# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/41 "2015-08-06T23:17:07Z")
“A kiss from a rose on the grave.” Not _gray,_ dammit; I know what I heard, and it’s what the lyric should be. ---
**Author:** ![NuclearBombPop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@NuclearBombPop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NuclearBombPop)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/42 "2015-08-06T23:54:55Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > For me it was ‘Dirty Deeds and the Thundercheif’. Same here! I figured “Thunderchief” sounded vaguely like some Native American name. ---
**Author:** ![NuclearBombPop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@NuclearBombPop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NuclearBombPop)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/43 "2015-08-07T00:05:59Z")
Robert Palmer, “Addicted to Love” Real lyric: “Might as well face it, you’re addicted to love” What I heard: “Why the square faces? You’re addicted to love” ---
**Author:** ![NuclearBombPop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@NuclearBombPop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NuclearBombPop)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/44 "2015-08-07T00:09:45Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > For example, I misheard the line in _Games Without Frontiers_ as ‘She’s so _pop_-ular!’ > > ’ You mean that\* isn’t\* how it goes? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/45 "2015-08-07T00:27:37Z")
Boston: **Peace Of Mind** Lyric: \*All I want is to have my peace of mind \* Heard: _All I want is to have a piece of pie_ ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/46 "2015-08-07T01:51:19Z")
Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone - Temptations They sang: “And when he died, all he left us was alone.” I heard: “And when he died, all he left us was his loan.” ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/47 "2015-08-07T02:04:04Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > 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. I am glad to know that I am not the only person who heard that. My contribution, Blur Song 2 Actual: I got my head checked by a jumbo jet. Heard: I got my head shaved, my lips are Moche. ---
**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 7, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/48 "2015-08-07T02:05:05Z")
> [@NuclearBombPop](#): > > You mean that\* isn’t\* how it goes? 😕 It’s ‘Jeux sans frontieres’. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/49 "2015-08-07T04:24:50Z")
I’ve always heard “wrapped up like a douche.” What is it really, “revved up like a deuce”? Not clear. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/50 "2015-08-07T05:04:10Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > I’ve always heard “wrapped up like a douche.” What is it really, “revved up like a deuce”? Not clear. Well, the lyrics as read are _revved up like a deuce_, but singers have been know to mis-say lyrics before. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/51 "2015-08-07T13:35:05Z")
The Clash, “Rock the Casbah.” I heard “Doctor Jazz Bo.” ---
**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 7, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/52 "2015-08-07T13:49:49Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > Michael Jackson’s"Wanna Be Startin’ Something": > > Real: Mammase mammasa ma makousa > Me: Imma sing on the side of a mountaintop Your way is considerably better. [QUOTE=campp] oston] Boston: Peace Of Mind Lyric: All I want is to have my peace of mind Heard: All I want is to have a piece of pie [/QUOTE] Ditto [QUOTE=The Other Waldo Pepper] “A kiss from a rose on the grave.” Not gray, dammit; I know what I heard, and it’s what the lyric should be. [/QUOTE] I know! Makes much more sense [QUOTE=Leaffan] Rush “Limelight.” Actual “Living in a fish-eye lens…” Heard “Living in the fish islands…” [/QUOTE] Who \*didn’t \*think this [QUOTE=outlierrn] CSN, Southern Cross Line: We got 80 feet of the waterline, nicely making way. Heard: Nice Jamaican waves. [/QUOTE] I thought it was “nicely making waves”. Not only that line; I’ve loved this song since the first time I heard it but only looked up the lyrics for the first time a few year ago. It cleared up quite a few things, such as " . . .and the downhill run to Papeete" I had never heard Papeete pronounced so I spent many years trying to decide if it was “Coppperhead Bay” or Pappahay Bay" “In a noisy bar in Avalon I tried to call you” I heard this lyric correctly and \*incorrectly \*thought he was talking about the town on Catalina Island. At that time there was only one big bar in Avalon, and to this day I picture - not Stephen Stills, mind you, but David Crosby because his was the face I was most familiar with - the singer dressed in his sailing gear, standing at the pay phone of that bar. “. . .You will survive being bested” I thought he was singing “vested”, a term which I had a vague idea had something to do with tenure or job security. Or something. And the line in the chorus " (I’ve been around the world) I have been around the world (Lookin’) Lookin’ for that woman girl" I always heard it correctly but convinced myself it was “looking for that one girl” because “woman girl” is just stupid. My sincerest apologies to Mr. Stills. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/53 "2015-08-07T13:59:24Z")
Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall”: Lyric: “No dark sarcasm in the classroom” I heard: “No dogs of hazard in the classroom” ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/54 "2015-08-07T14:07:18Z")
Probably a common one: Heard: the sky’s in love with you Actual: this guy’s in love with you Herb Alpert, '68 ---
**Author:** ![Didactylos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@Didactylos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didactylos)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/55 "2015-08-07T14:42:08Z")
The Who - Baba O’Riley Lyric: “Teenage wasteland” I heard: “Teenage whistling” ---
**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 8, 2015, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/56 "2015-08-08T00:33:48Z")
> [@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 🙂 I always heard it your way, too. ---
**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 8, 2015, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/57 "2015-08-08T01:57:53Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > I always heard it your way, too. Me too. And in the same song: Lyric: I’m not talking about movin’ in Misheard: I’m not talkin’ 'bout Meridian. ---
**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 8, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/58 "2015-08-08T03:14:43Z")
Or… Lyric: I’m not talking about movin’ in Misheard: I’m not talkin’ 'bout the linen. ---
**Author:** ![funky\_little\_lee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@funky\_little\_lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funky_little_lee)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/59 "2015-08-08T03:41:07Z")
Year of the Cat (Al Stewart) The first verse said: “On a morning from a Bogart movie, In a country where they turn back time, You go strolling through the crowd like Pete Telari Contemplating a crime…” I never gave Pete Telari much thought, just figured it was some guy from movies or novels that I’d never heard of. I was in my forties when someone kindly informed me about who _Peter Lorre_ was. Too Much Heaven (Bee Gees) The real lyrics: “When you are to me, the light above Made for all to see our precious love” What I heard: “What you are to me, a mynah bird, Let the roaches sing our precious love” ---
**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:** [August 8, 2015, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166/60 "2015-08-08T04:15:05Z")
In **Superdude** ’s Obligatory Counting Crows reference, from their song “Rain King,” the actual lyric is: “I belong…in the service of the queen.” My ears heard: “I belong…in the cervix of the queen.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166.md?page=4)