Misheard Lyrics

[DarrenTR1970]

I can't believe I didn't know this.
Maybe I'm Amazed by Paul McCartney.
The line is, "You pulled me out in time".
I've always heard, "You pulled me out of time".

 

[Velocity]

I really need to clean my ears, I think. I have always heard a line from Christopher Cross's "Never Be the Same" as "Parlez-vous love?" instead of the actual line, which is: I'll Live Alone. I think it's his inflection maybe. Yeah, that's it.

 

[Candleicious Ghost]

Hooked On A Feeling almost always trips me up.

The line I hear

"Got a pot from you girl but I don't need a cure"

The actual line is

"Got a bug from you girl but I don't need a cure"

I know the lyrics but still occasionally get tripped up with the misquoted line.

 

[Candleicious Ghost]

The song Shallows from a star is born.

Every time I have previously heard this song it sounded like "we're far from the shadows now"

The correct line is

"we're far from the shallows now"

 

[scotpens]

I just misheard "I can't stand the rain against my window", as "I can't stand Lorraine, against my window"

I can see clearly now Lorraine is gone!

Same thing with Creedence Clearwater Revival. "I wanna know, have you ever seen Lorraine?"

 

[Candleicious Ghost]

I just misheard "I can't stand the rain against my window", as "I can't stand Lorraine, against my window"

Same thing with Creedence Clearwater Revival. "I wanna know, have you ever seen Lorraine?"

OMG me too........ Poor Lorraine she gets around

 

[Ovation]

My wife, for the longest time, thought the Hall and Oates song lyric “your kiss is on my list” was “on my lips” (to be fair, it’s not an unreasonable perception).

 

[DarrenTR1970]

My wife, for the longest time, thought the Hall and Oates song lyric “your kiss is on my list” was “on my lips” (to be fair, it’s not an unreasonable perception).

Glad I'm not the only one.

 

[J.T.B.]

Glenn Campbell had a hit in the '70s called "Southern Nights," an Allan Toussaint cover. He sings a verse "Weeping willows would cry for joy," then no vocal for a bar, then he repeats "Joy!" Not paying attention to the lyrics before, I always thought he said "Joan!"

 

[Candleicious Ghost]

The most famous one is the song from Manfred Man. Blinded by the light. I don't even need to quote the line everyone including me gets wrong sometimes

 

[Nerys Myk]

The most famous one is the song from Manfred Man. Blinded by the light. I don't even need to quote the line everyone including me gets wrong sometimes

I thought the most famous one was "Excuse me while I kiss this guy."

 

[Candleicious Ghost]

I thought the most famous one was "Excuse me while I kiss this guy."

Never heard that

 

[Nerys Myk]

Never heard that

The misheard lyric or the song?

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[Candleicious Ghost]

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Well there you go I've never heard that wrong until now.... The power of suggestion

 

[scotpens]

I thought the most famous one was "Excuse me while I kiss this guy."

I thought it was "There's a bathroom on the right."

 

[Velocity]

In "Right Down the Line" by Gerry Rafferty, he sings "it was you, woman" but it sounds like "it was hoo.....mon". I heard it sort of like this sigh, from way back in the 70s until earlier this week.

 

[Nerys Myk]

In "Right Down the Line" by Gerry Rafferty, he sings "it was you, woman" but it sounds like "it was hoo.....mon". I heard it sort of like this sigh, from way back in the 70s until earlier this week.

It's better in the original Ferengi.

 

[Danja]

Phil Collins -- "Don't Lose my Number"

Misheard: "Jupiter/Jupiter/Jupiter run for your life" (Correct line: "You better/You better/You better run for your life.")

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Eric Clapton:

Misheard: "Sela/You've got me on my knees, Sela."
Correct: "Layla/You've got me on my knees, Layla."

 

[Velocity]

Carefree Highway by Gordon Lightfoot. I heard as "Every highway". I didn't even realize my mistake until I saw the title on Sirius XM radio...today.

 

[Commander Troi]

Closed captioning on TV has helped me correct many a misheard lyric.