Misheard lyrics

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Have you ever misheard song lyrics and given the song a different angle ?
Here are a couple of examples I've seen

Gypsies,Tramps and Thieves,
The people come around to lay their money down

misheard
(Gypsies,Chimpanzees
The people come around to lay their monkey down)

Is this the real life,is this just fantasy ?
(Is this the real life,is this just Battersea ? )

'Scuse me while I kiss this guy. (Purple Haze -Jimi Hendrix)
It is actually: 'scuse me while I kiss the sky.

Yeah, used to happen to me constantly as a kid. One of my obsessions now is learning the correct lyrics.

I remember this one from Elton John:
"Me and you, rendezvous, at the club at the end of the street"

I thought it was:
"Me and you, Rhonda too, eating clucks on Vienna street"

ich geh dir hinterher "She's got it in her hair" - Du Riechst So Gut - Rammstein
I guess it fits considering its "you smell so good, I follow you" I guess she used herbal essence.

mich ganz auf "Dance off" - Eifersucht by Rammstein
Another one that fits, being that he is so incredible and such.

I tend to mishear things and somehow.. they kind of make sense..

Yeah, I always mishear lyrics like that. Or sometimes it doesn't make sense at all.

I used to think that Day Tripper by The Beatles was Day Trooper, when I was little.

That happens to me a lot. Here are a few of the things I've misheard:

Superman - Five for Fighting

Correct: It may sound absurd, but don't be naive

Misheard: I'm misunderstood, but don't be naive

Correct: I'm only a man in a funny red sheet

Misheard: I'm only a man in a phony red sheet

Run Away - Real McCoy

Correct: Run away and save your life

Misheard: Run away and say you're mine

You Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi

Correct: Shot through the heart

Misheard: Shock to the heart

Androgyny - Garbage

Correct: You free your mind in your androgyny

Misheard: I see you're minding your androgyny

Fun fact: Misheard song lyrics are called "mondegreens".

Umbrella by Rihanna

under my umbrella, I thought it was under my arm forever.

Macy Gray - I try
Actual: "My world crumbles when you are not here"
Misheard: "I wear goggles when you are not here"

Jamiroquai - Canned Heat
Actual: "Got canned heat in my ears tonight, baby"
Misheard: "Got candy in my ears tonight, big ben"

Eiffel 65 - Blue
Actual: "I'm blue, da ba dee da ba di a dab a dee dab a di dab a dee dab a di"
Misheard: I'm blue, if I was green I would die...." <-Listen to the song, you can almost hear those words.

For some reason I've always been able to hear lyrics correctly. Kinda funny considering I can never tell what people are saying in normal conversations.

The karaoke scene isn't much help in this regard. A lot of times, karaoke disc manufacturers will deliberately misprint lyrics, to get around having to pay royalties.

One I misheard when I was in grade school:

Bob Marley - I Shot The Sheriff

Actual: "I shot the sheriff"
Misheard: "I popped the cherry"

Go to youtube and run a search for interpretation parody. It will give you videos songs where the singer is hard to understand and they will try to decipher what the lyrics sound like. Sometimes it can be pretty funny.