"Stop the Cat Box"- the misheard lyrics thread!

[kennancat]

I misheard Jimmy Buffet's Son of a Sailor for a long time. For a long time, I thought the line "you can shake the hand of the mango man as he greets you at the border" was "you can shake the hand of the mangled man as he greets you at the border". I had this image of some guy with a hand that was severely injured that would shake hands with you when you arrived!

 

[snowman]

I thought the line from Louis Armstrong's " What A Wonderful World" was:

"....the dogs say goodnight."

it's really "...the dark sacred night."

I pictured a bunch of dogs taking a nap! I thought that was the line for years!!

OMG - I'm sooooooo glad I'm not the only one. DSO teases me about that everytime we hear that song.

 

[LynnTH]

Mine is:

Correct Lyrics - Living on Tulsa Time
Mine - Living on Toast and Wine

 

[Belle2667]

Long time ago when I was in high school, Foreigner's Urgent was a big song. (Told you it was a long time ago.) Anyway, one of my friends was not allowed to listen to this song because her dad thought they were saying "virgin".

My boys used to think ABBA's Dancing Queen was "Shaving Cream".

 

[PlutosFriend]

The all time classic from my era: "bathroom on the right" for "bad moon on the rise". (Crredance Cleerwater? I think)

That is a common misheard lyric I also heard a version of John Fogarty in concert, actually saying "bathroom on the right" as a joke. Apparently he does that from time to time

 

[MyGoofy26]

Years ago I used to babysit these two kids. At the time they were maybe 3 or 4 and one of those compilation CD commercials came on. The little girl gets up and starts dancing and singing to the clips. It switches to "Shake Your Groove Thing" and there she is shaking her butt in front of the TV singing, "Scooby Doo thing, Scooby Doo thing, yeah yeah"

 

[mansionterror]

I am a lurker but this thread has had me in tears. I had to add two more to this.

These both come from my boss's husband.

Venga Boys: Lyric - We Like to Party.
He heard: Big White Toliet.

Dixie Chicks: Long time Gone
Lyric - Ain't hoed a row since I don't know when.
He sang - Ain't rode a ** since I don't know when. Kinda got the words twisted.

 

[starwatcher]

lol mine is silly

correct is " groove is in the heart" by delite
my version " grover is in the hall"

 

[pearlieq]

I thought Elton was singing about electric b00bs.

Me too!

I also used to mishear that old song "Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance)?" Intead of saying "Do you love me? I'm in the groove." I thought he was saying "I'm in the nude".

 

[pearlieq]

I misheard Jimmy Buffet's Son of a Sailor for a long time. For a long time, I thought the line "you can shake the hand of the mango man as he greets you at the border" was "you can shake the hand of the mangled man as he greets you at the border". I had this image of some guy with a hand that was severely injured that would shake hands with you when you arrived!

Well, I learned something new here...

 

[Sthronds]

Clovis...as in Clovis CA, central CA

That's by me!

That's near where I grew up to! I was born in Kingsburg by the way.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Well if they said it correctly there would not be a problem....knowing the words...I STILL here the...incorrect version.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I
And ABBA - Take a chance on me...

Honey, Im still free, take a chance on me

I thought it was: Olly oxen free, take a chance on me. Like a hide and go seek game.

ABBA: Dancing Queen....

I think the lyric is "You can dance, you can dine..having the time of your life..."


what I hear---"You can dance, you can DIE..having the time of your laugh..."

Such a downer song I thought--though I love it.

"Where they play the hip rock music"....

took me years to understand that line...I don't remember what I thought it was...I would always just go..."Where they *mumble mumble* music"..

 

[Pam]

Well if they said it correctly there would not be a problem....knowing the words...I STILL here the...incorrect version.

Oh my stars! I always think what you obviously think!!!!

 

[Sthronds]

My most infamous mess up is a song called "Dust on the Bottle" by David Lee Murphy. Not only did I flub the lyrics, but the title and actually in my mind created a whole new story to the song.

I thought it was called Dust on the Vinyl and I thought it was about a car that was a little dusty but still had a lot going for it. Turns out it was about a bottle of wine.

My friend in high school had a favorite song that she thought said "You got your best feature straight from Mona Lisa."

Actual lyric is "You got your best feature straight from Mother Nature"

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

One last song--not an incorrect lyric...but an "added one"...

In middle school they would play this at school dances all the time...and 3 middle schools...the SAME thing would happen.

It is DIS inappropriate so I can't type it...

But the song is "Moni, Moni" (spelling?)

Whatever the lyric is....

".....say moni moni"

And then an entire gym or cafeteria full of middle schoolers would add...

"hey everybody get ______ get _______"

such naughty naughty pre-teens. I just cannot listen to that song without my brain automatically inserting the "extra verse". So I don't listen to it.

 

[BibbidiBobbidiBOO]

Bee Gee's-"More than a Woman"

I thought it was "Bald-headed Woman"!

Ok, I was just a child.

 

[becjlek]

I thought is was big headed woman.

 

[snowman]

I thought of another one of my misheard lyrics....

Real Line - "I'm every woman"
My line - "Climb every woman"

 

[eddad]

My brother would walk around singing "Secret Asian Man" to the tune of Secret Agent Man.I let him do it for 30 years still cracks me up.