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!).
7even Year Itch: Collective Soul Greatest Hits 1994-2001 album at Amazon.com
Just took my son to a drugged up man.
Just tilt my sun towards your domain.
Your cup runneth over again.
The Story: This is just what I thought he was saying. - Submitted by: brando
Just took my son to a trip to Maine.
Just tilt the sun toward a new domain.
The Story: Ive always heard "Just took my son to a trip to Maine". I just found out after I told my 5 year old son while watching "Let's Make a Deal" where someone passed on a trip to Maine that there was a song like that. Only to find out in 2021 I've been wrong for almost 30 years. - Submitted by: Michael C Cecil
Pea's porridge hot, pea's porridge cold
Pea's porridge in the pot, nine days old
December promise you gave unto me
December whispers of treachery
The Story: Don't ask me why it would be something like this - Submitted by: The Skuz
You haven't let your light shined out
Heaven let your light shine down
The Story: Well since I first heard the song I never really 'got' what they were meaning and I was shocked that they would use such bad grammar in one of their best songs , so one day I was helping a neighbor with her English homework and this song came on , when I told her my feelings on the band's bad usage of grammar , she started laughing hysterically , and then told me the real lyrics to the song. Needless to say , it makes alot more sense now! - Submitted by: Racheal
Kevin, let your light shine down.
Heaven let your light shine down.
The Story: This song came out when I was in 7th grade and I had this enormous crush on a boy named Kevin. I really thought it was cool that there was a song with his name in it. - Submitted by: Frann
Will you come to bed and forgive me?
Will you comfort and forgive me?
The Story: Not really a story, but since this song is about a woman getting older and lookng back on things I for some reason figured she settled down and she's married and that she had had a fight with her husband and she's telling him to come back to bed...I don't know... - Submitted by: Thaddeus Gammelthorpe
Hitler, let your light shine down.
or
Stalin, let your light shine down.
Heaven, let your light shine down.
The Story: I thought he was singing about Hitler and Stalin. I guess Hitler or Stalin wouldn’t wanna have their lights shine down, either. Lol! 😂 - Submitted by: Theodore Roosevelt Roth
Kevin, let your light shine down.
Heaven, let your light shine down.
The Story: One DJ I heard actually introduced this song as 'Kevin, Let Your Light Shine Down' by 'Collective Skull'. - Submitted by: Tim
You're wearing nothing, you smashing young man.
You're wearing thin, you smashing young man.
The Story: I STILL hear this misheard lyric whenever I listen to the song. - Submitted by: Jack Daniels
Has the sweet greens grown?
Has the sweet breeze blown?
The Story: I kept thinking that having to do with the spring season coming to an end, we thought what could have been! - Submitted by: Cody Finke
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