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!).
Confessions album at Amazon.com
Even though I may bruise you
Even though this might bruise you.
The Story: I was listening to the song. My friend and I were singing. I sang 'Eeven though I may bruise you'. My friend bursted out laughing and corrected me. She would never let it go. The next day, she exclaimed jokingly, 'Oh no, don't bruise me. I'm not you ex, Usher noooo.' She thought it was funny, but she got called up to the principal's office for saying that!!!:):) hahahaha - Submitted by: Briannan
Get my shoulder back.
Get my shorty back.
The Story: My stupid brother misheard this because he didn't know what a shorty was, and he sincerely thought it sounded like 'shoulder.' - Submitted by: quickstep
Babe I've got a toe jam
Lick it, tastes sweet.
Play another slow jam
This time, make it sweet.
The Story: My sister and I were sittin listening to the cd when she got it 4 years ago. We made a joke of the song, and sang that verse like that. Its sick but funny. - Submitted by: Jenn
If they ain't cuttin'
Then I'll put 'em on birth control.
If they ain't cutting
Then I put 'em on foot patrol.
The Story: I was sitting in my room one night with my friend Jess. We were singing 'Yeah' and having a dance party. All the sudden, the Ludacris part comes on and she goes 'birth control'. I started laughing hysterically. I was like, 'Whoahh! Let the good times roll<3'. - Submitted by: Breana
'Cause if my girl come
You better best stay off me.
Her and my girl
Used to be the best of homies.
The Story: One day, I had finally got the "Confessions" cd, when I read the lyrics to "Yeah!". It turned out that when I sang the song before, I never had any part of it right. I felt so dumb, because I am a big obsessed Usher fan. It took me 3 days to learn all the songs, though because I didn't want to feel dumb again. - Submitted by: Sade Tucker
Shorty got down low and said come and get me
I got so caught up in the cacciatore.
Shorty got down low and said come and get me
I got so caught up I forgot she told me.
The Story: I swear I hear Usher singing about cacciatore (i.e chicken cacciatore) whenever I hear this song...at first I wondered why he was singing about Italian food relating to a girl at a club (?) - Submitted by: aisha*
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