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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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Kelly Clarkson's, "A Moment Like This"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Some people use a lifeline
The Real Lyrics:
Some people wait a lifetime
The Story: I wonder if the American Idol first season winner had anything to do with Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Kelly Clarkson's, "Beautiful Disaster"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Attractively weird
The Real Lyrics:
A tragedy with...
The Story: This is my song for a really ridiculously good looking guy (with great skin) who would not commit to me - hence the disaster. I thought he was attractively weird but just like the real lyrics - he was just a tragedy, I really want him to stick it though. - Submitted by: Catherine Lees
Kelly Clarkson's, "Beautiful Disaster"
The Misheard Lyrics:
His magic in me
The Real Lyrics:
He's magic and myth.
The Story: I still hear her saying 'his magic in me'! And sometimes I hear 'he's 'Medical Me'. It's like that's the dude's name or something. I don't know, it's just funny. - Submitted by: diana
Kelly Clarkson's, "Because Of You"
The Misheard Lyrics:
And if I die in the middle of the night
Who's gonna save me?
Who's gonna save me?
The Real Lyrics:
And now I cry in the middle of the night
For the same damn thing.
For the same damn thing.
The Story: Kelly isn't really pronouncing the words very well in this song. (Either that or I have the wrong lyrics.) I thought she was saying a swear word when she wasn't. This was not only misheard by me, but also by my friend, who now thinks Kelly has some major abandoment issues if she thinks she's going to die if no one's there. [Ed's note: The 'damn' lyrics are correct. And it's very likely Ms. Clarkson does not have abandonment issues.] - Submitted by: Isabel
Kelly Clarkson's, "Because Of You"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Because of you, I try my hardest
Just to f*** it up again.
Just to f*** it up again.
The Real Lyrics:
Because of you, I try my hardest
Just to forget everything.
Just to forget everything.
The Story: I thought, 'They haven't bleeped this out? Wha?' Probably because the music was drowning out her voice is the reason I misheard this. - Submitted by: Becca
Kelly Clarkson's, "Because Of You"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Because of you
I learned to play on the same side.
I learned to play on the same side.
The Real Lyrics:
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side.
I learned to play on the safe side.
The Story: My boyfriend thinks he hears "same side", meaning he thinks she is talking about being gay. - Submitted by: Theresa
Kelly Clarkson's, "Because Of You"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I learn to play on the same sax over tone get heard.
The Real Lyrics:
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt.
The Story: I realized it when I look on the net for lyrics. (By good luck, nobody knows for that.) But I can't explain how stupid I felt at that moment. Before that, I was asking myself often: 'So Kelly can improvise on saxophone beside singing great?' - Submitted by: Aca
Kelly Clarkson's, "Because of You"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Because of you
I don't know how to let anyone give a s***.
I don't know how to let anyone give a s***.
The Real Lyrics:
Because of you
I don't know how to let anyone else in.
I don't know how to let anyone else in.
The Story: Well, she had just said the D word at the end of the bridge, so I just assumed she was on this mad kick and decided to use the S word too. *shrugs* - Submitted by: Morgan
Kelly Clarkson's, "Because of You"
The Misheard Lyrics:
You'll never fall of anyone else
You just saw your thing
And never cry in the middle of the night
For that same dang thing
You just saw your thing
And never cry in the middle of the night
For that same dang thing
The Real Lyrics:
You never thought of anyone else
You just saw your pain
And now I cry in the middle of the night
For the same damn thing
You just saw your pain
And now I cry in the middle of the night
For the same damn thing
The Story: I sang this lyric pretty loud and the talent show people were like "What the heck?" - Submitted by: Logan
Kelly Clarkson's, "Behind These Hazel Eyes"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Behind is hate and lies.
The Real Lyrics:
Behind these hazel eyes
The Story: You get the idea she's complaining about something, but not listening carefully can throw you off. - Submitted by: Cormorantent
Kelly Clarkson's, "Behind These Hazel Eyes"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Here I am once again
I'm turning the biscuits.
I'm turning the biscuits.
The Real Lyrics:
Here I am once again
I'm torn into pieces.
I'm torn into pieces.
The Story: I was showing my mother a video clip of Kelly performing the song on a television show. She asked if that was the song where she sings about 'turning the biscuits.' I think she was kidding, but you never know. - Submitted by: The Bee's Mom
Kelly Clarkson's, "Behind These Hazel Eyes"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Here tonight, then pretend
Just thought you were the one
Just thought you were the one
The Real Lyrics:
Can't deny it, can't pretend
Just thought you were the one
Just thought you were the one
The Story: I've heard this song for most of my life, but never knew what the words were. Then I heard it on the radio and googled the lyrics. It took me a while to figure out what Kelly Clarkson was actually saying. - Submitted by: Louis
Kelly Clarkson's, "Behind These Hazel Eyes"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a corn flavored pizza.
The Real Lyrics:
I'm torn into peices.
The Story: My cousin sang this every time I came over. She always sang that part the loudest, even though she made other stupid mistakes in this song. - Submitted by: Crizzy
Kelly Clarkson's, "Breakaway"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Threw up in a mall john
When the lid would fall down
I'd just stare at my elbow.
When the lid would fall down
I'd just stare at my elbow.
