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!).
Little River Band - Greatest Hits album at Amazon.com
Hang on
Delta's on its way.
Hang on
Help is on its way.
The Story: When I thought they were singing 'Delta's on its way', I couldn't help but think of Delta Airlines. - Submitted by: Aj
Dancing in the dark, walking in the park
And write and essay.
Dancing in the dark, walking in the park
And reminiscing.
The Story: When I was young I had never heard the word 'Reminiscing', but I had heard my older sister talk about writing essays. So that was the only word my brain had to pull from that sounded like that :) - Submitted by: Nutaskeet
I want to make you understand
I'm talking about a one night stand.
I want to make you understand
I'm talking about a lifetime plan.
The Story: My co-worker 'Joy' and I often break into song together whenever one or the other of says or overhears a word or phrase that sparks a memory or whatever. I am more reserved by nature and have a good and sometimes whacky sense of humor. Joy is very open about herself and has a reputation of having a somewhat wild and, how shall we say, unrestrained past, and also has a good but sometimes whacky sense of humor. One day we both broke into this song and when we got to this verse you can just about guess which one of us sang which version. Everybody standing nearby broke into laughter and it took more than a couple of minutes to get over it. We still sing it together ever so often just for kicks. - Submitted by: Duff Lowe
That Miller's brand was better than before
We yelled and screamed for me.
Glenn Miller's band was better than before
We yelled and screamed for more.
The Story: When I was in my late teens, I probably didn't know who Glenn Miller's band was. But I was VERY familiar with Miller beer, so this is how my brain chose to make sense of this part of the song. - Submitted by: John E
Walking through the bog and reminiscing
Walking through the park and reminiscing
The Story: I knew it didn't make sense. (Why the heck would they be walking through a bog?!). But try as I might, I could not stop hearing that whenever I listened to this song. - Submitted by: Val
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