]

The Squeeze, “Pulling Mussels from the Shell.” I thought it was “pulling muscles for Michelle”

Made sense to me as most of us would get hurt for a girl we thought was pretty!

[Noah930]

Originally Posted by cantdrv55

For years I thought Van Morrison was singing about a One Eyed Girl.

There was a kid from my freshman dorm that thought that song started, "Hey, Rodrigo". We realized that when in all seriousness, he asked us one night, "Who's Rodrigo?" We just about died laughing.

[Dixie]

Kickin your cat all over the place, singin
We will, we will rock you

...I kept wondering why they hated the cat.

[Dixie]

She's got electric boobs
Her Ma has two
I read it in a magazine dojo

...At least I'm cute

[cockerpunk]

people tend to not even understand the lyrics in songs they can understand ... so many examples.

they invented a restaurant chain because people didnt understand the point of Margaritaville for god's sake.