What's the funniest mishearing of song lyrics you've had?
Tears in Heaven
[chorus] I must be strong == I must destroy
Lets hear em
Balthazar, “It’s all about the big, 'bout the big snow shovel.”
Gregorech, Pearl Jam; Daughter
Center of a Rhododendron = Center of he own attention.
HonkTonkWoman, Always loved Eddie making fun of Mike for thinking the Kiss lyrics were, “I wanna rock n roll all night, and part of every day.”
themeatbridge, (edited ) Pearl Jam feels like cheating.
Here’s the classic Yellow Ledbetter
VaultBoyNewVegas, I still don’t know the full lyrics of even flow. Every time I hear it fucks with my head and I forget the words.
Bishma, 
Yellow Ledbetter doesn’t count. It’s mumbled in recordings because the lyrics change over time to adapt to whatever conflict we’re currently wasting life on.
charolastra, Crimean River
PrimarilyPrimate, 
Every girl’s crazy about a sharp dressed man= every girl’s crazy about his shotgun hair.
thefartographer, Hemorrhage by Fuel
Leave love bleeding in my hands, in my hands again We all livin’ in my pants, in my pants oh yeah
cheese_greater, The mind hears wat it wantz to hear 🔮
stick2urgunz88, 
At first I thought Post Malone was saying “swallow my knife” and not “spoil my night.”
MacedWindow, 
I know I’m not the only one but I always thought the line was “dirty deeds and the Thunder Chief”. Still think Thunder Chief is a cool name.
Same band, I thought the line was “let loose, vamanoose” like a funny way of saying vamonos - or “lets go”.
18_24_61_b_17_17_4, 
I thought it was “Dirty deeds, dungarees” when I was a kid .
Rai, My mum thought it was “Dirty jeans and they’re dungarees”!
tacosanonymous, (edited ) I also used to say stuff like that as a kid! I think I said, “thunder Jeep.” My dad thought it was hilarious. But he did show me that the album included the lyrics. I’ll still do it my way if the song comes on when he visits.
andyburke, 
Justin?
themeatbridge, Hold me closer, Tony Danza…
betterdeadthanreddit, (edited ) You didn’t mishear it, the name and commonly-accepted lyrics are a retroactive fix at Mr. Danza’s request and he asks that we respect his privacy.
cheese_greater, This one wins lol
state_electrician,
MajesticSloth, 
Not me personally, but I worked with a guy that always thought Secret Agent Man was Secret Asian Man.
chilicheeselies, I am that guy. I thought that for a 20 years
neatchee, (edited ) Da Vinci’s Notebook has you covered: youtu.be/ezd_gZxOukw?si=yQJ38BXRZU7BzJ7-
Hellnikko, No joke. Many years ago we went to a biker bar and it happened to be a karaoke night. Asian guy sings Secret “Asian” man and we lost our shit.
MajesticSloth, I’ve since learned it is a fairly common one. But we got a lot of laughs out of it with him. Just out of the blue when he’d come to his desk someone would break out singing it.
ryathal, Honestly I think the singer threw in at least one secret asian man, and Secret aging man.
Bishma, The Toadies “Possum Kingdom”
I’m not gonna lie
I’ll not be a gentleman
Behind the boathouse
I’ll show you my dark secret dashiki
kambusha,
SeedyOne, How have I never heard this. That was great.
neatchee, (edited ) Acting funny, but I don’t know why… 'Scuse me while I kiss the sky kiss this guy
Hendrix. Purple Haze
Turious, I was once listening to The Pillows’ “I Think I Can” around a friend. Japanese band, lots of their songs are in English but you’d never know through the singer’s heavy Japanese accent. He repeats the titular line a lot in the song and my friend thought he was singing “I lick my cunt.”
That was 15 years ago and it’s still all I hear when I listen to the song.
papalonian, (edited ) Taylor Swift - Blank Space
“Got a long list of ex lovers”
As
“Gotta love those Starbucks lovers”
I thought it was supposed to be a self aware “white girl” joke.
dingus, Lmao I also heard it as that and was so confused at wtf it was supposed to actually be
Naja_Kaouthia, 
I used to work with this guy who swore the lyrics to Beast of Burden by The Rolling Stones were, “Don’t wanna be, your pizza’s burnin’”.
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