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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I can feel you breathe
Squashing all the bees.
I can feel you breathe
It's washing over me.
The Story: My daughter used to sing this in the car at the top of her lungs when she was seven. - Submitted by: Terri
I can feel you sneeze your snot all over me.
I can feel you breathe it's washing over me.
The Story: I was at an audition for a musical. I sang it wrong and the judges were cracking up. When I was done they told me I sang the wrong words and they told me what it was! I still got a part though! - Submitted by: Becca
Just grief
Just breathe
The Story: I kept thinking it had to do with Charlie Brown's saying "Good grief!". In memory of voice actor Peter Robbins (1956-2022). - Submitted by: Cody Finke
So cry just a river for me
So cry just a little for me
The Story: I heard many songs that say "cry me a river" (like the Justin Timberlake song at the time this song came out) so that's how it turned out. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
I just got a no
I just gotta know
The Story: I heard it that way when it came to the homophones "no" and "know" - I thought she actually got a no answer from it. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
'Cause a Mississippi girl don't shave her legs
Just 'cause everybody knows her name.
'Cause a Mississippi girl don't change her ways
Just 'cause everybody knows her name.
The Story: I was at a dance party, when I heard this playing. I'd either never heard it before, nor ever paid close attention to it before. Being curious about it after my mishearing, I asked around if anyone knew what song it was. Someone said, "Mississippi Girl" by Faith Hill. That enabled me to look up the lyrics when I got home, to discover the real ones. - Submitted by: Sharon Britt
She said she was a secret dinosaur in '68.
She still has the sequined gown she wore in '68.
The Story: My sister was listening to this song on her headphones in the backseat of the car, and she was singing along so softly that I misheard her and burst out laughing. - Submitted by: Frann
Ooh, I love the way you lull me
Ooh, I love the way you love me
The Story: Someone sang Faith Hill a lullaby? - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Biscuits, biscuits
This kiss, this kiss
The Story: We were sitting and work, and my friend (definately a non-country music type person) looked and me and asked why that girls was singing about her biscuits, thinking that was some slang term for a part of her anatomy. Didn't think anything of it, till I heard it on the next chorus. - Submitted by: Tilo Baisden
Kiss c***s, kiss c***s, it's flippy, ya'll.
This kiss, this kiss, cintrifical.
The Story: I never really thought Faith Hill was dirty. When I heard they lyrics I gasped. When I found out my error, I submitted them here. - Submitted by: Fannie
My world is changing
On rearranging
My world is changing
I'm rearranging
The Story: The song was originally titled "Christmas, Why Can't I Find You?", but Faith Hill titled this song "Where Are You, Christmas?" as being featured in the 2000 film How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
New entries in this section are currently reviewed by Brian Kelly. Previous editors (if any) are listed on the editors page.
