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

[WonderfulDreamer2]

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".

Did you hear about the water truck that ran into a tanker full of vinegar? It went.......oppps, cant say that here can we.

 

[meeskamouska]

Nobody will know this jingle...but in my home town there is a song for the community college: "Clovis Community College--Pathway to your Future!!"

My husband would sing "Clovis COmmunity College---HALFWAY to your future!!"

WHen I called him on it he said "Well, it can really only get you halfway there can't it?!!"

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

I keep reading these and thinking "that's NOT what they said???" THIS is why I don't sing out loud with other people around.

I'm like a misheard lyrics disaster waiting to happen.

My sister had a Cinderella record when she was little, and the words were "Dancing at the ball she'll be more beautiful than all." She asked mom "what's a 'ball-sha-bee'?"

 

[CathrynRose]

I have 2 -

When I was a kid my mom listened to 50's and 60's music, so there was a song, dont know who it was by:

Come on, let me show you where it's at,
The name of the place is, I like it like that.

I thought it was - come on, let me show you where I sat. I remember thinking "Why on earth does he want to show someone that?"

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.

 

[MichelleVW]

Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville

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

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My kids thought the same thing.


Also when my oldest was 5 she thought that the Shania Twain song "If you want to touch her ASK" was "if you want to touch her Butt (but not Butt if you kwim!"

 

[Fairy Dust]

Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing

I always thought it was

I believe in milko
Where you from
You sexy thing

It should be miracles!

 

[snowwite]

Did you hear about the water truck that ran into a tanker full of vinegar? It went.......oppps, cant say that here can we.

Pretty much what I thought they were singing about and my mom banned that disgusting song!
My DS loves Will Smith and used to sing Get a Jiggy Widget
He thought (Shaggy?) Mr Boombastic was the "Mr Mustard song'
Missy Elliot sings one about Its your flipajibitnya or something like that. I have not one clue what she is saying.
This is why I listen to country music with words I can understand!

 

[TDC Nala]

another one of these threads eh? then here it is again

On a dock, there’s a highway
Cool Whip in my hair
One parapalegic
Rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance
An ocean of light
My head grew hairy and my sack rolled in
I had to stop for the night
Dead fish stood in the doorway
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself
This could be Heaven or this could be Hell
Then she lit up a Ken doll
And she showed me the way
There were horses down the corridor
I thought I heard them say

Don’t go to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
Renting a room at the Hoedown California
Any time you’re here
You can buy me beer.

Her mind was stiff and he twisted
She’s got the worst eighties band
She's got a lot of pretty, pretty boys
That she calls Sven
How they dance in the courtyard
Swedes, some are sweat
Sundance to remember
Sundance to forget
So I come to the Hilton
Please bring me my wife
He said
We haven't had that spilled in here since 1969
And still those whatchamacallits from far away
We threw up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say

Wake up to the oat man, can’t afford ya.
Such a lovely Place
Such a lovely face
Many a room at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise
When you’re out of ice

He lives on the ceiling
Pictures of Jim Rice
And she said
We are all just prisoners here
Of our only vice
And in the master's chambers
They gathered for the feast
They stab them while they’re still in ice
But they just can't kill the thief
Last thing I remember
I was running for the door
I had to find the passage back to the place I was before
Good night, said the madman
We are programmed to recede
You can check out any time you like
But you can never leave

 

[ImMarcik]

Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville

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

I thought it was "stepped on a pot rock". My DH let me know the real lyrics.

 

[meeskamouska]

TDC Nala----I almost peed myself....thanks!!

 

[ImMarcik]

another one of these threads eh? then here it is again

On a dock, there’s a highway
Cool Whip in my hair
One parapalegic
Rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance
An ocean of light
My head grew hairy and my sack rolled in
I had to stop for the night
Dead fish stood in the doorway
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself
This could be Heaven or this could be Hell
Then she lit up a Ken doll
And she showed me the way
There were horses down the corridor
I thought I heard them say

Don’t go to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
Renting a room at the Hoedown California
Any time you’re here
You can buy me beer.

Her mind was stiff and he twisted
She’s got the worst eighties band
She's got a lot of pretty, pretty boys
That she calls Sven
How they dance in the courtyard
Swedes, some are sweat
Sundance to remember
Sundance to forget
So I come to the Hilton
Please bring me my wife
He said
We haven't had that spilled in here since 1969
And still those whatchamacallits from far away
We threw up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say

Wake up to the oat man, can’t afford ya.
Such a lovely Place
Such a lovely face
Many a room at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise
When you’re out of ice

He lives on the ceiling
Pictures of Jim Rice
And she said
We are all just prisoners here
Of our only vice
And in the master's chambers
They gathered for the feast
They stab them while they’re still in ice
But they just can't kill the thief
Last thing I remember
I was running for the door
I had to find the passage back to the place I was before
Good night, said the madman
We are programmed to recede
You can check out any time you like
But you can never leave

OMG I am rolling. My DD came in the room and asked me what they joke was.

