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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Ain't no woman like the one eyed jack.
There ain't no woman like the one I got
The Story: My friend thought he heard, "Ain't no woman like the one eyed god." I think we were drinking at the time... - Submitted by: Frank Bond
Burned to death
Bernadette
The Story: I was a little kid with a mono radio back then. A pretty scary song, I had thought. It was a very dramatic song, so I guess it just fit my concept. Besides when you're a kid, what else could the lyrics mean? - Submitted by: Rov Dimitri
burn to death
Bernadette
The Story: My father has always listened to oldies music, and when I was about eight I heard this song and every time I heard them say Bernadette, I thought they were saying "burn to death", my father had to pull the car over he was laughing so hard. - Submitted by: ryan wilson
Sugar bought Honey Buns
Sugar pie, honey bunch
The Story: I remember hearing this in a Little Debbie Honey Buns commercial. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Are you kicking on the science teacher?
Are you picking on society?
The Story: Believe it - you could be in detention! - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Going loco, down in Acapoco
Going loco, down in Acapulco
The Story: I only found out the real name to the place within the past couple of years (and I'm in my late 20s). I never knew it was "Acapulco" rather than "Acapoco". I'd just managed to go through life while somehow never seeing it written down. - Submitted by: Lee
Now if you feel like you can’t go on, because all of your hump is gone
Now if you feel like you can’t go on, because all of your hope is gone
The Story: Still sounds like it to me! - Submitted by: Linda Carter
Now if you feel like you can’t go on, because all of your hump is gone…
Now if you feel like you can’t go on, because all of your hope is gone…
The Story: I still think the song sounds like my version! - Submitted by: Linda C
New entries in this section are currently reviewed by Brian Kelly. Previous editors (if any) are listed on the editors page.
