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

[goofygirl]

I confess I did not understand the words to "Rock the Casbah" either!

I also thought "Bennie and the Jets" was BETTY and the Jets!

 

[irishbosoxfan]

Ok one I remember getting wrong was the lyrics to a song from Flashdance.


In the song it says:

"Take your passions and make it happen"

I thought she said:

"Take your pants down and make it happen"

 

[Cindy B]

I always thought Rock the Casbar was Rock the Cash Bar.. which actually makes sense!

Here's my embarassing one:

Movin' Out--Billy Joel

Real lyric Across from the medical center

Misheard: Across for the mad placenta.... ok I admit I had a strange mind growing up!

 

[minniecarousel]

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

 

[MichelleVW]

We used to sing, Broken Arms instead of "Open Arms" by Journey...(yes, we KNEW it was really Open arms, but Broken Arms was funny to us in middle school!!!)

 

[Saffron]

Not a misheard lyric, but one time when talking to Will I made a mistake when we were talking about one of Springsteen's songs, "The Rising". I called it "The Shining" and Will has never let me live it down.

My misheard lyric disaster:

Bonnie Raitt sang:
You're as desperate to get back up as I am not to fall

I heard (and sang for years until one of my girlfriends fell out laughing):
Your *** gets smacked so get back up 'cause I am not at fault

 

[Martha7]

How about the Hendrix lyric, "Excuse me while I kiss the sky..." C'mon, admit it. How many of us thought it was "Excuse me while I kiss this guy!"

 

[XOoOoVEEoOoOX]

Not myself but my father misheard these lyrics from Bone Thugs & Harmony.

Correct lyrics : "Its the thuggish ruggish bone"
What my father thought : "Its the greatest love of all"

My stepmom misheard the Marc Anthony Song "I need to know" and thought it said "Love me tender"

guess they enjoy love ?? lol

 

[Liberty Belle]

I used to think it said "Rocket man burning on the fumes of ethanol," when it actually said "Rocket Man burning out his fuse up here alone." And I thought it said "And there's no one there to raise them, if you're dead," where it actually says, "And there's no one there to raise them, if you did."

 

[snowwite]

I used to think it said "Rocket man burning on the fumes of ethanol," when it actually said "Rocket Man burning out his fuse up here alone." And I thought it said "And there's no one there to raise them, if you're dead," where it actually says, "And there's no one there to raise them, if you did."

I never knew the words. Thought it was "Rocket man burning up things and then your gone" and "Mars aint the kind of place to raise your kids and theres no one there to raise them if your dead"

 

[poohluvrs]

My friend always thought "only the Lonely...can play"
was actually "Only bologna can play"...you could not change that girls mind either!

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

Real lyric: "Wasted days and wasted nights"

Thought it was: "Wave to Dave and wave to Mike"

Real lyric: "Dirty deeds done dirt cheap"

Thought was: "Dirty jeans and dungarees"

 

[SDFgirl]

When I was a little girl, I thought "Just Another Manic Monday" was "Just another Man Named Monday."

I also thought that song, "I guess that's why they call it the blues" was "I guess that's why they call him Shamoo" (like the whale).

 

[nuke]

There was a song about 10 years ago with the lyrics "Send me on my way". I thought it was Simmy and the Whale.

 

[Liberty Belle]

Real lyric: "Wasted days and wasted nights"

Thought it was: "Wave to Dave and wave to Mike"

 

[Saffron]

These are hysterical!

Mare I love "Wave to Dave and wave to Mike".

 

[fan_of_small_world]

When I was (much!) younger my DM liked the Anne Murray song "Could I Have This Dance?"

real lyrics..."would you be my partner every (made to sound like 3 syllables...eh-eh-vry) night?"

I thought it was..."would you be my partner in bed every night?"

 

[WonderfulDreamer2]

Jimmy Buffett...."looking for my lost shaker of salt"
I heard..."looking for my lost circular saw" My grandfather was a carpenter...I knew what a circular saw was....made sense to me.

 

[snowwite]

Jimmy Buffett...."looking for my lost shaker of salt"
I heard..."looking for my lost circular saw" My grandfather was a carpenter...I knew what a circular saw was....made sense to me.

For years I thought it was looking for my lost jigger saw. Figured it was some kinda saw guys used. That was pre margarita days

 

[chrisxtwo]

Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville

My BIL thought the words were "stepped on a poptart" instead of "pop top".

There is a book called "'Scuse me while I kiss this guy" that is nothing but misheard song lyrics.

The other most misheard song lyric is from "Blinded by the light"

I won't type what most people hear but the real words are "wrapped up like a DEUCE another roller in the night".