# Another Misheard Song Lyrics Thread. OR... Dogs DON'T say "Goodnight". **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 12, 2004, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-misheard-song-lyrics-thread-or-dogs-dont-say-goodnight/268864 "2004-10-12T20:00:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-misheard-song-lyrics-thread-or-dogs-dont-say-goodnight/268864/81 "2004-10-14T10:29:44Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > Are you sure Springsteen did that song first? I used to have a Manfred Mann album and I could’ve sworn that was the only song on it that he actually wrote. Blinded by the Light? Definitely a Bruce song. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-misheard-song-lyrics-thread-or-dogs-dont-say-goodnight/268864/82 "2004-10-14T10:40:10Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > I’m not bothering with R.E.M. I’m fully convinced that Michael Stipe was never quite clear on what his lyrics were, and just made them up on his own. I still have no freakin’ clue what they really say in _Radial Free Europe_ 😉 You’re off to a bad start 'cause it’s _Radio Free Europe_ ! FWIW [here](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/r/r.e.m./113120.html) they are. My personal REM mondegreen is from “I Believe”. I thought the lyrics I believe my shirt is wearing thin And change is what I believe in were I believe my soul is wearing thin Chains. What I believe is … I like the idea of a soul wearing chains to keep it in check, but only thin ones so it could break free in\* extremis\* … My girlfriend from years ago was convinced the line from Ziggy Stardust was: Making love to his eagle Ziggy sucked up into his mind … whereas it was of course: Making love to hs ego and she would \*not \*be convinced otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-misheard-song-lyrics-thread-or-dogs-dont-say-goodnight/268864/83 "2004-10-14T11:52:02Z")
> [@AndrewT](#): > > You’re off to a bad start 'cause it’s _Radio Free Europe_ ! FWIW [here](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/r/r.e.m./113120.html) they are. Sorry, **Andrew** , the winking smiley was there to prevent that whoosh. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-misheard-song-lyrics-thread-or-dogs-dont-say-goodnight/268864/84 "2004-10-14T12:15:40Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Also, the French line from “Games Without Frontiers” is sung by Kate Bush. That’s so cool I’m going to forgive him for the line being in French. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-misheard-song-lyrics-thread-or-dogs-dont-say-goodnight/268864/85 "2004-10-14T13:13:04Z")
> [@Dung Beetle](#): > > I used to think it was, “Big ol’ jet had a light on!” :o yeah, I used to think it was “Big ol’ Jed and Lionel” which made no sense because who the hell were Jed and Lionel to carry Steve ‘so far away’ anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Marathon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Marathon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marathon)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-misheard-song-lyrics-thread-or-dogs-dont-say-goodnight/268864/86 "2004-10-14T13:46:58Z")
From John Mellencamp’s “Hurts So Good”: _Sometimes love don’t feel like it should_ became _Sometimes love don’t fit like a shoe_ Personally, I like that latter! ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-misheard-song-lyrics-thread-or-dogs-dont-say-goodnight/268864/87 "2004-10-14T14:58:59Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > Well it’s the name of the song 😛 but yes it goes, > > Games without frontiers, > War without tears. > > It’s a great song, second maybe only to Solsbury Hill (which, on a related note, I thought was Salisbury Hill for a long time, but that’s a lot more understandable, overcompensating for his accent). Just glad I’m not the only one who misheard it (especially since I don’t speak French! 😉 ) It amazes me how many people think is so great a song but never bothered to buy the f\*\*king album and look at the damn (provided) lyrics. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-misheard-song-lyrics-thread-or-dogs-dont-say-goodnight/268864/88 "2004-10-14T15:02:26Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > Back in the 60s the Beach Boys released a piece of fluff called “Surfin’ USA” – and my wife and I still are amused by the fact that a mondegreen in that works perfectly either way: “If everybody had an ocean” or “If everybody had a notion” both fit the context perfectly and, strangely, in that context result in approximately the same poiint being made. > > Poly (who will now return to groovin’ with you and me and Leslie) I wasn’t going to post this, since I’ve posted it a million times, but of course in STP’s “Plush” it could either be: Where you goin for tomorrow? Where you goin with that mask you found?’ And I feel and I feel when the dogs begin to smell her or Where you goin for tomorrow? Where you goin with that mastiff hound? And I feel and I feel when the dogs begin to smell her ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-misheard-song-lyrics-thread-or-dogs-dont-say-goodnight/268864/89 "2004-10-14T15:14:19Z")
