# How long has it been since the last misheard lyrics thread? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 28, 2009, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-has-it-been-since-the-last-misheard-lyrics-thread/515468 "2009-10-28T16:33:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-has-it-been-since-the-last-misheard-lyrics-thread/515468/21 "2010-07-16T18:22:36Z")
On the day that you were born The angels got together And decided to create a dream come true So they sprinkled **olives** in your hair And **golden** starlight in your eyes of blue. Hey, can we get that hair with extra cheese, too? ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-has-it-been-since-the-last-misheard-lyrics-thread/515468/22 "2010-07-16T19:20:51Z")
Take your pants down And make it happen. . . I like my version better. ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-has-it-been-since-the-last-misheard-lyrics-thread/515468/23 "2010-07-16T19:34:29Z")
Laughing here. Second-grader son sang, “Feelings are so filthy” and it wasn’t until I got the info about their new health unit that I understood that feelings can also be **healthy.** Remember “The Hustle” from disco days? My husband shouted “Tuna hot dog!” in the appropriate places. He was so kewl on the dance floor. And I’ve always heard, “Just call me angel of the morning; just cross my feet before you leave me. . .” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-has-it-been-since-the-last-misheard-lyrics-thread/515468/24 "2010-07-16T20:22:27Z")
Amy Winehouse’s _Rehab_: “Mr. Half-a-way” (as in a halfway house). Then I found out it was about Donny Hathaway, who happened to have been born exactly the same day I was born. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-has-it-been-since-the-last-misheard-lyrics-thread/515468/25 "2010-07-16T20:57:47Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > [Sheik of Decatur left me a mule to ride](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hB3eCv_FOk). LOL… I never got the real meaning until I became a train buff. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-has-it-been-since-the-last-misheard-lyrics-thread/515468/26 "2010-07-17T00:53:39Z")
**Centerfold** by J Geils Band: _I hope that when this bitch is gone, I’ll see you when your clothes are on_ ---
**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:** [July 17, 2010, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-has-it-been-since-the-last-misheard-lyrics-thread/515468/27 "2010-07-17T03:25:32Z")
**White Flag** by DIDO I will go down with this ship And I won’t put my **ass** up and surrender… **We Will Rock You** by Queen You got blood on your face You big disgrace Wavin’ your \*\* bladder\*\* all over the place ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-has-it-been-since-the-last-misheard-lyrics-thread/515468/28 "2010-07-17T03:56:45Z")
One year sitting at a gas station in Wall, SD during Bike week I said to my darlin’, “Just listen to them Harleys, Kid. Sounds just like music.” And then I realized we had the radio on and Fleetwood Mac was just beginning “Tusk.” ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-has-it-been-since-the-last-misheard-lyrics-thread/515468/29 "2010-07-17T10:49:07Z")
A while back Rihanna had a big hit, which at first I only half-listened to. I thought it was another piece of pop-fluff, with her repeatedly telling us to “stir it up”. Turns out she was actually saying the song’s title, Disturbia, and the lyrics are a lot more menacing than usual for a pop hit. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-has-it-been-since-the-last-misheard-lyrics-thread/515468/30 "2010-07-17T13:06:44Z")
Are you living in the East? Strolling away the time? Are you gathering up the yeast? Do you have a diamond mine? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-has-it-been-since-the-last-misheard-lyrics-thread/515468/31 "2010-07-17T15:10:33Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Are you living in the East? > Strolling away the time? > Are you gathering up the yeast? > Do you have a diamond mine? That’s soooo wrong. Everybody knows it’s Bringing in the cheese Stowing away the Tide Are you eating all your peas? Have you had enough of mine? ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-has-it-been-since-the-last-misheard-lyrics-thread/515468/32 "2010-07-17T18:49:41Z")
> [@Tethered\_Kite](#): > > Laughing here. > And I’ve always heard, “Just call me angel of the morning; just cross my feet before you leave me. . .” Nope - it’s “Just brush my teeth before you leave me…” ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-has-it-been-since-the-last-misheard-lyrics-thread/515468/33 "2010-07-17T18:54:30Z")
For the oldsters among us, the Fleetwoods did a song called “The Great Impostor.” As a child I always thought they were singing “Poetry so sweet - as a rabbit’s feet.” ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-has-it-been-since-the-last-misheard-lyrics-thread/515468/34 "2010-07-18T01:07:49Z")
I recall recently I heard the song “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” by bathroom whore…Ah I mean…singer George Michael. I started singing it “You make the sun shine brighter than the darkest day.” Then I said to myself, “Well that don’t make sense.” So I looked it up. It’s actully, “You make the sun shine brighter than Doris Day.” Which isn’t much better, but all those years I was singing it wrong. Fun fact the opposite of Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go would be Sleep You Down After Me Stop-Stop… _Don’t leave me hanging on going hop-hop_… ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-has-it-been-since-the-last-misheard-lyrics-thread/515468/35 "2010-07-23T00:13:15Z")
I just discovered today that I’d been mishearing the lyrics from Steely Dan’s “Kid Charlemagne” for decades. _Did you realize That you were italian in their eyes_ is NOT how it goes! It’s _Did you realize That you were a champion in their eyes_ :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Philliam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/philliam/32/3011_2.png) [@Philliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philliam)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-has-it-been-since-the-last-misheard-lyrics-thread/515468/36 "2010-07-25T18:29:49Z")
How 'bout that great Deep Purple song “Slow Motion Walter, Fire Engine guy” ? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-has-it-been-since-the-last-misheard-lyrics-thread/515468/37 "2010-07-25T19:07:34Z")
“I stayed the cold day with a lonely satellite” is a line from Duran Duran’s “New Moon on Monday.” I just found that out today, having previously believed that “cold day” was “toe jam.” ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-has-it-been-since-the-last-misheard-lyrics-thread/515468/38 "2010-07-26T01:06:43Z")
Actually, I mishead the toe jam bit a line or two earlier than what I posted. It’s hard to make out a lot of their lyrics. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-has-it-been-since-the-last-misheard-lyrics-thread/515468.md?page=1)