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!).
All in the Mind album at Amazon.com
Cheese town twirling through my mind.
These sounds fall into my mind.
The Story: I have been trying to find this song on iTunes and the like for YEARS now. I think I even looked for it on Napster when no one was being prosecuted for downloading music. It was only by giving it one last try and finding this site that I can finally get the song that I have been wanting ever since a friend gave me a mix tape (which I subsequently lost) in 1996! I have been looking for this song for 9 years. All because I thought the phrase was 'cheese town'. - Submitted by: Julie
Pizza's goin' through my mind.
These sounds fall into my mind.
The Story: I kept trying to figure out what the real lyrics were, and alternately kept wondering why there was a techno-ish song about pizza. - Submitted by: Silver Wolf
Pea pies, pudding, chips, and rice
Street sounds swirling through my mind
Defense!
The Story: My mum started singing it like that then I thought it was that - Submitted by: Olivia
Pisa no hamburguer do papai.
Street sounds swirling through my mind
Defense!
The Story: Mas tb pode ser "Pizza na bunda do papai" - Submitted by: Beto
BEANTOWN twirling through my mind.
Street sounds swirling through my mind
The Story: My friends and I would run to the dance floor the instant we heard that first "BEAN TOWN!". - Submitted by: Aggrozilla
Eat some pudding, my pie-ei-ei
Street sounds swirling through my mind
The Story: Way Too many pills, way too many years ago:) - Submitted by: Daisyraven13
Peace signs swirling through my mind
Street sounds swirling through my mind
The Story: That's just what I've always heard lol! - Submitted by: T
These sounds fall into my mind
Street sounds swirling through my mind
The Story: Almost everyone (including on Youtube and Wikipedia) thinks: "These sounds fall into my mind." were the real lyrics.
But it's a Sampler from the Song: Chicago - Street Player: All Lyrics-Links show the same: "Street sounds swirling through my mind" - Submitted by: German
Details flowing through my mind.
These sounds fall into my mind.
The Story: I had been trying to figure this out for a decade - The song came on at my gym twice, and I wanted to make them page the rest of the members over the PA to try to figure out what the song was. They wouldn't help... Fortunately the internet is forgiving! - Submitted by: Mighuel
Peas pies pudding chips and riiiiiiiice
Streets' sounds swirling through my mind.
The Story: Always thought it was that until I was like 19. - Submitted by: Dell
Pease pudding, gravy chips and pies.
These sounds fall into my mind.
The Story: My dad overheard me playing this tune. The food obsessed lard bucket thought these were the lyrics. Mind you, he also thought Paul young sang 'Every time you go away, you take a piece of meat with you' - Submitted by: kandyhead
Three times would they took my mind
These sounds fall into my mind
The Story: After 10 years from when I first heard this song I just realized how far from the true lyrics I've been all the time. No wonder I've been skeptical to "would they took" as grammatically correct. LOL. - Submitted by: SwedeTooth
Three town bullies took my baaaaag.
Street-sounds swirlin' through my mind.
The Story: I’ve tried whistling to Siri but he didn’t recognise it. My daughter did in the end. Happy days. - Submitted by: Anne
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