Misheard Lyrics

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Yesterday my husband and I were sitting around listening to some old cd's. Hootie and the Blowfish's "Let Her Cry" came on and after the line, "She sits alone by a lamp post...." my dear, sweet husband looked at me and said, "She sits alone by Lambeau"? That's weird!"

Bless his heart.

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Hee! Your hubby a Packers fan?

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No, he's a Huskers and a Chiefs fan. (Have pity on him!) I patiently explained to him that the only NFL reference I could think of in a Hootie song was in "Only Wanna Be w/You" ......"I'm such a baby cause the Dolphins make me cry". It's sad that I know that.

[lpatrice]

I was shocked to learn Dobie Gray was a black man, and I am black myself. On to misheard lyrics, I used to be a huge fan of CSI and for the longest time I thought the theme song "Who Are You" was actually Cool Water...woo..hoo..woo...hoo. Cause you know Vegas is hot, and cold water is always nice.

I always thought Carly Simon's You're So Vain said something about clowns in my coffee, color me surprised to learn the actual word was clouds.

[MrsOldManBalls]

And I just found out right this minute that it's not
"Lookin’ for my lost shaker of salt" (though it was "long lost" rather than just "lost" for me).

This is my "right this minute".
This is a hard song!

[hobocamp]

My college freshman roommate was a big stoner who always listened to Bob Marley, who I had never really listened to, so I often found myself singing along with the catchy tunes with my own misheard lyrics. Exodus became "Pixie Dust" and Buffalo Soldier became "Buffalo shoulders... Hunchback American." I still don't know what the second line to that song is.

ETA: Last night my boyfriend told me that he thought A Flock of Seagull's "I Ran" was "Iran / Iran's so far away." until about a month ago.

[glitterbug]

When we were little my sister used to sing along to Thrill Me (Simply Red) including the class lyrics "Your hands feel like sick on my back (instead of silk!)

More recently, we had loads of misheards listening to the latest Jamiroquai CD (Dynamite), in particular mistaking "bullets and bombs" for "bollocks and bones". We still like our version better.

[Brookie]

You guys are making me snort CremeSavers out both nostrils! Oh, the pain!

[MrsOldManBalls]

My daughter confessed that she thought GNR's Paradise City was Prarie Dog City.

[Mutagen]

In the Donna Summer song "Hot Stuff," she says "Wanna spend my night with a WARM-blooded lover," which I always heard as "Wanna spend my night with a WOMan lover." I remember thinking, Whoa! Go Donna! She's out there!

Also, there's a David Bowie song called "Earthling" which features someone saying: "As he hits the floor he sighs... what a morning." At least, I think that's what he said, although for years I thought he was saying "What a boning," which is an interpretation I vastly prefer.