Making fun of music, one song at a time. Since the year 2000.
Check out the two amIright misheard lyrics books including one book devoted to misheard lyrics of the 1980s.
(Toggle Right Side Navigation)

Misheard Song Lyrics -> Stories -> James

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. For more information about the misheard lyrics available on this site, please read our FAQ.

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!).


Laid album at Amazon.com
James', "Getting Away with It (All Messed Up)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Getting away with an old man's stuff.
The Real Lyrics:
Getting away with it all messed up.
The Story: I heard this song first on the radio while I was sitting in a bus to Melbourne, and I remember that I thought "Oh wow, these lyrics are so philosophical!" It took a long time until I found that song in the WWW... - Submitted by: Alba
James', "Laid"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Fought with kitchen knives and Skewers.
Dressed me up in Women's Clothes,
Messed around and gently rose
The Real Lyrics:
Fought with kitchen knives and Skewers.
Dressed me up in Women's Clothes,
Messed around with gender roles
The Story: This was my favorite album ever from age 14 to at least 24. When this came out I didn't have Internet access, and so didn't find out the real lyrics (off the band's site) until I was 17 - the CD didn't come with lyrics! - Submitted by: Jamie
James', "Laid"
The Misheard Lyrics:
She only sleeps when she's on top.
The Real Lyrics:
She only comes when she's on top.
The Story: My very naive friend thought they were talking about bunk beds. - Submitted by: Soft Ball

There are more James misheard lyrics available.

Indexes: [#] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [Y] [Z]

New entries in this section are currently reviewed by Brian Kelly. Previous editors (if any) are listed on the editors page.

Submissions!

Would you like to Submit some Misheard Lyrics for a song We're always looking for more entries.

Disclaimer

Disclaimer: amIright.com makes no claims to the accuracy of the correct lyrics. All correct lyrics are copyrighted, amIright.com does not claim ownership of the original lyrics.