Funny misunderstood song lyrics

[AuroraSilvermist]

My kids and I were driving home tonight listening to an 80's hits CD. As we're pulling into the driveway, my 8 year old daughter asks me what the singer is actually saying.

"He's singing, 'Bring me a higher love,'" I tell her.

"Oh," she says. "I thought he said, 'Bring me a pie alone.'"

My 10 year old son starts cracking up at this, and then talking in his best secret agent voice: "Bring me a pie; and come alone or you'll jeopardize the whole mission."

Then the next song starts up and we're suddenly singing:

Tainted pie (whoa-ooooh!)
Tainted pie (whoa-ooooh!)
Don't eat it please, 'cuz it is bound to make you SNEEZE!

(It really helps if you think of the song Tainted Love while you're singing that to yourself. )

So, what song lyrics have you (or people you know) misunderstood with funny results? Do share!

[Élistariel]

My misheard lyrics
real lyrics


Stay in the light, stay in the light.
Stayin' alive, stayin' alive.

Break my knees so I can't move.
Break my lease so I can move.

Those are the only two I can think of right now.

Ooh, and a childhood friend of mine BUTCHERED "twinkle twinkle"
I know a story about her, swining on her swing, belting out twinkle twinkle

Twinkle, twinkle little star
HELL I wonder what you are!

She had a very twangy southern accent, and how sounded a LOT like hell.

[QUEEN OF THE DAMNED]

My Mum was confused about this for ages, it was hilarious. The song is 'Reckless' by Australian Crawl

Real lyrics:

She don't like That kind of behaviour
She don't like That kind of behaviour

[quote]

What Mum thought:
"She dont like dead candian beaver
she dont like dead candian beaver"
ROFL

[ravenmyst]

"Its a hard egg, nothing but a hard egg, love ya till your heart breaks, then he lets you down...age ten

[Etoile]

I remember reading a magazine article about this. The only one I can remember at the moment is that someone thought "taking care of business" was "making carrot biscuits".

[MockingbirdOxygen]

those are all great guys

in my family we had someone when they were younger that used to sing that song "I saw her standing there" on the part where it goes "way beyond compare" - wavy arms and hair!!!

my five yr old, instead of "Heartbreaker, dream maker" has been singing "heartbreaker, tree maker"!!!
and he comes up with something like that every day...I can't remember any more of them right now, but I'm gonna keep my eye out and come back to post, because I'm sure he'll do it again...

great thread, AuroraSilvermist...I love these kinds of things...

[AuroraSilvermist]

Originally Posted by Etoile

I remember reading a magazine article about this. The only one I can remember at the moment is that someone thought "taking care of business" was "making carrot biscuits".

I saw something similar once in a writer's magazine a few years ago, too. The only one I remember is:

There's a bathroom on the right

for CCR's:
There's a bad moon on the rise.

[gwendar]

You know that song by K-os, "Crabbucket?"
There's a line that says something like "She put the crab in the bucket."
(It doesn't matter if the above is totally correct, it's close enough that you'll see the humour)
My friend told me about someone who though the line said:
"She got the crabs, can't f*** her"

[gwendar]

Oh, and that new(ish?) Kelly Clarkson song that goes "You won't get to see the tears I cry... behind these hazel eyes."
A friend of mine though she said (instead of "behind these hazel eyes"):
"hide the cable guy"

[semi]

There was a movie I saw a long time ago where a guy mentioned something about how his 60's experience was different from everyone elses because when Hendrix sang "Scuse me while I kiss the sky" he thought the lyrics were "Scuse me while I kiss this guy."