# 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:** 2
**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:** [August 6, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/21 "2015-08-06T19:44:44Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > I always thought AC/DC were doing “dirty deeds in a Dunder Jeep.” For me it was ‘Dirty Deeds and the Thundercheif’. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/22 "2015-08-06T19:47:47Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Lyric: They’ll have to make the best of things, it’s an uphill climb > Heard:They’ll have to make the best of things, it’s enough to climb Same here. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/23 "2015-08-06T19:49:40Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Lyric: The mate was a mighty sailing lad > Heard:The mate was a mighty sailing man _The mate was a mighty sailing man_ is correct. 😕 ---
**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:** [August 6, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/24 "2015-08-06T19:57:14Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > _The mate was a mighty sailing man_ is correct. 😕 The lyrics site I looked at said “lad” so I just figured I’d add that to the other lines I got wrong. “Mighty sailing man” doesn’t exactly describe Gilligan, but then “mighty” doesn’t really go with “lad”, so who knows. ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/25 "2015-08-06T20:05:28Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > The lyrics site I looked at said “lad” so I just figured I’d add that to the other lines I got wrong. “Mighty sailing man” doesn’t exactly describe Gilligan, but then “mighty” doesn’t really go with “lad”, so who knows. You can’t always trust those sites. I came across one once that claimed the lyrics to the _F Troop_ theme were: _His medal of honor thrilled and pleased his proud little fam’ly group. While pinning it on, some blood was shed, and so it was planned he’d command F Troop._ That ruins the rhyme scheme. Of course, it should be: _His medal of honor pleased and thrilled his proud little fam’ly group. While pinning it on, some blood was spilled, and so it was planned he’d command F Troop._ ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/26 "2015-08-06T20:09:19Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > For me it was ‘Dirty Deeds and the Thundercheif’. Me too… I always wondered just what in the world they were talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/27 "2015-08-06T20:18:16Z")
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_. ---
**Author:** ![dada2fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@dada2fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dada2fish)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/28 "2015-08-06T20:39:48Z")
The song Running With The Devil by Van Halen? I thought it was a song about a lonely soldier singing about the loneliness and pain of war or maybe one of the guys on the old TV show MASH. “I got no love … no love in Korea. Ain’t got nobody waiting at home!” Also, the song Kodachrome by Paul Simon has the lyrics: “Momma’s gonna take my Kodachrome away.” But to me it says: “Momma’s gonna take my combs and throw 'em all away.” ---
**Author:** ![dzeiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dzeiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzeiger)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/29 "2015-08-06T20:45:26Z")
**Eve 6, "Inside Out"** Lyric: _Want to put my tender Heart in a blender_ Heard: _Want to put my tenders Hard in a blender_ At a metaphorical level those amount to the same thing, I guess, but my version was a lot more painful. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/30 "2015-08-06T20:54:20Z")
Elton John, “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting”: Lyric: Don’t give us none of your aggravation, we’ve had it with your discipline Heard: …we’ve had it with your Death Star plans. Also heard: …we’ve had it with you, just start playin’. England Dan and John Ford Coley, “I’d Really Love To See You Tonight”: Lyric: But there’s a warm wind blowin’, the stars are out… Heard: But there’s a warm wind blowin’ the stars around… Frankly, I like my version of the latter better than the real one 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/31 "2015-08-06T21:12:24Z")
In _Come a Little Bit Closer_… not the [Jay & the Americans](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocnsDYgergM) version, but in the cover by [Johnny Duncan & Janie Frickie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btcIAb2Rpxg)… I heard the line “Man, you know you’re in trouble plenty” as “Man, you know you’re in trouble, Blimpie.” I still do. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/32 "2015-08-06T21:14:58Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > "_They call me Mellow Yellow…(quite right, Slick)_ (Donovan) I just had to look this up because what you heard was exactly what I’ve heard forever. I didn’t believe when I read the lyric was “quite rightly” so I had to listen for myself. The guy had a horrible pronunciation of “rightly”. What should be either rye-tlee or rite-lee he has some weird way of pronouncing as rite-tslee. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/33 "2015-08-06T21:22:25Z")
Elton John, again. I’ve said this before in like threads, but I prefer my mis-hearing better than the original lyrics. From **Someone Saved My Life Tonight** : Original version: “Someone saved my life tonight. Sugar Bear.” My version: “Someone saved my life tonight. Should’ve they?” I think mine sounds better, with more pathos. EJ’s version gives me a vision of him being given mouth-to-mouth by [this guy](http://www.postfoods.com/images/brands/golden-crisp/1970_sugarbear.png). ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/34 "2015-08-06T22:13:33Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > England Dan and John Ford Coley, “I’d Really Love To See You Tonight”: > > Lyric: But there’s a warm wind blowin’, the stars are out… > Heard: But there’s a warm wind blowin’ the stars around… > > Frankly, I like my version of the latter better than the real one 🙂 Love that song, and exactly what I hear too. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/35 "2015-08-06T22:15:05Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > I just had to look this up because what you heard was exactly what I’ve heard forever. > I didn’t believe when I read the lyric was “quite rightly” so I had to listen for myself. The guy had a horrible pronunciation of “rightly”. > What should be either rye-tlee or rite-lee he has some weird way of pronouncing as rite-tslee. Thank you, I feel a little less crazy. 😃 ---
**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:** [August 6, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/36 "2015-08-06T22:21:08Z")
From Abba’s **Treat Him Well** Actual: Treat him well, he is your brother. Heard: Sleeping Willie is your brother. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/37 "2015-08-06T22:28:27Z")
Rush “Limelight.” Actual “Living in a fish-eye lens…” Heard “Living in the fish islands…” I had another one on the tip of my tongue and can’t think of it now. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2015, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/38 "2015-08-06T22:47:39Z")
CSN, Southern Cross Line: We got 80 feet of the waterline, nicely making way. Heard: Nice Jamaican waves. Which would work, if it wasn’t the wrong ocean. ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/39 "2015-08-06T22:54:12Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Elton John, again. I’ve said this before in like threads, but I prefer my mis-hearing better than the original lyrics. From **Someone Saved My Life Tonight** : > > Original version: “Someone saved my life tonight. Sugar Bear.” > My version: “Someone saved my life tonight. Should’ve they?” > > I think mine sounds better, with more pathos. EJ’s version gives me a vision of him being given mouth-to-mouth by [this guy](http://www.postfoods.com/images/brands/golden-crisp/1970_sugarbear.png). I had to LOL at this. I heard “Sugar Bear” and was POSITIVE that I was mis-hearing the lyrics. My husband knows just about anything about pop music that I don’t, and I was afraid to ask what the lyrics were SUPPOSED to be. You see, we were riding in the car recently, with our fancy new satellite radio that shows the artist & song title, when “No Tell Lover” by Chicago came up. I’d always heard “You’re my molten lava,” which I was sure was wrong, so I asked hubby what they were really saying. And then I glanced at the sat display to see who sang it. And the big light bulb lit up over my head. :o ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/40 "2015-08-06T23:06:36Z")
Another newer song, Uptown Funk. What I HEARD is very, very racist, and I did a literal double take. Thought I was hearing those racist lyrics for quite some time and then it dawned on me what they were REALLY saying, and boy did I feel stupid. Just very glad no one heard me singing along… What the REAL lyrics are: Fill my cup, put some liquor in it. What I THOUGHT they were saying: Fill my cup, put some “N-word” in it. I mean… it doesn’t even make sense, but… that’s what I heard. I kept wondering how it was getting played on the radio… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166.md?page=3)