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Cyndi Lauper's, "All Through the Night"
The Misheard Lyrics:
And one Swiss Swatch
The Real Lyrics:
And once we start
The Story: The misheard lyrics make sense since Swatch is a Swiss maker of watches (hence the name). - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Cyndi Lauper's, "All Through the Night"
The Misheard Lyrics:
We have no past, we won't reach back
He whipped me forward and through the night.
He whipped me forward and through the night.
The Real Lyrics:
We have no past, we won't reach back
Keep with me forward all through the night
Keep with me forward all through the night
The Story: I rediscovered this song after a wild night out with a former girlfriend. I heard it on the way home and and the imagery of 'whipping' (as in moving fast) someone forward and through the night felt like my date that night. I took her on a fun ride and dropped her off drunk & exhausted. Of course the lyrics are 'keep with me' not 'whipped'. Doesn't mean quite the same for me, I liked my imaginary ones better. - Submitted by: Rich
Cyndi Lauper's, "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"
The Misheard Lyrics:
They test the weather, they test the weather.
The Real Lyrics:
They just wanna, they just wanna.
The Story: I was singing this in the cafeteria in grade school. My sister tried to tell me what I was sing was wrong...but I did not want to listen, I just kept singing at the top of my lungs. It turns out she was right. - Submitted by: Christie Parker
Cyndi Lauper's, "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"
The Misheard Lyrics:
What'n the world can they have done?
The Real Lyrics:
When the working day is done
The Story: It seemed to fit: girls being persecuted when they just want to have fun. It took an embarrassingly long time to find out what the true lyrics were. - Submitted by: Koula Dimak
Cyndi Lauper's, "Girls Just Want To Have Fun"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Oh mama dear, we're not the four shiny worms
The Real Lyrics:
Oh mama dear, we're not the fortunate ones.
The Story: In the Miley Cyrus version of this song you can hear those words. - Submitted by: Fab don
Cyndi Lauper's, "Girls Just Want To Have Fun"
The Misheard Lyrics:
When the world can they-ey stop
The Real Lyrics:
When the working day is done
The Story: For the longest time, this is what I actually thought she was singing. No idea why. - Submitted by: Steven
Cyndi Lauper's, "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I just want to walk in her socks.
The Real Lyrics:
I wanna be the one to walk in the sun.
The Story: I could never convince my best friend that she was singing the song wrong. I could fill this website with her version of songs!! - Submitted by: Jennifer
Cyndi Lauper's, "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
The Misheard Lyrics:
They're just brothers
The Real Lyrics:
They just wanna
The Story: Brothers can't be girls, though. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Cyndi Lauper's, "He's So Unusual"
The Misheard Lyrics:
You talk of speedie, fast-food speedies
I've got one of those.
I've got one of those.
The Real Lyrics:
You talk of sweeties, bashful sweeties
I've got one of those.
I've got one of those.
The Story: I first heard this song around the same point I first heard about White Castle burgers (sliders). My brain must have decided that Cyndi called 'em speedies, and here was her tribute. I'll admit I got a little confused when the 'fast-food speedies' went to college. - Submitted by: Rick Amick
Cyndi Lauper's, "Hole In My Heart (All The Way To China)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
There's a hole in my a** that goes through to my v*****
You gotta fill it up with love before I fall inside of
This empty hole in my a** that goes through to my v*****
And though you can't see my bottom
Believe me it's a long way down.
You gotta fill it up with love before I fall inside of
This empty hole in my a** that goes through to my v*****
And though you can't see my bottom
Believe me it's a long way down.
The Real Lyrics:
This hole in my heart that goes all the way to China
You gotta fill it up with love before I fall inside of
This empty hole in my heart that goes all the way to China
And though you can't see the bottom
Believe me it's a long way down.
You gotta fill it up with love before I fall inside of
This empty hole in my heart that goes all the way to China
And though you can't see the bottom
Believe me it's a long way down.
The Story: My brother and I used to muck around with song lyrics, but we really thought Cyndi had crossed the line with this one. - Submitted by: Meg 'n' D
Cyndi Lauper's, "Money Changes Everything"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Mommy changes everything
The Real Lyrics:
Money Changes Everything
The Story: To be honest: "Give me a slang term for money". Contestant: "Bitch". Host: What's a bitch for money? Contestant: Mummy! Host: No, not mummy. MONEY! - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Cyndi Lauper's, "She Bop"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Big bop big bop a lu bop
The Real Lyrics:
Be bop be bop a lu bop
The Story: The music video that accompanies this has a book called 'The Big Bopper' on the judge's desk, which seemed to verify my version. - Submitted by: Rich Braham
Cyndi Lauper's, "She-Bop"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I don't even understand.
The Real Lyrics:
I hope he will understand.
The Story: I've been singing it this way since college, and I've never been corrected when sing out loud. Then I saw another entry in the amiright.com that had similar misheard lyrics. - Submitted by: sherock
Cyndi Lauper's, "Time After Time"
The Misheard Lyrics:
After my picture's taken
The Real Lyrics:
After my picture fades
The Story: I thought she was saying that her picture was just taken. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Cyndi Lauper's, "Time After Time"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Suitcase surrounds me.
The Real Lyrics:
Suitcase of memories
The Story: My husband was just singing along in the car one day. I laughed the entire 45 minute drive after I heard this one come out of his mouth!! - Submitted by: Jennifer
Cyndi Lauper's, "True Colors"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I see your true colors on channel 2
The Real Lyrics:
I see your true colors shining through
The Story: I wondered if Cyndi Lauper saw them on WCBS-TV! - Submitted by: Cody Finke
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