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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Yeah, and I'm still giving him help
Yeah, and I'm still giving 'em hell
The Story: I don't know why; it just sounds more like "help" than "hell". - Submitted by: Michael
Nothin' on this white rock, but little Oakley
Nothin' on this white rock, but little ol' me
The Story: I thought she was time traveling to the Wild West to see Annie Oakley as a Kid. - Submitted by: Ronnie Bear
Nothin' on this white rock but a little oatmeal
Nothin' on this white rock but a little ole' me
The Story: I knew the true lyrics, but once I really listened close I laughed becuase it kinda does sound like Oatmeal on the white rock. - Submitted by: BobbyG
The front seat's broken and my a**hole's dragging.
The front seat's broken and the axle's draggin'
The Story: Heard at work and couldn't believe they would put on the radio, so asked a friend who was hysterical. - Submitted by: Anne
We like William McKinley.
We might think a little differently.
The Story: I wonder if she and her boyfriend would have a time traveling machine and go back in time to the 1896 Presidential Election and the 1900 Presidential Election where they would vote for William McKinley for President. Even though I’m wrong, it’s still fun to pretend she and her boyfriend really did have a time traveling machine. - Submitted by: Jack The Ripper
We like William McKinley.
We might think a little differently.
The Story: I was wondering if she really had a time machine so she and her boyfriend would time travel back to the 1896 United States Presidential Election or the 1900 United States Presidential Election so they would vote for William McKinley. It’s still fun to pretend that she really did. - Submitted by: Doug The Bug
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