Misheard Song Lyrics -> Stories -> Styx

The Story: I was sure it had to be doves, but it has always sounded like dongs. - Submitted by: bowhawk62

The Story: Dennis DeYoung (keyboardist/singer) must have had a cold or an enlarged adenoid when this song was recorded because I swear that's what he sang. - Submitted by: Jack

The Story: Finally, their entry that their song were sounding like the voice of Air Supply's vocal performed by this Progressive Rock band I posting here. Who would think with these lines? It's a Pop Rock/Soft Rock power ballad about love but I wondering if beside Dennis DeYoung, the main songwriter of this song and lead singer previously of this band, and his lover in the park there are peoples who snoting here. After that, Dennis DeYoung know there are another peoples who talking to previous peoples after snoting but these another peoples are trying to forget that case. That's funny if I'll see this short story? About this song: "Babe" is track #3 on their ninth studio album, "Cornerstone", released on 19 October 1979. It topping Billboard's Pop Chart and Canada chart as well as reaching #3 on Oceania chart and #6 on the UK Singles Chart. Making them one of many biggest hit singles they ever had and one of some singles charting on the UK Singles Chart. The album, "Cornerstone", was the first Pop Rock album where their first eight studio albums were influenced by Progressive Rock and Art Rock. Like their four previous albums, they producing this album themselves. "Cornerstone" became their first Top 5 Billboard's Pop album reaching #2 there and is currently sitting at Double Platinum according to the RIAA. - Submitted by: Wisnu Aji

The Story: I would have thought that listeners would not want to mention Dennis DeYoung! - Submitted by: Cody Finke

The Story: I sang 'like a baby in the sky' for months in the late 70s until my three older brothers heard me one day and laughed at me hysterically and corrected me. They still rib me about it when they get the chance. - Submitted by: Joy

The Story: A high school buddy of mine was so convinced that this was the correct lyric that he would almost argue with anyone who suggested otherwise. - Submitted by: Ed Williams

The Story: I thought it was about some African guy. Shrug. - Submitted by: maria

The Story: In high school, a friend of mine gave me a copy of the live version of this song. For years, I thought these were the lyrics. I thought the phrasing was so poetic. Though the studio version is pretty clear, I always sang along too loud to the radio to hear it. I finally heard it one day, and wondered how many people had heard my 'poetic' version. Listen to the live version some time. I swear I still hear it wrong sometimes! - Submitted by: Kira

The Story: Although the album theme may be gambling, this song is more about being positive - so I'll stick with my version... for a least 7 in a row days. - Submitted by: vince

The Story: My mom and I were listening to a Styx tape that I made in the car, and I'm singing along to 'Lady'. After this line, she goes, 'Ohhh... all fade! For the longest time I've been trying to figure that out for the longest time; I thought it was obeyed'. I had a good laugh out of that. - Submitted by: Wendy

The Story: This wasn't misheard by me, rather, by an entire choir and the music transcriber. We were listening to this in class and at the end, a bunch of girls were 'why was he saying 'marry me'?' and made fun of it from then on. Me, being the resident Styx fan, corrected them, saying the correct lyrics, but they didn't care, really. Ended up correcting the music that we had too, because it was quite inaccurate (with 'you see the parade...' instead of 'you seem afraid'). Though in competition, the girls always sang 'carry me away' instead of 'giving me...'. But it was funny how misheard some of the lyrics were. - Submitted by: Froggie

The Story: I was a fourth grader and loved the song. It was my first attempt to log some lyrics so I could feel cool singing along with the song. When my big brother found my notebook with the misheard lyric, he tried his best to correct the lyric without laughing, but it was too much. - Submitted by: Ric Wade

The Story: I have this song on disk and my kids love it. However, I have taught them my incorrect version of this song. They in turn have been teaching their friends. The other day I heard a kid at school who I didn't even know singing 'he eats too much at a time'! - Submitted by: cindi maiers

The Story: This is actually my sister's mishearing. She was listening to Mr. Roboto for the first time, and she was singing along. She actually sang "My brain is a Yam"... making it sound like my father works for an international business of Yams, not I.B.M. - Submitted by: Jessica

The Story: This is the other mishearing that I had when listening to this song. I again apparently substituted Japanese words out for English. - Submitted by: Jessica

The Story: I've been mishearing this for years... I first misheard it while listening to Styx's Greatest Hits. I only found out what the actual lyrics are yesterday, when my sister had a mishearing. - Submitted by: Jessica

The Story: I always thought that Mr. Roboto was going into a bar and that he drank a lot (always double's). - Submitted by: Greg Dennler

The Story: I hear this lyric in the car and asked mom and brother what they meant by Dumbo already got Mr. Roboto and Burst out laughing when I realized I misheard it. - Submitted by: Alaric Eber

The Story: I was wondering how he had gotten into cheese! - Submitted by: Cody Finke

The Story: I thought it was related to the word "automatic" - Submitted by: Anonymous

The Story: I overheard my girlfriend singing with the song and I fell over laughing! - Submitted by: Tray's girlfriend in 1984

The Story: I was listening to this song and trying to figure out the lyrics, and I heard this part and it just seemed to me that this guy's family was really out to get him, since I thought earlier he said something about his mother. Guess I was waaayy off. I feel kinda silly now. - Submitted by: Wendy

The Story: It's before a guitar solo, and me and my friends in HS turned the volume down when we had a radio in study hall or before classes. The staff didn't like swearing in our HS. - Submitted by: Don't Drop An F-Bomb!

The Story: It's before a guitar solo, and my friends in HS and I turned the volume down when we had a radio in study hall or before classes. The staff didn't like swearing in our HS. - Submitted by: Don't Drop An F-Bomb!

The Story: I was listening to this song and thought Tommy Shaw said 'and wave goodbye to your dreams' and was thinking 'Oh he's real nice, telling that poor girl to forget all her dreams' then I realized the real lyrics a bit later, and then I thought he was nice for helping her follow them. Quite a bit different, huh? - Submitted by: Litestar

The Story: The first two times I heard this song and thought Dennis De Young was saying "Tonight's the night with a history," I thought it was a commercial for a VCR. Back then, VCRs were the latest fad, since DVD players and Blu-Ray players weren't even invented, and Beta VCRs were invented before VHS VCRs were. - Submitted by: Isac

The Story: As a kid maybe three years old listening to this album, my parents getting a good laugh out of my lyrics which is technically correct since your palms are on your hands. - Submitted by: JMo