Mis-Heard Lyrics

[tinnitus]

Don Henley - Drivin' With Your Eyes Closed

"Some guys were born to Rimbaud
Some guys breathe Baudelaire
Some guys just got to go and put their rockets everywhere"

Sounded in the 80's like:
"Some guys were born to ramble, some guys breathe bottled air."

[guitar george]

Originally Posted by Silly Moustache

Ah, the return of the Mondegreen !

See :

https://stacker.com/stories/3387/lyr...ongs-explained

Thanks for posting this Silly. Here are the mis-heard lyrics from the above website:

Tiny Dancer' by Elton John
- Misheard: “Hold me closer Tony Danza”
- Correct: “Hold me closer tiny dancer”

We Built This City' by Starship
- Misheard: “We built this city on sausage rolls”
- Correct: “We built this city on rock and roll”

Drift Away' by Uncle Kracker
- Misheard: “Give me the Beach Boys and free my soul”
- Correct: “Give me the beat boys and free my soul”

Blank Space' by Taylor Swift
- Misheard: “All the lonely Starbucks lovers”
- Correct: “Got a long list of ex-lovers”

Bohemian Rhapsody' by Queen
- Misheard: “Saving his life from this warm sausage tea”
- Correct: “Spare him his life from this monstrosity”

Baby Got Back' by Sir Mix-A-Lot
- Misheard: “I like big butts in a can of limes”
- Correct: “I like big butts and I can not lie”

Message in a Bottle' by The Police
- Misheard: “A year has passed since I broke my nose”
- Correct: “A year has passed since I wrote my note”

Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In' by Fifth Dimension
- Misheard: “This is the dawning of the Age of Asparagus”
- Correct: “This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius”

Waterfalls' by TLC
- Misheard: “Don’t go Jason Waterfalls”
- Correct: “Don’t go chasing waterfalls”

Smells like Teen Spirit' by Nirvana
- Misheard: “Here we are now in containers”
- Correct: “Here we are now, entertain us”

We Will Rock You' by Queen
- Misheard: “Kicking your cat all over the place”
- Correct: “Kicking your can all over the place”

I Want to Hold Your Hand' by The Beatles
- Misheard: “I want to hold your ham”
- Correct: “I want to hold your hand”

I’m a Believer' by The Monkees
- Misheard: “Then I saw her face, now I’m gonna leave her”
- Correct: “Then I saw her face, now I’m a believer”

Blinded by the Light' by Bruce Springsteen
- Misheard: “Wrapped up like a deuce, another rumor in the night”
- Correct: “Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night”

Bad Moon Rising' by Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Misheard: “There’s a bathroom on the right”
- Correct: “There’s a bad moon on the rise”

Like a Virgin' by Madonna
- Misheard: “Like a virgin, touched for the 31st time”
- Correct: “Live a virgin, touched for the very first time”

It’s Gonna Be Me' by NSYNC
- Misheard: “It’s gonna be May!”
- Correct: “It’s gonna be me”

Cups (When I’m Gone)' by Anna Kendrick/Pitch Perfect
- Misheard: “You’re gonna miss me by my walk, you’re gonna miss me by my taco”
- Correct: “You’re gonna miss me by my walk, you’re gonna miss me by my talk, oh”

Work It' by Missy Elliott
- Misheard: “Iss yurr fweminippi fwep yet”
- Correct: “Ti esrever dna ti plif nwod gniht ym tup I”

We Didn’t Start the Fire' by Billy Joel
- Misheard: “We didn’t start the fire, it was always burning, said the worst attorney”
- Correct: “We didn’t start the fire, it was always burning, since the world’s been turning”

Forget You' by CeeLo Green
- Misheard: “I guess he’s an expert, and I’m more an attorney”
- Correct: “I guess he’s an Xbox, and I’m more Atari”

Desperado' by The Eagles
- Misheard: “You’ve been outright offensive, for so long now”
- Correct: “You’ve been out riding fences, for so long now”

Blurred Lines' by Robin Thicke
- Misheard: “Mushrooms are nasty”
- Correct: “Must want to get nasty”

Big Yellow Taxi' by Joni Mitchell
- Misheard: “If it ain’t paradise, then put up a parking lot”
- Correct: “They paved paradise to put up a parking lot”

Our Lips are Sealed' by The Go-Gos
- Misheard: “Even Dallas games, people play”
- Correct: “In the jealous games people play”

Stairway to Heaven' by Led Zeppelin
- Misheard: “There’s a wino down the road”
- Correct: “And as we wind on down the road”

Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)' by The Eurythmics
- Misheard: “I travel the world in generic jeans”
- Correct: “I travel the world and the seven seas”

Dancing Queen' by ABBA
- Misheard: “See that girl, watch her scream, kicking the dancing queen”
- Correct: “See that girl, watch that scene, dig in the dancing queen”

Papa Don’t Preach' by Madonna
- Misheard: “Poppadom preach”
- Correct: “Papa don’t preach”

Purple Haze' by Jimi Hendrix
- Misheard: “Excuse me while I kiss this guy”
- Correct: “Excuse me while I kiss the sky”

The Sidewinder Sleep Tonite' by R.E.M.
- Misheard: “Calling Jamaica”
- Correct: “Call me when you try to wake her up”

Like a G6' by Far East Movement
- Misheard: “Like a cheese stick”
- Correct: “Like a G-6”

