# Time for a new "Misheard lyrics" thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 20, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380 "2006-07-20T19:11:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/21 "2006-07-21T03:47:36Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > The other is Shania Twain’s _That don’t impress Me Much_. In the verse about the guy that loves his car so much that, ‘I can’t believe you kiss your car goodnight.’ Till I was listening to it on my Ipod I thought she was saying ‘I can’t believe you’d kiss your carpet knife.’ which I know doesn’t make much sense but it was the best I could make it out. I thought she was saying “carpet knife” too. I couldn’t imagine why anyone would kiss a knife, but by God that’s what it sounds like to me. ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/22 "2006-07-21T04:11:11Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > The other is Shania Twain’s _That don’t impress Me Much_. In the verse about the guy that loves his car so much that, ‘I can’t believe you kiss your car goodnight.’ Till I was listening to it on my Ipod I thought she was saying ‘I can’t believe you’d kiss your carpet knife.’ which I know doesn’t make much sense but it was the best I could make it out. I thought the same thing. Carpet knife! My brain was telling me that it made no sense, but my ears were insisting they were right… ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/23 "2006-07-21T04:12:19Z")
…and should have previewed. Maybe we could start a club. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/24 "2006-07-21T04:57:23Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Not a misheard lyric, but the mention of Sheryl Crow prompted me to remember that I always thought the line “. . . I’ve got my forty-five on so I can rock on” in the song “Soak up the Sun” was about to a 45 _record_. The spf reference went right over my apparently sun addled brain. Double duh. Well, triple duh here, then, because I thought the same thing until this very moment. This one’s embarrassing, but when _Abbey Road_ first came out, I thought Paul McCartney was making a racial comment in “You Never Give Me Your Money”: _One sweet dream: Here come the blacks, getting to live the scene_ (instead of “Pick up the bags, get in the limousine”) ---
**Author:** ![Foldup\_Rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Foldup\_Rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foldup_Rabbit)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/25 "2006-07-21T05:58:31Z")
From _Doo Wah Diddy_: _Amherst! Cheese mine!_ True, I was very young, but there was a time when I believe that they mined cheese. In Amherst. ---
**Author:** ![Mayo\_Speaks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mayo\_Speaks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mayo_Speaks)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/26 "2006-07-21T09:51:13Z")
Hold me closer, **Tony Danza** [/Elton John] Of course it’s “tiny dancer.” And in **Smells Like Teen Spirit** , I heard “I feel stupid and contagious” as “Eiffel’s stupid, and contagious.” I didn’t know what Kirk had against the venerable Frenchman. Also in **Smells** , I heard “A denial” as “Adonai’ll,” which I didn’t understand at all. Mayo ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/27 "2006-07-21T11:35:13Z")
In the Presidents of the United States of America’s song “Lump”, I misheard every instance of the word “lump” as “love”. This makes for a very different song. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/28 "2006-07-21T11:56:58Z")
When I heard Rage Against The Machine’s song “Renegades of Funk,” thought that they were proclaming themselves to be the Redneck Kings of Funk. I had great fun imagining some sort of hillbilly disco dancer. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/29 "2006-07-21T12:08:57Z")
> [@](#): > > Quote: > Originally Posted by WOOKINPANUB > Not a misheard lyric, but the mention of Sheryl Crow prompted me to remember that I always thought the line “. . . I’ve got my forty-five on so I can rock on” in the song “Soak up the Sun” was about to a 45 record. The spf reference went right over my apparently sun addled brain. Double duh. > Well, triple duh here, then, because I thought the same thing until this very moment. I actually posted a thread asking this very question, because I couldn’t understand this lyric. Nobody gave me a good answer. I couldn’t believe she was talking about 45 RPM records in this day and age. And it didn’t make sense that she was talking about a 0.45 caliber gun. Or her chest measurement. SPF makes a lot more sense. But are you _sure_ it’s right? Nothing else in the song suggests she’s out in the hot sun. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/30 "2006-07-21T13:08:28Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Actually, the line is, “ **No dark sarcasm** in the classroom.” > > Often misheard as “ **No Dukes of Hazzard** in the classroom.” 😃 Thank you. Because when I read what **Rysto** thought it was, I felt pretty stupid for thinking it was “dark sarcasm” for all these years. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/31 "2006-07-21T13:13:21Z")
