Song Lyrics you were surprised you had wrong

[SaveElmer]

For the longest time I though the Culture Club Song "Karma Chamelion" was "Become a Comedian"...I always sang it that way when it came on the radio. A group of us were headed to the beach when I was in college, this song came on, I started singing it, and everybody laughed.

[wtmusic]

1. 'Guantanamera' is "One-Ton Tomato'

:silly:

[EV1Ltimm]

16. thank god i'm not alone! nt

[jpgray]

2. "Blinded by the light... wrapped up like a DEUCE"

I thought it was, er... something else.

[Don Claybrook]

3. When I was a kid

I thought that Aerosmith was exhorting women to sing along with Steve Tyler:

Sing women, sing for the years, sing for the laughter, sing for the tears...

[dolo amber]

4. When I was about 8

or 9 my family got no end of amusement out of me singing along to the Bee-Gees "More Than a Woman". This is due to me thinking they were saying "Bald-headed Woman". :D

Funny thing is, at the time I thought nothing of there being a song dedicated to follicularly-challenged females...:shrug: :D

[Squeech]

9. "Bald Headed Woman"

Cat Stevens actually did write a song on that topic.

And the Beach Boys had one called "She's Going Bald," from when the drugs were really starting to take effect.

[Goldmund]

12. It's "Hard Headed Woman"

the Cat Stevens song

[Squeech]

14. Oops. You're right.

Haven't listened to it in a very long time, obviously.

But the Beach Boys song is for real, it's on Smile. The last line goes, "You're too late mama, there's nothing upside your head."

[jimbo fett]

5. Big Ol Jed had a light on (Big Ol' Jet Airliner)…Cut me some slack. I was8

[arwalden]

6. "Hold Me Closer Tony Danza" and "Sunday Monkey Won't Play Piano Song"

[lapislzi]

7. For Dad, in Ohio

...and "come on down to a stone-cold picnic..."

[BOSSHOG]

8. "Scuse me while I Kiss this guy" JH

[MiddleRiverRefugee]

10. WAUKEGAN! WAUKEGAN!

It ws actually "Soul Finger" by the Bar-Kays, but I didn't know that.

[Spirochete]

11. "There's a bathroom on the right"

by Creedence Clearwater Revival.

[Goldmund]

13. My sister thought...

...that the backing vocals on "All You Need Is Love" actually sang "blah, blah, blah".

[Kolesar]

15. "They say the heart of rock and roll is Topeka"

And from what I see I believe 'em --Huey Lewis and the News

[skypilot]

17. when I was in high school...

...and smoking a lot of pot I could have sworn that the refrain in Elvis Costello's "What's So Funny 'bout Peace, Love and Understanding" was actually, "What's so funny 'bout me smokin' herb and stayin' in". Until someone handed me a lyric sheet I would have sworn on my life that that was what he was saying. I don't smoke pot anymore.

[Kolesar]

18. Should have skipped a few dime bags and bought a better stereo system

...just funning ya'

[skypilot]

19. You're probably right.

I did, in fact, have a piece of shit stereo system at the time. This was before CDs too.

[stinkeefresh]

20. "everytime you go away...

you take a piece of meat with you."

Then there was my aunt's question to my mom circa '63.

"What's a 'woo'?"

"What do you mean?"

"You know, 'I'll never dance with another woo, since I saw her standing there'- what's a 'woo'?"

Actual conversation.

[RebelOne]

21. This is an archive of misheard lyrics.

http://www.kissthisguy.com/

[Dees]

22. Toto's Africa. "I bless the rains down in Africa..."

I always mumbled through it.