AIBU to ask what is your biggest lyric mishap? (lighthearted)

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So I was watching TV with my OH last night, and the adverts came on. One advert had the song 'Born free' as the backing track.

I enthusiastically sang along to the words as I have always known them... 'Born freeeeeeeee, as free as a monkeeeeeeeee'.

My husband almost wet himself and replayed the ad at least four times to prove that they are categorically NOT the words.

I have literally only just found out that it is 'as free as the wind blows'. I'm quite gutted, at least my version rhymes! And I thought it had something to do with the film!!

So what lyrics have you got wrong, make me feel better!!!

‘Last night I dreamt of some dago’

I only recently realized that in «Put your Hands Up for Detroit», yer man sings «a lovely city», rather than «I love this city».

I feel a bit let down. Firstly, ‘lovely’ is not the kind of city I imagine Detroit to be, albeit I’ve never been there. And «a lovely city» makes the whole song sound a bit underwhelming, like he’s trying to convince us it’s quite pleasant really, whereas «I love this city» gives off a bit more of a «Fuck you, we are proud of our city despite its evident socio-economic problems» vibe.

I may be massively overthinking this.

‘Sue Lawley’!

@Iwantacookie aww I so need a Patrick for top of my tree now lol

I got the last line of Roy Orbison's Running Scared wrong for years. I always thought how sad it was that she walked off with her arrogant ex : "You turned around and walked away with him" (sung as "heeeeem" !) Many years later I saw the lyrics written down, and of course it's "You turned around and walked away with me!" Go, Roy!!

ABBA , when I called you last from Tesco

Oh I have lots of these! My friend's son was around 10 when 'Brimful of Asha' was released, and would merrily sing 'Grim boom basha on a 45'
DD particularly loved 'I am a man with a hairy heart' (Blind Faith by Chase and Status) and DS bizarrely thought Good Grief by Bastille went 'washing through my graveyard' instead of 'watching through my windows'

My own personal blunder is a fantastic song by Nine Inch Nails called 'Every Day is Exactly the Same'. There's a bit where he talks about having a purpose, but it might have been a dream. I had the flu the first time I heard it and in my delirious state I thought he said 'I think I used to have a porpoise, but then again that might have been a dream'

DD, when she was a toddler, had a full screaming meltdown when I wouldn't sing the "Baby Leorgie Song". I had no idea what she was on about.

It turned out to be Away in a Manger. She'd heard "Little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay" as "Little Leorgie is asleep on the hay", and thought it was a song about a baby called Leorgie.

Peter Kay does a whole thing on this...

Someone just posted this on my Facebook feed m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=464808977703323&id=394740258043529

Quite an obscure song but in "Reasons not to be an idiot" by Frank Turner I thought for years he said "she's so wrapped up in her invisible llama" when apparently it's "She's so wrapped up in her invisible armor"! My version doesn't even make sense!

Do it like a lady instead of Dude looks like a lady. I only found this out due to a similar thread on here where someone else thought the same thing and I was still thinking these were the actual lyrics even then

Oh and for La Isla Bonita I thought she sang "Chocolate Goolies Island Breeze" instead of Tropical the island breeze

Bohemian Rhapsody,

Ugh, posted too soon.

I thought the line ‘spare his him life from this monstrosity’ was ‘spare him his life for his warm sausage tea’, even though it made no sense whatsoever.

In my defence, this was in the day’s before Smash Hits and the Internet.

day’s?! days. Stupid autocorrect.

Mil sings "love sack" I steak of "love shack"

I've always sung lady gagas poker face as "cherry pie cherry pie no he can't read my poker face" in stead of "can't read my, can't read my"

Patrick in a pear tree is hilarious

My DM sings Lady Gaga as "cherry pie, cherry pie, poke her face" instead of "can't read my, can't read my Poker Face."

My ex used to think Shania Twain was the raunchiest lady around singing Man I Feel Like A Woman... instead of "Color my hair, do what I dare" he sang "cum in my hair, doing it yeah"

Cross post @Thegracefuloctopus are you my DM

And it's the velvet thrust, that really drives you insaaaaaane

There's a song my PT plays in circuit training. No idea what the song is called or the artist but the lyrics sound like "don't wank on me, dont wank on me, dont wank on me" over and over again. I get the giggles when it comes on.

DD1 thought that instead of singing "bikini bottoms, lager tops" George Ezra as was singing "bikini bottoms, climate talks".

My husband thought it was Austin music for over 30 years till I heard him sing it and pointed out it it was actually lost in music, he was genuinely shocked!!!! Somebody I used to work with was confused about why the kaiser chiefs were singing abut Rooney... It was Ruby!

Jason Derulo, want to want me.

I heard "I got the shits on the floor, nothing on me"
Instead of "I got the sheets on the floor, nothing on me"

I still think my version is much more amusing