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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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The Cranberries', "Dreams"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Taking every day
The Real Lyrics:
Is changing everyday
The Story: What I thought I heard. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
The Cranberries', "Dreams"
The Misheard Lyrics:
You're a dream, Timmy
The Real Lyrics:
You're a dream to me
The Story: Always knew what was being said, but thought it sounded like "Timmy" instead of to me - Submitted by: Will
The Cranberries', "I Can't Be With You"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I wanted to be the mother of your toyota
Now it's just farewell
Now it's just farewell
The Real Lyrics:
I wanted to be the mother of your child but
Now it's just farewell
Now it's just farewell
The Story: I think I have selective hearing. - Submitted by: Mary
The Cranberries', "Linger"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Do you have to let in labour?
The Real Lyrics:
Do you have to let it linger?
The Story: When I was little, I always thought this song (with my lyrics in it) was about going into labour during pregnancy. So I thouhgt it was about having a baby, then finding out what labour meant in another sense (work). I thought it was about having a job. So wrong was I! - Submitted by: Jess
The Cranberries', "Linger"
The Misheard Lyrics:
You know I'm searching food for you.
The Real Lyrics:
You know I'm such a fool for you.
The Story: I sang the song my way for about 5 years, until one day I commented to my roommate about how nice that she cares enough about this person to provide them with food--a basic survival need. I was met with a blank stare, and then laughter... =P - Submitted by: izzy
The Cranberries', "Linger"
The Misheard Lyrics:
You know I'm searching food for you
The Real Lyrics:
You know I'm such a fool for you
The Story: My whole life, I loved this song, and I couldn't understand why exactly the protagonist was searching for food for their lover, but I figured it was a song about poverty. One day I was at Chipotle with my husband, and the song came on. I started singing my version of the lyrics, and he burst out laughing, saying "no! that's not what the lyrics are!" - Submitted by: Anna
The Cranberries', "Linger"
The Misheard Lyrics:
You know I'm such a food for you
The Real Lyrics:
You know I'm such a fool for you
The Story: Why do many songs make "fool" sound like "food? Anyway, R.I.P. Dolores O'Riordon (1971-2018). - Submitted by: Cody Finke
The Cranberries', "Ode to My Family"
The Misheard Lyrics:
My mortgage
The Real Lyrics:
My mother
The Story: How did they make profits, especially for the late Dolores O'Riordan? - Submitted by: Cody Finke
The Cranberries', "The Rebels"
The Misheard Lyrics:
He was a donkey.
The Real Lyrics:
It wasn't often.
The Story: My friend asked me what I thought Delores was singing. I truthfully thought it was this. She laughed long and hard at me, and this made me angry and adamant that I was right. - Submitted by: Fiona Dope
The Cranberries', "Wanted"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Dreamin' in the summer, standing
The Real Lyrics:
Too many misunderstandings
The Story: I've adored this song for about 25 years...you'd think I'd have looked this up before now! - Submitted by: Dale Wicks
The Cranberries', "When You're Gone"
The Misheard Lyrics:
And in the day, everything's cold cuts.
The Real Lyrics:
And in the day, everything's complex.
The Story: Yes, I've heard this one as well. For the longest time I thought this is what they were saying and thought, "Wow, what a clever line". But, finally I looked up the lyrics to be sure I was hearing them correctly and found I was not. - Submitted by: Wynette
The Cranberries', "Yeats' Grave"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Hey Niggar
The Real Lyrics:
in the grave
The Story: During the chorus, the second and third lines sounds like she’s saying the “N” word. I know she’s not, but it certainly sounds like that! lol! - Submitted by: Jeff DeYoung
The Cranberries', "Yeats' Grave"
The Misheard Lyrics:
John Butler
The Real Lyrics:
William Butler
The Story: John Butler was the post room guy and my friend Jo and I always sung this song thinking it was his name, John Butler. - Submitted by: Lorraine
The Cranberries', "Zombie"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Eating your head, eating your head...
The Real Lyrics:
In your head, in your head
The Story: Everyone knows zombies eat heads... or brains - Submitted by: Alfredo Eduardo López Liñares
The Cranberries', "Zombie"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Filia haec, Filia haec (this daughter) Salve! salve! salve! (hello!)
The Real Lyrics:
In your head, in your head Zombie, zombie, zombie
The Story: Haven taken Latin in high school, I though the lyrics were in Latin the whole time until I looked them up. - Submitted by: Ryan Miller
The Cranberries', "Zombie"
The Misheard Lyrics:
It's the same old team since my sweet 16
The Real Lyrics:
It's the same old theme since 1916
The Story: This is what I used to think it was. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
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