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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!).


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Lit's, "My Own Worst Enemy"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I'm sleeping with my gloves on.
The Real Lyrics:
I'm sleeping with my clothes on.
The Story: I wasn't sure whether the lyrics were supposed to be gloves or clothes, I was talking to someone about it and he asked me why would it be gloves that doesn't make any sense. Not sure why I couldn't figure this out myself lmao. - Submitted by: lexi
Lit's, "My Own Worst Enemy"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Please tell my why
The guard is in the front yard.
The Real Lyrics:
Please tell me why
The car is in the front yard.
The Story: My husband is actually the one who heard 'guard' instead of 'car'. He thought the guy was making his one phone call from jail. - Submitted by: Mary DeVaughn

There are more Lit misheard lyrics available.

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