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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I feel a shot right through with a boat of poo.
I feel shot right through with a bolt of blue.
The Story: Actually it sounded even more like "boat of poo" when it was redone by Frente! That was the version where I had decided that was the lyric. My wife could never understand that line and wanted me to find out the real words...so here I am! - Submitted by: Jeff Gerstl
I feel shocked right through with a bowl of poo
I feel shocked right through with a bolt of blue
The Story: Poo is funnier! - Submitted by: Nathan M.
Thought I was forsaken
Thought I was mistaken
The Story: Kept thinking if it was forsake or mistake. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Howard Hughes
Oh lime with trees.
Avenues
All lined with trees.
The Story: I happily sang along with the wrong lyric for about 15 years--until I realised my error. I still think a song about Howard would be fun. - Submitted by: CuanaD
The future
Confusion
The Story: Used to hear it as "the future". - Submitted by: Cody Finke
I would like to play second colaphone
I would like a place I could call my own
The Story: I thought maybe a colaphone was a musical instrument, and the subject would be playing second string, thus second colaphone. - Submitted by: Jimmy
Pretending not to see his goat
I said let's go out and have some fun
Pretending not to see his gun
I said let's go out and have some fun
The Story: I wasn't paying attention to what Bernard was singing. It still causes me to laugh at inappropriate times. - Submitted by: A Goat
Some people go down on me
I hope they like what they see
Some people look down on me
I know they like what they see
The Story: I don't know if it was a thing with Martin Hannett's production or I need my ears cleaning but I really thought it was that for the longest time. I can't tell you how disappointed that they're not the real lyrics. - Submitted by: David Murphy
Waiting for a star to fall
Waiting for the sirens' call
The Story: I thought it was a reference to a Boy Meets Girl song! - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Rise, and follow Shane.
The rise and fall of shame
The Story: I knew I was hearing the lyrics wrong, but didn't know the right words. I got a copy of a copy of a copy (etc) of this song from a friend who happened to idolize our mutual friend Shane, so I thought my misheard version was pretty funny. - Submitted by: e
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New entries in this section are currently reviewed by Brian Kelly. Previous editors (if any) are listed on the editors page.
