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 20 most recent songs that have been 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!).
But if you're bought then you're boring
But if you're bored then you're boring
The Story: - Submitted by: Alex Loop
Versailles', "The Revenant Choir"
I want crabs, Vladivostok pull me back,
if you wish I will become earlobes.
Our clan's blood will not stop forever,
if you wish I will become a rose.
The Story: The only bit I actually believed was true was 'Pull me back'. I was quite surprised when I found out that that wasn't it. You could mishear this whole song, though. The singer's great but his English isn't perfect so he's quite hard to understand. - Submitted by: Kawaiiistkuollut
Oh Betty, she's a red arcade.
She's got electric boobs,
Come on Jesús
You know I read it in a magazine, oh oh,
B-B-B-Betty and the Jitz
She's got electric boots
a mohair suit
You know I read it in a magazine
Bennie and the Jets
The Story: My niece is OBSESSED with Elton John, and she is 6. So one day she was wandering around singing this, but no one was paying attention. Then, on Christmas, our whole family (roughly 50 or so people) was sitting around listening to the kids put on a karaoke contest, my fiance is a DJ, so he had the Elton John karaoke. When Aimee got up to sing Bennie and the Jets she sang the above lyrics and mouths started dropping. She wasn't looking at the screen, she was just singing. Hehe. It was too cute! - Submitted by: Ace
The night she coughed and died.
The night Chicago died
The Story: While driving us home from school, my friend's mom said, "that's a tragic song, The Night She Coughed and Died." - Submitted by: Johnny
I've got no sheep! I've got no sheep! Can you hear me? Can you hear me?
I'm Outlaw Pete! I'm Outlaw Pete! Can you hear me? Can you hear me?
The Story: - Submitted by: Janet Mackey/Vijay Pierce
Doo-doo like a lady.
Dude looks like a lady.
The Story: - Submitted by: Darren
Please come and join the ride.
At least I'm enjoyin the ride.
The Story: - Submitted by: Karl B.
He thinks he's educated and those Bambi shirts will protect him
He thinks he's educated and those family shares will protect him
The Story: As a busker, I sang these misheard lyrics in my local highstreet believing the meaning to be that if you wear a shirt with Bambi on it, you look less threatening. - Submitted by: Chris Kershaw
Ed O'Neil put it down
Yeah old Neil put it down
The Story: Back when I first heard the song in the early 90s, "Married with Children" was very popular. And Ed O'Neil played Al Bundy. So I honestly thought the band was talking about this actor dissing the state of Alabama. It was not till I read the lyrics that I realized it was Neil Young who put it down, NOT Ed O'Neil! - Submitted by: Scandia
Sell all my books for front row tickets, dude; ate Matthew's pen
Sell all my books for front row tickets to Dave Matthews Band
The Story: The lyric immediately before this one is "I'm poor, I'm starving, I'm flat broke, I've got no cash to spend," so i thought the singer was saying he was so poor, he had to eat somebody's ink pen! XD - Submitted by: Jonathan S.
