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!).
There's Gonna Be A Storm album at Amazon.com
Just walk away, Renee
You won't see me down at Bob Eubanks' home
Just walk away, Renee
You won't see me follow you back home.
The Story: When this song was popular, I was about 8 and only had a tiny, transistor radio with a speaker about the size of a nickel. The Newlywed Show was also popular then. Host: Bob Eubanks. - Submitted by: RW Fowler
And when I see the sign lamp points one way
And when I see the sign, that points one way
The Story: My friends and I sat with our ears glued to the phonograph for hours, playing this .45 over and over, until we figured out what we were sure were the lyrics-- a tale of lost love in the French underground resistance (which we believed to be literally 'underground') during World War II. It also involved a troupe of circus midgets ('though they're so small...'). Finally, I wrote away to the record company and they sent the actual lyrics, and boy were we disappointed. [Ed.'s note: My apologies, but I had to remove some of Luca's other lyrics because they were during different parts of the song. I would suggest filing separate entries next time.] - Submitted by: Luca Grella
Your diamond mine excited Art and Donna Wall. Or Four women dine inside and fart upon a wall.
Your name and mine inside a heart upon a wall
The Story: The first misheard lyric is mine, and the second is my uncle's. He said I could submit his along with mine if I wanted to. He was a bit shy about submiting his himself. He remembers when the song first came out. Said it took him years before the real words to that line finally 'clicked'. It was hard to get him to tell me his original 'misheard' version, but he finally did. I first heard it on his cd player when it was already an 'oldie'. The line I thought at first I was hearing may have been influenced by the fact that my parents know a couple named Art and Donna (though their last name isn't Wall). - Submitted by: Lauren Overstreet
New entries in this section are currently reviewed by Brian Kelly. Previous editors (if any) are listed on the editors page.
