Lyrics that you got wrong for years

At this time of year I am always reminded by the various Christmas songs that I misheard for years. Examples include:

Simply havin' a wonderful Christmastime
I heard:
Take me, happy, wonderful Christmastime

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And:

Feed the world, let them know it's Christmas time
I heard:
Freedom, wooooaaahhh, let them know it's Christmas time

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Now I want to know yours (not necessarily Christmas songs either). The stupider the better.

Always thought that "the only card I need" from Ace of Spades was "the only God of me".

Fade To Grey (Visage) - "Why fight the crime". Thats a lot of times to sing the wrong lyrics as a child.

So give me coffee and TV, peacefully

What I heard was So give me coffee and TV, History

'Smooth Operator' by Sade

'He's a soup operator,
Sooooooup operator'

I used to think think the chorus to I Predict a Riot wasn't actually words, I just thought it was a sort of battle cry thing. This came to a head on a night out with a new flat mate. We were bouncing around in the dance floor in the build up and then I just started screaming "ABEDISAWAYO, ABEDISAWAYO!" Utterly confused, he just looked at me and said "What the strawberry float are you singing?!"

I thought the last line of the Bucky O'Hare theme was "LET'S CROAK US SOME TOAST!" - never really got it to be honest...

Tsunade wrote:So give me coffee and TV, peacefully

What I heard was So give me coffee and TV, History

"Eeasillyyyy..." I didn't know what you wrote were the real lyrics :slol:

Zilnad wrote:Always thought that "the only card I need" from Ace of Spades was "the only God of me".

I didn't even know I made that mistake until your post :lol:

DML wrote:'Smooth Operator' by Sade

'He's a soup operator,
Sooooooup operator'

Hold me closer, Tony Danza

Oh, man, I can never make out lyrics and often get them totally wrong.

I recall The Automatic's "Monster" song. I thought it went "What's that coming over the hill, Is it a bus stop?" rather than "What's that coming over the hill, Is it a monster?" :lol:

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Dowbocop wrote:
Tsunade wrote:So give me coffee and TV, peacefully

What I heard was So give me coffee and TV, History

"Eeasillyyyy..." I didn't know what you wrote were the real lyrics

I thought it was "Please hold me"

I remember Geri Halliwell confusing thousands of people a couple of years ago with the reveal of the Spice Up Your Life lyrics.

Hi, Ci, Ja, Hold Tight!

Wait, I have another one.

Hot dog, jumping frog. I love cookies.

more heat than light wrote:Wait, I have another one.

Hot dog, jumping frog. I love cookies.

If that's a Spaced reference, it might suprise you to know that Daisy actually mishears the lyric as "almond cookies".

Zilnad wrote:
more heat than light wrote:Wait, I have another one.

Hot dog, jumping frog. I love cookies.

If that's a Spaced reference, it might suprise you to know that Daisy actually mishears the lyric as "almond cookies".

It's not, that's my genuine hearing of the song until a couple of years ago.

Here's mine:

The lift goes up where we belong. (Love lift us up where we belong)

I'd like to build myself a house, out across the sea. (i'd like to build myself a house, out of plasticine)

And the bells are ringing out, for Christmas time. (And the bells are ringing out, for Christmas day)

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One of my mates is hilarious for this, I think he hears every single song lyric wrong. Some of his crackers:

I wanna be a dog (I wanna be adored)

Kiss from a rose on a string (kiss from a rose on the grey)

Golden gays (golden gaze)

Sunshine on a rainy day
Mick mack mo mick mack mo sherba sherba sherba

The Stranglers - Always the Sun. What the lyrics actually are:

How many times have you seen
The papers apportion the blame?

What I hear:

How many times have you seen
The papers, abortion to blame

It's so ingrained at this point I still sing the wrong lyrics

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Victor Mildew wrote:Kiss from a rose on a string (kiss from a rose on the grey)

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