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 20 most recent songs that have been 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!).
You're driving now
You're crying now
The Story: I still prefer driving over crying! - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Who’s been passing the steak knives?
Who’s being pessimistic now?
The Story: I always misheard the lyrics because of Tracyanne Campbell’s heavy Scottish accent. It wasn’t until after I’d known the song for 16 years and finally read the lyrics that I realized what she was actually singing. - Submitted by: Alex
Hall off and shoot an hombre.
Pour some sugar on me.
The Story: I was picturing this as an old Western song. Maybe it's a gunfight between two cowboys. - Submitted by: Jillian Hanschen
Queen's,
"We Will Rock You"
Leaving your cheddar all over your face.
Waving your banner all over the place.
The Story: That's just what I thought I heard and I love to sing along to songs, so I sang about cheddar in someone's face. - Submitted by: Jillian Hanschen
Taught me how to win again
Taught me how to live again
The Story: I thought it had to do with Mick Huckall winning...again! - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Back to my census
Back to my senses
The Story: It makes me wonder about hearing "census" instead of "senses" - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Your monster of mine
You're no son of mine
The Story: I thought it had to do with monsters! - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Take me down to the Very Last City
Take me down to a paradise city
The Story: 17 yrs old and jammin' to G-n-R in my old Ford Escort. My friend and I have the windows down, the music cranked up and we are practically screaming as we sing along to the radio. At some point, my friend reaches over to cut the music to ask me, " What are you singing?" My innocent reply, "Take me down to the Very Last City". She says, "It's Paradise City!" "How do you know?!" "Because that's the name of the song!" - Submitted by: Susan Turner
If every man is you
If every man is true
The Story: I thought every man could've been the one listening to this song! - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Maybe he'll see a little bitter Sammy Davis
Maybe he'll see a little better, set a days
The Story: Nothing. Just utterly befuddled for years about why Mushmouth Vedder is singing about Sammy Davis. - Submitted by: Brad
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