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.
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by song title and performer. So if two different performers preformed the same song, you'll see
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Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols album at Amazon.com
A nine-month party jiggling free.
Her name was Pauline, she lived in a tree.
The Story: Not necessarily funny, but here it is: I was taught to write in 1st-person, active voice, so that's how (I guess) I tend to hear things. So I heard the song lead-off with a girl's name (Jeanne), and the rest flowed, ala' Jeanne was a girl from Birmingham. She just had an abortion. She was a case of insanity. A nine-month-party jiggling free...' - Submitted by: Andy
F*** this and f*** that, f*** it all
F*** now, she's f***ing blacks
She don’t wanna baby that looks like that
I don’t wanna baby that looks like that.
F*** this and f*** that, f*** it all and
F*** the f***ing brat
She don’t wanna baby that looks like that
I don’t wanna baby that looks like that.
The Story: This song is controversial enough, the lyrics are not sung clearly and lyrics are not included with the album. I thought the Sex Pistols were broaching the issue of a race selection abortion. All the lyric sites use the word 'brat' rather than 'blacks.' However, I don't understand why 'she don't wanna baby that looks like that' if line above is just about f***ing the brat. Are the posted lyrics really what they say? - Submitted by: Jerry
The figurehead was a whore in bed
And a mouse with a big bent penis
The figurehead was a whore in bed
And the mast was a big bent penis
The Story: Me and all my mates got the lyric wrong as above and only realised this 20 years later when my mate Dave got a Japanese Swindle cd with the lyric insert. We come from the North of England and so pronounce mast as in 'massed', Steve Jones being a Southerner pronounces it 'marst', closer to our pronunciation of 'mouse'. - Submitted by: Adrian Fleming
Obey c***.
Pretty vacant
The Story: You could call this a very, uhhh, subliminal message to obey the Sex Pistols and buy their records? - Submitted by: Ravage
We're so fruity, oh so fruity yeah, we're bacon
We're so pretty, oh so pretty yeah, we're vacant
The Story: I heard this story years ago in Pinner Middx UK where I grew up from a friend of mine by the name of Sue Crisp. She was in a record shop when she overheard someone ask 'have you got that song called er Fruity Bacon. Y'know it goes....We're so fruity, oh so fruity yeah, we're bacon.' - Submitted by: Simon Le Bon
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