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!).
But it's alive
or
But it's alright
But it's not right
The Story: I thought it WAS alive or alright. Either way, I like those better than not being right. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Glosserich day
Closer each day
The Story: I thought the words were "Glosserich' as the setting of the show was cool, trendy and hip and 'glossy' . DIdn't realise it was some what of a 'love' story of the two singers which justifies many of the stories of the TV show. - Submitted by: Danny S
i can't forget deceiving, all You face when You believe in when i had gin there and then i let gin go i can't live when living is without hue, i can't live when living is with that You and i can't forget to mourn on
I can't live, if living is without youth(Heart). now i can't forget this evening all Your face is when You were leaving You always smile but in Your eyes You're so unsure(Heart) when i had You there and the i let You go
The Story: the girls misunderstood it?!?? not more hatred added - Submitted by: chuck
Lady Felone
Waited so long
The Story: I was in Punchliner Comedy Club on the Carnival Firenze when the comedian told us about this misheard lyric. - Submitted by: Noah William Johnsen
She don't make enough calamine
He goes back to that coalmine
The Story: I heard this while waking from a dream about a cow that couldn't get up. Before I was fully awake, I was thinking calamine was a substance in cows that they needed in order to stand up and that the singing I heard was an explanation of what was wrong with the cow. - Submitted by: William Ransom
Double gone, double guarder
…
Double gone, double gone, double gone
Double guarder
I work hard, I play harder
…
I work hard, I work hard, I work hard
I play harder
The Story: I knew the correct lyrics to "Work Hard, Play Harder", but once when the song played in a noisy TJ Maxx distribution center where I was working at the time, I didn't recognize it at first and thought I was hearing "double gone, double guarder". - Submitted by: William Ransom
you got me like down baby, down baby, down
you got me like dayum baby, dayum baby, dayum
The Story: This was in a coworker's iPod. I misheard every instance of "dayum" as "down", and I thought the song was called "Down Baby Down Baby Down", which seemed to fit with its coming after a song I thought was called "Dollars to Donuts", which turned out to actually be "Daughters of Darkness" by Halestorm. - Submitted by: William Ransom
Dollars to donuts, sister success
Daughters of darkness, sisters insane
The Story: This was in a coworker's iPod. I thought the song was called "Dollars to Donuts", which seemed to fit with the next song being "Down Baby Down Baby Down". However, it turned out I misheard both, and the next song was actually "Dayum Baby" by Florida Georgia Line. - Submitted by: William Ransom
Yes, Sam McCord was a mighty man
In the year of '91
Yes, Sam McCord was a mighty man
In the year of 1901
The Story: "1901" here is just pronounced as "nineteen one". One day in 1990 when I had been outside, I came in and found my mother listening to her Johnny Horton 8-track tape, which has this song on it. I thought I heard "in the year of '91", so I asked her, "Why does the song mention next year?" The next time this song played, she told me it was "nineteen one", meaning 1901 but he left out the 0. - Submitted by: William Ransom
That you mind
That you're mine
The Story: Once again, why we mishear “mine” as “mind” and vice versa. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
