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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And you wake up...tree life
And you wake up...to realize
The Story: I was listening to Jewel's cd in my bedroom and my boyfriend, trying to be funny, started singing in a girlie voice about tree life. I burst out laughing and corrected him. He said, 'It sounds like tree life, I thought she was singing about druids.' - Submitted by: Stephanie
In a hot dog digital world
In a high tech digital world
The Story: I thought at first she said hot dog. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Jewel's,
"Standing Still"
But am I Stephen Stills?
But am I standing still?
The Story: I thought it had to do with one of the members of CSNY. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Jewel's,
"Standing Still"
There's a Dannon to my left
There's a burning bush to my right.
There's a dead end to my left
There's a burning bush to my right.
The Story: I envisioned Jewel standing in some trashy, blighted area with burning shrubbery on one side of her, and some old Dannon yogurt containers on her other side. - Submitted by: Holden McCrank
Jewel's,
"Who Will Save Your Soul?"
Who will shave your mole?
Who will save your soul?
The Story: About a year after I found out what the real lyrics were, a coworker came into the office with a big bandage on his face. He had nicked a mole on his upper lip while shaving. So I played the song for him, but sang along just loud enough that when I came to that part, the office heard me dissolve into laughter. - Submitted by: Ben
Jewel's,
"Who Will Save Your Soul"
Pooh will save us all
Who will save your soul?
The Story: I thought it referred to Winnie the Pooh. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Jewel's,
"You Were Meant For Me"
I got my hand in my panties too
I got my eggs and my pancakes too
The Story: I epecially chose this song for my band and when I sang it, our drummer just crashed his symbals and asked why I had funny lyrics in that song. He sang in his painfully singing voice, "I got my hand in my panties too". Then, we all took a laughing fit. - Submitted by: Elizabeth
Jewel's,
"You Were Meant For Me"
Pick up my AIDS and my package, too.
I got my eggs and my pancakes, too.
The Story: I always pictured Jewel picking up her mail in the morning, and receiving a package full of AIDS. I wondered why she wanted AIDS so bad. And what the h*** catalog you ordered AIDS from? - Submitted by: SpicyChild
Jewel's,
"You Were Meant for Me"
At 68
At 6AM
The Story: It sounded like she could have talked about old age. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
There are more Jewel misheard lyrics available.
New entries in this section are currently reviewed by Brian Kelly. Previous editors (if any) are listed on the editors page.
