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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!).


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The Drifters', "Mexican Divorce"
The Misheard Lyrics:
It's a sin for you to get
Up next to candy horse.
The Real Lyrics:
It's a sin for you to get
A Mexican divorce.
The Story: As a child, I heard the song on my sister's lp record. I found the tune to that song particularly catchy, even being so puzzled about the words. My sister didn't like me messing with her records, but I wanted to hear that song one day while she wasn't at home, so I sneakily played the record. But I couldn't find on the cover or record a song title seeming to match that song as I heard it. So I played however many songs it took to go find that one. Then I identified it from the titles on the cover. When I saw that its title was 'Mexican Divorce', I realized, oh, so that's what the words are saying. - Submitted by: Robert Jones
The Drifters', "On Broadway"
The Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause I can play the steel guitar.
The Real Lyrics:
'Cause I can play this here guitar.
The Story: For years, I thought "What a strange pick of instruments for this genre". - Submitted by: Michael Hoover
The Drifters', "On Broadway"
The Misheard Lyrics:
But oh! They're dead wrong, I know they are
'Cause I can play this air guitar.
The Real Lyrics:
But oh! They're dead wrong, I know they are
'Cause I can play this here guitar.
The Story: On first hearing this song, I thought the lyrics said 'air guitar'. It made me think it was a song of real wishful thinking, since the singers are confident of becoming stars. But playing 'air guitar' is hardly much of a talent to build that hope on. - Submitted by: Daisy Pappus
The Drifters', "Under The Boardwalk"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I met a warthog.
The Real Lyrics:
Under the Boardwalk
The Story: This is what my sister thought the lyrics were. She went round the house singing, 'I met a warthog, we were falling in love'. - Submitted by: Student-waster
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