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!).
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It's snowin' at your door. It's always open
It's knowin' that your door is always open
The Story: First heard the song and thought the misheard lyrics were the right ones. After a few more hearings, was torn between those and the correct ones. Eventually decided the latter were more likely. Then I think I saw the music in a book at some point, and that clinched it. - Submitted by: Robert Jones
I'm a nine-stone cowboy.
Like a rhinstone cowboy.
The Story: I used to work with this guy. When we heard him singing this song, we just fell about laughing are heads off. When we corrected him, he just felt like a complete pr***. But we seen the funny side to it. When anyone of us see him to this day, we call him 'Nine- Stone'. - Submitted by: neil fong
Like a Rhinestone Cowboy
Getting cards and letters from people I don't even know
And Arthur's coming over the phone.
Like a Rhinestone Cowboy
Getting cards and letters from people I don't even know
And offers coming over the phone.
The Story: When I was 8 this song came out and it was really huge! I have an older brother named Arthur, I liked the song but couldn't understand how Arthur could come through the phone? As I got older, the misheard lyrics became even funnier! - Submitted by: Stormin Norman
Like a rhinestone cowboy
Riding through the trails on a one horse rodeo.
Like a rhinestone cowboy
Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo.
The Story: I was thinking it was about a lonesome cowboy or referring to the urban cowboy that came out decked out in those christmas lights. - Submitted by: Misyt
I am the limon (pronounced 'lime-on') for the county.
I am a lineman for the county.
The Story: It sort of sounded like it had something to do with the commercial for something like Sprite, that was flavored with both lemon and lime 'limon'. (But I do not know how it was spelled). [Ed.'s note: FYI, Michael, it was spelled L-Y-M-O-N.] - Submitted by: Michael
I'm the fish and chips limon (pronounced 'lime-on'), and I'm still awfully fine.
or
I'm the fish-and-chips limon, and I've still got to whine.
And the Wichita lineman is still on the line.
The Story: It made sense to us kids. Adults liked to put lemon juice on their fish. But if he was only doing 'fine', why was he so emphatic about it? - Submitted by: Michael
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