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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I was a Berkshire Boner
I was a workshop owner in the gulch for the people.
The Story: I had traveled through the Berkshires, and when I hear this song, it just sounds like he says Berkshire boner. - Submitted by: Chuck B
I was a bookshop owner
I was a workshop owner
The Story: I have been trying to find this song online, so I could hear it again but without luck because I was looking for Bookshop Owner. Finally caught it on the radio a few days ago. How embarrassing! - Submitted by: Pamela
No sugar tonight, because of you
No sugar tonight, not me!
No sugar tonight, in my coffee
No sugar tonight, in my tea.
The Story: I always sang these wrong lyrics until one day I was with my mom and my sister and we were all jamming out to this song. At this part they both stopped, turned it down, looked at me and said, 'What did you say?' They made so much fun of me!! - Submitted by: Laura Reed
She's killing us all.
She's getting us all.
The Story: Well you would think she is after hurricane Katrina. - Submitted by: moops
She's killing us all.
She's getting us all.
The Story: Well you would think she is after hurricane Katrina. - Submitted by: moops
Levis cry every night for you
these eyes cry every night for you
The Story: My friend who has since passed away used to make up her own lyrics to any song and sing it with a passion. Levis (these eyes) was one of her favorites! - Submitted by: Cathy Jackson
Sew curtains on me, yeah!
The hurtin' on me, yeah
The Story: My friend and I used to cruise around with this guy who would sing this lyric LOUDLY whenever "These Eyes" played on the radio. We tried to keep from cracking up, because he was the only one with a car. - Submitted by: JD
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