 

[betsywdw]

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"

Too funny!!! I was laughing outloud as I read this!!!

 

[Figment22]

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.

Up until right now, when you posted this, I really did think it was Olly oxen free!

Mine is courtesy of my mother, who always enjoyed listening to the music I grew up with and often singing along.

Actual lyric from The Police: When the world is running down, you make the best of what's still around.
According to my mom: When the world is running down, you make the best lemon stew around! What the heck is lemon stew?

 

[Poohbear123]

OMG I am rolling. My DD came in the room and asked me what they joke was.

Whats so funny, is the words MATCH!

 

[Liberty Belle]

another one of these threads eh? then here it is again

On a dock, there’s a highway
Cool Whip in my hair
One parapalegic
Rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance
An ocean of light
My head grew hairy and my sack rolled in
I had to stop for the night
Dead fish stood in the doorway
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself
This could be Heaven or this could be Hell
Then she lit up a Ken doll
And she showed me the way
There were horses down the corridor
I thought I heard them say

Don’t go to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
Renting a room at the Hoedown California
Any time you’re here
You can buy me beer.

Her mind was stiff and he twisted
She’s got the worst eighties band
She's got a lot of pretty, pretty boys
That she calls Sven
How they dance in the courtyard
Swedes, some are sweat
Sundance to remember
Sundance to forget
So I come to the Hilton
Please bring me my wife
He said
We haven't had that spilled in here since 1969
And still those whatchamacallits from far away
We threw up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say

Wake up to the oat man, can’t afford ya.
Such a lovely Place
Such a lovely face
Many a room at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise
When you’re out of ice

He lives on the ceiling
Pictures of Jim Rice
And she said
We are all just prisoners here
Of our only vice
And in the master's chambers
They gathered for the feast
They stab them while they’re still in ice
But they just can't kill the thief
Last thing I remember
I was running for the door
I had to find the passage back to the place I was before
Good night, said the madman
We are programmed to recede
You can check out any time you like
But you can never leave

 

[Saffron]

I thought it was - come on, let me show you where I sat. I remember thinking "Why on earth does he want to show someone that?"

Bwhahahahaha!

That Eagle's song is really funny!

 

[lindakmonty]

for us Buckeyes the biggest lyric mishaps is the song "hang on sloopy"...so many people sit there and sing "hang on SNOOPY"

My dh told me today that when his son was just little he was singing Garth's song "I'm Shameless" and he was 7 or 8 singing away "I'm Shaving"

 

[disykat]

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?"

The things I learn on the DIS! When I first read this post I thought "well of course that's what it says". I always thought if I heard another singer do it, they were "cleaning it up". I just went and looked at lyrics and listened to Anne Murray singing it and sure enough, it's "Eh-eh-vy night".

I had my dh listen and asked him what she was saying and he listened too. The first time he said "in bed every night" and then when I told him what the lyrics said he listened again and heard "every".

 

[Lassie Lynne]

I can't remember who sang it, but the song "Lucille" was popular when I was a child.

The line goes "four hungry children and a crop in the field".

I always thought he said "four hundred children...." and wondered just how many children did farmers have . I think I was a teen when I found out the REAL lyrics. .

 

[Disneyfan63]

The correct lyrics to "Hotel California" by the Eagles, written by Don Henley, Don Felder and Glenn Frey:

On a dark desert highway
Cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas
Rising up through the air

Up ahead in the distance
I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night

There she stood in the doorway
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself
This could be heaven or this could be hell

Then she lit up a candle
And she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor
I thought I heard them say

Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year you can find it here

Her mind is Tiffany twisted
She got the Mercedes bends
She gotta lot of pretty, pretty boys
That she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard
Sweet summer sweat
Some dance to remember
Some dance to forget

So I called up the Captain
"Please bring me my wine".
He said, "We haven't had that spirit here since 1969".
And still those voices keep calling from far away
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say

Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
They're livin' it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise
Bring your alibis

Mirrors on the ceiling
The pink champagne on ice
She said, "We are all just prisoners here
Of our own device."
And in the master's chambers
They gathered for the feast
They stab it with their steely knives
But they just can't kill the beast

Last thing I remember
I was running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
"Relax", said the nightman
"We are programmed to receive".
"You can check out any time you like,
But you can never leave".

Jim