# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/101 "2006-10-20T20:15:54Z")
[QUOTE=cochrane] Actually, the line is, “ **No dark sarcasm** in the classroom.” Often misheard as “ **No Dukes of Hazzard** in the classroom.” 😃 [/QUOTE] I always heard " **No Darkstar Chasm**", some unknown reference to a Sci-Fi/Fantasy adventure? Also, Peter Gabriel’s…uh…song with the line “Games without frontiers, war without tears” had a line in french which sounds like " **She’s so punctual**" ---
**Author:** ![Fragster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ec9cab/32.png) [@Fragster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fragster)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/102 "2006-10-20T22:43:03Z")
I was listening to Africa by Toto a little while ago with my father, and he turned to me and said something like: “What kind of songwriting is this? ‘I guess it rains down in Africa’?” Well actually, Dad, it’s “I bless the rains down in Africa”. ---
**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 21, 2006, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/103 "2006-10-21T00:47:10Z")
[QUOTE=cmosdes] I’m not talkin bout movin in And I don’t want to change your life But there’s a warm wind blowing _the stars around_ Should be: I’m not talking bout movin in And I don’t want to change your life But there’s a warm wind blowing, _the stars are out_ [/QUOTE] It wasn’t until I read this post, that I discovered it’s not “blowin the stars around”. :smack: And I thought the first line was, “I’m not talking bout _oblivion_.” > [@cochrane](#): > > Actually, the line is, “No dark sarcasm in the classroom.” > > Often misheard as “No Dukes of Hazzard in the classroom.” I thought it was: **“No rock star has 'em…”** ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2006, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/104 "2006-10-21T15:31:36Z")
As a kid I really thought Billy Joel was singing “go to hell with your own life, leave me alone”, instead of “go ahead…” on “My Life”. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2006, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/105 "2006-10-21T16:00:55Z")
[QUOTE=Enola Straight] I always heard " **No Darkstar Chasm**", some unknown reference to a Sci-Fi/Fantasy adventure? Also, Peter Gabriel’s…uh…song with the line “Games without frontiers, war without tears” had a line in french which sounds like " **She’s so punctual**" [/QUOTE] The song is “Games without Frontiers”. The line is “Jeux sans frontiers”, which is French for “Games without Frontiers”. (You may have known that, but 'twasn’t clear.) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2006, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/106 "2006-10-21T16:01:17Z")
Until I saw the title in print, I thought ELO’s “Strange Magic” was “Strain my Chick.” ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2006, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/107 "2006-10-21T21:08:33Z")
[QUOTE=jsgoddess] I like it! I wonder, just by what you’ve said, if it might be “spiders inside of me”? [/QUOTE] Apparently it’s “battles inside of me.” But the best thing about misheard lyrics is that they’re yours. “Spiders in sodomy” is definitely going into one of my works of fiction 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Weird\_With\_Words](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/weird_with_words/32/385_2.png) [@Weird\_With\_Words](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_With_Words)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2006, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/108 "2006-10-21T22:49:06Z")
I too thought Elton John was imploring Tony Danza to hold him closer. Massive Attack’s “Man Next Door” _He gets in so late at night, Always a fuss and fight, always a fuss and fight, All through the night."_ Which, for a couple years, I couldn’t help but hear as: _“He gets in so late at night, Always a **huffing farts** , Always a **huffing farts** , All throught the night.”_ I’d heard of such things being done **to** people, but I never heard of it being self inflicted… ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/109 "2006-10-22T03:11:38Z")
My mondegreens: I always heard John Fogerty saying “You don’t need a pinhead” in “Down on the Corner.” I also heard the first few lines of “Edge of Seventeen” as: Just like a wand’ring girl Sings the songs that I’ve been singin’ My sisters and I had Madonna’s _Like a Virgin_ album when it was first released, and we listened to it over and over again. Our neighbor Elisa used to sing the chorus of “Dress You Up” as “gonna dress you up in nylons.” I knew it was “gonna dress you up in my love” but never told her. 😃 Of course, for several years I heard the line: All your suits are custom-made in London as All your suits are custom-made and laundered I pictured Madonna as having a boyfriend so wealthy he could afford to hire someone just to wash his suits for him without ruining them. (I was very ignorant of the dry-cleaning process at age 13) :o Mr. Lucky still teases me for singing The Lovin’ Spoonful’s “Nashville Cats” as “Let’s Build Cats” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/110 "2006-10-22T06:55:10Z")
In " **Benny and the Jets**" I always heard Elton John sing: “She got electric boobs” ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/111 "2006-10-22T07:21:16Z")
About a year, there was a post on \*The Boxer \* by Simon and Garfunkle, where the line was thought to be “I get a come on from the horse on Seventh Avenue”. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/112 "2006-10-22T11:42:58Z")
[QUOTE=Enola Straight] In " **Benny and the Jets**" I always heard Elton John sing: “She got electric boobs” [/QUOTE] Exactly. I’m still not convinced he _doesn’t_ sing that. And I always heard the next line as “Her ma has too”. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/113 "2006-10-22T13:11:32Z")
[QUOTE=Enola Straight] Also, Peter Gabriel’s…uh…song with the line “Games without frontiers, war without tears” had a line in french which sounds like " **She’s so punctual**" [/QUOTE] I have always heard it as “She’s so POPular.” Even knowing that it’s something else in French, it still sounds like this to me. ---
**Author:** ![running\_piglet\_cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/22d042/32.png) [@running\_piglet\_cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_piglet_cheese)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/114 "2006-10-22T13:59:59Z")
While singing along with the Oakridge Boys’ **Come on In** : “Come on In, Baby take your clothes off.” Should be, “Baby take your coat off.” A bunch of these misheard lyrics were on the series Dharma and Greg. Greg was always singing the wrong words and Dharma having to correct him. They were hilarious. “I want to rock and roll all night and part of every day.” “I can see clearly now the rain must fall. I can see all popsicles in my way.” ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/115 "2006-10-22T14:39:48Z")
I’m tired and I don’t remember the group but there’s a song that goes (I think) “oh, ho, ho, it’s magic, you know. Never believe it’s not so” but I used to think he was singing “it’s my dick, you know…” I thought it was rather risque. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/116 "2006-10-22T14:57:25Z")
“Tiny Dancer” was released several years before Tony Danza became popluar- how could people make that reference back then? ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/117 "2006-10-22T15:42:47Z")
I was regulary puzzled about the nature of a T.V. programme on the screen listings for cable called "Goats on Sunday"until Ihad a closer look ,realised the mis reading and that it was actually a programme about soccer scores.My old Mum always said my eyesight would go if I didn`t stop "doing it "! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/118 "2006-10-23T01:16:35Z")
[QUOTE=Enola Straight] Also, Peter Gabriel’s…uh…song with the line “Games without frontiers, war without tears” had a line in french which sounds like " **She’s so punctual**" [/QUOTE] That’s what I thought it was until I read the lyrics. ---
**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 29, 2006, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380/119 "2006-10-29T18:27:29Z")
[QUOTE=Loopydude] Exactly. I’m still not convinced he _doesn’t_ sing that. And I always heard the next line as “Her ma has too”. [/QUOTE] When my husband was a kid, he thought the line was " She’s got electric boobs, I know her do" [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-misheard-lyrics-thread/365380.md?page=5)