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.
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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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It's my predator
It's my perogative
The Story: This song came over the car radio one day and my friend started singing 'it's my predator' and I turned and said what??? He repeated himself and I laughed my ass off. He didn't believe it was perogative. - Submitted by: Ken
Every little breath I take
Every little step I take
The Story: Sounds like he was influenced by the Police. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Back to the big dick Brown
Back to the B-B-Brown
The Story: At the very beginning, it's hard to tell what he is saying. - Submitted by: Charles
Don't get me wrong
I'm really not astute
Beetlejuice is not my thing
Don't get me wrong
I'm really not souped
Ego trips is not my thing
The Story: For aboslutely years I thought that's what Bobby Brown was saying. I made some kind of connection in my mind that he was saying he wasn't wild and crazy like Beetlejuice. I thought it was a little lame, but then again, some lyrics are. I didn't realize my mistake until I acutally heard someone at work sing it correctly with the radio. I just burst out laughing and it took a good 5 minutes for me to settle down enough to be able to tell them all what I had misheard for years. - Submitted by: Cathy Hodgson
Don't get me wrong,
I'm really not the suit.
Eagle juice is not my drink
Don't get me wrong,
I'm really not souped.
Ego trips is not my thing
The Story: I was driving a couple of my friends around in my car, and one of them started singing these lyrics to the song... well, I almost wrecked because I was laughing so hard. We had to wait at least 15 minutes to tell her the real lyrics, because we were laughing so hard. - Submitted by: Kimberley Stone
It's my philosophy
It's my prerogative
The Story: I swear it WAS his philosophy. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
To be a goat killer
To be a go getter
The Story: It was that we heard "goat killer" in "Cum On Feel the Noize", and so we thought about this as well. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
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