I'm Sorry, I can't hear the correct Lyrics

pokeplayer984 · **on:** July 21, 2015, 01:06:13 AM

^^Title.

Ever had this problem before? Where you find the lyrics to a song and no matter how hard you try, you just can't hear said lyrics?

Well, let's talk about them here.

My most recent has to be with Weird Al's song "Party in the CIA".

At one point, the correct lyrics are:

"Need a country to destabilize"

But what I hear is:

"Need a country to stabilize"

Yeah, may be small, but it bothers me. I just seriously cannot hear the right lyrics.

What are your instances? Talk about them.

See ya later!

Ptyra · **Reply #1 on:** July 27, 2015, 05:33:51 PM

One of mine, since I was a child, has been from Aladdin's One Jump Ahead.

[Aladdin:] Let's not be too hasty
[Lady:] Still I think he's rather tasty

I've always heard it as

[Aladdin:] Let's not be too hasty
[Lady:]You are stinky, rather tasty

Ehmmm...whatever floats your boat, miss...

ImpracticalDino · **Reply #2 on:** May 21, 2019, 11:14:56 PM

Lady Gaga - The Cure

Here's the actual lyric for one line: "And if you say you're okay, I'm gonna heal you anyway."
What I hear: "And if you say you're okay, I'm gonna kill you anyway."

ImpracticalDino · **Reply #3 on:** May 24, 2019, 11:37:58 PM

Maroon 5 - What Lovers Do ft. SZA

Actual Lyrics:
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, been wishin' for you
Ooh, ooh
Tryna do what lovers do ooh

Misheard Lyrics: Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, Im'a sh** for you,
Ooh, ooh,
Trying to do what llamas do, ooh

pokeplayer984 · **Reply #4 on:** May 27, 2019, 07:02:06 PM

This one has bothered me for years.

Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca

The actual lyrics: Her skin is the color of mocha

What I hear: Her hair is the color of mocha

I really can't help it. I don't know why.

ImpracticalDino · **Reply #5 on:** May 28, 2019, 12:57:37 AM

Little Mix - Mo More Sad Songs (ft. Machine Gun Kelly)

Actual Lyrics:
I'm beggin', please don't play
No more! (sad songs)
No more! (sad songs)
No more! (sad songs)
I'm beggin', please don't play

What I Hear:
I'm beggin', please don't play
No more! (Samsungs)
No more! (Samsungs)
No more! (Samsungs)
I'm beggin', please don't play

ImpracticalDino · **Reply #6 on:** June 04, 2019, 09:41:23 PM

This one had me laughing for a while.

Selena Gomez - Kill Em With Kindness

Actual Lyrics:
Your lies are bullets
Your mouth's a gun
And no war in anger
Was ever won

What I Hear:
Your lice are bullets
Your mouse a gun
And no war in England
Was ever won

StardustSoldier · **Reply #7 on:** June 09, 2019, 09:54:10 PM

George Harrison - Got My Mind Set on You

Actual lyrics:
I got my mind set on you

Misheard lyrics:
Look out, I might sit on you!

I saw someone post that on a website once and I could not stop laughing.

ImpracticalDino · **Reply #8 on:** June 14, 2019, 08:26:24 PM

Johnny Rivers - Secret Agent Man

Actual Lyrics:
Secret Agent Man, Secret Agent Man

What I hear:
Secret Asian Man, Secret Asian Man

StardustSoldier · **Reply #9 on:** June 21, 2019, 03:01:01 AM

^ I was just going to say that it was a funny coincidence you posted that, because I was listening to that very song not long ago and I too thought about "Secret Asian Man". But then I remembered that you were the one who reintroduced me to that song in the first place in the "What are you listening to?" thread.

Billy Joel - Don't Ask Me Why

At the end of the third verse, it sounds like he sings, "Don't axe me why", although I'm pretty sure this one is intentional, that he actually does sing that...

ImpracticalDino · **Reply #10 on:** June 21, 2019, 09:20:05 PM

Yay! I get to be a good influence as well!

Jay-Z - Empire State of Mind (ft. Alicia Keys)

Actual Lyrics:
In New York
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of

Misheard Lyrics:
In New York
Concrete jungle wet dream tomato

StardustSoldier · **Reply #11 on:** June 23, 2019, 08:46:25 AM

Elton John - Bennie & The Jets

Actual lyrics:
She's got electric boots

Misheard lyrics:
She's god electric boobs

ImpracticalDino · **Reply #12 on:** June 23, 2019, 09:16:12 PM

Wow um...these misheard lyrics was something I heard since I first listened to this song.

Daft Punk - Get Lucky (ft. Pharrell Williams, Nile Rodgers)

Actual Lyrics:
We're up all night to get lucky
We're up all night to get lucky
We're up all night to get lucky
We're up all night to get lucky
We're up all night to get lucky

What I Hear:
We rob a Mexican, lucky!
We rob a Mexican, lucky!
We rob a Mexican, lucky!
We rob a Mexican, lucky!
We rob a Mexican, lucky!

DiddyKT2 · **Reply #13 on:** June 29, 2019, 09:29:09 PM

Tears For Fears - Mad World

Actual lyrics:
It's a very, very mad world
Mad world
Halargian world
Mad world

Misheard lyrics:
It's a very, very mad world
Mad world
Enlarging your world
Mad world

ImpracticalDino · **Reply #14 on:** July 06, 2019, 09:47:06 PM

will.i.am - Scream & Shout (ft. Britney Spears)

Actual Lyrics:
I wanna scream and shout and let it all out
And scream and shout and let it out
We sayin', "Ohh, wee ohh, wee oh wee oh"
We sayin', "Ohh, wee ohh, wee oh wee oh"

Misheard Lyrics:
I wanna scream and shout and let it all out
And scream and shout and let it out
We sayin', "Oreo, re Oreo"
We sayin', "Oreo, re Oreo"

StardustSoldier · **Reply #15 on:** July 07, 2019, 09:09:21 AM

Aerosmith - Dream On

As a very little kid, I used to think the "dream on" chorus was "G-mon". I guess I thought he was singing about a Digimon or something...?

ImpracticalDino · **Reply #16 on:** July 07, 2019, 09:14:05 PM

Speaking of Digimon...

Drake - Hotline Bling

Actual Lyrics:
You make me feel like I did you wrong
Going places where you don't belong

Misheard Lyrics:
You make me feel like a Digimon
Going places where you don't belong

Mouse-a-saur · **Reply #17 on:** July 05, 2021, 03:44:35 PM

There's a lyric in "Do You Remember?" by The Beach Boys that is supposed to say "He made the guitar beats" but since Mike Love sings it so fast it sounds more like "He made the guitar pizza"

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #18 on:** July 05, 2021, 04:15:08 PM

35 seconds into Henry Hall's old horror song "Hush Hush Hush (Here Comes the Boogeyman)" he says the line "Just pretend that you're a crocodile". For years I'd thought the line was "Just pretend that you're of proper guile", probably since the singer was recorded on 1930's technology and the lyric still fits the song pretty well.

Mouse-a-saur · **Reply #19 on:** July 05, 2021, 04:23:46 PM

I like that lyric a lot more, actually

Another one for me is, again, a Beach Boys song: "Little Honda". Mike says the lyric "It climbs hill like a Matchless" so fast it ends up sounding like "It climbs hills like a mattress"