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

[MichelleVW]

When my cousin was little he thought Starship's "Built this City" was "Milk this city!!" You couldn't convince him otherwise....so I still sing, "Milk this city" if I hear the song...

 

[barkley]

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".

according to bruce springsteen's (he wrote it) official site the lyric is 'blinded by the light-cut loose like a deuce another runner in the night'-when manfred mann recorded the 'misunderstood' version he claims to have changed it to 'revved up like a deuce' (but bruce springsteen has publicly said that manfred mann did use the word 'douche'). the deuce is a reference to a 1932ford deuce coupe.

my son messes up song lyrics so bad!!!! currently he insists that the words to 'clemintine' are 'she's a lobster-gone forever, dragon's sorry clemintine'.

 

[jekajekalynn]

When I was about 5, I misinterperated a Randy Travis song to my parents amusement.

I used to thing the song "Digging up Bones" was "Digging up Phones". They used to when I sung the chorus of "I'm diggin' up phones, I'm diggin' up phones. Doin' things that's better left alone. I'm resurecting memories of a love that's dead and gone, so tonight I'm sittin' alone diggin' up phones."

 

[barkley]

remember the song 'im too sexy'? dd used to insist it was 'gross' because "that man keeps singing about walking in a cat box' (she misheard 'catwalk' and thought he was talking about a litter box).

 

[apirateslifeforme]

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

I hope I don't get in trouble for this...but even though I know it's "Only the lonely can play," it still sounds to me like "only the lonely get laid."

When I was little, I thought Duran Duran's "Hold Back the Rain" was "no time for wearing clothes, we're on the road again." It's "no time for worry cause we're on the roam again."

Then there's Benny and the Jets..."She's got electric b**bs...her ma has two" (She's got electric boots...a mohair suit...)

 

[cybrkitn]

There was a commercial a few years ago with Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar on Me" and the guy in the commercial kept singing "Pour Some Shook Up Ramen".

This thread is cracking me up!

I just looked up the lyrics for "Pour Some Sugar on Me" and boy was I surprised at how much I misheard in the first stanza!

Actual line: Love is like a bomb
I heard: Love me like a bum

Actual line: Livin like a lover with a radar phone
I heard: Livin like a lover with a red eye phone

There is also a song by Duran Duran from 1981 titled "Girls on Film". One of the lines in the song is "take me high tonight, till I'm a shooting star". For the longest time I thought the line was "take me high July...."

 

[ScorpioJeni]

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

I am so glad I'm not the only one who thought this!

My other misheard lyric was also a Jimmy Buffet song. I heard "searching for my lost chigger saw" instead of "shaker of salt".

 

[cybrkitn]

I don't know the name of the song, but in the 80s there was one with a chorus that went "I know this much is true"...I always thought they were saying "i know there's bunches of girls"

The Billy Joel song Scenes From an Italian Restaurant
real words: Brenda and Eddie had had it already by the summer of 75 (or something like that)

I thought they were saying: Brenda Benetti had had it already....

I think the title of the song is "True" by Spandau Ballet

 

[cybrkitn]

I hope I don't get in trouble for this...but even though I know it's "Only the lonely can play," it still sounds to me like "only the lonely get laid."

When I was little, I thought Duran Duran's "Hold Back the Rain" was "no time for wearing clothes, we're on the road again." It's "no time for worry cause we're on the roam again."

Then there's Benny and the Jets..."She's got electric b**bs...her ma has two" (She's got electric boots...a mohair suit...)

I'll give you those two! Sometimes Simon is hard to understand when he's singing.

I also thought that Elton John was singing Betty and the Jets! And of course, I too, thought he was saying "Electric b**bs" instead of "boots" (Oh, rainBOWS!"*)

*Anyone ever see the South Park ep with Cartman and "Rainbows" (regarding misheard words)? If so, then you will understand the above reference. It's now a joke with DH and I when we don't hear something right

 

[MichelleVW]

When I was about 5, I misinterperated a Randy Travis song to my parents amusement.

I used to thing the song "Digging up Bones" was "Digging up Phones". They used to when I sung the chorus of "I'm diggin' up phones, I'm diggin' up phones. Doin' things that's better left alone. I'm resurecting memories of a love that's dead and gone, so tonight I'm sittin' alone diggin' up phones."

I was much older than 5 when that song came out and I thought it was Digging up PHONES too!!

 

[Banzai]

As of about 8 PM last night, I found out Prince was saying "Little Red Corvette" and not "Baby, Come Back"

 

[meeskamouska]

Clovis...as in Clovis CA, central CA

That's by me!

Nope...Clovis, New Mexico...although in High School we did play Clovis, Ca in football as this special rivalry kinda thing.....don't think it lasted long!!!

 

[oxfordcircus]

This one isn't funny, but I just realized my misunderstanding the other day: some Journey song - the real lyrics are "born and raised in South Detroit". I probably last heard this song in 1988, but at that time I thought it was "born and raised in self control." I guess you hear what you want to hear.

 

[goofygirl]

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!!

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

There is a country song that is about Miss Kittys Place and something or other..

There is a line that goes

I'll be wearing my 6shooter riding on the whatever whatever...

and i used to think he said:

wearing my SEX shoe???

 

[salmoneous]

I thought Squeeze had a somewhat gruesome song about "Pulling Muscles from Michelle" (Pulling Mussels from a Shell).

PS - Do kids today have any clue what a pop top is?

PPS - And this is the 100% truth - until reading the posts above, I thought Elton was singing about electric b00bs.

 

[MickeysGirl]

Ok, mine is from Splash Mountain - Zip a Dee Doo Dah

The lyrics are something like
Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, Zip-a-dee-ay!
It's a time for celebratin' today!

I swear swear swear swear SWEAR!!! they are saying
Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, Zip-a-dee-ay!
Eatin' soft tacos, celebratin' today!

 

[imsorry]

When George Harrison sang "Bangladesh" I thought he was saying "The Farmers Dead"

 

[Pam]

First off: MODS DON'T BAN ME! This is really, really true.....

Several years ago (and I know it was several years because my kids were little and one is now in college and the other is a senior in HS) there was a short-lived TV series about animals in a zoo who would talk when the keepers were gone at night.

The theme song was "The Lions Sleep Tonight."

Well, my kids watched the show and loved it but I was aghast. I went to the office the next morning and discussing the show with my coworkers. I said, "My kids love this show, but I am afraid that they just can't watch it any more." Curious, my coworkers asked me if the animals were acting or talking inappropriately.

"No," I replied. But the theme song is xrated! They were in shock. They had me sing the little ditty.



I did okay with the:

We-de-de-de
De-de-de-de-de
De-we-um-um-a-way
We-de-de-de
De-de-de-de-de
We-um-um-a-way

But then I very self-consciously sang the next part that offended and upset me:

" My wienie's wet, my wienie's wet"

My poor coworkers practically busted a gut howling with laughter. They were literally on the floor.

When they got their breath back and could speak without laughing, they told me the lyrics were actually:

A-wimoweh, a-wimoweh
A-wimoweh, a-wimoweh
A-wimoweh, a-wimoweh
A-wimoweh, a-wimoweh
A-wimoweh, a-wimoweh
A-wimoweh, a wimoweh
A-wimoweh, a-wimoweh
A-wimoweh, a-wimoweh

 

[jekajekalynn]

"There is a country song that is about Miss Kittys Place and something or other..

There is a line that goes

I'll be wearing my 6shooter riding on the whatever whatever...

and i used to think he said:

wearing my SEX shoe???"




I know what song you're taliking about, and yes it does sound like that.