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Misheard song lyrics (also called mondegreens) occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song. These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics, which is called parody. This page contains all the misheard lyrics for The Supremes that have been submitted to this site and the old collection from inthe80s started in 1996. For more information about the misheard lyrics available on this site, please read our FAQ.
There are 95 misheard song lyrics for The Supremes on amIright currently.
"Baby Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Baby love, my baby love, I need ya', oh how I need your love
Original Lyrics:
Baby love, my baby love, I need ya', oh how I need ya'
"Baby Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Grandma, what did I do wrong?
Original Lyrics:
Baby, what did I do wrong?
"Baby Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Ooh baby lot, my baby lot
Original Lyrics:
Ooh baby love, my baby love
"Back In My Arms Again" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hulk and Mary tell me what to do.
Original Lyrics:
How can Mary tell me what to do?
"Back In My Arms Again" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I've gotta vacuum my arms again, oh baby!
Original Lyrics:
I've got him back in my arms again, oh baby!
"Back In My Arms Again" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
This crazy old b**tch won't let him go.
Original Lyrics:
It's easy for friends to say, 'Let him go.'
"Born of Mary"
Misheard Lyrics:
One cold and windy night
Original Lyrics:
One cold and wintry night
"Children's Christmas Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ringing out the first new L
Original Lyrics:
Ringing out the first Noel
"Come See About Me" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I keep lying waiting for a Jew
Keeps me riding lately for you
So won't you burn me?
Come on boy, see about me
(Dumb sea around me.)
Keeps me riding lately for you
So won't you burn me?
Come on boy, see about me
(Dumb sea around me.)
Original Lyrics:
It keeps me crying baby for you
Keeps me sighin' baby for you
So won't you hurry?
Come on, boy, see about me
(Come see about me.)
Keeps me sighin' baby for you
So won't you hurry?
Come on, boy, see about me
(Come see about me.)
"Come See About Me" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
So won't you hurt me?
Original Lyrics:
So won't you hurry?
"Come See About Me" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
While I'm so certain
When you're not around
From my arms, you may be out of reach
But my heart says you'll hear him preach.
When you're not around
From my arms, you may be out of reach
But my heart says you'll hear him preach.
Original Lyrics:
My life's so uncertain
With you not around
From my arms, you may be out of reach
But my heart says you're here to keep.
With you not around
From my arms, you may be out of reach
But my heart says you're here to keep.
"Come See About Me" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
While I'm so certified
When you're not around
From my arms, you may be out of reach
But my heart says you'll hear him screech.
When you're not around
From my arms, you may be out of reach
But my heart says you'll hear him screech.
Original Lyrics:
My life's so uncertain
With you not around
From my arms, you may be out of reach
But my heart says you're here to keep.
With you not around
From my arms, you may be out of reach
But my heart says you're here to keep.
"Everybody's Got the Right To Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
When you're alone and in a corner
Your only orner is the vase
That appears in the nearest near row.
Your only orner is the vase
That appears in the nearest near row.
Original Lyrics:
When you're alone and in a corner
Your only mourner is the face
That appears in the nearest mirror.
Your only mourner is the face
That appears in the nearest mirror.
"I Hear a Symphony" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I heeeear meeeen siiiing
Original Lyrics:
I hear a symphony.
"I'm Livin' In Shame"
Misheard Lyrics:
I was always so afraid my dumb town friends would see her
or
I was always so afraid my dumptown friends would see her.
or
I was always so afraid my dumptown friends would see her.
Original Lyrics:
I was always so afraid my downtown friends would see her
"I'm Livin' In Shame"
Misheard Lyrics:
I was always so afraid that my downtown friends would see her
Original Lyrics:
I was always so afraid that my uptown friends would see her
"I'm Livin' In Shame"
Misheard Lyrics:
Out of the pot she ate never used a po boy dinner plate
Original Lyrics:
Out of the pot she ate never used a fork or dinner plate
"It's All Your Fault (Version 2)"
Misheard Lyrics:
You've got me in your car, and there I'll remain.
