singing the wrong lyrics

[Carmen]

i have a mix of songs on a cd in my truck. one of the songs is janis joplin's Bobby McGee. Great song, so i've been singing it LOUDLY and off key, as always.
one of the lines has had me confused though. i could have sworn she was singing "windshield wipers, turpintine. i was holding bobby's hand in mine"

turpintine???

so i looked it up. its "Windshield wipers slapping time, I was holding bobby’s hand in mine"

I remember driving down the california freeway with my dad as a teenager. top down and we were sharing a joint. Billy Idols "eyes without a face" came on and my dad was singing "Hows about a date"
i said, "WHAT did you just sing???"
i told him the real words were "eyes without a face" and i remember him turning to me and saying "THAT doesn't make any sense!"

anyway, have you ever realized what the real words to a song were and discovered you had been singing it completely wrong?

 

[ChefWide]

My mom was singing along, very goofy, I know, to Rockin' the Casbah and she was saying 'Rocking the Cash bar'

Most unusual.

 

[Smurfy]

You know that Billy Joel song "You may be right, I may be crazy"???
I always thought (as a kid) that it was "You make the rice, Ill make the gravy"

Also, the song "Bad Moon on the Rise" i thought it was "there's a bathroom on the right"

 

[Carmen]

You know that Billy Joel song "You may be right, I may be crazy"???
I always thought (as a kid) that it was "You make the rice, Ill make the gravy"

Also, the song "Bad Moon on the Rise" i thought it was "there's a bathroom on the right"

LOL! i thought it said something about a bathroom too.
or a bad moon on the right.
neither made much sense.

 

[coverguy]

absolutely been there ... but isn't the moment when you realize this error absolutely hilarious, and possibly humiliating if around others.

 

[powerslave]

Listen to death metal. Unless you got the lyrics right in front of you, you generally can't understand a word. Just kind of growl along throw in a "Die" or "Kill" every now and then and you'll be ok.

 

[rom_mem]

u know the song a "letter to elise" by the cure
wen i was a kid, i didnt know the name of the song and always tought it was "at least" instead of elise, all the way throu the song

 

[chewyxrage]

Listen to death metal. Unless you got the lyrics right in front of you, you generally can't understand a word. Just kind of growl along throw in a "Die" or "Kill" every now and then and you'll be ok.

rofl

that is the truth!

 

[jackangel]

excuse me while i kiss this guy.

 

[Zebo]

Creedence Clearwater Revival....."There's a bathroom on the right".