Apparently it’s “the funk’s so rubber,” **NOT** “the funk’s yo brotha.” Who knew? But…rubber funk? I don’t get it. Mr. Snicks likes to sing “Drink your milk” in the Offspring’s _Take 'em out_ (or is it _Come out and play_? I forget): “Take 'em out/Drink your milk You gotta keep 'em separated. HeyyAAyeyyy Don’t pay no mind…” ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-misheard-song-lyrics-thread-or-dogs-dont-say-goodnight/268864/90 "2004-10-14T15:44:29Z")
> [@Krys92gp](#): > > Thank you for clearing that up for me, as I also thought it was red hot love :smack: > > One that I’ve been known for is Stevie Nick’s “Edge of Seventeen”, in which I hear: > > _Just like the one-winged dove > Sings a song, sounds like she’s singin_ > > Appearantly it’s a _white_ winged dove… > Also, I thought UB40’s “Baby I Love Your Way” was “Baby, I love you way”, as in ’ Baby, I love you way more than i did last week’ :smack: :wally :smack: I knew RADAR LOVE wasn’t RED HOT LOVE… I thought it was RED EYE LOVE! Up till this very moment, I thought Stevie was singing about a poor one-winged dove!!! Now for mine (I always bring this up in these threads) Bonnie Tyler’s Total Eclipse of the Heart in which I hear “love is like a shadow on the altar of time” instead of the actual “love is like a shadow on me all of the time”. Mine’s more esoteric but much cooler. Mom wants to know how many here thought “Bringing In the Sheaves” was “Bringing In the Sheep”. It wasn’t till she started attending my church about ten years ago that she realized that! ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-misheard-song-lyrics-thread-or-dogs-dont-say-goodnight/268864/91 "2004-10-14T16:03:23Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > Isn’t it “revved up like a deuce”? But for years I too thought it was “wrapped up like a douche.” > > Groos??? > > I swear, it never, ever occured to me that it WASN’T Bruce. It also never occured to me to wonder WHY it was Bruce. > > Groos. > > Screw that, I’m still gonna sing “Bruce” 😛 Believe it or not, here’s the [proof](http://elo.futurebright.com/FAQ.htm). Oddly enough, I thought he was singing “Bruce”, and intentionally over-enunciating the “r”, the way one might have done if intending to mock the name, or imply that it was effeminate. But the fact is, by pronouncing ‘Groos’ instead of ‘Bruce’, the position of your tongue when you pronounce the ‘G’ almost forces you to really enunciate the ‘r’ that follows. Try pronouncing ‘Bruce’ and ‘Groos’ to yourself and you’ll see what I mean. Again, harking back to my phonetics class, the frequencies that distinguish certain pairs of phonemes, for instance /s/ and /f/, are very high, and some sound carriers can’t convey those frequencies. The phone is a good example of this, and it’s for this reason that the ultra-affected pronunciations of numbers were developed in the early years–e.g. “niyun zeerow zeerow fower fiyiv”. It’s less of an issue nowadays, especially with decent sound equipment, but it can still happen, and probably helps to explain some of the misheard lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![zeldarae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/f14d63/32.png) [@zeldarae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zeldarae)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-misheard-song-lyrics-thread-or-dogs-dont-say-goodnight/268864/92 "2004-10-14T16:06:53Z")
Speaking of Stevie and her one-winged dove song - same album, different song. In _Stop Dragging My Hear Around_ , I thought the line was, “now youre keeping some dame around.” Makes senses to me. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-misheard-song-lyrics-thread-or-dogs-dont-say-goodnight/268864/93 "2004-10-14T16:07:24Z")
**Snickers,** I always thought it was “funk’s yo brotha”, and then was informed by a friend that it was “funk _soul_ brotha”. I decided I couldn’t be bothered to care. **FriarTed** , I love that “altar of time” line. I’m singing it that way from now on, correct or not. In the NYC area, there used to be a television commercial for a classic rock station that played “Don’t Bring Me Down” in the background while the commercial told the viewer that this station played all the classic hits, knew where all the cool concerts would be, had great contests and prizes … and the end was “But we _still_ don’t know who Bruce is.” I’ve always loved that commercial. I thought of another one this morning–No Doubt’s “Just A Girl.” I discovered recently that there’s a line that goes “Just your typical prototype.” I usually fudged my way through the lyrics with something having to do with keeping kimonos tied, and wondered why the hell her bathrobe had anything to do with it. