# Organ Surprise or Another Misheard Lyrics Thread! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 6, 2002, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organ-surprise-or-another-misheard-lyrics-thread/140929 "2002-12-06T15:25:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Peutl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d9b06d/32.png) [@Peutl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peutl)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organ-surprise-or-another-misheard-lyrics-thread/140929/41 "2002-12-08T18:00:41Z")
Once Mom and I are driving along and Mom starts a tirade about lyrics allowed on the radio. I ask her what she’s talking about and she informs me that we are hearing, plain as plain… _There’s gonna be a hard-on tonight, a hard-on tonight, I know_ I told her Don Henley couldn’t help it if she had a dirty mind. _…heartache tonight, I know…_ ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organ-surprise-or-another-misheard-lyrics-thread/140929/42 "2002-12-08T19:13:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Politzania \* > \*\* > My mother-in-law’s good for this too… she wanted to know what the “Do the Calculator” song was about (“Dude Looks Like a Lady” Aerosmith) \*\* For a little while I thought “Love In An Elevator” was “Love in a la vida”, which actually almost makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![Osbie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cdc98d/32.png) [@Osbie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osbie)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organ-surprise-or-another-misheard-lyrics-thread/140929/43 "2002-12-08T19:21:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jerrybear \* > \*\*The Christian hymn “Gloria in Excelsis (spelling?) Deo” always kind of sounded like “in eggshells” to me. Leading to the question of who is Gloria and why is she in eggshells? \*\* I want to think that my high school choir director told us to lean more towards “eggshell-sees” when pronouncing that word while singing. Perhaps this is what many professional choirs/singers are told to do? (Or maybe he told us _not_ to do that because it was a common error for untrained singers to make? I can’t remember now.) For myself, I was long convinced that the lyrics to Spandau Ballet’s song _True_ went a-somethin’ like so: \*Huh, huh, huh, huuuuuuuuuh, huuuuuuuuuuh, I’m known as Munches, too.\* No, it doesn’t make sense, but when was that ever a criteria for a song? Oh, and you’ll never convince me that Manfred Mann’s Earth Band song _Blinded by the Light_ doesn’t say, _Blinded by the light Wrapped up like douche, another rotor in the night_ Who pronounces “deuce” with a strong “sssshhhhhhh” at the end? Ha! Ha! Please. ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organ-surprise-or-another-misheard-lyrics-thread/140929/44 "2002-12-08T20:45:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Octavia Smythe-Bunion I. Esq. \* > \*\*Who pronounces “deuce” with a strong “sssshhhhhhh” at the end? Ha! Ha! Please. \*\* Ummm…ssshhhhomeone with a lisssshhhp? ---
**Author:** ![okielady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/fbc32d/32.png) [@okielady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/okielady)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organ-surprise-or-another-misheard-lyrics-thread/140929/45 "2002-12-08T22:53:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Octavia Smythe-Bunion I. Esq. \* > \*\*For myself, I was long convinced that the lyrics to Spandau Ballet’s song _True_ went a-somethin’ like so: > > \*Huh, huh, huh, huuuuuuuuuh, huuuuuuuuuuh, > > I’m known as Munches, too.\* > > No, it doesn’t make sense, but when was that ever a criteria for a song?\*\* I thought for a long time that the lyrics were _I know this lunch is true_ I just thought maybe he was having a lunch date with a hot chick and he was having trouble believing it was really happening…_shrug_ > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Octavia Smythe-Bunion I. Esq. \* > \*\*Oh, and you’ll never convince me that Manfred Mann’s Earth Band song _Blinded by the Light_ doesn’t say, > > _Blinded by the light > Wrapped up like douche, another rotor in the night_\*\* My 12 year old son heard this song just yesterday and sang it that way. Common mistake. I had to correct him, and of course explain what a douche is. A Kodak moment indeed! ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organ-surprise-or-another-misheard-lyrics-thread/140929/46 "2002-12-08T23:43:15Z")
For a mondegreen that Homer Simpson would probably enjoy - when I was a kid, I misheard the chorus of Carly Simon’s song as: _Donuts make my brown eyes blue_ ---
**Author:** ![jimmmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organ-surprise-or-another-misheard-lyrics-thread/140929/47 "2002-12-08T23:53:03Z")
Thanks **Badtz Maru** don’t feel nearly so silly now. SO had one: Friend’s Mom driving car pool starts signing along with BeeGee’s More Than A Woman only sang it as : Bald Headed Woman, Bald Headed Woman to me … ---
**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organ-surprise-or-another-misheard-lyrics-thread/140929/48 "2002-12-09T00:15:34Z")
BB Mak’s “Until You’re Back Here Baby” was sung by my boyfriend as _Into your back end baby. . ._ Michael Bolton’s song “Time, Love and Tenderness” was heard by me several years ago as _Timed oven tenderness._ ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organ-surprise-or-another-misheard-lyrics-thread/140929/49 "2002-12-09T00:30:08Z")
