Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Misheard Lyrics

I love that part in 27 Dresses where they sing "Benny and the Jets" with all the wrong words. I'm notoriously bad at singing the right lyrics. Here are a few of the songs I've messed up (over and over again before realizing it!):

Lyrics: "I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing. Roman cavalry choirs are singing"
What I sang: "I hear terrorists and their bells are ringing. Roman Catholic choirs a singing"
(from Viva la Vida by Coldplay)

Lyrics: "In my hometown, memories are fresh"
What I sang: "In my hometown, me and Maureen are friends"
(from Hometown Glory by Adele)

Lyrics: "Don't go chasin' waterfalls"
What I sang: "Go go Jason Waterfalls!"
(from Waterfalls by TLC)

Lyrics: "Woke up, wished that I was dead with an aching in my head"
What I sang: "Woke up, wish that I was dead, lay naked in my bed"
(from The World Spins Madly On by the Weepies)

Has anyone else done this? What were your best/worst misheard lyrics?

addition 3/31:
Lyrics: "This year's love had better last"

What I sang:
"This is love in Italy"
(from This Year's Love by David Gray)

2 comments:

  1. Hehe!
    I thought of one for me too:
    Lyrics: If you like piña coladas and getting caught in the rain
    What I sang: If you like piña coladas and getting cotton loraine.

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  2. LOL. Oh Allison, you make me laugh!

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