Misheard Lyrics -> New Entries for November 24, 2023

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. For more information about the misheard lyrics available on this site, please read our FAQ.


1960s
Arlo Guthrie's, "Alice's Restaurant" Misheard Lyrics: At Dempsey's Restaurant Original Lyrics: At Alice's Restaurant

1970s
Andy Kim's, "Rock Me Gently" Misheard Lyrics: Bobbie Gentry Original Lyrics: Rock me gently	Deep Purple's, "Smoke on the Water" Misheard Lyrics: Snorkeling in the water Original Lyrics: Smoke on the water
Elton John's, "The Bitch Is Back" Misheard Lyrics: The BK's back Original Lyrics: The bitch is back	First Class', "Beach Baby" Misheard Lyrics: Pink Chevy Original Lyrics: Beach Baby
Hall & Oates', "Sara Smile" Misheard Lyrics: Santa's smile Original Lyrics: Sara Smile	Tavares', "It Only Takes a Minute" Misheard Lyrics: It only takes a baby girl to fall in love Original Lyrics: It only takes a minute, girl to fall in love
The Manhattans', "Kiss and Say Goodbye" Misheard Lyrics: 'cause the kids just say goodbye Original Lyrics: Let's just kiss and say goodbye	The Muppets', "Mahna Mahna" Misheard Lyrics: My mommy died Original Lyrics: Mahna Mahna

1980s
Belinda Carlisle's, "Leave a Light On" Misheard Lyrics: Tell me what you're fearing Original Lyrics: Tell me what you're feeling	Cliff Richard's, "I Just Don't Have the Heart" Misheard Lyrics: Happy ending Original Lyrics: Can't be mended
De La Soul's, "Eye Know" Misheard Lyrics: I'm right up to that Original Lyrics: I'm right up to bat	Erasure's, "Who Needs Love (Like That)" Misheard Lyrics: It seemed so queer before Original Lyrics: It seemed so clear before
Frank Sinatra's, "Theme from New York, New York" Misheard Lyrics: I wanna be apart from it Original Lyrics: I wanna be a part of it	Living in a Box's, "Room in Your Heart" Misheard Lyrics: No dancers question me Original Lyrics: No answers question me
Neneh Cherry's, "Kisses on the Wind" Misheard Lyrics: This girl, she's gonna say sorry Original Lyrics: This girl, she's got another story	Prince's, "U Got the Look" Misheard Lyrics: Color me pink and black Original Lyrics: Color me peach and black
Robert Palmer's, "She Makes My Day" Misheard Lyrics: Tell me what else is magic book Original Lyrics: Tell me what else is magic for	The Clash's, "Rock the Casbah" Misheard Lyrics: I really don't like it, funky passport, funky passport Original Lyrics: Sharif don't like it, rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
The Human League's, "Love Is All That Matters" Misheard Lyrics: Love forbidden Original Lyrics: Love forgiving

1990s
Aqua's, "Turn Back Time" Misheard Lyrics: Give me Sun-Maid raisins Original Lyrics: Give me time to reason	Boyzone's, "No Matter What" Misheard Lyrics: Be apart from it all Original Lyrics: Be a part of it all
Boyzone's, "No Matter What" Misheard Lyrics: Or if the stars go blue Original Lyrics: Or if the skies are blue	Crowded House's, "It's Only Natural" Misheard Lyrics: I saw Mel, wife met Boyle Original Lyrics: Ice will melt, water will boil
Go West's, "Faithful" Misheard Lyrics: Fearful and I don't care Original Lyrics: Faithful and I don't care	INXS's, "Baby Don't Cry" Misheard Lyrics: When you're down and abused Original Lyrics: When you're down and confused
Spice Girls', "Say You'll Be There" Misheard Lyrics: I'll give you everything, on this I swear Just promise you all will be there Original Lyrics: I'll give you everything, on this I swear Just promise you'll always be there	Spice Girls', "Say You'll Be There" Misheard Lyrics: I'm giving up on love, on this I swear Just promise you all will be there Original Lyrics: I'll give you everything, on this I swear Just promise you'll always be there
Steps', "Heartbeat" Misheard Lyrics: It will deny you Original Lyrics: It will remind you	The Beautiful South's, "Perfect 10" Misheard Lyrics: She could be sweet and sexting Original Lyrics: She could be a sweet 16

2000s
Beyonce's, "Halo" Misheard Lyrics: Hey love Original Lyrics: Halo	Dave Matthews Band's, "The Space Between" Misheard Lyrics: Yuck-a squeeze me Original Lyrics: You could squeeze me
Destiny's Child's, "Independent Women, Pt. 1" Misheard Lyrics: Croco-diles Original Lyrics: Rock your dollars	Eve featuring Alicia Keys', "Gangsta Lovin'" Misheard Lyrics: It's that kickstart lovin' Original Lyrics: It's that gangsta lovin'
Kid Rock's, "Forever" Misheard Lyrics: The aunt is s***ty Original Lyrics: The Earth has shifted	Kylie Minogue's, "Love at First Sight" Misheard Lyrics: Then there was Blue's Clues Original Lyrics: Then there was you
Showbread's, "Oh! Emetophobia!" Misheard Lyrics: You are assaulting me Original Lyrics: You are a song to me

misc
Olivia Rodrigo's, "Drivers License" Misheard Lyrics: Just like we always Taco Bell Original Lyrics: Just like we always talked about

xmas
Andy Williams', "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" Misheard Lyrics: There'll be scary book stories Original Lyrics: There'll be scary ghost stories	Bing Crosby's, "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" Misheard Lyrics: You better not plow Original Lyrics: You better not pout
Cliff Richard's, "Mistletoe and Wine" Misheard Lyrics: Dreams of Samsung Original Lyrics: Dreams of Santa	Elton John's, "Step Into Christmas" Misheard Lyrics: Send it for Christmas, the remission's free or Save it for Christmas, the remission's free Original Lyrics: Step into Christmas, the admission's free
Faith Hill's, "Where Are You, Christmas?" Misheard Lyrics: My world is chasing Original Lyrics: My world is changing	Jack Jones', "Do You Hear What I Hear" Misheard Lyrics: History's what I say Original Lyrics: Listen to what I say
Judy Garland's, "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" Misheard Lyrics: Baseball friends who are dear to us Will be near to us once more. Original Lyrics: Faithful friends who are dear to us Will be near to us once more.	Judy Garland's, "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" Misheard Lyrics: Happy golden days of yours Original Lyrics: Happy golden days of yore
Judy Garland's, "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" Misheard Lyrics: Happy golden days, up yours! Original Lyrics: Happy golden days of yore	Judy Garland's, "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" Misheard Lyrics: Happy old men date the whore. Original Lyrics: Happy golden days of yore.
Judy Garland's, "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" Misheard Lyrics: Have yourself a merry little Christmas Make the Yule child gay Original Lyrics: Have yourself a merry little Christmas Make the Yuletide gay	Thurl Ravenscroft's, "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" Misheard Lyrics: 39 and a bathroom pole Original Lyrics: 39 and a half ft pole
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