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Cheap Trick's, "Big Eyes"
The Misheard Lyrics:
You're such a losing cause
Why don't you go to Mars?
Why don't you go to Mars?
The Real Lyrics:
You're such a losing cause
Why don't you go get lost?
Why don't you go get lost?
The Story: I heard this on a cassette copy of Live At Budokan, which had no lyric sheet whatsoever. - Submitted by: Trickster
Cheap Trick's, "Clock Strikes Ten"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Clock strikes four I want some more
Everybody's layin' on the floor
Not goin' home gonna stay out late
Gotta get f***ed before it's too late
Everybody's layin' on the floor
Not goin' home gonna stay out late
Gotta get f***ed before it's too late
The Real Lyrics:
Clock strikes four I want some more
Everybody's layin' on the floor
Not goin' home gonna stay out late
Gotta hear that rockin' music it feels all right
Everybody's layin' on the floor
Not goin' home gonna stay out late
Gotta hear that rockin' music it feels all right
The Story: My Live At Budokan tape had no lyric sheet. - Submitted by: Trickster
Cheap Trick's, "Come On Come On"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Don't you know it, tonight you're mine?
The Real Lyrics:
Don't you ruin it tonight, tonight
The Story: The cassette version of the 1979 Budokan album has no lyric sheet. - Submitted by: Trickster
Cheap Trick's, "Dirty Deeds"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Dirty deeds under cheese
The Real Lyrics:
Dirty deed done dirt cheap
The Story: It was actually my friend who was singing it like this. She had just started dating the man who later became her husband and he heard her singing it and cracked up! - Submitted by: Marr Evans
Cheap Trick's, "Dream Police"
The Misheard Lyrics:
The Grease Police
The Real Lyrics:
The Dream Police
The Story: Recently there was a new product called the Grease Police, so who would have thought? - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Cheap Trick's, "I Want You To Want Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'?
Feed another llama on a Friday night, I feel like dyin'.
Feed another llama on a Friday night, I feel like dyin'.
The Real Lyrics:
Oh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'?
Feeling all alone without a friend, you know you feel like dyin'.
Feeling all alone without a friend, you know you feel like dyin'.
The Story: According to my logic, the guy couldn't ever get a date, so he stayed home alone on Friday nights, kept company only by his faithful llama, whom he had to feed, having nothing better to do. He was in despair, saying that he was miserable and would go crazy if he had to stay home and feed his llama again that particular weekend. However, I found out that this was not the case when I sang these lyrics in the car with my boyfriend... - Submitted by: Alex
Cheap Trick's, "I Want You To Want Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Shout out the bull come shoes
Put on a brand new shirt.
Put on a brand new shirt.
The Real Lyrics:
Shine up my old brown shoes
Put on a brand new shirt.
Put on a brand new shirt.
The Story: Every time this song came on the radio in my car, my friends and I would sing the misheard lyric I listed, because we ALL heard the same thing. Heck, I still kind of hear it now even when listening to it on a high end sound system because it's so engrained in my mind. - Submitted by: Glenn
Cheap Trick's, "I Want You to Want Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Chocolate shoes
The Real Lyrics:
Shine up my old brown shoes
The Story: I always knew this could not possibly be the correct lyric, but I heard it that way and could not hear it any other way! - Submitted by: Anon
Cheap Trick's, "I Want You to Want Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Fiddle I, fiddle I, fiddle I see you crying.
The Real Lyrics:
Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you crying.
The Story: I was young when this song came out and must be that's what I heard. I sang that at the top of my lungs all day! Still a family joke. - Submitted by: Jenni Horan
Cheap Trick's, "I Want You to Want Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Tina, Tina, Tina, see you crying
The Real Lyrics:
Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you crying?
The Story: I thought the song was about a girl named Tina. - Submitted by: Hu's On First
Cheap Trick's, "I Want You to Want Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
diddle I diddle I hear u cryin'
The Real Lyrics:
Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I, see you cryin'
The Story: My husband thought they were saying 'didn't till I' very quickly..so it came out diddle I...omg!! I laughed so hard!! He no longer sings it that way, but I can't help but do it myself now 'cause it was so funny!! - Submitted by: mardenny
Cheap Trick's, "She's Tight"
The Misheard Lyrics:
(She's tight) She's a hell of a chid.
The Real Lyrics:
(She's tight) She's ahead of her time.
The Story: For years I was put off the mighty Tricksters, because I thought this song was a bit pervy. I took the invention of the CD player and my purchasing some of the back catalogue to put my mind at rest. - Submitted by: Placeboman
Cheap Trick's, "Surrender"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Surrender, surrender
The donkey goes south, away
The donkey goes south, away
The Real Lyrics:
Surrender, surrender
But don't give yourself away.
But don't give yourself away.
The Story: When I used to play Guitar Hero 2 with my cousin as a kid, I insisted my version of the words was right, and we used to get in arguments about it. - Submitted by: Anonymous
Cheap Trick's, "The Flame"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I will be the train
The Real Lyrics:
I will be the flame
The Story: It happened to be when he could have been Thomas! - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Cheap Trick's, "The Flame"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I’m going crazy, I’m losing sheep
The Real Lyrics:
I’m going crazy, I’m losing sleep
The Story: This could have been one or the other - that he could have not counted sheep to go to sleep or a gay version of Little Bo Peep. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Cheap Trick's, "The Flame"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Whenever you need someone to lay you hard with head that's strong
The Real Lyrics:
Whenever you need someone to lay your heart and hand upon
The Story: My girlfriend swore that was the lyric. - Submitted by: Greg
Cheap Trick's, "Writing On The Wall"
The Misheard Lyrics:
All right
I saw the white team had the ball.
I saw the white team had the ball.
The Real Lyrics:
All right
I saw the writing on the wall.
I saw the writing on the wall.
The Story: When 'Dream Police' came out, this song was on the radio all the time. Someone at work suggested my version might be considered racist. I assured her I was not racist, just hard of hearing. - Submitted by: Joe B
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