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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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Bob Seger's, "Betty Lou"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Bad news, get down tonight.
The Real Lyrics:
Betty Lou's getting down tonight.
The Story: I was taping a dance recital, and these cute little girls were busting moves to this song. I thought it a paradox to have such happy children dancing to an obviously apocalyptic tune, with the words 'get down' meaning 'be sad.' Then I looked at the program and saw the title. - Submitted by: Katgrrl
Bob Seger's, "Feel Like a Number"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Like a tiny baby grasping a great big wheel
The Real Lyrics:
Like a tiny blade of grass in a great big field
The Story: I thought the lyric had deep meaning regarding gaining conciousness of reality beyond our selves, but he just felt insignificant. - Submitted by: E b foster
Bob Seger's, "Fire Lake"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Goin' to bowl the night away.
The Real Lyrics:
Who wants to go to Fire Lake?
The Story: I heard these lyrics on the version of the song off the "Nine Tonight" live album. It confused me, why would anyone write a song about an all-night bowling party? My lyrics may seem sort of funny, but if you listen to that version, with the audience murmuring and the backup singers slurring, it does sound like 'bowl the night away,' I assure you. - Submitted by: Cat
Bob Seger's, "Fire Lake"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Joe's run off to Prior Lake.
The Real Lyrics:
Joe's run off to Fire Lake.
The Story: My friends think the song is about Prior Lake, MN. - Submitted by: Kacie Victorian
Bob Seger's, "Fire Lake"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Who wants to go find Elaine
The Real Lyrics:
Who wants to go to Fire Lake
The Story: My future wife says this sounds better. Send out a search party for Elaine damm it! - Submitted by: Susan
Bob Seger's, "Fire Lake"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Who wants to go to buy a lake?
The Real Lyrics:
Who wants to go to Fire Lake?
The Story: My best friend and I were driving down the road when we were in High School listening to this song, when he said to me 'I really love this song, but the words are stupid, 'Who want to go to buy a lake''. I told him what they were really singing. Glad I caught him before he mentioned it to his girlfriend! - Submitted by: Homer Simpson
Bob Seger's, "Horizontal Bop"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody wants to do the holes on the bottom.
The Real Lyrics:
Everybody wants to do the horizontal bop.
The Story: I knew the song I wanted was on "Against the Wind". I am standing in the store reading the album selections, frantically searching for that 'Holes on the Bottom' song I liked. It was not until I purchased it and had listened to it several times that I could admit to myself that I was wrong. Now it is just a funny story I share with my kids. - Submitted by: Ibldgrn
Bob Seger's, "Horizontal Bop"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody wants to do the horizontal bar.
The Real Lyrics:
Everybody wants to do the Horizontal Bop.
The Story: How naive I was. Good thing, too, because I was only a kid when this song came out and had no business knowing what the 'horizontal bop' really meant. I did wonder why someone would sing about a horizontal bar. I thought maybe he was talking about doing the limbo or something like that. - Submitted by: Karen S.
Bob Seger's, "Horizontal Bop"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody wants to do the whores on the bottle.
The Real Lyrics:
Everybody wants to do the Horizontal Bop.
The Story: The phrase “on the bottle” means one has been drinking or is drunk. - Submitted by: Bud Langley
Bob Seger's, "Katmandu"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I'm gonna catch them Dukes
The Real Lyrics:
I'm goin' to Katmandu
The Story: I remember the Dukes of Hazzard being big around the time I first heard this song. As a child, I thought the song was about Boss Hogg (or someone) in jail, or stuck somewhere or something, and when he got out, by gum, he was gonna catch them Dukes, them Dukes... - Submitted by: Doughnuts
Bob Seger's, "Like a Rock"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Like a ride
The Real Lyrics:
Like a rock
The Story: I first heard this song on a Chevy truck commercial, when I was about 5, and to me, the misheard lyrics made sense, because I thought he was singing about riding in the truck. - Submitted by: David Jones
Bob Seger's, "Night Moves"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I love to talk, could use a few friends.
The Real Lyrics:
I was a little too tall, could've used a few pounds.
The Story: The error lay uncorrected in my memory for about twenty years. If the Internet had not arrived, I might have carried it unto the Karaoke Eternal. - Submitted by: Scott Lahti
Bob Seger's, "Night Moves"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Workin' on some nice boobs
The Real Lyrics:
Workin' on the night moves
The Story: Actually it was my Uncle Roland who misheard this one. Sitting in the dining room playing cards with his girlfriend and my parents. He belted out this classic. - Submitted by: Brittany
Bob Seger's, "Night Moves"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Working on the white room
The Real Lyrics:
Working on the night moves
The Story: I swore it could have been about Eric Clapton’s influence. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Bob Seger's, "Old Time Rock & Roll"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Call me erratic, call me what you will
The Real Lyrics:
Call me a relic, call me what you will
The Story: I can’t hear what he’s saying here so I don’t know why calling illogical for their taste in music seems a little harsh - Submitted by: Dayna
Bob Seger's, "Old Time Rock And Roll"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Say I'm a bastard, say I'm over the hill.
The Real Lyrics:
Say I'm old-fashioned, say I'm over the hill.
The Story: I was 8 when this song came out. I was riding around in the car with my dad when this song came on the radio. I was singing along to what I thought were the lyrics. When we got back home, I learned the hard way what soap tasted like. - Submitted by: Dan Fletcher
Bob Seger's, "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Ain't afraid to look ya girl hey in the eye
The Real Lyrics:
Ain't afraid to look it girl, hear me out.
The Story: I think my misheard is better. - Submitted by: Ric
Bob Seger's, "Shakedown"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Let down your bra, honey.
The Real Lyrics:
Let down your guard, honey.
The Story: I honestly thought it was "let down your bra" when I was little. I was a perverted child. - Submitted by: Andrew
Bob Seger's, "Sunspot Baby"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I looked in my hand, I looked in the grill
The Real Lyrics:
I looked in Miami, I looked in Nagril
The Story: - Submitted by: Mark Ewing
Bob Seger's, "We Were Making Thunderbirds"
The Misheard Lyrics:
We were makin' fun o' her, we were making fun o' her
The Real Lyrics:
We were making Thunderbirds, We were making Thunderbirds
The Story: My husband and I had camped out for 3rd row seats to Bob Seger/ March '83 Chattanooga Roundhouse. During the concert I was standing and joining in singing at the top of my lungs, "We were makin' fun o' her! We were making fun o' her!" on the chorus. My husband said, What are you saying? It's We were making Thunderbirds!. I hope Bob Seger didn't hear me...... - Submitted by: lynnduble
Bob Seger's, "You'll Accomp'ny Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Sunday Lady you're to comp'ny me.
The Real Lyrics:
Someday lady you'll accomp'ny me.
The Story: At the time the song was popular and I heard it on the Top 30 Countdown, not only did I think Bob was saying "Sunday Lady you're to comp'ny me," I also couldn't understand what the DJ was saying, so I couldn't quite make out the title. - Submitted by: Isac
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