Misheard lyrics

[LittleMy]

Carly Simon - You’re So Vain

“I had some dreams
there were clowns in my coffee,
clowns in my coffee”

And also:

“And when you're not, you're with some underworld spy
Or the wife of a postman, wife of a postman”

 

[YellowLadybird]

Classics from Catholic Primary School...

"I am the Lord of the Dance Settee"

"Hail Mary, Full of Grace, The Lord is with thee... Blessed art thou, a Monk Swimming..."

 

[ProphecyGirl]

The Kooks "Naive" was always sang
as "I know, she knows, i'm not from
Alaska" - turns out it was "I know, she knows,
i'm not fond of asking!" which makes a lot
more sense!

I used to say ''I'm not from the buskin!'' hahaha no idea what that would even mean?!

 

[Clovis]

Destiny's Child Jumpin' Jumpin'

I misheard it as:

Ladies leave your man at home
'cos the place is jumpin'
and your crack is full of groan

I remember thinking, whoa steady on!

 

[GlitteryKitten]

For an embarrassingly long time, I thought Fall Out Boy's Sugar, We're Going Down lyrics said: "tonight, I'm watching YouTube from the closet" when infact it's: "tonight, I'm watching you two from the closet"

 

[Sparks]

Charlie Puth - Attention

I thought it said: You've been runnin' round, runnin' round, runnin' round throwin' that TURTLE ON MY KNEE.

We listened to Eminem in the car once and my son said: why does he sing 'poke me in the eyeball'

 

[justonemorepage]

So Paolo Nutini is saying "best of all" not "vegetable" in Pencil Full of Lead...

 

[Cupid_Stunt]

REM - Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight - “Call me Cheryl Baker-er, Call me Cheryl Baker-er”

Madonna’s Ray Of Light - “Anna Friel, like I just got home, Anna Friel”

Tom Jones - Sex Bomb - “Spy on me baby, you sad alike, if the red semen moves through the night”

Abba - Super Trouper - “I was sick and tired of everything, when I called you last night from Tesco”

 

[totallytaz]

I used to sing 'Girls hit you hallelujah' and its 'girls say to ya hallelujah'

Another one for the “girls hit you hallelujah”, didn’t know any better until now.

 

[YellowLadybird]

I swear to God that Taylor Swift says "Starbucks Lovers" in Blank Space, whatever the official lyrics suggest!

 

[Ethel's little Willy]

Mary J Blige, Family Affair.
I thought it was...
"Let's get Al Capone up on the phone up in this dancery"
When it's actually...
"Let's get it crunk upon, Have fun upon up in this dancery"

Thank fuck for spotify and their lyrics

 

[Pixie1]

The titanic theme song-and the hot dogs will go on…

I remember phoning my sister in law to ask why ‘that katy Perry keeps banging on about cherry chopsticks’ (I kissed a girl)

cherry CHAPSTICK!

my daughter (aged 7 at the time) singing along to ‘roar’

’ive got the arse of a tiger!your gonna hear me roooaaarrr!’

I was too busy laughing-I couldn’t tell her off for that!

Arse of a tiger absolutely brilliant

 

[flamingo29]

I recently found out that Michael Jackson’s ‘somebody’s watching me’ does not have the lyrics “I’m on a speedboat, somebody’s watching me” and is in fact “I always feel like somebody’s watching me”

My version doesn’t make much sense when I think about it

 

[Giggling Squid]

I didn’t think I misheard many lyrics until I read this thread... turns out I do

 

[bubbadabut]

Came across Peter Kay's misheard lyrics sketch today and it reminded me of a friend of mine from schooldays who always managed to hear song lyrics completely different from the rest of us.

Had to quote your original post @DCICassieStuart, I was sat in a waiting room today when "We Are Family" by Sister Sledge came on. Having seen that Peter Kay clip a number of times over the years, all I could hear was "Just let me staple the vicar...we're giving love in a Femidom". Actually smiled to myself as I sang it in my head

 

[Al Fresco]

Killer Queen - She keeps her Moët and Chandon in a pretty cabinet.

So she didn’t keep a mower and shovel in there then?

 

[NightCircus]

I thought it was "for you and your kinG" for way too long when I used to hear/sing We Wish You A Merry Christmas.

 

[unfinishedsentenc]

Oh where do I start?!

ABBA - 'only seven teeth' instead of only seventeen. (Me)

Bee Gees - 'bald headed woman' instead of more than a woman. (Co worker)

Europe - 'we're headed for penis' instead of we're headed for Venus. (Friend)

Adele - 'uber hazard' instead of rumour has it. (My bloody dad!)

 

[Serena6112]

Naive by the Kooks... I was convinced he was singing ‘I know, she knows, I’m not from the Vatican’

Was a proper oh my god mouth hanging open moment years later when I was strolling down the street listening to it and realised its ‘I’m not fond of asking’. Still cringe about it!

 

[WilmaHun]