Misheard lyrics (also called mondegreens) occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song. These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics, which is called parody.
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This page contains a list of the songs that have stories about their misheard lyrics submitted.
Song names are sorted by first letter, excluding A and The. This is sorted by song title only, not
by song title and performer. So if two different performers preformed the same song, you'll see
misheard lyrics for both on the same page (provided the song title was spelt the same both times, and
misheard lyrics have been submitted for both!).
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I've been through the desert on a horse with no knees
I've been through the desert on a horse with no name
The Story: The misheard lyrics were being sung at the top of his voice in a college cafeteria by a friend of mine. Needless to say, he was wishing the floor would open up and swallow him after the cafeteria erupted in laughter. - Submitted by: Eponine
In the desert you can't remember your name
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you cocaine.
In the desert you can remember your name
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain.
The Story: I was singing this song on the school bus one day and got a referral for it - Submitted by: Phil
In the desert you can't remember your name
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no fame.
In the desert you can remember your name
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain.
The Story: While watching a show on TV regarding the 'Cowboy Rock?' genre, I blurted out what that this was such an excellent example of crappy lyrics (repeating my misheard version) and was promptly corrected. Embarrassing ......? Yes. - Submitted by: Rob Stuart
You see I've been through the desert on a horse with no legs
You see I've been through the desert on a horse with no name
The Story: When my son Greg was very young, he used to run around singing this as 'horse with no legs.' Sometimes, when I want to embarras him, I remind him of this..and now I am posting it on a website for all to see! - Submitted by: Sher
But I do agree there's times
When a four-man show can be a friend of mine.
But I do agree there's times
When a woman sure can be a friend of mine.
The Story: I was listening to my car radio when this came on. In the lines above it sure seemed that I heard 'four-man show' quite clearly. But I said to myself, that isn't right, as my vague memory of this song, a song I hadn't heard previously for quite awhile, was telling me something like, 'doesn't that line say something about `a woman's love' or something like that?' But I couldn't remember the real words on my own. So I checked a lyrics site and found the real lyrics, confirming that my memory was partially right and my recent hearing, however clear it sounded, was definitely wrong, just as I supposed. - Submitted by: Ashley Michelle McGowan
I been one war correspondent
I been too too hard to find
But it doesn't mean you ain't been on my mind.
I been one poor correspondent
I been too too hard to find
But it doesn't mean you ain't been on my mind.
The Story: I figured it made sense that a war correspondent might want to be hard to find -- undercover in Cambodia or something. - Submitted by: Lorin Christensen
Naked to the border
Make it to the border.
The Story: I was traveling in the car with my husband, daughter, & her friend while the song was playing and I accidently made the mistake of singing the lyrics as you see them written in the misheard section. My daughter and her friend tease me everytime the song plays. - Submitted by: Mary Henderson
Vince, you're a highway.
Ventura Highway
The Story: The dj corrected me 'on air' after I requested he play 'Vince, You're a Highway'. - Submitted by: stephenson
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