Did I Hear That Right?

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There's several websites that allow you to enter in misheard lyrics (one of the more popular ones is KissThisGuy.com). Just thought I'd share one that I always thought was funny.

From Hey Nineteen by Steely Dan

Actual Lyrics: The Cuervo Gold, the fine Columbian
What I heard: The Cuervo Gold, The pine cones run the earth.

As a kid, I must have had some sort of tragic event with a conifer.

Feel free to discuss your own misheard lyrics.

rolled out on Friday, January 21, 2005 1:45 PM

Comments

# RE: Did I Hear That Right? - Gordon

Rolled Out On: 1/21/2005 2:16 PM

ANYthing sung by John Fogerty. e.g. Rolling on the River: Mista moo job in the city.

# RE: Did I Hear That Right? - Jeff

Rolled Out On: 1/21/2005 6:06 PM

Not exactly mine, but the eight year old son of the woman I worked for in 1980 Pink Floyd Another Brick in the Wall Part 2:

Actual Lyrics: No dark sarcasm in the classroom

What he heard: No Dukes of Hazards in the classroom

# RE: Did I Hear That Right? - willow

Rolled Out On: 1/21/2005 6:52 PM

Actual Lyrics: I'll never be your beast of burden

What I heard: I'll never leave your pizza burnin'...

Hey, I was young!

# RE: Did I Hear That Right? - Tanya

Rolled Out On: 1/21/2005 7:23 PM

When my brother used to play the Who, my sister told me that they were saying "it's a lemon in a box, it's a pudding."

# RE: Did I Hear That Right? - Emily

Rolled Out On: 1/22/2005 4:55 AM

As a kid, I heard this (of course not knowing what it meant) during the Hallelujah Chorus on Easter:

Actual Lyrics: "For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth..."

Heard Lyrics: "For the Lord God of impotence reigneth..."

# RE: Did I Hear That Right? - Sissy Willis

Rolled Out On: 1/22/2005 8:54 AM

A childhood classic from my husband:

Actual: And to the Republic for which it stands
Heard: And to the Republic for Richard Stans

# RE: Did I Hear That Right? - Scott

Rolled Out On: 1/22/2005 3:01 PM

From "Bad Moon Rising" by Creedence Clearwater Revival:

Actual Lyrics: "There's a bad moon on the rise."
Heard Lyrics: "There's a bathroom on the right."

# RE: Did I Hear That Right? - Nathan

Rolled Out On: 1/22/2005 9:08 PM

[looks around...sees more responses than when he did the same thing on his own blog, sighs, and decides to play anyway]
I could have sworn the Bee Gees were singing about a "Bald-Headed Woman" (rather than, "More than a woman"). And what did the Beatles think was songworthy about a "He's a Black Writer" (as opposed to "Paperback Writer)?

That totally doesn't include all the stuff that I just didn't get at all, and would just mumble through until I got back to the stuff I could understand....(Yeah, I sing along: want to make something of it?)

# RE: Did I Hear That Right? - Janna

Rolled Out On: 1/23/2005 10:37 PM

Ha! This is great. I know I've had that happen to me many times... but one that sticks out to me from my childhood is from Bryan Adams song "Somebody":

Actual lyrics:
I need somebody
Somebody like you
Everybody needs somebody

What I heard and sang:
I need somebody
Somebody like you
Everybody's Easter bunny

My dad heard me singing that and laughed his head off. I think that's why it sticks out in my memory. :) Funny stuff.