Favorite Misheard Lyrics

For the longest time, I thought The Buckinghams were singing about "Canada Dry" instead of "Kind of a Drag."

Also, in Spandau Ballet's True, which I used to karaoke to a lot, I would sing:

Always slipping from my hands,
The sands of time on it's own.
Take you a seaside of to write the next line,
Oh, I want the truth to be known.

Apparently, the correct lyrics are:

Always slipping from my hands,
Sands a time of it's own.
Take your seaside arms and write the next line,
Oh, I want the truth to be known.

I think my lines make more sense.

reply to post by Nyiah


Ok...I don't have a video but when my daughter was 4, she came and asked me a question that seemed really random and strange:

Her: Mommy, what does it mean when they say 'wounded ham'?

Me: Who says that?

Her: You know that song

Me: What song?

Her: The one that was playing in the car.

Me: Can you sing it for me? I play a lot of songs in the car.

Her: (belts out) 'Take time with a wounded ham, cause that's the deal...take time with a wounded ham, cause he had to steal'

Me: (straight face) You mean stealing as in robbing a bank or something?

Her: Yeah he stole something and i think they shot him

Me: Well, there you have it. That's why he's wounded.

Her: ok Mommy.

The actual lyrics from "Creep" by Stone Temple Pilots:

'Take time with a wounded hand 'cause it likes to heal
Take time with a wounded hand 'guess I like to steal'

I still tease her about that to this day

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When I when to their concert i was singing those lyrics and wondered how many other people were doing the same.

network dude

Vageryn

AC/DC's "Dirty Deeds" were not done dirt cheap to my youthful ears, instead they heard; Dirty Deeds and the Thunder Chief.

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My now 22 year old daughter used to sing "Dirty deeds, done ja dee!". And she sang it with such conviction.

Heh.

I just thought of another one; this one in my late teens. Stone Temple Pilots sang their song "Big Empty" with these lyrics. "Time to take her home, Her dizzy head is conscience laden."
I sang it with these lyrics, "Time to take her home, Her dizzy head is gone to sleep."

I once heard a young colleague at work repeatedly belting out
"Showing me, showing you,
There is nothing we can do..."
I was very tempted to ask him what he thought the song was saying.

network dude

Vageryn

AC/DC's "Dirty Deeds" were not done dirt cheap to my youthful ears, instead they heard; Dirty Deeds and the Thunder Chief.

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My now 22 year old daughter used to sing "Dirty deeds, done ja dee!". And she sang it with such conviction.

*snort* That's close to what I thought it was. I still hear "Dirty deeds, dunder jeep". And still sing it that way, lol

One of my favorite Beach Boys songs is Barbara Ann, I used to think they were serenading Barber Ann when I was little. Figured she had to be good at cutting hair, hahaha.

Ooh I just thought the ultimate lyric fail, by just about everyone I know. Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit"

Too many wrong to list.

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Hendrix- scuse me while I kiss this guy

My old man told me about this one a while back, good stuff

Another one passed down from him was "B#in for a run in" which of course was get your motor running

Girl I knew thought wheel in the sky was "whale''...

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funny!!

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