Misheard Lyrics -> New Entries for February 28, 2025

Misheard lyrics (also called mondegreens) occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song. These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics, which is called parody. For more information about the misheard lyrics available on this site, please read our FAQ.


1960s
The Anita Kerr Singers as The Little Dippers', "Forever" Misheard Lyrics: Hold meat, kiss meat, whisper sweetly, that you love me, forever. Original Lyrics: Hold me, kiss me, whisper sweetly, that you love me forever.

1970s
Glen Campbell's, "Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.)" Misheard Lyrics: Country boy, you got your feet in a lake But your mind's on Tennessee Original Lyrics: Country boy, you got your feet in L.A., But your mind's on Tennessee	Jigsaw's, "Love Fire" Misheard Lyrics: Be confused Original Lyrics: Think of you
Michael Jackson's, "Got to Be There" Misheard Lyrics: Gone too easy Original Lyrics: Got to be there	The Sylvers', "Boogie Fever" Misheard Lyrics: Booby eagle Original Lyrics: Boogie fever

1980s
INXS's, "What You Need" Misheard Lyrics: Learn to read Original Lyrics: What you need	Keith Sweat's, "I Want Her" Misheard Lyrics: Ooh, it seems surreal Original Lyrics: Ooh, it seems so real
Musical Youth's, "Never Gonna Give You Up" Misheard Lyrics: So let's leave for today Original Lyrics: So let's live for today

1990s
Chumbawamba's, "Tubthumping" Misheard Lyrics: I can't calm down Original Lyrics: I get knocked down	Next's, "Too Close" Misheard Lyrics: You're making it on for lease Original Lyrics: You're making it hard for me
Usher's, "My Way" Misheard Lyrics: Nuke it or Milk it Original Lyrics: New kicks