“And you can whack 'em while you want 'em, You can whack 'em while I walk away.” –Lisa Houseman’s unnamed classic from “Dirty Dancing.” ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organ-surprise-or-another-misheard-lyrics-thread/140929/50 "2002-12-09T04:54:12Z")
I was once confused by Led Zeppelin’s verse in “Stairway to Heaven,” which said: “Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run There’s still time to change the road you’re on.” I heard the last part as “but in the logroll, there’s still time to change your overalls.” ---
**Author:** ![the\_O-man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9f8e36/32.png) [@the\_O-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_O-man)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organ-surprise-or-another-misheard-lyrics-thread/140929/51 "2002-12-09T04:54:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ferret Herder \* > \*\*For a mondegreen that Homer Simpson would probably enjoy - when I was a kid, I misheard the chorus of Carly Simon’s song as: > > _Donuts make my brown eyes blue_ \*\* I believe that’s Crystal Gayle’s song. I know somebody who thought that great song by U2 went: “Someday, buddy, Someday.” ---
**Author:** ![RexDart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@RexDart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RexDart)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organ-surprise-or-another-misheard-lyrics-thread/140929/52 "2002-12-09T05:46:47Z")
My Mom’s famous misheard lyrics are: “little blue Scoop”, instead of “little deuce coupe” _Beach Boys_ “return Lucinda”, instead of “return to sender” _Elvis_ “bald-headed woman”, instead of “more than a woman” _BeeGees_ When I was a kid, I thought the _Eagles_ were singing “Ain’t no way to hide, you’re Illini”, which I figured was either about Indians or people who attended the University of Illinois, who I guess were poor players at hide-and-seek. ---
**Author:** ![ninevah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/46a35a/32.png) [@ninevah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ninevah)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organ-surprise-or-another-misheard-lyrics-thread/140929/53 "2002-12-09T07:47:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Octavia Smythe-Bunion I. Esq. \* > \*\*Oh, and you’ll never convince me that Manfred Mann’s Earth Band song _Blinded by the Light_ doesn’t say, > > _Blinded by the light > Wrapped up like douche, another rotor in the night_ > > \*\* Y’know, **I** always sang it that way, although my version had _roller_ instead of your _rotor_. I never quite understood what a douche was. I thought it was like a doona, a quilt. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organ-surprise-or-another-misheard-lyrics-thread/140929/54 "2002-12-09T15:50:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by the O-man \* > I believe that’s Crystal Gayle’s song. :smack: Thank you. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ninevah \* > I never quite understood what a douche was. I thought it was like a doona, a quilt. I _knew_ what a douche was and still heard it that way… ---
**Author:** ![wikkidpis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f05b48/32.png) [@wikkidpis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wikkidpis)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organ-surprise-or-another-misheard-lyrics-thread/140929/55 "2002-12-09T15:56:56Z")
For a long time I thought the line in “Down on the Corner”, the CCR song, was: You don’t need a pinhead just to hang around One day I thought about it it and said to myself, of course you don’t. Then I realized it was “penny”, you don’t need a penny just to hang around. ---
**Author:** ![angelicate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@angelicate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angelicate)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organ-surprise-or-another-misheard-lyrics-thread/140929/56 "2002-12-09T16:02:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SparrowHawk \* > \*\*Red Hot Chili Peppers “Scar Tissue” > > “With the birds I share this lonely view” > > sounds to me like “With the birds that shed, it’s a lonely view.” Hey, dude. Lose the molting fowl and you’ll have more friends. > \*\* For the longest time I thought he was saying “With the blood I shed it’s a lonely view.” Hey, it makes a _little_ more sense than him singing about shedding birds! I thought he was suicidal and cutting himself or something. Van Halen’s **Panama** : When I was younger I alternated between thinking he was saying “Had enough!” and “Bad enough!” My mom’s always good for these things too. **Rock You Like a Hurricane** was on the radio once, and she started laughing at the lyrics and saying that the song was gross. I couldn’t figure out why, and when I asked, she asked “Well, why is he saying _Raunchy_ like a hurricane?” Just the other night we were in the car and she was singing along with **Dude Looks LIke A Lady** but was singing “Do it like a lady!” ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organ-surprise-or-another-misheard-lyrics-thread/140929/57 "2002-12-09T20:38:33Z")
About ten years ago, a friend of mine told me she thought in_Every Breath You Take_, the line: “_How my poor heart aches,_” was “_I’m a pool hall ace,_” I had never heard anyone sing it that way and thought she was crazy, then I saw it on [kissthisguy.com](http://kissthisguy.com) and, apparently, more people heard it that way! Mark me down for “douche”, too. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organ-surprise-or-another-misheard-lyrics-thread/140929.md?page=2)