# Misheard lyrics redux **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 20, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misheard-lyrics-redux/309084 "2005-06-20T17:50:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misheard-lyrics-redux/309084/21 "2005-06-21T19:06:06Z")
“ **Arboretum,** won’t ya help me place this call?” — James Taylor ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misheard-lyrics-redux/309084/22 "2005-06-21T19:13:02Z")
> [@Beware of Doug](#): > > “ **Arboretum,** won’t ya help me place this call?” > — James Taylor A double whammy – the lyrics AND the artist threw you. “Operator” is sung by Jim Croce (admittedly doing a damn good James Taylor impression on the chorus). I heard the “Arboretum” line in my head, too, as we had a building on the college campus called the Arboretum. ---
**Author:** ![Crandolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Crandolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crandolph)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misheard-lyrics-redux/309084/23 "2005-06-21T19:17:26Z")
I wondered for months about the '80s hit “Honest to See Ya.” Made no sense at all… “Our Lips Are Sealed,” now that’s better… ---
**Author:** ![katie1341](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misheard-lyrics-redux/309084/24 "2005-06-21T20:18:34Z")
> [@Indyellen](#): > > I have heard of other people having this specifc mis-hearing, but not many: > > From Pink Floyd “Another Brick in the Wall” - > “No Dukes of Hazzard in the classroom” > > I know now that it’s “No dark sarcasm in the classroom” but I swear I was hearing it the other way & wondering what the boys had to do with this song… ``` I thought it was "no dark star chasm in the classroom" for a long time. Actually not too far fetched for Floyd lyrics. WHen my little sister was very young, she thought the Lord's Prayer that we sang in church went "and lead a snot into temptation". ``` ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misheard-lyrics-redux/309084/25 "2005-06-21T21:33:46Z")
Our Father, who art in heaven, Harold be thy name… ---
**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misheard-lyrics-redux/309084/26 "2005-06-21T21:35:31Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Our Father, who art in heaven, Harold be thy name… Well, you know Harold is an angel, too. “Hark Harold Angel Sings…” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misheard-lyrics-redux/309084/27 "2005-06-21T21:38:37Z")
> [@Crandolph](#): > > I wondered for months about the '80s hit “Honest to See Ya.” Made no sense at all… > > “Our Lips Are Sealed,” now that’s better… Heh. I always heard “All of Cecile”. Whatever that means. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misheard-lyrics-redux/309084/28 "2005-06-21T21:44:53Z")
“There’s a bathroom on the right.” Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misheard-lyrics-redux/309084/29 "2005-06-21T21:46:07Z")
“All in all you’re just another prick in the mall” Q ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misheard-lyrics-redux/309084/30 "2005-06-21T21:47:55Z")
“We were cool on Christ… (craze) In our dance hall days” Q ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misheard-lyrics-redux/309084/31 "2005-06-21T22:41:24Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Our Father, who art in heaven, Harold be thy name… No way. God’s name is Andy, as in: “Andy walks with me, Andy talks with me, Andy tells me I am His own.” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misheard-lyrics-redux/309084/32 "2005-06-22T02:09:54Z")
For years I thought The Who’s “Who Are You?” was a song about New Orleans: _Neeewww Orleans… whoo hoo, whoo hoo!_ Even today my mind still interprets this song the way I described above. ---
**Author:** ![ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misheard-lyrics-redux/309084/33 "2005-06-22T02:16:29Z")
> [@Fern Forest](#): > > “Put away the crack before the crack puts you away > You need to be there when your baby’s old enough to be laid.” Those aren’t the lyrics? ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misheard-lyrics-redux/309084/34 "2005-06-22T05:39:28Z")
Heh, [nope](http://www.smashmouth.com/lyr_walkinonthesun.html). I kinda miss the dirty lyric. This one got me laughed at. “Jo-Jo left his home in Tucson, Arizona. Boston, California grass.” I thought he was traveling around. But I got her back for “Now for ten years we’ve been on our own and moss grows bad on a rolling stone.” ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misheard-lyrics-redux/309084/35 "2005-06-22T05:40:36Z")
I just remembered why she thought that. Because it’s true. Moss does grow bad on a rolling stone. ---
**Author:** ![Electrical\_Storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac8455/32.png) [@Electrical\_Storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electrical_Storm)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misheard-lyrics-redux/309084/36 "2005-06-22T18:13:01Z")
We built this city We built this city on the wrong damn road… Grace Slick - how _could_ you?? And from Jacko: Keep on like a porn star don’t stop 'til you get enough ---
**Author:** ![sneezy5660](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@sneezy5660](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sneezy5660)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misheard-lyrics-redux/309084/37 "2005-06-22T18:22:04Z")
> [@LindyHopper](#): > > Heh. I always heard “All of Cecile”. > > Whatever that means. 😉 I had an argument with two people about 20 years apart about this lyric. They both heard “Someday I’ll see you.” In the latter case, the argument almost got violent! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misheard-lyrics-redux/309084/38 "2005-06-22T18:24:13Z")
> [@Crandolph](#): > > I wondered for months about the '80s hit “Honest to See Ya.” Made no sense at all… > > “Our Lips Are Sealed,” now that’s better… I always thought the Go-Gos were singing about a friendly sea mammal, “Alex the Seal.” ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misheard-lyrics-redux/309084/39 "2005-06-27T19:08:37Z")
“Hey there, Amigo…” Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misheard-lyrics-redux/309084/40 "2005-06-27T19:46:17Z")
> [@Dung Beetle](#): > > When my daughter was about five years old, she called that song, “Eleven O’Clock”. I remember a DJ on WPLR out of Connecticut referring to the song as “It’s an M & M’s Front.” Guess what I can’t NOT think about whenever I hear that track? 😛 My personal mis-hearing was Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville, where he’s “Searchin’ for my lost shaker of salt.” When I first heard it - on AM radio, no less - I thought he was searching for his lost Chippewa Squaw. I was 9 years old, fer chrissakes - what did I know about margarita drinking procedure? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misheard-lyrics-redux/309084.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misheard-lyrics-redux/309084.md?page=3)