Songs You THOUGHT You Knew the Words

ZTAngel · #1 05-14-2002, 12:00 PM

What are some songs out there that you thought you knew the words to but were told one day, much to your embarrassment, that you were totally wrong?
For instance, I always thought that in Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Bad Moon Rising" that he sang:
"Don't go around tonight, it's bound to take your wife, there's a bathroom on the right."
I was in the car with this guy that I was dating. I was a junior in HS and he was a college boy. He liked classic rock so me, being the dumb HS junior that I was, borrowed my dad's CCR cd and played in the car. He started cracking up when I sang that part. He said, "No ZTAngel, the lyrics are 'Don't go around tonight, it's bound to take your life, there's a bad moon on the rise'."
I was soooo embarrassed.

LeslieAGD · #2 05-14-2002, 12:14 PM

That's funny, ZTAngel! Right now the only thing that comes to mind is that one-hit-wonder "Informer" by Snow. I still don't know what the heck they were saying in that song, but it never stopped me from making it up.

lifesaver · #3 05-14-2002, 12:25 PM

I dont know the song name, but its from the 80's. the actual lyrics are, "lay back kicking and enjoy the ride." My buddy was singing, "eat that chicken and forget the fries." lol.

Also we were in Indy a few years ago and that Red Flagg song, Russian radio came on, lyrics, "Russian Ray-dee-oh" He sings, "whats yo name, D-O."

lol

TrojanGirl · #4 05-14-2002, 12:45 PM

"Informer, you know Daddy Snow's not to blame, a licky boom boom yeah
Detective man says Daddy Snow stabbed someone down the lane, a licky boom boom now."

That is all I know of the song... my personal favorite misunderstood lyric is "Excuse me, while I kiss this guy" instead of "Kiss the sky"

TG

LeslieAGD · #5 05-14-2002, 01:16 PM

Ohhhhhh! Wait, I just thought of a good one!!! In the Eiffle 65 song "Blue," they say "I'm blue, if I were green I would die" but it sounds like they sing "I'm blue, I'm in need of a guy" so everyone would scream that at the bar whenever they played that song.

33girl · #6 05-14-2002, 02:07 PM

Courtesy of Dave Barry, the first line of Help Me Rhonda: "Well since she put me down there's been owls pukin' in my head."

"I can see clearly now the rain is gone, I can see all ostriches in my way."

My little's ex thought the chorus to Tubthumping was "I got no job, but I'm an opera fan."

Siobhan · #7 05-14-2002, 02:27 PM

At the end of Queen's one vision it sounds like they are saying fried chicken... of course this is Queen so they might actually be saying that - if anyone can help me - I've been trying to decipher that line for 10 years.

KappaStargirl · #8 05-14-2002, 03:13 PM

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Originally posted by LeslieAGD
Ohhhhhh! Wait, I just thought of a good one!!! In the Eiffle 65 song "Blue," they say "I'm blue, if I were green I would die" but it sounds like they sing "I'm blue, I'm in need of a guy" so everyone would scream that at the bar whenever they played that song.

I think the words are "I'm blue, da ba dee da ba di." I get the most interesting interpretations of that from my youngest sister, including the "if I were green" variation, but my favorite is "I'm blue, I would beat up a guy."

SATX*APhi · #9 05-14-2002, 03:37 PM

In a song by Time McGraw (I can't remember the name just now), I thought it said, "I had to pull her 'tooney.' " I thought 'tooney' was a code word for something of the female anatomy.

But yeah, one day while I sang those lyrics, a friend of mine laughed histerically and says the lyrics are, "I had to pull her to me." I felt really stupid!!

#10 05-14-2002, 03:56 PM

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Originally posted by LeslieAGD
Ohhhhhh! Wait, I just thought of a good one!!! In the Eiffle 65 song "Blue," they say "I'm blue, if I were green I would die"

LOL, thats what we uses to sing when we were talking about Michigan State.

A friend of my use to get Sublimes- Lovin' wrong. Instead of saying "Lovin is what I got" she use to say "Love is, is what I got".

DWAlphaGam · #11 05-14-2002, 04:15 PM

Hahaha, this is a great topic! The only misinterpretation I can think of right now is that my cousin used to think "Walk Like an Egyptian" was "Walk Like a Magician."

XO_Princess · #12 05-14-2002, 04:20 PM

The only thing I can think of is, my friend in hs, used to think that one of the lines from Gin Blossom's "Hey Jealousy" went like this :
" We can drive around this town, and let the cats chase us around"

When it's really, "let the cops chase us around"..

KillarneyRose · #13 05-14-2002, 07:19 PM

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Originally posted by SATX*APhi
In a song by Time McGraw (I can't remember the name just now), I thought it said, "I had to pull her 'tooney.' " I thought 'tooney' was a code word for something of the female anatomy. But yeah, one day while I sang those lyrics, a friend of mine laughed histerically and says the lyrics are, "I had to pull her to me." I felt really stupid!!

SATX*APhi, thanks so much! I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard!

Unfortunately, I don't know of any wrong lyrics that can top that one, but there's that Stevie Nicks song "Edge of 17" that starts out with her singing "Just like the white-winged dove" and my sister would always sing "Just like the one-winged dove"

aephi alum · #14 05-14-2002, 07:24 PM

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Originally posted by Siobhan
At the end of Queen's one vision it sounds like they are saying fried chicken... of course this is Queen so they might actually be saying that - if anyone can help me - I've been trying to decipher that line for 10 years.

They do sing "fried chicken" - but the "echo" is "one vision". (I have the CD)

SATX*APhi · #15 05-14-2002, 11:12 PM

One of Leanne Rimes' first songs.....thought she said, "Standing on the corner" but she says "Stading on the borer"