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This page contains a list of the songs that have stories about their misheard lyrics submitted.

Song names are sorted by first letter, excluding A and The. This is sorted by song title only, not by song title and performer. So if two different performers preformed the same song, you'll see misheard lyrics for both on the same page (provided the song title was spelt the same both times, and misheard lyrics have been submitted for both!).


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311's, "All Mixed Up"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Phoebe Cummings
That is the gal that killed him c****ing.
The Real Lyrics:
Keep 'em coming
That is the gal that'll kill 'dem stunning.
The Story: My mom heard this song and thought he was talking about a porn film, because he kept talking about c****ing. She made me give away all my 311 CDs. I guess she thought my friend's mom wouldn't care about porn film music. I always wondered who Phoebe Cummings was and how she could kill him whlie he was c****ing. That made me very afraid of self- gratification for several years. - Submitted by: Steve-O
311's, "All Mixed Up"
The Misheard Lyrics:
You make me nervous, Roll Tide.
The Real Lyrics:
You make me nervous, throat dry.
The Story: My cousin went to the University of Alabama, so that's why the Roll Tide part. We couldn't figure out why on Earth it would say that, but we couldn't figure out what else it said, anyway. It's still fun to belt out, even though we know the real words now. - Submitted by: Leslie
311's, "Come Original"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Drummer in the Nile,
Drummer in the Nile
The Real Lyrics:
Come original,
you've got to come original
The Story: Heard this lyric misquoted by someone requesting this song on the radio. DJ asked him to repeat it and then started laughing... - Submitted by: JT Neal
311's, "Come Original"
The Misheard Lyrics:
You got your gum original
You got your gum original.
The Real Lyrics:
You got to come original
You got to come original.
The Story: I thought, 'Man, 311 needs to learn how to write lyrics! Are they singing about old school Bazooka Joe, or Big League Chew??' Then I heard the title and realized.... - Submitted by: Kattygrrl
311's, "You Wouldn't Believe"
The Misheard Lyrics:
You might think he's a jester
Because he'll make you laugh and you cry
The Real Lyrics:
You might think he's a jester
Because he'll make you laugh 'til you cry
The Story: I was all set to submit this to the 'Bad Grammar' section until I looked up the actual lyrics and found out this song DIDN'T have the error I thought it did ("he'll make you laugh and you cry"). - Submitted by: Jonathan S.
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