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Wrong words for songs

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Itsnaptime · 22/11/2025 11:25

What's the best mistake you've made on song lyrics
I'm 40 and just realised I have been singing "and a parsnip in a pear tree"!!
Why did no-one ever correct me on this and how did they keep a straight face? 🤣

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thecatneuterer · 25/12/2025 12:49

Bruce Springsteen's Brilliant Disguise. To be fair I didn't know the name of the song as someone has put it on a mix tape for me. I thought he was singing "Is it you babe, or just a brick in disguise?"

Happyher · 25/12/2025 12:53

Poetry in Motion! For years I thought it was ‘oh a tree in motion, standing next to me’

i still prefer my version.

MylipstickiscalledHugMe · 25/12/2025 13:15

This isn't a mis-hearing but a guaranteed trick to cheer you up when down (if you have an immature sense of humour like me)

Sing Days by Kirsty MacColl to yourself, but replace the word days with smells.

Thank you for the smells
Those endless smells, those sacred smells you gave me
I'm thinking of the smells
I won't forget a single smell believe me

I don't think I'll ever not find this funny, if I live to 100

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Politicians247UnderwearExtinguishingService · 25/12/2025 13:48

Chelsea26 · 07/12/2025 09:17

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgdufzXvjqw

This one cracks my kids up. The proper lyrics are

“when the clock strikes 12 we’ll do our dance”

but even knowing that is still sounds like

“when the clock strikes 12 we’ll poo our pants!”

I always hear it like that too!

Politicians247UnderwearExtinguishingService · 25/12/2025 13:51

Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons - Let's Hang On To What We've Got... I think the lyrics are supposed to be 'Give me a second turning', but Frankie so clearly channels his inner Father Jack and sings "Give me a feckin' turnip"!

missingtwins · 25/12/2025 13:57

My mum use to like a song, I’d sing along with her ‘you make me feel like a mental old woman’ I thought it was a bit weird (I was quite young maybe around 10?) turned out it was something about a ‘natural woman’ 😂

LuisCarol · 25/12/2025 16:04

I try to say goodbye and I choke
Try to walk away and I stumble
Though I try to hide it, it's clear
I wear goggles when you are not here.

PistachioTiramisu · 25/12/2025 16:16

Louis Armstrong's Wonderful World - I always thought the line was 'the brides say good day, the dogs say goodnight'! (The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night.)

NormalAuntFanny · 25/12/2025 16:25

Dontlletmedownbruce · 24/11/2025 18:19

One I read here a few years ago and have been spreading my knowledge since..

You're so vain. The line is 'you had one eye in the mirror as you watched yourself gavotte'. Everyone I know including me thought it was 'watched yourself go by'. Yet when you listen she quite clearly says 'gavotte' which I understand is a type of dance.

I just can't believe this!

MeouwKing · 25/12/2025 16:31

Sea lions on my shirt.

boulevardofbrokendreamss · 25/12/2025 16:38

A friend at uni was convinced ‘don’t speak’ by No Doubt was ‘nose bleed’.

HelloDenise · 26/12/2025 01:15

LuisCarol · 25/12/2025 16:04

I try to say goodbye and I choke
Try to walk away and I stumble
Though I try to hide it, it's clear
I wear goggles when you are not here.

I thought that was the proper lyric.

Remember Ali With The Mittens On that was around about the same time as this?

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