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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Praisin the Lord! Praisin the Lord!
Breakin' the Law! Breakin' the Law!
The Story: You really had to be there. But this is one of my fondest memories of my coworker Emmy. We were all head banging, playing the fool. We heard her singing Praisin the Lord!!! Praisin the Lord!!! And we all just stopped and looked her, and started crackin up. She looked at us all and was and was so upset. She had no idea why we were all laughing. Every time it comes on now I think of my Emmy. - Submitted by: B. Bajackson care of E. Davis
P****in' the wall!
Breakin' the law
The Story: I was always wondering weather Rob was so horny that he had to do it even to the wall. Then I found out that he is only interested in the law!:) - Submitted by: Khodadad Rezakhani
Rakin' the lawn
Breakin' the law
The Story: A guy called a DJ on the radio and asked for the song 'Rakin' The Lawn' The DJ told him, 'I don't know it, sing it for me!' then played the tape on the radio. - Submitted by: f xn
Out the law, out the law.
Breaking the law, breaking the law.
The Story: Some guy told this at local bar when me and couple of friends were getting some alcoholic beverages. Suddenly our friend DJ played "Breaking the Law" from his cassette player, and we sang it of course. Then this quite drunken guy turned on us and screamed, 'It's out the law, out the law!'. We said 'Yeah, dude!' and laughed at him a lot. :D - Submitted by: Matt Borne
So when British Metal steals the Earth
So when the winter's mantle stills the earth
The Story: Just thought what Rob had in mind. - Submitted by: Kris
Took a s*** about a one AM
B*** me, b*** me.
Took the city 'bout one AM
Loaded, loaded.
The Story: I play in various cover bands on the Las Vegas strip. These things happen all the time, but this one was particularly funny. We definately needed a lyric look-up. It's sung correctly now. - Submitted by: Adam T
The air's electric, sparkin' power
Rollin', rollin'
I'm getting harder by the hour
Rollin', rollin'
The air's electric, sparkin' power
Loaded, loaded
I'm getting hotter by the hour
Loaded, loaded
The Story: I could never make out the refrain of the chorus of the song. I thought it was "Rollin'" for years. - Submitted by: Johnny
On the trial, on the trial, won't you get on up
For a tire, doesn't life suck in hell?
Abattoir, abattoir, mon Dieu quelle horreur.
For a time it was like second hell
The Story: I was actually taking French in high school when I first heard the song, but it never occurred to me Rob was singing in anything but English. - Submitted by: Jeff Bishop
The Vicar
The Ripper
The Story: I had just started to date my now husband when he decided I needed to learn more about heavy metal. So after a crash course in various bands I was given a tape of Judas Priest. When I had haerd the tape and looked at the tracklist I could not see a track called The Vicar but there was one called The Ripper which was when I realised my mistake. My boyfreind thought this was hilarious when I confessed and everytime we hear this song we both sing out The Vicar in very loud voices especially at concerts. - Submitted by: Sharon
You can't retweet I smile like no other
You can't retreat I spy like no other
The Story: The song is too old, before the Internet, so why would they retweet something? - Submitted by: gabiwynner
Say you are The Ripper
Say you want to rip it up.
The Story: I thought this song was a continuation of their earlier song "The Ripper", and the phrase "paint the town red" right after it fit the tone. I mean, The Ripper was a serial killer after all. - Submitted by: Daniel Glaser
If you think I'm letting go of your nads
You've got another thing coming.
If you think I'm letting go, you're mad
You've got another thing coming.
The Story: I walked around town singing my version. People gave me dirty looks. - Submitted by: Matt
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