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I’ve been hearing this song lyric wrong MY ENTIRE LIFE

237 replies

AngeloMysterioso · 30/12/2018 00:40

Sitting in the morning sun
I’ll be sitting when the evening comes
Watching the ships roll in
Then l watch ‘em roll away again.

My whole life I’ve thought that last line was

They don’t want to roll away again.

MIND. BLOWN.

OP posts:
FrangipaniBlue · 30/12/2018 15:42

Thank fuck someone talks sense @sackrifice I thought I was losing my marbles ConfusedGrin

FairNotFair · 30/12/2018 16:13

I'm a single lettuce
(I'm a single lettuce)
I'm a single lettuce
(I'm a single lettuce)
Now put your hands up

wannabebetter · 30/12/2018 16:15

Promised You a miracle
Belief is a beauty thing

Not, apparently,
Guinea pigs are guinea pigs

Who knew?Blush

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vampirethriller · 30/12/2018 18:20

Fat Boy Slim "Praise You" my brother always thought it was "Raise you like a shoe"

TheIncredibleBookEatingManchot · 30/12/2018 18:29

I misheard the Friends theme tune as "when it hasn't been your day you weep for months or even a year"

elQuintoConyo · 30/12/2018 18:30

My friend used to sing along to that classic Prodigy song Snap My Picture Grin

Stacie84 · 30/12/2018 18:40

MoominFan I thought the same 😂 all this time singing the wrong lyrics

Firstbornunicorn · 30/12/2018 18:54

@puffylovett what!!!! I've just had to listen to that with DH to confirm that it's not, in fact, Starbucks Lovers. DH still hears Starbucks Lovers, even though I've now informed him of the correct lyric. Both of our minds are blown.

YouFellAsleep · 30/12/2018 19:24

For years my Mum thought Gabrielle was singing 'Valerie' not in fact 'Out of reach' and Michael Jackson was singing about 'Librarian girl' not 'Liberian Girl'

elQuintoConyo · 30/12/2018 20:03

Oh and Prefab Sprout were most definitely singing 'hot dog, jumping frog, Alma cookies' Grin

SpoonBlender · 30/12/2018 20:20

I'm surprised no-one's mentioned that these have a name - Mondegreens. Sylvia Wright coined it after discovering she'd been mishearing

"Ye Highlands and Ye Lowlands
Oh where hae you been?
They hae slay the Earl of Murray,
And Lady Mondegreen."

instead of

"And laid him on the green".

51Pegasusb · 30/12/2018 20:55

Destiny's child- Independent women. All I hear is "I've farted" during the chorus, was quite disappointed to discover what that they actually say is "I've bought it" , that is not what I hear at all !

Ladygaladriel · 30/12/2018 21:01

I don’t know why because it sounds nothing like it but I used to sing ‘three times a night’ instead of sweet child of mine 😂😂😂

PeterIanStaker · 30/12/2018 21:07

Wham! Last Christmas.
A face on a lover with a foreigner's heart.

I thought the song was about organ donation when I was a kid, and this made perfect sense.

MickHucknallspinkpancakes · 30/12/2018 21:15

Say you say me..,Lionel Richie.

I always thought he sang:

"I had a dream I had an awful dream...people in the park..."

But only the other day I realized it was an awesome dream.

I did wonder why he kept banging on about it Blush

I also thought that Steely Dan song was "Sailing in the east" and found out it was "Reeling in the years" after hearing an announcer on R2. BlushBlush

ikltownofboothlehem · 30/12/2018 21:18

My friend at college thought U2 were singing about Shamu The Mysterious Whale.

When DH was little he though Spandau Ballet we're singing 'I know there's budgies too'.

DS used to sing 'it's on my knee' (with actions) to The Ting Tings 'That's Not My Name'

Grin
Ffsnosexallowed · 30/12/2018 21:22

Dd's and I are sure jess Glynn sings, "sure the freckles on my arse spell out your name", we often wonder how she can read them.

ChildofCastor · 30/12/2018 21:24

Oooh, I do love a misheard song lyric. For years I was singing "Level Crossing" in Like a Prayer, instead of "Let the choir sing"! Never thought to wonder why Madonna would be singing about them.

Also, Oasis, Live Forever, I thought it was "as she soaks sheets in a bowl" ("as it soaks you to the bone").

QOD · 30/12/2018 21:26

🎵 met a girl named Nicky I guess you coulda said she was a sex fiend
Met her in a hotel lobby MAKING FACES AT A MAGAZINE 🎶

I was 47 when I found out it was

MASTURBATING WITH A MAGAZINE 😱

LadyFlumpalot · 30/12/2018 21:30

"Freed from Desire"

"My love has got no money, he's got his tromboleese"

It took me asking DH what he thought a tromboleese was before I found out it was "strong beliefs"!

DangoDays · 30/12/2018 21:31

'It only takes a miracle'

Instead of

'It only takes minute girl'

What a cynic!

GriseldaChop · 30/12/2018 21:36

My mum used to like the 'cherry pie' song by Lady Gaga. It was meant to be 'can't read my' from Pokerface. Grin

DangoDays · 30/12/2018 21:37

Oh and Ariana Grande's song 'thank you next' sounds a lot like 'bacon 'n eggs' but likely am just hungry

SciFiScream · 30/12/2018 21:39

Unused to think the line
"My world crumbles when you are not near"

Was "I wear goggles when you are not near"

And the line "I'm a different person" was "I'm a big cross dresser" Blush

PeekaPeeka · 30/12/2018 21:43

Dango we sing "bacon & eggs" to that Ariana Grande song too. I'm glad it's not just us Grin