Para's recent thread -Expressions you misunderstood as a child? made me think of this. Didn't have a direct answer, answered a song lyric that I misheard. Few people responded similarly.

Yooper responded

"Creedence:
Theres a bad moon on the rise.
Me:
Theres the bathroom on the right."

I went and re listened to it and I heard exactly that.

What song lyrics did you misunderstand, sing incorrectly, or just couldn't understand?

One ton tomato, don't eat a one ton tomato.

It's knowing that your door is always open and your furniture is gone.

The classic...
Hold me closer, Tony Danza

In the Garden of Eden.
Wait, no, that was mis-sung.

AC/DC: Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap.

Me: Dirty deeds, Dunder Jeep.

What the hell is a Dunder Jeep...?!?!

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Johnny Rivers: Secret...Agent Man...

Me: Secret...Asian Man...

Athena, all I ever want to do is please her
My life has been so settled and she is the reason
Just one word from her and my troubles are long gone
But I think I'll get along
She's just a girl – she's a bomb

I always heard "she's a whore"

PC

Blinded By The Light
Manfred Mann

Lyric: "Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night"

Heard: "Wrapped up like a douche 'n on a ruler in the night."

Hey it was in those "psychodelic" years. Maybe LSD would make you hear it better.

Made no sense either way.

My wife always thought the Def Leppard song “Animal” was saying “Panama.”

From my wife...
We were listening to Jimmy Buffett a while back and she was singing “Cheeseburger and a bag of fries”. The song was Cheeseburger in Paradise

This whole damn song: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xLd22ha_-VU

My wife singing "Do the funky lady" for Aerosmith: Dude looks like a lady.

“There’s No Sex in Your Violets”
“Secret Asian Man”
A couple of years before I figured these out.

"I'm gonna buy me a goat" had me wondering for a while...

Who said an acoustic neuroma couldn't be entertaining.

quote:

Originally posted by PowerSurge:
This whole damn song: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xLd22ha_-VU

Not to mention “Louie Louie”.

https://youtu.be/1RZJ4ESU52U

^^^^^^If those two links up there don’t get someone Rick Rolled.....

Well damn, I clicked em...no Rick...you guys are slipping


But anyway, I once caught the HR girl singing “ahh smoosh it, smoosh it real good”.....when she got to the door I told her the words were actually “Push it”.... hahaha still brings me a chuckle

"Please believe me, let me go . . . ."

flashguy

My late buddy used to think AC/DC's lyrics, "dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap" was "dirty deeds and the thunder chief." He had a couple of more I can't think of right now, but it was funny belting the incorrect lyrics out when cranking it up.

Secret Asian Man. They've given him a number, and taken way his name.

I only learned a couple years ago that there is a word for this common mis-hearing:

Mondogreen

Yup, these all got me years ago as well.

quote:

Originally posted by henryarnaud:
Johnny Rivers: Secret...Agent Man...

Me: Secret...Asian Man...

I have an Asian neighbor, he's a nice enough fellow and a decent neighbor, but a bit quirky...and so I refer to him as Secret Asian Man.

quote:

Athena, all I ever want to do is please her
My life has been so settled and she is the reason
Just one word from her and my troubles are long gone
But I think I'll get along
She's just a girl – she's a bomb

I always heard "she's a whore"

quote:

Blinded By The Light
Manfred Mann

Lyric: "Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night"

Heard: "Wrapped up like a douche 'n on a roller in the night."[QUOTE]

[QUOTE]
“There’s No Sex in Your Violets”

We used to intentionally sing "No sex with violins"

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In addition to the ones above, the lyric that really threw me for a loop was to an Eagles song:

He was a hard-headed man he was brutally handsome
And she was terminally pretty
She held him up and he held her for ransom
In the heart of the cold, cold city
He had a nasty reputation as a cruel dude
They said he was ruthless said he was crude
They had one thing in common: they were good in bed
She'd say, "Faster, faster "The lights are turning red"
Life in the fast lane
Surely make you lose your mind
Life in the fast lane, yeah
Eager for action and hot for the game
The coming attraction, the drop of a name
They knew all the right people
They took all the right pills
They threw outrageous parties
They paid heavenly bills
There were lines on the mirror, lines on her face
She pretended not to notice she was caught up in the race
Out every evenin' until it was light
He was too tired to make it
She was too tired to fight about it
Life in the fast lane
Surely make you lose your mind
Life in the fast lane
Life in the fast lane
Everything all the time
Life in the fast lane
Blowin' and burnin', blinded by thirst
They didn't see the stop sign
Took a turn for the worst
She said, "Listen, baby
You can hear the engine ring
We've been up and down this highway
Haven't seen a god-damn thing"
He said, "Call the doctor
I think I'm gonna crash"
"The doctor say he's coming but you gotta pay in cash"
They were rushing down that freeway
Messed around and got lost
They didn't care, they were just dyin' to get off
And it was life in the fast lane
Surely make you lose your mind
Life in the fast lane
Life in the fast lane
Everything all the time
Life in the fast lane
Life in the fast lane
Life in the fast lane

As a teenager what I heard was "Life in the Vaseline", and for years I thought it was a sexual reference.

Hendrix: Excuse me while I kiss this guy.