What about a "misheard lyrics" thread? Hasn't been one for a while.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

One I never mentioned before: In "51st State" by New Model Army...

"patriotic crowd" => misheard as "patriotic crap"

Have a good one to share with the class?

[WritingIsMyReligion]

1. "There's a bathroom on the right."

Absolutely classic mondegreen.

:rofl:

[u4ic]

3. I was just listening to that!

:hi:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

2. "Hello Mr. Ziggurat" instead of "Hello Mr. Zebra"

It's Tori Amos though, so either way makes sense. I do love this song though.

hello mr zebra
can i have your sweater
cause it's cold cold cold
in my hole hole hole
ratatouille strychnine
sometimes she's a friend of mine
with a gigantic whirlpool
that will blow your mind

hello mr zebra
ran into some confusion with a mrs crocodile
furry mussels marching on
she think's she's kaiser wilheim
or a civilised syllabub
to blow your mind
figure it out
she's a goodtime fella
she got a little fund to fight for moneypenny's rights
figure it out
she's a goodtime fella
too bad the burial was premature she said
and smiled

[SoyCat]

4. "I live in the street" I swear I actually knew someone who thought

that was the lyric to that horrible country song Islands in the Stream.

[njdemocrat106]

10. I always thought it sounded like "Eyelids in the Street"! n/t

[idgiehkt]

5. my mom thought "The Lonesome Loser" was

"The Lonesome Lizard". Still cracks me up.

[grasswire]

6. this is a family treasure

A boy in our family went to church on Easter with his Baptist neighbors. He came home singing a song about a gravy ladle. His mom finally deciphered the phrase, written about Jesus: "Low in the grave he laid" -- "grave he laid" had become "gravy ladle."

[mykpart]

8. One of my nieces came home from Sunday School with a friend

singing, "Peter built the church of the top of my face." ("on the rock of my faith" for you heathens!)

[trackfan]

7. "Reverend Blue Jeans"

is how I always heard Neil Diamond's "Forever in Blue Jeans"

Apparently I'm not the only one as I found on amiright.com, a site which is devoted to misheard lyrics"

[mykpart]

9. And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon

Little dog's playing the man in the moon.

[billyskank]

11. My favourite hasn't changed

"Be-el-ze-bub, has the Devil got a sideboard?"

:rofl:

[SKKY]

12. There are only 2 that really come to mind for me, but they're doozies...

...Instead of "Rock the Casbah", I thought i was "Rock your ass off." (I was like, 8 or 9. Whatdaya want?)
and "Freshmen" by The Verve Pipe. In stead of "...We would die for these sins. Were were merely Freshmen." I thought it was
"..We would down 40s when, we were merely Freshmen." So sue me.

[philosophie_en_rose]

13. Secret Asian (Agent) Man

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[ScreamingMeemie]

14. "Big Ole Jet Had a Light On" instead of "Big Old Jet Airliner"

The sad part is that I did not realize that until a few years ago. :blush:

[ScreamingMeemie]

15. And another...

"You know the roamer in the night..blinded by the light...wrapped up like a douche..."

instead of

"Another runner in the night...blinded by the light...wrapped up like a deuce." :blush:

[Pool Hall Ace]

16. "All Those Years Ago"

Now we're left cold and sad
By someone the devil's best friend
Someone who offended all.

I thought it was:
Now we're left cold and sad
By someone the devil's best friend
Some mother would end it all.