Comments on: Sunday Open Thread: Misheard Song Lyrics

By: Kent

Kent — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:02:55 +0000

The first two lines of the chorus of Jaydee Bixby’s Old Fashioned Girl are “She’s an old-fashioned girl / A little bit like mama”. I mistook the second line for “A little BIG like mama”.

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:32:29 +0000

I think the Dumas Walker/do Miss Walker thing was intentional on the part of the songwriters…note that they never sing “WalkerS”, as they would if they meant “let’s all go down to Dumas Walker (‘s)

By: KK

KK — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:50:10 +0000

I hear my mom singing the wrong lyrics all the time. But sometimes I think it’s purposeful.

Martina McBride’s “This One’s For The Girls” — instead of throwing pennies into the fountain of youth, my mom has them throwing PANTIES!

Kenny Chesney’s “No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems” — instead of No Problems, my mom sings NO BRA ON! :)

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:51:19 +0000

I can’t believe I forgot the Kentucky Headhunters.

Every time I hear them sing, “Let’s all go down to Dumas Walker”, I think they’re singing, “Let’s all go down to do Miss Walker.”

By: Erik North

Erik North — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:33:32 +0000

How about one of the most misread lines in music history, taken from Jimi Hendrix’s 1968 classic “Purple Haze”: “‘Scuse me while I kiss the sky”? Some thought they heard, “‘Scuse me while I kiss THIS GUY.”

By: AllanLCampbell

AllanLCampbell — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:25:25 +0000

My misheard line is from the Dixie Chicks’ “Long Time Gone”
Lookin’ out on a vacant field is the actual line and I thought vacant was bacon.

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:42:02 +0000

my friend thought Trace Adkins was singing “One eyed mama” instead of “one hot mama”.

By: Miss Kitty

Miss Kitty — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:31:40 +0000

Stevie Nicks’ “Edge of Seventeen”–I thought the first line of the chorus was “Just like the one-winged dove…”

And, of course, it’s “white-winged dove.” I didn’t find this out until I was well into my 20s, when my sister heard me sing it in the car and almost peed herself laughing at me.

By: Greg

Greg — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:27:18 +0000

On the song “don’t” The line is “Don’t. Don’t give up on TRUST”… but even to this day I still here “Don’t. Don’t give up on DRUGS” Catches me off guard everytime. LOL

By: Casey

Casey — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:52:07 +0000

My mother swears that she hears “Let’s apple toast” instead of “Let’s have a toast” in Danielle Peck’s “Finding a Good Man”. Never mind the fact that it makes no sense at all, that’s the only way that she hears that line. We laugh about it every time we hear the song.