Misunderstood song lyrics?

[tycopj]

When I was little my parents would always play Waylon, Willie, Johnnie Cash, etc. Anyway there was a song, I think it was by Willie Nelson and I would sing along, "........your love is like a burning Elmer" and is is burning ember. poor Elmer!

 

[ktpool]

.Then there's the old England Dan and John Ford Coley song of the '80s - I'd Really Love To See You Tonight
Where he's singing:

"I'm not talking about moving in
and I don't want to change your life
but there's a warm wind blowing, the stars are out,
and I really love to see you tonight"

I always thought he sang, "I'm not talking about the Millennium..."

I used to think he sang, " I'm not talking about the linen...."

 

[maddiemouse]

I can't believe no one has mentioned "Bad Moon Rising" Creedence Clearwater Revival.

"There's a bad moon on the rise"

"There's a bathroom on the right".

My good friend, in our partying days.

"There's a baboon arising."

 

[ktpool]

When my dd was 3 years old, she used to sing "Bad toys, Bad toys" to the theme of Cops "Bad Boys" .

"Bad toys, Bad toys
Whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you"

Never mind what my 3 year old was doing watching Cops (thanks DH). But it was really cute

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

Leigh Ann?

Guess I should have read all the responses first. Oops. I bet she will feel better knowing she wasn't the only one.

haha!! no she's not the only one! my DF thought the SAME thing when he first heard it! he's like "uhm......did he just say what i THINK he just said??" lol

 

[Cool-Beans]

When my dd was 3 years old, she used to sing "Bad toys, Bad toys" to the theme of Cops "Bad Boys" .

That is too cute!! Bad toys, Bad toys.

I thought it was, "I'm not talking 'bout millenium" too!

I was also corrected here on the DIS, when discussing the song, "No Woman, No Cry." I said the worst song ever was, "No Woman, No Pride." (Still think that song stinks, though.)

 

[MickeySP]

I love this thread!

I was driving with my son listening to The Kill by 30 Seconds to Mars - singing "Marry Me, Marry Me" at the top of my lungs.

Only problem the line is "Bury me, Bury me"

Well kind of close

 

[Mumbling Jumba]

My DD at three used to sing tina turners whats love got to do with it as:

Whats love cocka do cocka do with it.

 

[snowwite]

My son thinks Will Smith sings "Get a jiggy widget" and Shakira sings "Como se yama Shaniqua". He cracks me up.

 

[Imzadi]

"Would you like to swing on a star. And Carrie Moon Beam's home in a jar."
For years he wondered who the heck Carrie Moon Beam was and why was he home in a jar...

Sounds like a name a celebrity would name their baby.

 

[Poohbear123]

And just like the guys who's feet are too big for his HEAD!(Bed)... Nothing seems to fit......

 

[Beca]

Oh, another one I used to sing wrong:

"Sit down, you're rockin' the boat"

The lyrics go:
"The Devil will drag you under, by the sharp lapels of your CHICKEN coat"

...it's supposed to be CHECKERED coat!!

Come to think of it....I like chicken better!!!

 

[midge3426]

This is way too funny. I am sure I have butchered many a song, but I conveniently cannont remember them except for one. When I was little, I was singing Walking in a Winter Wonderland and I mis sang

Later on we'll conspire, as we sit by the fire.

I sang,

Later on we'll prespire, as we sit by the fire.

The only reason I remember the mistake is because my mother laughed for an hour.

 

[PrincessJasmine1972]

Oh god this thread is killin me.. *wipes tears out of eyes*

 

[blondeheroine]

This is way too funny. I am sure I have butchered many a song, but I conveniently cannont remember them except for one. When I was little, I was singing Walking in a Winter Wonderland and I mis sang

Later on we'll conspire, as we sit by the fire.

I sang,

Later on we'll prespire, as we sit by the fire.

The only reason I remember the mistake is because my mother laughed for an hour.

I *still* sing it that way. Just because it amuses me.

 

[CottontailCurl]

How about a nice fun thread about misheard song lyrics?

When I was a kid I thought Cher was saying "Gypsies, chimpanzees," I thought it was about the circus coming to town but couldn't figure out why only the men went to see it (every night all the men would come around, and lay their money down).

"Afternoon delight" I thought was about a baby being born "the father of the new is getting so excited" instead of the "thought of loving you is getting so exciting". (just looked these lyrics up to make sure I had them right this time but some say it might be 'the thought of rubbing you is getting so exciting' sheesh - I still can't get it right!!)

 

[tinknme]

Last year a friend went to Disney with us & we rented a car. On our way to Cocoa Beach a song by Gwen Stepani came on the radio & my youngest ds was singing along with it. The line he was singing was "I ain't no holla back girl", except he was saying "I ain't no harlem black girl". We corrected him once we realized what he saying

 

[snowwite]

As of late, Justin Timberlake's "Sexy Back"

Go head, be gone with it

*I was singing (and wondering why would he write a lyric that made NO sense)*

Go hippie, go with it

Is that what he is saying? I had NO Clue!

 

[snowwite]

Blinded the Light- I actually need help with this, the first line is: "Blinded by the light, wrapped up like......." What is the rest of this. Sounds like "wrapped up like medusa in the middle of the night." but I don't think that is right. Anyone know what it should be? Thanks !

I cant even say what I thought they said but it is a feminine hygiene product. I have been told by DH a former DJ that it is Deuce.

 

[Mumbling Jumba]

I cant even say what I thought they said but it is a feminine hygiene product. I have been told by DH a former DJ that it is Deuce.

I just had to find out for myself.

I give you Blinded By The Light

Madman drummer bummers
Indians in the summer
With a teenage diplomat
In the dumps with the mumps
As the adolescent pumps
His way into his hat
With a boulder on my shoulder
Feeling kinda older
I tripped a merry-go-round
With the very unpleasing
Sneezing and wheezing
The calliope crashed to the ground

CHORUS

Blinded by the light
Wrapped up like a deuce
Another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
She got down but she never got tight
She's gonna make it through the night
Some silicone sister
With her manager mister
Told me I've got what it takes
She said, I'll turn you on sonny to something strong
Play the song with the funky break
And go-kart Mozart
Was checking out the weather chart
To see if it was safe outside
And little Early Pearly
Came by in her curly-wurly
And asked me if I needed a ride

CHORUS

Mama always told me not to look into the eyes of the sun
'Cause mama, that's where the fun is
Some brimstone baritone
Anticyclone rolling stone
Preacher from the east
Says dethrone the dictaphone
Hit it in the funnybone
That's where they expect it least
And some new mown chaperone
Was standing in the corner
Watching the young girls dance
And some fresh-sown moonstone
Was playing with his frozen zone
Reminding him of romance
The calliope crashed to the ground

CHORUS

Sometimes the truth is freakier than the fiction!