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!).
1985 album at Amazon.com
Ce Ce, Madonna, way before Nirvona
Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, way before Nirvana
The Story: I always thought that "Ce Ce" was the name of some long forgotton singer I had never heard of who's real name was Cecelia. - Submitted by: Sugar Loaf
There was Blue's Clues and Barney
There was U2 and Blondie
The Story: Since YouTube didn't exist when the song was made, I made a homage to Blue's Clues and Barney instead, even though there was neither such thing in 1985. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
There was YouTube and Blondie
There was U2 and Blondie.
The Story: YouTube in 1985, what? - Submitted by: Bruce Grubb
Waiting for your mama
Way before Nirvana
The Story: A friend of mine in school thought that the line was 'waiting for your mama', instead of 'way before Nirvana'. He then sang that line incorrectly (and loudly). Even after at least three people corrected him, he still continued to sing it incorrectly. - Submitted by: FreeBird
And when she walks
All the windows and the angels sing
And when she walks
All the wind blows and the angels sing
The Story: mental picture.. haha.! - Submitted by: katiee
With anything 'bout us
And our kid cash true love tale
With anything 'bout us
And our kick ass true love tale
The Story: In my defense, I knew from the beginning that the lyric I heard couldn't be right, especially because the lead singer apologizes for swearing in the next line. But it took repeated listenings before I figured out what the real lyric was. I guess I'm a little dense. - Submitted by: T'Ley
And we all sympathize with your torn-apart heart
And your really autistic worldly views
And we all sympathize with your torn-apart heart
And your really artistic worldly views
The Story: I really don't know what to say about this one, except that my younger brother is mildly autistic. - Submitted by: T'Ley
You're not Christian Bale
But you're pretty kick ass as far as I can tell
You're not Kristen Bell
But you're pretty kick as as far as I can tell
The Story: Considering that Bowling for Soup occasionally makes references to homosexuality in their songs, I think I can be forgiven for making this mistake. But I'll admit, it is kind of funny. - Submitted by: T'Ley
I bet she misses the sunrise
And misses bad fruit pies
I bet she misses the sunrise
And Mrs. Baird's fruit pies
The Story: Not being from Texas, I'd never heard of Mrs. Baird's. - Submitted by: T'Ley
Painting a cotton field
Painting a continent
The Story: I just never understood the lyrics, and being the cartoon shows Phineas and Ferb painting a green field orange, the best my mind could come up with was cotton field. - Submitted by: KagomeShuko
She always knew she'd find the right guy
Who'd hold her through the night
Someone she'd take to meet her mom
And take her to see Britney Spears
Who knows that Clark Kent is not Superman
And Britney's just an a******?
She always knew she'd find the right guy
Who'd hold her through the night
Someone she'd take to meet her mom
And take her to see Britney Spears
Who knows if Clark Kent is a Superman
Or if he's just an a******?
The Story: I made the mistake of telling my teenage daughters how gutsy it was of this band to insult Britney Spears on the same album that their song 'Greatest Day', which was in Britney's movie 'Crossroads', appears. - Submitted by: Dan Stock
There are more Bowling For Soup misheard lyrics available.
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