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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 Proclaimers', "(I'm Gonna Be) 500 Miles"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Double adaptor
The Real Lyrics:
Da-da-da-da
The Story: My brother actually misheard these lyrics, and only asked about it when he couldn't figure out what they needed to plug in. - Submitted by: Jen Fitzpatrick
The Proclaimers', "(I'm Gonna Be) 500 Miles"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I can walk nine hundred miles an hour...
The Real Lyrics:
I would walk five hundred miles and I would walk five hundred more
The Story: It was actually my younger son William, who was about 8 at the time. - Submitted by: Simon Beck
The Proclaimers', "I Will Walk 500 Miles"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Just to be the man who walks five thousand miles to fall down at your door
The Real Lyrics:
Just to be the man who walks a thousand miles to fall down at your door
The Story: I was at camp when I first heard this song, and me and my friends were thinking, this doesn't make any sense! Five hundred plus five hundred doesn't equal five thousand! - Submitted by: Olivia
The Proclaimers', "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I'm gonna be the one who's heaving into you.
The Real Lyrics:
I'm going to be the one who's haveling to you.
The Story: Actually, it was my friend who misheard it. She had a cd with it, and when it came to that song, she skipped it.. So I was like, 'Why did you skip that song? I really like it!' She said, 'It's inappropriate.' I asked why, and she said 'I don't want to hear about someone heaving into someone else'. I was positive that wasn't what it said, but looked it up anyway, just for good measure! - Submitted by: Lauren Elliott
The Proclaimers', "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Turn the lights down
The Real Lyrics:
Da da da da
The Story: I thought there were actual words in there! - Submitted by: Tim
The Proclaimers', "I'm on My Way"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I took a road that brought me to your water
I took a bus to streets that I could wander
The Real Lyrics:
I took the road that brought me to your home town
I took the bus to streets that I could walk down
The Story: With the singers having such a strong Scottish brogue, I'm lucky to have understood as much as I did! - Submitted by: Cara
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