Mistaken lyrics - ZEFRANK.COM

Zeismyhero · 03-14-2006, 12:33 PM

Hey! Have you ever thought that you knew the words to a song, only to have a revelation much later that you knew the wrong words all along?

For example, the song "Hey Santa Claus" (which is also featured in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation) has a chorus that I swore was:

"Pigs and bones!
Pigs and bones!
Pigs and bones and bones and bones!"

when I was a little kid. I know it's pretty stupid, but kinda funny now.

Of course, even now that I know the error of my ways, I still have to sing it that way sometimes, but anyway...

Anyone else have a mistaken lyric they want to share?

Jack Flanders · 03-14-2006, 01:28 PM

Creedence Clearwater Revival's "there's a bad moon on the rise" I thought it was "there's a bathroom on the right" - I understand many people heard the same thing.

magdalen · 03-14-2006, 01:42 PM

When i was 5 years old i used to listen to a christian kiddies radio programme. It began with a psalm i always misheard, i know now (me being raised with no religion at all).
The children sang: Voor des Heren lof en prijs.
I will translate it for you: to the praise and glory of the Lord
I sang: Voor de zere lof en prei
Tanslation: to the hurting chicory and leek.
Well, i undestood that. I hated chicory and leek. Of course they hurt!
But i couldn't understand why my mother kept on laughing.

madasacutsnake · 03-14-2006, 07:03 PM

http://www.notam02.no/~hcholm/altlang/ht/Dutch.html

zenbabe · 03-14-2006, 07:08 PM

Jimmie Hendrix Kiss the Sky

lapietra · 03-14-2006, 07:33 PM

They Might Be Giants "Why Did You Grow A Beard" - I SWORE they were singing "Why did you grow up here?"

Coffee · 03-14-2006, 08:04 PM

I've heard this condition is known as Lyrictosis.

bcbuilding · 03-14-2006, 09:59 PM

I thought the childrens song "this old man", was thistle man.And sang it like that forever.It was only untill I was in my 20's that I figured it out. I did that with alot of things,still do

Avalon · 03-22-2006, 07:45 PM

Mondegreens
http://www.corsinet.com/braincandy/wrlyric.html

madasacutsnake · 03-22-2006, 07:56 PM

http://www.zefrank.com/bulletin/show...ht=mondegreens

Avalon · 03-22-2006, 08:12 PM

^^^^You're a better woman than I...

I just like to read the site and laugh

Klynne · 03-23-2006, 01:20 AM

This song.... And I don't even know its name

"Don't you look at my girlfriend, shes the only one I got, not much of a girlfriend" blah blah blah, but the refrain sounds like my name, I think it may be tea yamo ((phonetically))which in Spanish means I love you), but it sounds exactly like my name. At least that is what I thought when I was 13.

Hyakujo's Fox · 03-23-2006, 05:23 AM

Your name wouldn't be "Take A. Jumbo" by any chance?

12"razormix · 03-23-2006, 09:12 AM

it's breakfast in spain!

Avalon · 03-23-2006, 10:09 AM

They are playing with you Klynne

Breakfast in America by SuperTramp

03-14-2006, 12:33 PM	#1
Zeismyhero Happy just to dance w/you Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Standing right behind you... Posts: 353	Mistaken lyrics Hey! Have you ever thought that you knew the words to a song, only to have a revelation much later that you knew the wrong words all along? For example, the song "Hey Santa Claus" (which is also featured in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation) has a chorus that I swore was: "Pigs and bones! Pigs and bones! Pigs and bones and bones and bones!" when I was a little kid. I know it's pretty stupid, but kinda funny now. Of course, even now that I know the error of my ways, I still have to sing it that way sometimes, but anyway... Anyone else have a mistaken lyric they want to share?

03-14-2006, 07:03 PM	#4
madasacutsnake no more nice girl Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 5,054	http://www.notam02.no/~hcholm/altlang/ht/Dutch.html __________________ He really shatters the myth of white supremacy once and for all.

03-14-2006, 07:08 PM	#5
zenbabe Lollypop! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: we are all made of stars Posts: 11,690	Jimmie Hendrix Kiss the Sky __________________ Be yourself, because the people that mind don't matter, and the people that matter don't mind. -Dr. Seuss

03-14-2006, 07:33 PM	#6
lapietra half baked Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: just ducky Posts: 12,078	They Might Be Giants "Why Did You Grow A Beard" - I SWORE they were singing "Why did you grow up here?" __________________ “As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes.” ~ Mel Brooks

03-22-2006, 07:45 PM	#9
Avalon Moderator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: A much better place Posts: 5,931	Mondegreens http://www.corsinet.com/braincandy/wrlyric.html __________________ I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it. Groucho Marx

03-14-2006, 01:28 PM	#2
Jack Flanders landscaping is fun Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: up river and down river Posts: 4,815	Creedence Clearwater Revival's "there's a bad moon on the rise" I thought it was "there's a bathroom on the right" - I understand many people heard the same thing.

03-14-2006, 01:42 PM	#3
magdalen OOwdevie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: rotterdam Posts: 1,455	When i was 5 years old i used to listen to a christian kiddies radio programme. It began with a psalm i always misheard, i know now (me being raised with no religion at all). The children sang: Voor des Heren lof en prijs. I will translate it for you: to the praise and glory of the Lord I sang: Voor de zere lof en prei Tanslation: to the hurting chicory and leek. Well, i undestood that. I hated chicory and leek. Of course they hurt! But i couldn't understand why my mother kept on laughing.

03-14-2006, 08:04 PM	#7
Coffee Cheeses Save Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Floating Posts: 9,204	I've heard this condition is known as Lyrictosis.

03-14-2006, 09:59 PM	#8
bcbuilding Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1	I thought the childrens song "this old man", was thistle man.And sang it like that forever.It was only untill I was in my 20's that I figured it out. I did that with alot of things,still do

03-22-2006, 07:56 PM	#10
madasacutsnake no more nice girl Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 5,054	http://www.zefrank.com/bulletin/show...ht=mondegreens __________________ He really shatters the myth of white supremacy once and for all.

03-22-2006, 08:12 PM	#11
Avalon Moderator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: A much better place Posts: 5,931	^^^^You're a better woman than I... I just like to read the site and laugh __________________ I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it. Groucho Marx

03-23-2006, 01:20 AM	#12
Klynne monkey Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 4,543	This song.... And I don't even know its name "Don't you look at my girlfriend, shes the only one I got, not much of a girlfriend" blah blah blah, but the refrain sounds like my name, I think it may be tea yamo ((phonetically))which in Spanish means I love you), but it sounds exactly like my name. At least that is what I thought when I was 13.

03-23-2006, 05:23 AM	#13
Hyakujo's Fox left hanging Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: between the click of the light and the start of the dream Posts: 10,071	Your name wouldn't be "Take A. Jumbo" by any chance?

03-23-2006, 09:12 AM	#14
12"razormix ° ★ ° Join Date: May 2004 Location: ªs°k° Posts: 6,458	it's breakfast in spain!

03-23-2006, 10:09 AM	#15
Avalon Moderator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: A much better place Posts: 5,931	They are playing with you Klynne Breakfast in America by SuperTramp __________________ I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it. Groucho Marx

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