Making fun of music, one song at a time. Since the year 2000.
Check out the two amIright misheard lyrics books including one book devoted to misheard lyrics of the 1980s.
(Toggle Right Side Navigation)

Misheard Song Lyrics -> Stories -> Michael W. Smith

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. For more information about the misheard lyrics available on this site, please read our FAQ.

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!).


Freedom album at Amazon.com
Michael W. Smith's, "Friends"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Packing up the trees God planted
The Real Lyrics:
Packing up the dreams God planted
The Story: The misheard lyrics make more sense. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Michael W. Smith's, "I Will Be Here for You"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Honestly, is someone you can say.
Don't be sad, you're not alone.
I will be here for you.
The Real Lyrics:
All you need is someone you can hold.
Don't be sad, you're not alone.
I will be here for you.
The Story: Finally, Smith's entry of this song was posted here. About this song: It is one of several Smith songs to charted on Billboard's Pop Chart. His highest position was "Places in This World". All songs from Smith are received little airplay due to the Grunge explosion. - Submitted by: Wisnu Aji
Michael W. Smith's, "Love Me Good"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Give me love
Give me love, Barbie girl
The Real Lyrics:
Give me love
Give me love, love me good
The Story: I use to sing it this way as a kid. - Submitted by: Andy
Michael W. Smith's, "Place In This World"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Roaming through the night to find my face in this world
The Real Lyrics:
Roaming through the night to find my place in this world
The Story: I was about eleven, and thought I was really cool cause I was listening to the same artist as my older sister. At one point, I asked her, 'Why does he want to find his face?' Needless to say, she laughed at me, and I didn't feel all that cool anymore... - Submitted by: Susi
Michael W. Smith's, "Place in This World "
The Misheard Lyrics:
My face in this world
The Real Lyrics:
My place in this world
The Story: I had heard the lyrics this way for years before my sister found another reason to laugh at her li'l bro. My mom and sis' actually got a huge kick out of this. I still hear it this way but not with each pass of the chorus. I took it as a metaphor or symbolic expression of 'place'. It feels so right that I sing it the way when alone. - Submitted by: BDS
Michael W. Smith's, "Place in This World"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Roaming through the night to find my face in this world
or
Roaming through the night to find my faith in this world
The Real Lyrics:
Roaming through the night to find my place in this world
The Story: My brother laughed hysterically and said, "You thought he was looking for his FACE?!?", he still laughs about it. - Submitted by: Emi
Indexes: [#] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [Y] [Z]

New entries in this section are currently reviewed by Brian Kelly. Previous editors (if any) are listed on the editors page.

Submissions!

Would you like to Submit some Misheard Lyrics for a song We're always looking for more entries.

Disclaimer

Disclaimer: amIright.com makes no claims to the accuracy of the correct lyrics. All correct lyrics are copyrighted, amIright.com does not claim ownership of the original lyrics.