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Now playing: more misheard lyrics
Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Wrong: "You're Alice in Wonderland"

Right: "Your body is a wonderland"

-- John Mayer's "Your Body Is a Wonderland"

Wrong: "Step my feet in tar"

Right: "Be still my beating heart"

-- Sting's "Be Still My Beating Heart"

Wrong: "I only have ice for you"

Right: "I only have eyes for you"

-- Various artists, "I Only Have Eyes For You"

Wrong: "An old Russian road song"

Right: "An old-fashioned love song"

-- Three Dog Night's "An Old Fashioned Love Song"

Wrong: "I am the eye in the sky/ ookie-noochie"

Right: "I am the eye in the sky/ Looking at you"

-- The Alan Parsons Project's "Eye in the Sky"

Wrong: "Every time you go away/ You take a piece of meat with you"

Right: "Every time you go away/ You take a piece of me with you"

-- Paul Young's "Everytime You Go Away"

Wrong: "Ham on rye/ don't nobody worry 'bout me"

Right: "I'm alright/ don't nobody worry bout me"

-- Kenny Loggins' "I'm Alright"

Wrong: "Hold me close I'm tired of dancing"

Right: "Hold me closer tiny dancer"

-- Elton John's "Tiny Dancer"

Wrong: "Second-hand chili dogs outside the Tastee Freeze"

Right: "Suckin' on chili dogs outside the Tastee Freeze"

-- John Mellencamp's "Jack and Diane"

Wrong: "Feel your love tonight"

Right: "Little Red Corvette"

-- Prince's "Little Red Corvette"

Wrong: "You're just a bumble bee, baby"

Right: "You dropped a bomb on me, baby"

-- The Gap Band's "You Dropped a Bomb on Me"

Wrong: "Oh, darlin', I would fly to Mexico"

Right: "Oh, darlin', I was blind to let you go"

-- The Jackson Five's "I Want You Back"

Wrong: "I wanna rock and roll all nite and part of every day"

Right: "I wanna rock and roll all nite and party every day"

-- Kiss' "Rock and Roll All Nite"

Wrong: "Hooray for that Chrysler"

Right: "Paperback writer"

-- The Beatles' "Paperback Writer"

Wrong: "Gotta boom boom in your eye"

Right: "Gotta blue moon in your eyes"

-- A3's "Woke up This Morning," a k a "The Sopranos" theme song

Wrong: "... You're my kanooki..."

Right: "... You're like a new key ..."

-- Martina McBride's "If I Had Your Name"

Wrong: "Grover's in the yard"

Right: "Groove is in the heart"

-- Deee-Lite's "Groove Is in the Heart"

Wrong: "And I know what it means to walk alone when it is only three degrees"

Right: "'Cos I know what it means/ To walk along the lonely street of dreams"

-- Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again"

Wrong: "We put milk on our cereal, girl"

Right: "We are spirits in the material world"

-- The Police's "Spirits in the Material World"

Wrong: "... Big ol' jet's got a light on"

Right: "... Big ol' jet airliner"

-- Steve Miller Band's "Jet Airliner"

Wrong: "Pretty little head wound ..."

Right: "Pretty little hairdo ..."

-- The Jayhawks' "Save It for a Rainy Day"

Children's misheard lyrics

Wrong: "... It's a small world, out you go, and they kick you out."

Right: "... It's a small world after all, it's a small, small world."

-- Disney Chorus' "It's a Small World (After All)"

Wrong: "Cub Scout girl"

Right: "Uptown Girl"

-- Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl"

Wrong: "Christ the loyal pasture leans against the phone"

Right: "Christ the royal Master leads against the foe"

-- Various artists, "Onward Christian Soldiers"

Wrong: "Just brush my teeth before you leave me ..."

Right: "Just touch my cheek before you leave me ..."

-- Juice Newton's "Angel of the Morning"

Source: PG readers

First published on July 16, 2007 at 7:18 pm