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!).
Cars - Complete Greatest Hits album at Amazon.com
The Cars',
"I'm In Touch With Your World"
I'm an island, only better.
I been lying on your feathers.
The Story: Oh geez...I just found this out today and I was crushed. The Cars' debut album is my favorite ever and I love Ric Ocasek, but he has eluded me many times. Really, I misheard the whole goddamn song! I thought a little later he was saying 'I'm a suicidal poet/You're a big fat macaroni' (a mistake I only recently found out that many others share) but I figured out my wrongness pretty quickly for that. But this one...I dunno why, but I thought it made sense of a sort...it certainly couldn't be any weirder than any of the song's other lyrics. But alas, I was wrong. It's a simple equation, people: Slurred vocals + strange lyrics = total and utter confusion. - Submitted by: Cat
You always neutered very well.
You always knew to wear it well.
The Story: It's weird, since I've always known the real lyrics. But lately my brain has been playing tricks on me, and now I keep hearing 'neutered' whenever I listen to the song. I can't get the image of this girl taking away a cat's manhood out of my head! - Submitted by: Cat
Don't let nobody pick your butt
Don't let nobody pick your fun
The Story: This is really how my sister hears the song. She knows this can't be the real lyric, but it is all she hears when she listens to the song. I had to look it up because I didn't know what it was either. - Submitted by: Lorenza
Maybe you think I'm a geek
And that's something to do.
Maybe you think I'm lucky
To have something to do.
The Story: I think the reason I misheard 'I'm lucky' as 'I'm a geek' is because when Ric Ocasek sings this line, he stresses the SECOND syllable of the word 'lucky', making it sound like 'luh-KEE'. And with the music going loud in the background and his slight word slurring, 'luh-KEE' sounds just like 'a geek'! - Submitted by: Shari Kaplan
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