Original Lyrics:
You've got me in your power, and there I remain.
Unreleased 1965 song, recorded 23rd February 1965. The days BEFORE Florence and Mary were pushed back from their microphones and you can hear how powerful Flo's vocals really are on this.
"Love Child" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I starred school in a war-torn dress that somebody threw up on
Original Lyrics:
I started school in a worn, torn dress that somebody threw out
"Love Child" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Love child, always sucking d***s
Original Lyrics:
Love child, always second best
"Love Child" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Love child, love child, never I am good
The fame of shame, misunderstood.
The fame of shame, misunderstood.
Original Lyrics:
Love child, love child, never quite as good
Afraid, ashamed, misunderstood .
Afraid, ashamed, misunderstood .
"Love Child" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
No child of mine 'll be bearing
The name and shame of Eddie Waring
The name and shame of Eddie Waring
Original Lyrics:
No child of mine 'll be bearing
The name of shame I've been wearing
The name of shame I've been wearing
Eddie Waring was a popular uk television sports commentator from the 1960's-1980's. He was particularly well-known for his broad Yorkshire accent, which was often impersonated by comedians.
"Love Is Here And Now You're Gone"
Misheard Lyrics:
La Mistya
Original Lyrics:
Love is here.
"Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Love is like an itching in my eye
Tearing it all apart
Just an itching in my eye
And baby, I can't scratch it
Tearing it all apart
Just an itching in my eye
And baby, I can't scratch it
Original Lyrics:
Love is like an itching in my heart
Tearing it all apart
Just an itching in my heart
And baby, I can't scratch it
Tearing it all apart
Just an itching in my heart
And baby, I can't scratch it
"Mother Dear (Version 1)"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm calling keeper (keeper, keeper).
Keeper in love each day.
Keeper in love each day.
Original Lyrics:
I'm falling deeper (deeper, deeper), deeper in love each day.
Re-recorded version of 'It's All Your Fault'.
"My Christmas Tree"
Misheard Lyrics:
In a windowpane
Original Lyrics:
In a window frame
"My World Is Empty Without You" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Every time this Godless form,
finds me alone with need for warmth
finds me alone with need for warmth
Original Lyrics:
Every time that darkness falls,
it finds me alone with these four walls
it finds me alone with these four walls
"My World Is Empty Without You" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
My tangent's empty at 90 degrees, babe.
Original Lyrics:
My world is empty without you, babe.
"Nothing But Heartaches" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Just kiss me...kiss me Granny.
Original Lyrics:
Just keeps me...keeps me cryin'.
"Nothing But Heartaches" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
To hear my lawyer, to hear my shoe
Original Lyrics:
To him I'm loyal, to him I'm true.
"Someday We'll Be Together"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sunsweet day
Original Lyrics:
Some sweet day
"Stoned Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
A love for each other
Will bring farting to an end.
Will bring farting to an end.
Original Lyrics:
Our love for each other
Will bring fighting to an end.
Will bring fighting to an end.
"Stoned Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And to the man on whose sugar the world must depend
Original Lyrics:
And to the man on whose shoulder the world must depend
"Stoned Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Yeah, don't you hear the whistle blowin'?
Original Lyrics:
Yeah, don't you hear the wind blowin'?
"Stop In The Name Of Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I've even seen her naked once or twice
Original Lyrics:
I've even seen her maybe once or twice
"Stop In The Name Of Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Stomp in the neighborhood
Original Lyrics:
Stop in the name of love
"Stop In The Name of Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Stop in the neighborhood
Original Lyrics:
Stop in the name of love
"Stop! In The Name Of Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Cops in the neighborhood
Original Lyrics:
Stop! In the name of love
"Stop! In The Name Of Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Stop and make some love.
Original Lyrics:
Stop! In the name of love.
"Stop! In the Name of Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I've tried so hard, hard to be impatient
Original Lyrics:
I've tried so hard, hard to be patient
"The Happening" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I saw the light too late
When that fickle finger of fate
Yeah! It came and broke my Fruit Of The Looms.
