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 am moonshine and alucia.
I am un chien Andalusia.
The Story: Black Francis (vocals) doesn't pronounce the French properly. That is my reasoning, heh. - Submitted by: Angela
I am un chien andalusia.
I am un, chien, on the loose yeah.
The Story: No proof behind this, but "dog on the loose, yeah" makes sense with the rest of the lyrics - they "may" have known it would sound like Andalousia and also "may" have been cheekily referring to the 1920's silent film Un Chien Andalou (praise google!! hands) as some references suggest. Am I right? Probably not but, cool right? :P - Submitted by: Eddy
I'm gonna shake and abuse ya.
But I am un chien andalusia.
The Story: I looked up this lyric because I didn't know if it was 'amuse' or 'abuse'. Of course, it turns out to be something totally different. - Submitted by: Tim
Epaulettes and bum
Hey Paul, Hey Paul, Hey Paul, let's have a ball
The Story: Still thinking my version is better - Submitted by: hanes
that sound that your mother makes when the bacon breaks!
that sound that your mother makes when the baby breaks!
The Story: I still believe it's bacon. - Submitted by: laurendomingo
This time, it's going to happen.
This monkey's gone to Heaven.
The Story: I didn't figure it out until I finally bought the CD, a good 5 or 6 years after it was originally released. I still hear it like this when I'm on auto-pilot. - Submitted by: Kenn Fewzd
This swamp goes on forever.
This monkey's gone to Heaven.
The Story: In '88 I recorded this for a friend in another state. Bear in mind my stereo equipment sucked at that time! 10 Years later I was visiting and he played the recording I'd made. Perhaps due to the so-so recording he'd been singing the wrong words for 10 years! I laughed so hard I almost spilled the bong water. - Submitted by: fred
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