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-misheard-song-lyrics-thread-or-dogs-dont-say-goodnight/268864/94 "2004-10-14T16:56:00Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > Mom wants to know how many here thought “Bringing In the Sheaves” was “Bringing In the Sheep”. It wasn’t till she started attending my church about ten years ago that she realized that! I thought it was “Bringing in the Sleeves”. I pictured a bunch of factory workers, rejoicing because they got those damn sleeves done. I thought “Radar Love” was “Red Heart Love”. Don’t even get me started on " Me and Bobby Mcgee". I mutilated the whole song. ---
**Author:** ![curly\_chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@curly\_chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curly_chick)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-misheard-song-lyrics-thread-or-dogs-dont-say-goodnight/268864/95 "2004-10-14T17:09:22Z")
> [@hillbilly queen](#): > > Don’t even get me started on " Me and Bobby Mcgee". I mutilated the whole song. Ah, C&W, now you’re talking!! In my childhood, my parents were massive Charlie Pride fans and so they had him on in the car and the house all the time. Until this year, I though that the line in “You know that was the last thing on my mind” was “A lesson too late for the learning, Native Sam, Native Sam” I thank Dolly Parton for stunning me a few weeks ago with the real lyrics “A lesson too late for the learning, made of sand, made of sand” Who the hell did I think Native Sam was? Some pal of Collider, the wooden Indian, standin’ by the door, I suspect. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-misheard-song-lyrics-thread-or-dogs-dont-say-goodnight/268864/96 "2004-10-14T17:13:26Z")
> [@hillbilly queen](#): > > Don’t even get me started on " Me and Bobby Mcgee". I mutilated the whole song. My best friend’s mom has a theory that there is a mysterious third verse to that song, but Janis was too wasted to remember the words, and therefore la-laed her way through it. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-misheard-song-lyrics-thread-or-dogs-dont-say-goodnight/268864/97 "2004-10-14T17:19:09Z")
> [@Spectre of Pithecanthropus](#): > > Believe it or not, here’s the [proof](http://elo.futurebright.com/FAQ.htm). Oddly enough, I thought he was singing “Bruce”, and intentionally over-enunciating the “r”, the way one might have done if intending to mock the name, or imply that it was effeminate. But the fact is, by pronouncing ‘Groos’ instead of ‘Bruce’, the position of your tongue when you pronounce the ‘G’ almost forces you to really enunciate the ‘r’ that follows. Try pronouncing ‘Bruce’ and ‘Groos’ to yourself and you’ll see what I mean. > > Again, harking back to my phonetics class, the frequencies that distinguish certain pairs of phonemes, for instance /s/ and /f/, are very high, and some sound carriers can’t convey those frequencies. The phone is a good example of this, and it’s for this reason that the ultra-affected pronunciations of numbers were developed in the early years–e.g. “niyun zeerow zeerow fower fiyiv”. It’s less of an issue nowadays, especially with decent sound equipment, but it can still happen, and probably helps to explain some of the misheard lyrics. Don’t get me wrong, I _believe_ that that’s the word, I just can’t believe I never realized it, or that I never even questioned it. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-misheard-song-lyrics-thread-or-dogs-dont-say-goodnight/268864/98 "2004-10-14T17:26:18Z")
Remember “Fooled Around and Fell in Love”? I always thought it was “Cool Mountain Girl in Love”. In fact…I still do! Dammit, that’s a perfectly plausible mid-'70’s lyric… ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-misheard-song-lyrics-thread-or-dogs-dont-say-goodnight/268864/99 "2004-10-14T17:30:12Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > Isn’t it “revved up like a deuce”? But for years I too thought it was “wrapped up like a douche.” If it is ‘revved up like a deuce’, then that makes a lot more sense, at least if they mean ‘deuce coupe’ as in the Beach Boys’ song. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-misheard-song-lyrics-thread-or-dogs-dont-say-goodnight/268864/100 "2004-10-14T17:33:55Z")
> [@Spectre of Pithecanthropus](#): > > If it is ‘revved up like a deuce’, then that makes a lot more sense, at least if they mean ‘deuce coupe’ as in the Beach Boys’ song. What appears to be [straight from the horse’s mouth](http://www.manfredmann.co.uk/music/lyrics/roaring.htm): > [@](#): > > Blinded by the light > Revved up like a Deuce > Another runner in the night > [repeat to fade] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-misheard-song-lyrics-thread-or-dogs-dont-say-goodnight/268864.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-misheard-song-lyrics-thread-or-dogs-dont-say-goodnight/268864.md?page=6)