country
Alabama's, "I'm in a Hurry (And Don't Know Why)" Misheard Lyrics: Oh I rush and rush until that's no fun Original Lyrics: Oh I rush and rush until life's no fun	Charlie Rich's, "Mohair Sam" Misheard Lyrics: Fast-talking, slow-walking, good-looking, walking Calf's path Original Lyrics: Fast-talking, slow-walking, good-looking Mohair Sam
Gabby Barrett's, "Pick Me Up" Misheard Lyrics: Watch a full moon crash on some sunrise lea Original Lyrics: Watch a full moon crash on some sunrise wheat	Hailey Whitters', "Everything She Ain't" Misheard Lyrics: But believe me, honey putteth money in the bank or But believe me, honey put his money in the bank or But believe me, honey, put this money in the bank Original Lyrics: But believe me, honey, good as money in the bank
Julianne Hough's, "That Song in My Head" Misheard Lyrics: I just wanna hear it So I can watch that video I got in my head of a 2x4 Dancin' in the bed of a two-tone Ford Original Lyrics: I just wanna hear it So I can watch that video I got in my head of a blue-eyed boy Dancin' in the bed of a two-tone Ford	Julianne Hough's, "That Song in My Head" Misheard Lyrics: I just wanna hear it So I can watch that video I've got in my head like a 2x4 Dancin' in the bed of a two-tone Ford Original Lyrics: I just wanna hear it So I can watch that video I got in my head of a blue-eyed boy Dancin' in the bed of a two-tone Ford
Lady Antebellum's, "Heart Break" Misheard Lyrics: I pay my Lynn dress Original Lyrics: I paint my lips red	Lady Antebellum's, "I Run to You" Misheard Lyrics: When the North Star's comin' undone Original Lyrics: And when it all starts comin' undone
Lainey Wilson's, "Wildflowers and Wild Horses" Misheard Lyrics: Through barbed wire and valleys and overgrown bales or Through barbed wire and valleys and overgrown bales Original Lyrics: Through barbed wire and valleys and overgrown dells	Martina McBride's, "Happy Girl" Misheard Lyrics: Had a face of stone And a heart of glue Original Lyrics: Had a face of stone And a heart of gloom
Martina McBride's, "Safe in the Arms of Love" Misheard Lyrics: Safe in the younger love or Safely beyond the love Original Lyrics: Safe in the arms of love	Mary Chapin Carpenter's, "Down at the Twist and Shout" Misheard Lyrics: A Gulf storm blowin' in the town at night Livin' on the Delta's quiet shore They've got hurricane parties every time it blows But here I go in just a cold, cold rain Original Lyrics: A Gulf storm blowin' into town tonight Livin' on the Delta's quite a show They got hurricane parties every time it blows But here up north it's a cold, cold rain
Mary Chapin Carpenter's, "Down at the Twist and Shout" Misheard Lyrics: Tenacious Original Lyrics: Hey, cher	Mary Chapin Carpenter's, "Down at the Twist and Shout" Misheard Lyrics: When they fence me up, I'm gonna find my feet or When they fix me up, I'm gonna find my feet Original Lyrics: When it lifts me up, I'm gonna find my feet
Mary Chapin Carpenter's, "Down at the Twist and Shout" Misheard Lyrics: When you learn to dance, when you rock and roll When you learn to sway with the do-si-do When you learn to love that fatal show When you hear a fiddle show live on Original Lyrics: Well you learned to dance with your rock'n'roll You learned to swing with a do-si-do But you learn to love at the fais-so-do When you hear a little Jolie Blon	Mel McDaniel's, "Louisiana Saturday Night" Misheard Lyrics: My brother Bill and my other brother Jack Headed for the beer and a possum in a sack Original Lyrics: My brother Bill and my other brother Jack Belly full of beer and a possum in a sack
Michael Martin Murphey's, "Long Line of Love" Misheard Lyrics: Son you come from a long line of lovers Original Lyrics: Son you come from a long line of love	Michael Martin Murphey's, "Long Line of Love" Misheard Lyrics: We have come from the hard land we love Original Lyrics: Son you come from a long line of love
Michael Martin Murphey's, "Long Line of Love" Misheard Lyrics: You see I come from a long line of lovers Original Lyrics: You see I come from a long line of love	Miranda Lambert's, "Me and Charlie Talking" Misheard Lyrics: Charlie always said he liked a leap year Original Lyrics: Charlie always said he'd like to leave here
Montgomery Gentry's, "My Town" Misheard Lyrics: Just up the road, a pale blue water tower With "I love Julie" painted in bright green Original Lyrics: Just up the road, a pale blue water tower With "I love Jennie" painted in bright green	Paul Brandt's, "I Do" Misheard Lyrics: It won't change from day to day Or work so better Original Lyrics: It won't change from day to day For worse or better
Rascal Flatts', "Bob That Head" Misheard Lyrics: Bobcat hell Original Lyrics: Bob that head	Rhett Akins', "Don't Get Me Started" Misheard Lyrics: If three kids and I saw the light, I could go on about this all night Original Lyrics: Then we kissed and I saw the light I could go on about this all night
Rhett Akins', "Don't Get Me Started" Misheard Lyrics: We were miles from nowhere, but somehow, our other love found us Original Lyrics: We were miles from nowhere, but somehow or other, love found us	Rhett Akins', "Don't Get Me Started" Misheard Lyrics: With three kids and "I Saw the Light", I could go on about this all night Original Lyrics: Then we kissed and I saw the light I could go on about this all night
Sawyer Brown's, "The Boys and Me" Misheard Lyrics: Tryin' to make the way things ought Er, the way things used to be Original Lyrics: Tryin' to make the way things are The way things used to be	Shania Twain's, "Crime of the Century" Misheard Lyrics: I was lookin' through your modular home Like a tape couldn't leave it alone That's how you get when you hurt to the phone One too many times I had this heart of mine underway I kept my guard up night and day I had enough of the games they play I fell on the line... It was the crime of the century The day Robin Hood rescued me The mighty Father and the court, it seems Ain't got nothin' on you The day Mom called Jesse James You stole my heart like you were robbin' trains I'm gonna lock you up, the lock with me It was the crime of the century I stopped to bet you didn't gamble it all You knew exactly how to guard the ball You bet your heart, but as I recall I didn't even stand a chance I bet you had me up your sleeve And here I thought that you were strong like Eve You took my hand and made me believe In love as a real offense Original Lyrics: I was into bein' out on my own I could take love or leave it alone That's how you get when you're hurt to the bone One too many times I had this heart of mine locked away I kept my guard up night an' day I had enough of the games they play Out there on the line... It was the crime of the century You played Robin Hood an' rescued me Ali Baba an' the Forty Thieves Ain't got nothin' on you You came on like Jesse James You stole my heart like you were robbin' trains I'm gonna lock you up for life with me It was the crime of the century You stacked the deck, you didn't gamble at all You knew exactly how the cards would fall You bet your heart, but as I recall I didn't even stand a chance I bet you had an ace up your sleeve An' here I thought that you were so naïve You took my hand an' made me believe In love an' real romance
Shania Twain's, "You're Still the One" Misheard Lyrics: Hey, knockin' better Original Lyrics: Ain't nothin' better.	Shania Twain's, "You're Still the One" Misheard Lyrics: Hey, operator Original Lyrics: Ain't nothin' better.
Shania Twain's, "You're Still the One" Misheard Lyrics: They said, I played or They said, I pled Original Lyrics: They said, I bet	Sons of the Desert's, "What I Did Right" Misheard Lyrics: My friend jumped off the sickle bar mower Original Lyrics: My Granddad fought the second World War
Suzy Bogguss', "Someday Soon" Misheard Lyrics: Guess it's 'cause he's Just as wild in his young-girl days Original Lyrics: Guess it's 'cause he's Just as wild in his younger days	Sweethearts of the Rodeo's, "Gotta Get Away" Misheard Lyrics: Feeling near guipping you're falling in love Original Lyrics: Feeling you deep and you're falling in love
Sweethearts of the Rodeo's, "Gotta Get Away" Misheard Lyrics: Feeling your gift and you're falling in love Original Lyrics: Feeling you deep and you're falling in love	The Judds', "Young Love" Misheard Lyrics: Yeah, even the stars go by Original Lyrics: Yeah, these ties will bind
Travis Tritt's, "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'" Misheard Lyrics: A woman warm and lipless That's what I'm lookin' for Original Lyrics: A woman warm and willin' That's what I'm lookin' for	Ty Herndon's, "A Man Holdin' On (To a Woman Lettin' Go)" Misheard Lyrics: And he's holding on to a fragile old Ann Original Lyrics: And he's holding on to a fragile old hand
Vince Gill's, "When Love Finds You" Misheard Lyrics: In the pine's view Original Lyrics: When love finds you
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