Misheard Lyrics

[mrs_overall]

When I was very young I truly believed that in the song The Israelites, Desmond Dekker was singing
"Wake up every morning, baby for breakfast, so that every mouse can be fed."

What are your misheard lyrics?

[boxtops]

I just posted this on another thread, mrs O - glad you started this one!

Desmond Dekker (also) - Me Ears are Alight

[factor-fiction]

KD Lang sang "Can't Stand Gravy"

[frugalfred]

I thought the National Anthem went "Send her victorias" and I couldn't understand why the Queen wanted plums.

[boxtops]

Nazareth - My Wife's Bicycle

[mrs_overall]

Boxy, it was you who gave me the idea for this thread :-)

[Buenchico]

I remember my late mother telling me that, in her childhood, she had always assumed that the King liked plums because of the line in the National Anthem that goes "Send him Victorias"

[Zacs-Master]

You walked in to the party
And your scarf it was Afri cut.

Carly Simon
You're so vain.

[boxtops]

Excellent teamwork, mrs O! :-)

[tiggerblue10]

La Isla Bonita - eyes like potatoes!

[mrs_overall]

Fleetwood Mac - Seven Wonders - I always misheard the third line...

Long ago, certain place, certain time
You touched my hand, all the way,
All the way down to MFI

[jakep]

Bright blessed day, dogs say goodnight - think it's Wonderful World

[Answerprancer]

I have great fun finding unintended lyrics in Cocteau Twins' music.
They use their own made up language in a lot of their stuff, but it's great when you hear things. It's the same for Adiemus.
Also, I could swear that in Dub Qawali by Nusrat Fati Ali Khan I heard "balti balti go suck a scarecrow overnight".
(I'll see if I can find it on Youtube).

[mrs_overall]

Youngest Junior O thinks that the classic James Brown song is called I'm a Fax Machine

[paddywak]

The Jam told everybody to Eat Your Trifles.

[boxtops]

mrs O - probably best not to disillusion him!!

[Answerprancer]

Here it is!
You listen - it's definitely "balti balti go suck a scarecrow overnight"!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3qcrcZ-D0s

[atalanta]

There's that bit in an old hymn which goes " then before my Father's throne, I shall know as I am known"
When I was very small, I thought it said "before my father's thrown" and I imagined some men were going to come from the church and throw my father down the stairs.

[cupid04]

I thought until quite recently that the lyric from 'what a wonderful world' was and the dogs say good night when it is in fact 'dark sacred night'.

[hc4361]

It's a hard egg, nothing but a hard egg.....
Bonnie Tyler

You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille, 500 children and a crop in the field..
Kenny Rogers

[marval]

Indeep song Last night a DJ saved my life, I couldn't understand how a bidet could save someone's life.