# 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:** 23
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/441 "2023-11-18T21:45:43Z")
Wow, I didn’t know that song was around in 1968. I incorrectly assumed it was an early 70s tune. ---
**Author:** ![DaveUnknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/94ad74/32.png) [@DaveUnknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveUnknown)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2023, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/442 "2023-11-18T21:57:16Z")
When I was a child I heard Beatles’ “Lady Madonna” as “Knee Deep in Donuts” ---
**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 18, 2023, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/443 "2023-11-18T23:09:53Z")
> [@BrickBat](#): > > Wow, I didn’t know that song was around in 1968. It was released in December, 1967. But I was in error. I guess it’s because The Monkees was on TV, and I conflated it with _Pleasant Valley Sunday_. ---
**Author:** ![jerseymule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jerseymule/32/3155_2.png) [@jerseymule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerseymule)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/444 "2023-11-20T11:35:33Z")
In the song Happy by Pharrell, for years I thought the line was “Hop along” instead of “Clap along.” ---
**Author:** ![Bayarea4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Bayarea4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayarea4)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/445 "2023-11-25T01:30:32Z")
In the song “Lookin’ Out My Back Door” by Creedence Clearwater Revival, I heard: _“Look at all the happy preachers dancin’ all alone”_ (Real lyric: “Look at all the happy creatures dancin’ on the lawn”) ---
**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 27, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/446 "2023-11-27T18:48:16Z")
_ **The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia** _ Lyrics: ‘Andy Wo-Lo said hello, he said, “Hi, what’s new?” and Wo Heard: ‘Andy Waldo said hello, he said, "Hi, what’s doin’, bro?’ And: Lyric: ‘Since you’ve been gone, she’s been seein’ that Amos boy, Seth’ Heard: ‘Since you’ve been gone, she’s been seein’ that Amos boy sin" ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/447 "2023-11-30T15:16:31Z")
Hall & Oats. Rich Girl I hear You’re a rich girl, and you’ve gone too far You can rely on the old man’s money It’s a bitch, girl, but it’s gone too far That can’t be correct for 1977. Radio wouldn’t play a song with that word. The band was using rich/bitch to get around censors. Basically this is about a rich bitch girl. But they couldn’t say that in 1977. ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/448 "2023-11-30T15:40:40Z")
Maybe radio stations where you live wouldn’t have played a song with that word - but I absolutely heard in in NYC on the radio in 1977. In fact there was one part where the lyrics are You’re a rich girl (Rich girl) A rich girl Oh, you’re a rich bitch girl, yeah (Rich girl) Say money but it won’t get you too far Won’t get you too far ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/449 "2023-11-30T15:45:49Z")
I guess I didn’t mis hear it then. For years I’d snigger thinking it couldn’t be what it sounded like. Same thing with the douche in the night song. 🫣 Manfred Mann sang _that_? OMG ---
**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:** [December 2, 2023, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/450 "2023-12-02T02:10:54Z")
Elton John’s Bitch is Back came out the year before Rich Girl and that played all over all the time. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/451 "2023-12-02T02:23:59Z")
I was a few years off. I forget Radio eased off censorship in the early to mid 70’s. That changes how I hear those songs because there may be a adult word in there. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/452 "2023-12-02T02:55:58Z")
“All around the cathedral the snakes and opossums Look down as she sells her wares…” –from “Feed the Birds” in _Mary Poppins_ Turns out the last three words of the first line are “…saints and apostles.” Could’ve fooled me. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/453 "2023-12-02T03:06:23Z")
Reminds me of [this classic mondegreen](https://youtu.be/co5B08iVfl8?si=5aKS_6gsx8eV3nWx) from _Peter Pan_… ---
**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 2, 2023, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/454 "2023-12-02T03:56:02Z")
What are the actual lyrics? ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/455 "2023-12-02T04:36:06Z")
It’s this verse, the third and fourth lines. Think of the happiest things It’s the same as having wings Take the path that moonbeams make If the moon is still awake You’ll see him wink his eye You can fly! You can fly! You can fly! [https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=you+can+fly+lyrics+peter+pan](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=you+can+fly+lyrics+peter+pan) ---
**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:** [December 2, 2023, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/456 "2023-12-02T14:50:06Z")
I was listening to Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song” the other day… I don’t know what the first line is, but I can’t help but hear it as “Old pirate’s just a rabbi”. (OK, I just looked it up. It’s “Old pirates, yes they rob I”) ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/457 "2023-12-02T15:03:43Z")
In the Smiths, “How Soon is Now?”, I know that Morrissey is singing “I’m the son and heir of a shyness that is criminally vulgar” but I still sing it as my original mis-heard lyric, “I’m the sun and earth of a shyness…etc”. I always felt (as an introverted/shy person myself) there is a self-centeredness to shyness and that made more sense for me, especially since I’m not the son of anything. ---
**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 2, 2023, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/458 "2023-12-02T15:47:31Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > (OK, I just looked it up. It’s “Old pirates, yes they rob I”) Yes, in the song ‘I’ means ‘me’. Karl Zéro recorded a song called ‘Yes, I’ on his _HiFi Calypso_ album, which has covers of Calypso songs. Apparently ‘Yes, I’ is a greeting; but I’m not sure it’s not also simply ‘Yes, indeed’. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/459 "2023-12-02T16:05:31Z")
Yeah, I’ve noticed in a lot of Bob Marley (and Peter Tosh) songs they use “I” for “me”. I always just assumed it was a Jamaican thing. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/460 "2023-12-07T20:18:39Z")
I was today years old when I found out Chris Brown does not sing, “Anita can run it, run it” Even stranger, it isn’t the line “Girl, indeed, I can run it, run it” that sound like “Anita” to me, it’s the previous line “Let me see if you can run it, run it.” Even now that I know what he says, it still sounds like some chick named Anita can do the thing on the dance floor. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166.md?page=24)