The Real Lyrics:
Grew up in a small town
And when the rain would fall down
I'd just stare out my window.
And when the rain would fall down
I'd just stare out my window.
The Story: My friend Drew thought that these were the lyrics, and that this song was by Courtney Love. I replied, 'Dude, first of all, it's Kelly Clarkson. And second of all, she's on on crack, not heroin.' - Submitted by: Jason Reeher
Kelly Clarkson's, "Catch My Breath"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Learning how to relax
The Real Lyrics:
Learning how to react
The Story: I still like my mishearing better! - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Kelly Clarkson's, "Miss Independant"
The Misheard Lyrics:
What happened to my cinnamon bun?
The Real Lyrics:
What happened to Miss Independant?
The Story: Yes...we were in the car, and that song was playing, and my dad started singing. But he said he thought she said 'what happened to my cinnamon bun' and he didn't even realize what he was hearing. Then we showed some of our friends how it sounded like 'cinnamon bun' and they agreed. It was so funny. - Submitted by: Kendra
Kelly Clarkson's, "Miss Independent"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Mother f***er, why can't that be me?
The Real Lyrics:
No more talk of 'Why can't that be me?'
The Story: I listened to this song in the car. My friend burst out laughing, then said what she thought the song said. After listening to it about 15 more times, we realized that it really said, 'no more talk of why can't that be me' instead of (that other line). - Submitted by: Kellie Schones
Kelly Clarkson's, "Miss Independent"
The Misheard Lyrics:
What happened to mah cinnamon bun??
The Real Lyrics:
What happened to Miss Independent?
The Story: Maybe I was hungry when I was listening to it....I do love cinnamon buns. My stepmom cried laughing at me when I asked about the random lyrics. - Submitted by: Samantha
Kelly Clarkson's, "Miss Independent"
The Misheard Lyrics:
What is the deal in taking over?
The Real Lyrics:
What is this feeling taking over?
The Story: I didn't know it was wrong until playing "Guess the Lyric" with a friend one night. No wonder she couldn't guess it. ;) - Submitted by: Jenn
Kelly Clarkson's, "Mr. Know It All "
The Misheard Lyrics:
Mr. Gorbachev.
The Real Lyrics:
Mr. Know It All.
The Story: I thought she was saying to Mikhail Gorbachev and saying that he doesn’t know a thing about her. - Submitted by: Steve
Kelly Clarkson's, "Mr. Know It All"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Just don't bring me down
The Real Lyrics:
Mr. Bring Me Down
The Story: I thought it was inspired by the Electric Light Orchestra... - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Kelly Clarkson's, "People Like Us"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Wake up into this world unknown.
The Real Lyrics:
we come into this world unknown.
The Story: I heard it and i was like duh! It's not like we are celebs when we are born. Then, I had to look up the lyrics a bunch of times. - Submitted by: Jaimee
Kelly Clarkson's, "Since U Been Gone"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I can read for the first time
The Real Lyrics:
I can breathe for the first time
The Story: It sounded like she was illiterate before American Idol. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Kelly Clarkson's, "Since U Been Gone"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I'm Sobe-Lean on.
The Real Lyrics:
I'm so moving on.
The Story: Before the music video came on, there was a commercial on about an energy drink called Sobe-Lean, From there, I kept on singing the misheard lyric until I searched them up online. - Submitted by: Random
Kelly Clarkson's, "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Until you make a stroller
The Real Lyrics:
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
The Story: These lyrics were misheard by my 3 year old daughter. :-) - Submitted by: Spaghetti Lee
Kelly Clarkson's, "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
What doesn't kill you makes you strong, girl
The Real Lyrics:
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
The Story: Some people confused "stronger" with "strong, girl". - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Kelly Clarkson's, "Underneath the Tree"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Snow is falling and a capital C
The Real Lyrics:
Snow is falling as the carolers sing
The Story: I really thought it was capital C. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Kelly Clarkson's, "Where Is Your Heart?"
The Misheard Lyrics:
It's always me who's reaching out for your hand
And I've always dreamed that love would be effortless
Like a pedophile to the ground
A dreamer follow in his dream
And I've always dreamed that love would be effortless
Like a pedophile to the ground
A dreamer follow in his dream
The Real Lyrics:
It's always me who's reaching out for your hand
And I've always dreamed that love would be effortless
Like a petal falling to the ground
A dreamer following his dream
And I've always dreamed that love would be effortless
Like a petal falling to the ground
A dreamer following his dream
The Story: I have been listening to this album since it came out in 2004, and the entire time I was wondering why a song about love alluded to pedophiles randomly in a section. - Submitted by: JD
Kelly Clarkson's, "Where Is Your Heart?"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Like a pedophile to the ground
The Real Lyrics:
Like a petal fallin' to the ground
The Story: I was listening to this with my sister when we heard this. I looked at her and said 'What is she singing about?!' My sister just shrugged and said, 'Pedophiles, I guess.' - Submitted by: Kate
Kelly Clarkson's, "Wrapped in Red"
The Misheard Lyrics:
America's all around
The Real Lyrics:
Miracles all around
The Story: Once again, I often confused "miracle" with "America". - Submitted by: Cody Finke
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