Misheard Song Lyrics

[matt1]

Doobie Brothers "Takin' It To The Streets" (1976) RIGHT: Tied in poverty's despair WRONG: Tired by the Jesus spell

[rugratsonline]

Dire Straits' "Walk of Life" -- wrongly interpreted as "Walk On By".

[CK-722]

Both Sides Now

Written by Joni Mitchell. Hit performance by Judy Collins.

Sometimes, the misheard lyric is as valid or more valid than the actual lyric

So many things I would have done
But clowns got in my way...

If you're confused by the clarity and truth of the misheard song lyric, "clowns" is actually "clouds".

Clowns get in my way,
Every day,
Every day.

[Turkeytop]

Misheard title and lyrics


Correct - Reach Out in the Darkness, by Friend and Lover

Misheard as - Freak Out in the Darkness

[matt1]

The O'Jays "Who Am I?" (from 1972 "Back Stabbers") (B 45 single side of "Love Train") WRONG: "I shoot the people ditching, oh to what she said, I just would miss it, I had to bury your dead" (woooooooo) ALSO: "I had a very hard day" & "I had a very hard head" & finally at the end of the song WRONG: "Hey i'm lost, lost, lost lost.......lost stone stone stone in this cry day, cry day, cry day, cry day crying who who who" (when the song fades out)!! Here is the RIGHT lyrics: https://genius.com/The-ojays-who-am-i-lyrics

[matt1]

"Cut The Cake" by The Average White Band from 1975. Thought it was "Copy Cat"!!!

[stopnswop2]

Wrong: Red eyed love
Right: Radar love

[paul8539]

I frequently hear 'Play That Funky Music' as 'play that f***ing music'.

[rugratsonline]

Elvis' "Suspicious Minds":

Elvis:
Here we go again
Asking where I've been
You can't see the tears are real, I'm crying

Backup:
Yes, I'm crying

The backup's response I always heard as "It's a crime".

[Turkeytop]

paul8539 wrote:
> I frequently hear 'Play That Funky Music' as 'play that f***ing music'.


Our son was about 4 years old when that song was out. He embarrassed his mother by singing those words.

[matt1]

Dido "White Flag" (2004) RIGHT LYRIC: "I will go down with this ship" WRONG LYRIC: "I Will go down with this shit"

[MotorCityRadioFreak]

From Train, "Calling All You Angels"

Correct lyrics:
I want a reason
for the way things have to be
I need a hand
to help build up some kind of hope
inside of me

Misheard lyrics:
I want a reason
for the way things have to be
I need a hand
to help build up some kind of hope
in sodomy.

[matt1]

The Cars "Shoo Be Doo" (from 1979 "Candy O") RIGHT: "Shoo Be Doo Shoo Be Doo Shoo Be Doo Shoo Be Doo Shoo Be" WRONG: "What To Do What To Do What To Do What To Do What To" (which goes to the song "Candy O")

[matt1]

Paul & Linda McCartney "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" RIGHT: "But if anything should happen, we'll be sure to give a ring" WRONG: "We'll be sure to give a WINK"!! RIGHT: "Admiral Halsey notified me he had to take a berth or he couldn't get to sing" WRONG: "He had to take a BATH or he couldn't get to sing"!!

[stopnswop2]

Jack and Diane:

"Long after the threat of living is gone".
When I was a kid I thought that it was a clever way of saging death threat.
You know, all those classic "living is gone" threats people say to each other 😆