“There’s a Bathroom on the Right” and other misheard lyrics

[Elle Joyner]

We've all done it... We're jamming along to our favorite music, when a song comes on that you just HAVE to sing. You're shrieking out those lyrics when suddenly your nosy, no good, know-it-all friend looks to you and says "Those aren't the words..."

You're crushed. Broken. Devastated. You rush to the internet, type in a google search and sure enough... there they are - the REAL words. Life as you know it is altered... Irreparably.

But sure enough, the next time that song comes on - you ain't singin' the right words...

For me, I will never ever ever be able to hear anything by "Hold me closer, Tony Danza" or "There's a bathroom on the right". Recently, it was "I'm in love with a sheep, oh yeah." By Ed Sheeran.

Anyone else have some amusingly misheard lyrics??

 

[Greenie]

"Love me like a dude" instead of "Love me like you do" by Ellie Goulding :'D

 

[Nav]

When I was little, I loved the song "wasn't me" by shaggy. APPARENTLY, the lyrics aren't "hanging on the bathroom door."

Eight year old me would have been mortified.

 

[Vars]

lit up like a douche.

It never made any sense, but turns out that's because the line is revved up like a deuce.

Manfred Mann - Blinded by the Light (original by Bruce Springsteen)

 

[Elle Joyner]

lit up like a douche.

It never made any sense, but turns out that's because the line is revved up like a deuce.

Manfred Mann - Blinded by the Light (original by Bruce Springsteen)

IIRC... the lead singer actually admits that HE thought it sounded like 'douche' XD

 

[Yatagarasu]

Actual Lyrics: Get up and commit, show them the power within.

What I heard: Get a packet of miso, show them the power within.

I don't know how I misheard it that badly, it didn't help that the MV was shot in Japan as well so I legit thought those were the lyrics.

Bloody Muse.

 

[Borkasu Lazer]

" Baby, you don't have to rush. You can leave a toothbrush." sounded to me like " Baby, you don't have to brush. You can be a toothbrush."

Don't question me on how I interpreted it like that.

 

[Dipper]

Smash Mouth's All Star

"All these shooting stars, break the moWHOAA"

 

[Dusk]

"Look out I might sit on you!" as opposed to "I got my mind set on you!"
I've Got My Mind Set On You - George Harrison

 

[Greenie]

"Well, I've got pig skin..." Instead of "Well I've got thick skin" - Elastic Heart by Sia

 

[Pahn]

So I was pretty young when I heard the song Toxicity by System of a Down, I was just a little over 10 when song was popular.

Actual lyrics:

Conversion, software version 7.0


What I thought they were:

Convergez, sauve-toi Virgil ça ne va point drôle


Still today, sometimes I listen to it and I still think that's what I'm hearing 8D

 

[Elle Joyner]

Lolol You might win @Pahncakes... I've never heard other languages before!!

 

[Pahn]

Lolol You might win @Pahncakes... I've never heard other languages before!!

Hahaha well I'm French Canadian xD so sometimes I hear a mix of French/English words in songs when I'm not paying attention. It's a lot rarer nowadays, but when I was a kid/teen it happened a lot xD

 

[Kagayours]

o3o Am I the only one who doesn't know the story behind the lyric in the thread title?

 

[Elle Joyner]

o3o Am I the only one who doesn't know the story behind the lyric in the thread title?

Bad Moon Rising by Credence Clearwater Revival

 

[Tarieles]

SHAREEN DON'T LIKE IT/ROCK THE CAT BOX/ROCKIN THE CAT BOX
I still hear it, Clash. Learn to pronounce.

Well there's the famous many misheard lyrics of "Kiss the sky" from Purple Haze. Kiss this guy is the most common, it seems. I hear "kick disguise" sometimes.

Um, there's one that a friend of mine posted to kissthisguy.com. From Alice Cooper's Poison, the real lyrics are:
"I wanna love you but your lips are venomous poison"
her mom misheard it as
"I wanna love you but your hips are a little bit pointed"
It is currently top funniest misheard lyric for that song!

Jungle Love- Steve Miller Band
real lyrics: "Jungle love, it's driving me mad, it's making me crazy."
misheard lyrics from friend: "Chug a lug, it's driving me mad, it's making me crazy"

I was being a dork with this one, but it stuck and is still an inside joke. Dirty Deeds- AC/DC
real: "Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap, dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap."
me being stupid: "dirty deeds, thunder sheep, dirty deeds and the thunder sheep."

Not a funny one, but This is Gospel by Panic! always messes me up. Apparently it's "if you love me let me go", but I always heard it as "if you love me let me die".

I definitely have others, but can't think of any more right now.

 

[ᴛᴏᴄᴋᴀ]

My daughter thought "We're up all night to get lucky" was "Mexican Monkey" for the longest time. I heard her singing it in the car and nearly wrecked from laughing so hard.

 

[Artorias]

"Dirty deeds, Thunder Sheep" instead of "Dirty Deeds, Done dirt cheap" Is what I always use to hear when I listened to Dirty Deeds by AC/DC

 

[Indabayou]

TLC - Chasing Waterfalls

Actual lyrics: Don't go chasing waterfalls, listen to the rivers and lakes that you're used to

Heard: Don't go, Jason Waterfalls, listen to the rivers and the lakes like you used to

Always was a little disappointed when I learned the song wasn't about a boy living in the forest like some Peter Pan fairytale

 

[Alexandra Steele]

I still hear "avocado, avocado, avocado" in Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit instead of "how low, how low, how low".