When I first heard The Cranberries’s _Zombie_ I thought they were singing _Eeyore Head_ (even though I knew that couldn’t possibly be right). Whenever I hear the song I imagine a guy in a grey suit, only instead of a human head he has Eeyor’s head. And he’s dancing. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/32 "2006-07-21T13:31:00Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I actually posted a thread asking this very question, because I couldn’t understand this lyric. Nobody gave me a good answer. I couldn’t believe she was talking about 45 RPM records in this day and age. And it didn’t make sense that she was talking about a 0.45 caliber gun. Or her chest measurement. SPF makes a lot more sense. > > But are you _sure_ it’s right? Nothing else in the song suggests she’s out in the hot sun. Well, I guesss I can’t be %100 sure, but I’m _pretty_ sure (what, that’s not good enough for you? 🙂 ) True, she sings about her commie friend and the dude who’s love she can’afford to buy, with nary a mention of being out in the hot sun. Except, of course for the \*title \* of the song 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/33 "2006-07-21T13:34:33Z")
One of my friends said he always thought it was “No dogs or cats, now, in the classroom.” But I think he made up things a lot so maybe he was lying. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2006, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/34 "2006-07-21T14:20:24Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > When I first heard The Cranberries’s _Zombie_ I thought they were singing _Eeyore Head_ (even though I knew that couldn’t possibly be right). Whenever I hear the song I imagine a guy in a grey suit, only instead of a human head he has Eeyor’s head. And he’s dancing. David Lynch directs the videos in your head, huh? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/35 "2006-07-21T14:38:41Z")
**Keane** has a new album out and the first line of the first song, _Atlantic_ sounds like > [@](#): > > I hope all my days will be licked by your face. I assure you that one of those words is incorrect. [sub](licked = lit)[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/36 "2006-07-21T15:01:24Z")
> [@Foldup Rabbit](#): > > From _Doo Wah Diddy_: > > _Amherst! Cheese mine!_ > > True, I was very young, but there was a time when I believe that they mined cheese. In Amherst. Hee hee. You made me snort. Really. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/37 "2006-07-21T15:03:01Z")
I’m one of the world’s worst hearers of lyrics. I’m frequently lost. On The Little Mermaid’s “Part of Your World” I can’t quite make out something. It sounds like “pregnant”: > [@](#): > > What would I give if I could live > Outa these waters > What would I pay to spend a day > Warm on the sand > Betcha on land they understand > Bet they don’t reprimand their daughters. > _Pregnant_ women, sick of swimmin’ > Ready to stand What it _really_ is, though, is: > [@](#): > > What would I give if I could live > Outa these waters > What would I pay to spend a day > Warm on the sand > Betcha on land they understand > Bet they don’t reprimand their daughters. > _Bright young_ women, sick of swimmin’ > Ready to stand That’s a relief. I couldn’t figure out where those pregnant women were coming from. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/38 "2006-07-21T20:50:08Z")
> [@Foldup Rabbit](#): > > From _Doo Wah Diddy_: > > _Amherst! Cheese mine!_ > > True, I was very young, but there was a time when I believe that they mined cheese. In Amherst. That reminded me of the infamous Taco Bell Chihuahua joke. The Taco Bell Chihuahua, a Doberman and a Bulldog are in a doggie bar having a drink when a good-looking female Sheltie comes up to them and says, ‘‘Whoever can say liver and cheese in a sentence can have me.’’ So the Doberman says, ‘‘I love liver and cheese.’’ The Sheltie says, ‘‘That’s not good enough.’’ The Bulldog says, ‘‘I hate liver and cheese.’’ She says, ‘‘That’s not creative.’’ Finally, the Chihuahua says, ‘‘Liver alone., boys…cheese mine.’’ ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/39 "2006-07-21T22:04:07Z")
> [@thinksnow](#): > > **Keane** has a new album out and the first line of the first song, _Atlantic_ sounds like I assure you that one of those words is incorrect. > > [sub](licked = lit)[/sub] [hijack]How is it? A review said it “rocked more” than the previous one. I dunno, but they seemed fine as it is! ---
**Author:** ![amijane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@amijane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amijane)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/40 "2006-07-21T22:12:16Z")
The recent Atari cover gave me a :smack: moment when it became apparent that Don Henley hadn’t been singing about a ‘Poison Summer’ when I was a kid. Boys of Summer, indeed. Pft, I still sing along with my version. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380.md?page=3)