# 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:** 18
**Author:** ![pmwgreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@pmwgreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pmwgreen)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/341 "2019-11-08T21:14:00Z")
Just discovered the song from Caddyshack isn’t called “Amber Light,” it’s called “I’m Alright”. It still sounds like “Amber Light” to me, and considering it’s playing while the hero rides his bike non-stop through lights, I think I get a pass. Amber Light Nobody worry 'bout me something mumble-mumble something bike? Can’t you just let me be? They don’t write them like that anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/342 "2019-11-09T01:00:18Z")
Reminded because I just heard the song. I thought Olivia Newton-John was saying, “Please mister, please-- don’t blame me at 17. . .” saying she was too young to take responsibility for the broken romance, when she was just being a jukebox referee and asking some stranger not to play a certain song. Once I learned she says, “. . .don’t play B-17” I wonder what B-17 was. Theme from A Summer Place or maybe Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head. I have thought about this too much. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/343 "2019-11-09T16:51:34Z")
> [@pmwgreen](#): > > They don’t write them like that anymore. Reminding me of the Greg Kihn song _The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write 'Em)_, (remember? “uh uh uh, uh-uh, uh-uh, uh”) which I always used to mishear the main lyric as _Hey don’t ride my daddy no more_. An _intentional_ mondergreen from when I was a kid: I hope ya go blind I _hope_ ya go blind Yeah I wish you the wooorrrrrst… - Elton John ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/344 "2019-11-09T19:30:43Z")
> [@BrickBat](#): > > I always thought it was “Hitchin’ a ride”. A quick review shows me that it was just Tommy James, post Shondells, so I’m nitpicking myself. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/345 "2019-11-10T03:37:17Z")
:eek: Hitchens a ride :eek: In mentioning The Who (from “5:15”) : _Magically “born” on a quiet street corner_ (when it should be _“bored”_) I came across the [amiright website](http://www.amiright.com/misheard/artist/who.shtml) which is so bloody damn comprehensive that it made me wonder if every single personal mondegreen in this thread could be found there. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/346 "2019-11-10T06:39:17Z")
There’s a line in “Sad Songs (Say So Much)” by Elton John where he sings, " why don’t you tune in and turn them on" that my brain, to this day, still thinks he says “why don’t you chew? That’ll turn them on.” ---
**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:** [November 10, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/347 "2019-11-10T14:57:53Z")
Speaking of Elton John, I already mentioned a misheard lyric from _Funeral For A Friend_ back on the first page. Here’s another from the same song: Lyric: ‘The roses in the window box have tilted to one side’ Heard: ‘The cold November wind don’t rock [can’t remember the rest]’ ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/348 "2019-11-18T13:47:30Z")
> [@pmwgreen](#): > > Just discovered the song from Caddyshack isn’t called “Amber Light,” it’s called “I’m Alright”. It still sounds like “Amber Light” to me, and considering it’s playing while the hero rides his bike non-stop through lights, I think I get a pass. > > Amber Light > Nobody worry 'bout me > something mumble-mumble something bike? > Can’t you just let me be? > > They don’t write them like that anymore. In your defense, Kenny Loggins is always difficult to understand. In that particular song, he pronounces “I’m” as “Am”. Took me forever to figure out what he was saying. If not for the song title appearing recently on my car stereo, I would still think that Pete Townshend’s “Let My Love Open The Door” is “Delilah Open The Door”. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/349 "2019-11-18T18:08:31Z")
Speaking of artists who are always a little hard to understand, I always heard the first lines of Joe Cocker’s rendition of “A Little Help From My Friends” (the version used in the opening titles for _The Wonder Years_) as “Watch what you do with that same attitude.” It was only later when I heard The Beatles’ version that I realized it was actually “What would you do if I sang out of tune?” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/350 "2019-11-18T21:27:48Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > Speaking of artists who are always a little hard to understand, I always heard the first lines of Joe Cocker’s rendition of “A Little Help From My Friends” (the version used in the opening titles for _The Wonder Years_) as “Watch what you do with that same attitude.” It was only later when I heard The Beatles’ version that I realized it was actually “What would you do if I sang out of tune?” Also Van Morrison: “You mah brown-eyed girl” could be heard “Yuma brown. . .” ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/351 "2019-11-18T21:34:41Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > Speaking of artists who are always a little hard to understand, I always heard the first lines of Joe Cocker’s rendition of “A Little Help From My Friends” (the version used in the opening titles for _The Wonder Years_) as “Watch what you do with that same attitude.” It was only later when I heard The Beatles’ version that I realized it was actually “What would you do if I sang out of tune?” My daughter singing along to the opening of The Wonder Years: “Watch what you do with that stank attitude, Don’t you stand up and walk out on me!” ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/352 "2019-11-18T23:02:37Z")
Tom Petty: _One foot in the grave And one foot on the pedal I was Barney Rubble_ ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/353 "2019-11-19T15:40:20Z")
_Purty little Love song, Purty little Love song Purty Little loo-ooove song, Can’t be wrong_ ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/354 "2019-11-25T21:30:37Z")
I remembered another one: In the song “Jeremy” by Pearl Jam, the real line is of course “Jeremy spoke in class today.” I used to always hear it as “Jeremy smote them yesterday.” Like Jeremy finally got tired of being bullied and unleashed his god-like wrath upon the school, which totally makes sense in the context of the song. ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2019, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/355 "2019-11-27T17:02:55Z")
That Linda Ronstadt song from the 70s ‘Poor Poor Pitiful Me’ I always thought the chorus/tag line part of the song was “…Ohhh lord, simple me. Oh lord simple me” and on sinful me, which I later found out to be. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/356 "2019-12-14T01:37:19Z")
When I was a kid I sometimes sang that ARS song “Imagine hairy lovers, Mr. Kane’s\* a clown…” \*old schoolteacher. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/357 "2019-12-16T14:43:48Z")
Footloose, kick off the Sunday shoes Please, Louise, pull me off of my knees Jack, get back, come on the four wheel track Lose your blues, everybody cut footloose. I always thought “come on the four wheel track” was some sort of people dancing like train’s reference. Well, it made sense to me. I still sing it that way because I don’t like drug references. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/358 "2019-12-16T21:36:31Z")
_We are the champions We are the champions Youse guys are losers 'Cause we are the champions Of the world_ ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/359 "2019-12-16T23:06:15Z")
Revved up like a deuce another runner in the night Wrapped up like cadeuceus not a runnell in the nigh ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/360 "2020-01-03T01:18:13Z")
This is kind of a stupid one, but in the fade-out ending of the Beatles’ _Old Brown Shoe_ John repeats “Look out, look out girl…” For some reason this kid heard it as “Look out, good luck, girl…” Which is incredibly stupid in that I couldn’t tell he was simply repeating “look out”, (and not bothering to question why he’d wish her “good luck”.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166.md?page=19)