When that fickle finger of fate
Yeah! It came and broke my Fruit Of The Looms.
Original Lyrics:
I saw the light too late
When that fickle finger of fate
Yeah! It came and broke my pretty balloon.
When that fickle finger of fate
Yeah! It came and broke my pretty balloon.
"Twinkle Twinkle Little Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
I have a lovely wife
Original Lyrics:
I have a lonely life
"Up the Ladder to the Roof"
Misheard Lyrics:
Closer to Paris
Original Lyrics:
Closer to heaven
"Up the Ladder to the Roof"
Misheard Lyrics:
So we can be up close to Paris
Original Lyrics:
So we can be up close to heaven
"Where Did Our Love Go?" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Our house is burnin', burnin', burnin'.
Original Lyrics:
I've got this burning, burning, yearning...
"Where Did Our Love Go" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Baby baby, where did our love go?
And all of your promises, all the love I ever mourned?
And all of your promises, all the love I ever mourned?
Original Lyrics:
Baby baby, where did our love go?
And all of your promises of a love forevermore.
And all of your promises of a love forevermore.
"Where Did Our Love Go" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Bathin', Bathin' Bathin' don't clean me.
Original Lyrics:
Baby, baby, Baby don't leave me
"Where Did Our Love Go" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I've got this burping, burping, yelling, feelin' inside me
Original Lyrics:
I've got this burning, burning, yearning feelin' inside me
"Where Did Our Love Go" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
With our burning love that seems like a beat.
Original Lyrics:
With a burning love that stings like a bee
"You Can't Hurry Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Along this highway
Original Lyrics:
How long must I wait
"You Can't Hurry Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
But I keep on waiting and dissipating
Original Lyrics:
But I keep on waiting, anticipating
"You Can't Hurry Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
But how many hornies
Must I stand
Before I find a love?
Must I stand
Before I find a love?
Original Lyrics:
But how many heartaches
Must I stand
Before I find a love?
Must I stand
Before I find a love?
"You Can't Hurry Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Catery love
Original Lyrics:
Can't hurry love
Editor's note: This song should be credited to The Supremes, not just Diana Ross. They recorded it as a group, with Ross on lead vocals. She never recorded a solo version of this song.
"You Can't Hurry Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
My mamma's head, K. Gorilla, ooh, you a-just-a too late
Original Lyrics:
My mama said, You can't hurry love, ooh, you just have to wait
"You Can't Hurry Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
My mamma's head, U.K. Gorilla, ooh, you a-just-a too late
Original Lyrics:
My mama said, You can't hurry love, ooh, you just have to wait
"You Can't Hurry Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Trust in the good time
Original Lyrics:
Trust, give it time
"You Can't Hurry Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You can't bury love.
Original Lyrics:
You can't hurry love.
"You Can't Hurry Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You can't have Reva
No, you'll just have to wait.
No, you'll just have to wait.
Original Lyrics:
You can't hurry love
Oh you'll just have to wait.
Oh you'll just have to wait.
"You Can't Hurry Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You can't hurry love you just have to hate
I keep hearing them say but it ain't me babe
I keep hearing them say but it ain't me babe
Original Lyrics:
You can't hurry love you just have to wait
I keep hearing them say but it ain't easy
I keep hearing them say but it ain't easy
"You Can't Hurry Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You can't hurry love
No, you just have to hate.
No, you just have to hate.
Original Lyrics:
You can't hurry love
No, you just have to wait.
No, you just have to wait.
"You Can't Hurry Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You han-hurr-he-huv
Original Lyrics:
You can't hurry love
"You Can't Hurry Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You just have two-eighths
Original Lyrics:
You just have to wait
"You Can't Hurry Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Your kangaroo love
Original Lyrics:
You can't hurry love
"You Keep Me Hangin' On" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Get on me, why don't you babe?
Original Lyrics:
Set me free, why don't you babe?
"You Keep Me Hangin' On" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Let me stand next to an ocean wave
Original Lyrics:
Set me free why dontcha babe
"You Keep Me Hangin' On" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You don't want me or yourself
Original Lyrics:
You don't want me for yourself
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