# YOUR misheard lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [August 6, 2015, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166 "2015-08-06T16:34:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/241 "2016-08-26T17:58:05Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > I used to hear that song a lot on the radio when I was a teenager, and I didn’t know the real title of it for a long time. I thought it was “Poisoned Summer”. Which made the lyric “my love for you will still be strong / after the poisoned summer has gone.” in I Write Sins Not Tragedies by Panic! at the Disco, “A sense of poise and rationality” sounds like “a sense of poison rationality”. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/242 "2016-08-26T18:20:52Z")
Nice to know I’m been hearing the same wrong things as others all these years… One I didn’t see mentioned was Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal” Correct Lyrics: “Annie are you OK, are you OK Annie?” What I hear: Eddie are you walkin’, are you walking Eddie? Even knowing what the correct lines are, I still hear eddie walking. But of course, the most misheard lines are in “O Fortuna”. Everybody thinks its’ in Latin, but… [O Fortuna Misheard Lyrics - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIwrgAnx6Q8) ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Krupe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Leo\_Krupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Krupe)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/243 "2016-08-26T19:36:44Z")
“Im a Believer” Correct lyric: Disappointment haunted all my dreams I heard: Disappointment hot air on my dreams ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_Fairway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Mrs\_Fairway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_Fairway)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/244 "2016-08-30T17:17:53Z")
> [@OffByOne](#): > > Yeah. I was a kid when everyone on every variety show sang this song. I thought it was Janet Blair. I thought it was _German_ bread but with a British accent. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/245 "2016-08-31T00:24:10Z")
Aerosmith’s Dream On. This was one where I would have bet a very large amount of money on the 1st line of the chorus being the former: _Sing woman, sing for the years Sing for the laughter, sing for the tears_ During my vacation, I both heard it somewhere and saw it mentioned here in another thread. Googling the lyrics for the hell of it, I was shocked to the core to find out that it’s apparently: _Sing with me, sing for the years_ I mean, this is a song that I’ve heard on classic rock radio for _decades_. Seemed to make perfect sense to me, he’s urging his love on to sing her soul out. Now it just seems like just another trite, redundant, and lazy lyric. And now it shows up in the lyric game thread… ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/246 "2016-08-31T00:59:01Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Aerosmith’s Dream On. This was one where I would have bet a very large amount of money on the 1st line of the chorus being the former: > > _Sing woman, sing for the years > Sing for the laughter, sing for the tears_ I always heard: _Sing with me, sing for my Yiya Sing for my (indistinguishable) and sing for my Tia_ I figured he was singing about family members, including his Spanish Aunt (as a kid in California, I was used to hearing about people’s tias mans tios). I wasn’t sure what an “yiya” was, but assumed it was another family term. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/247 "2016-08-31T01:10:54Z")
Snow’s Informer: Sang: “… use it once to call my lover” Heard “…now they call me Lamar” Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/248 "2016-08-31T01:39:24Z")
From the Beatle’s “The Long and Winding Road”. Lyrics: _You left me standing here, a long time ago…_ What I heard: _You let me spank you, so long time ago…_ ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/249 "2016-08-31T01:41:06Z")
She got electric boobs, an old hair suit, ya know I read it in a magazine… ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/250 "2016-08-31T01:44:14Z")
The smell of fat chicks just put my spine out of place… ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/251 "2016-08-31T03:49:48Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > For the holiday season, I always heard: > > _Later on, we’ll perspire > As we dream by the fire_ My mother always heard that, too. ---
**Author:** ![Sangahyando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/252 "2016-08-31T07:22:48Z")
A line in the Irish song “Kelly The Boy from Killan”, about the 1798 uprising against British rule – the words go: _But the gold sun of freedom grew darkened at Ross, And it set by the Slaney’s red waves…”_ When I first heard that song – performed by the Dubliners – I had trouble making sense of the second line, as above: did not know then, that “Slaney” is the name of a river in the relevant part of Ireland. All I could make of the line was, “And upset by the slaveys that wait.” I knew it couldn’t actually be that, but had no idea what the correct wording might be. From my version, I spun just for the heck of it, a fantasy historical episode. “Slavey” in Britain long ago, connoted the lowest and most wretched type of maidservant. I imagined a scenario similar to that of the Apprentice Boys of Londonderry: the Scullery Maids of Ross, who for some reason espoused the British / Protestant cause, and awaited their best opportunity and then struck with devastating force… ---
**Author:** ![Newtosite](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/newtosite/32/8623_2.png) [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/253 "2016-08-31T09:53:31Z")
I was three when I heard the theme song to the old Art Linkletter show, _People are Funny_. Lyrics: Whooo…people are funny… I heard: Whoopie the bunny… ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/254 "2016-12-03T17:09:51Z")
Another one I am sure about, and the rest of the world is wrong: Surfin’ Bird: _B-bird’s the word a-well-a bird bird_ I am certain it actually is: _B-bird is a weirdo_ ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/255 "2016-12-03T18:33:52Z")
I’ll send an S.O.S. to the world I’ll send an S.O.S. to the world I hope that someone gets my I hope that someone gets my I hope that someone gets my message in a butthole yeah Message in a butthole yeah Oh message in a butthole yeah Message in a butthole yeah Walked out this morning I don’t believe what I saw A hundred billion buttholes washed up on the shore Seems I’m not alone in being alone A hundred billion castaways looking for a home ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/256 "2016-12-06T16:03:37Z")
> [@Cartoonacy](#): > > The first couple of times I heard Yes sing _Owner of a Lonely Heart_, I was sure that I was hearing _Shooting at a Lonely Horse_. “Odor of baloney fart.” ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/257 "2016-12-06T18:34:16Z")
You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille. With four hundred children and a crop in the field. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/258 "2016-12-06T22:29:36Z")
> [@Personal](#): > > You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille. > With four hundred children and a crop in the field. Me too. Though I can’t remember if I actually misheard it, or if I intentionally ‘misheard’ it. (When I think of the song nowadays, I like to imagine _With four hundred children and an old Glockenspiel_. 😛 ) ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/259 "2016-12-06T22:56:49Z")
For quite some time, i heard the following line From Blink-182’s “I Miss You”: _The webs from all the spiders_ as \*And what’s with all the spiders? \* :smack: ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/260 "2016-12-07T01:18:31Z")
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