Two Tickets to Paradise' by Eddie Money
- Misheard: “I’ve got two chickens to paralyze”
- Correct: “I’ve got two tickets to paradise”

Summertime Sadness' by Lana del Rey
- Misheard: “I’m feeling ill like Drake tonight”
- Correct: “I’m feeling electric tonight”

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (In the Garden of Eden)' by Iron Butterfly
- Misheard: “In a glob of Velveeta, honey”
- Correct: “In-a-gadda-da-vida, honey”

Addicted to Love' by Robert Palmer
- Misheard: “A digital love”
- Correct: “Addicted to love”

Take a Chance on Me' by ABBA
- Misheard: “If you change your mind, Jackie Chan, I’m the first in line, Jackie Chan”
- Correct: “If you change your mind, take a chance, I’m the first in line, take a chance”

SexyBack' by Justin Timberlake
- Misheard: “Go hippie, go hippie, go”
- Correct: “Go ahead, be gone with it”

Vertigo' by U2
- Misheard: “Hello, hello! I’m in a place called Oregon”
- Correct: “Hello, hello! I’m at a place called vertigo”

Blowin’ in the Wind' by Bob Dylan
- Misheard: “The ants are my friends, they’re blowing in the wind”
- Correct: “The answer my friends, is blowing in the wind”

Piano Man' by Billy Joel
- Misheard: “Sing us a song for the yellow man”
- Correct: “Sing us a song, you’re the piano man”

Paradise City' by Guns N’ Roses
- Misheard: “Take me down to a very nice city”
- Correct: “Take me down to the Paradise City”

Shake It Off' by Taylor Swift
- Misheard: “And the bakers gonna bake, bake, bake, bake, bake”
- Correct: “And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate”

Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds' by The Beatles
- Misheard: “The girl with colitis goes by”
- Correct: “The girl with kaleidoscope eyes”

Chasing Pavements' by Adele
- Misheard: “Or should I just keep chasing penguins”
- Correct: “Or should I just keep chasing pavements”

Can See Clearly Now' by Johnny Nash
- Misheard: “I can see clearly now, Lorraine is gone”
- Correct: “I can see clearly now, the rain is gone”

Single Ladies' by Beyonce
- Misheard: “Got gloss on my lips, a man on my hips, hold me tighter than my very own jeans”
- Correct: “Got gloss on my lips, a man on my hips, hold me tighter than my Dereon jeans”

La Isla Bonita' by Madonna
- Misheard: “Last night I dreamt of soft bagels”
- Correct: “Last night I dreamt of San Pedro”

Livin’ on a Prayer' by Bon Jovi
- Misheard: “It doesn’t make a difference if we’re naked or not”
- Correct: “It doesn’t make a difference if we make it or not”

[elninobaby]

Until just a few years ago, I thought the lyrics to “Groovin’” were, “Life would be ecstasy/You and me and Leslie/Groovin’”

I never thought too much about it. I figured it was early polyamory or something. Who’s Leslie? She (or he, I guess) isn’t mentioned anywhere else in the song. But . . . whatever.

Wasn’t I surprised to learn that the actual lyric is “Life would be ecstasy/You and me endlessly/Groovin’”

It’s gotta be the worst misaccent in songwriting history, endLESSly.

[ewalling]

Abba - Super Trooper

I was sick and tired of everything,
When I called you last night from Tesco (Tesco is a British supermarket like Publix)

Peter Gabriel - Jeux Sans Frontieres

She's so funky, yeah!

[foxo]

“My sensitive manatee has gone down the drain”

Bob Dylan, Not Dark Yet

[N4640W]

The chair is not my son.
Michael Jackson.

[tinnitus]

"You got mud on your face, big disc brakes, somebody oughta' put you back into your place. We will, we will rock you."

[vbuskirk]

Bon Jovi - "You give love a band aid."

[EZYPIKINS]

Originally Posted by N4640W

The chair is not my son.
Michael Jackson.

Funny, used to play Billie Jean. Years later we learned our horn section, singing the background parts, would sing.

Chili Beans, Not My Lunch.

It worked so well, no one ever knew.

[Birdbrain]

Originally Posted by Earl49

I still have a few unexposed rolls of Kodachrome in storage somewhere with the rest of my film stuff, but it has been at least ten years since the very last lab in Dallas closed that could actually process that slide film. They took my Kodachrome away..... It was always my favorite, even though I could develop E6 slide film myself. Oh well.

True- but you can develop Kodachrome as monochrome, to get black and white negatives, if you want to save the images. Then you could hand-color them with dyes and a brush, and call it Art.

I just watched Asteroid City. You'd like it. It's a love letter to overexposed Kodachrome and vintage cameras. In the credits: "Shot on Kodak film"

[eyesore]

fFleetwood Mac."you can go your own way"....You can comb your own wave.

[JackC1]

For the longest time (like 30 years), I thought Madonna's La Isla Bonita song contained something about liking a bagel or something about a bagel.

Only recently, after picking up the ukulele/guitar did I start to pay more attention to music all around me. And when this song came up on the radio, I told my wife that I've always wondered why she's singing about a bagel...

I still don't know what word the "bagel" is supposed to be, but I now know that it isn't a bagel. Come to think of it, I'll look up the lyrics now. Oh, the power of the Internet.

EDIT: Got it. It's the very first line: "Last night I dreamt of San Pedro". I've always thought it was "Last night I dreamt up some bagel"

[tinnitus]

"Forget all about those nacho chips and learn how to play guitar."