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!).
Age to Age album at Amazon.com
Start for a minute
Stop for a minute
The Story: I thought it had to begin, not end. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Hey motherf***er
Hey farmer farmer
The Story: How in the world would she sing bad language? She's the "Queen of Christian Pop", so why would she even do something like this? That's not right. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Every heartbeat the monster you!
Every heartbeat belongs to you.
The Story: I thought it was about someone being crazy in love and being on an escapade. - Submitted by: Ryan
And I'll bet ya
When your out of money
You'll be coming back to me.
And I'll bet ya
Any 'mount of money
You'll be coming back to me.
The Story: When I was sitting in the car with my mom(she's an Amy Grant fan), I heard (or thought i heard) the lyrics above. I joked to my mom that this song must be about when Amy Grant divorced whats-his-face. She had no idea what I was talking about, so I told her what I thought the lyrics said. Then she cracked up and told me what the real lyrics were - Submitted by: Tower7
I need a silent night, a holy night,
To hear an angel voice through the kiosk and the noise.
I need a silent night, a holy night,
To hear an angel voice through the chaos and the noise.
The Story: I listened to this several times on a Christmas disk, thinking she was saying "through the kiosk and the noise", and thinking the kiosk reference to be a peculiar and baffling one. Eventually, though, I realized that she might be saying "chaos" instead of "kiosk". That seemed more likely to fit the line. I went to a lyrics site to make sure I'd finally heard it right as "chaos", and I had. - Submitted by: Fiona Montrose
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