lea1 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 (edited) Elton John... "Blinded by the light, wrapped up like a douche (I think it's deuce?) Thanks for clarifying this one for me. I still thought it sounded like douche, knew it had to be something else but had no idea what.:lol: ETA: But, what does "wrapped up like a deuce" mean? Edited July 23, 2012 by Lea in OK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I have a nasty reputation for getting lyrics wrong. :glare: Two of my more famous ones: "Dirty Deeds and the Thunderchief" (cool song about Native Americans, right?) Hahahaha, so funny you said that because DH likes to tease me about this song. I am terrible at hearing lyrics and I don't care...I just sing what comes out. For the longest time I sang "Dirty Feet, dundle cheat" (don't ask what dundle cheat is...) :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy_of_4 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I still swear the beginning of the Dora Explorer them song says "Dora La Whore a" LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 I thought in Pat Benetar's son Fire and Ice she was saying "Beauregard" not the words "fire and ice". I even named my bird Beauregard because of it. My husband thought the song "I'm all Right' (I don't remember who sang it but it's i'm all right--don't nobody worry 'bout me...)said Ham on Rye. LOL It was Kenny Loggins. :) My little one also goofed up the Silent Night lyrics, but for the opposite reason. Instead of having a big vocabulary, she had a small vocabulary. She sang "Round yon your chin, mother and child." Since she didn't really sing this alone, but at church in a group, and the way we knew she had it wrong was that she reverently touched her chin on the word chin. This is the same girl that solemnly sang the hymn "Bringing in the Cheese" instaed of Bringing in the Sheaves. I should've asked her what that hymn meant. I didn't goof it up, but I heard that "There's a Bad Moon on the Rise" can be "There's a bathroom on the right." :lol::lol: I'll never hear that song the same way again. hehehe I can't resist chiming in. You all are so funny. For years, my dh thought the line from Elton John's song was "rolling like flounder under the covers" (instead of "thunder"). I laugh every time I hear that song. He said it always made perfect sense to him. When my sister was little my mom realized something sounded funny when she sang the verse "I've got the peace that passes understanding down in my heart" (from the church song "I've got the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart.") Upon close listening it turned out my sister was singing "I've got a piece of pastor's understanding down in my heart." :lol::lol::lol: Too cute and true! I'm glad you chimed in. :) You ladies are all so funny. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 dd thought that lyric "spin me 'round again and rub my eyes this can't be happening" was "spinning around again and rub my eyes across the ebony." from "Hide and Seek" by Imogen Heap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Thanks for clarifying this one for me. I still thought it sounded like douche, knew it had to be something else but had no idea what.:lol: ETA: But, what does "wrapped up like a deuce" mean? It's "racked up like a deuce" as in, when you're gambling with dice, a deuce is snake-eyes (I think?) and it gets racked up so fast - your chance is gone just like that. Blinded by the light Racked up like a deuce, another roller in the night . . . . The only reason I know that is because someone explained it on TV years ago. Otherwise I also thought it said "wrapped up like a douche" and was like :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy_of_4 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 The Beatles... "The girl with colitis goes by" (the girl with kaliedoscope eyes) Elton John... "Blinded by the light, wrapped up like a douche (I think it's deuce?) Thanks for clarifying this one for me. I still thought it sounded like douche, knew it had to be something else but had no idea what.:lol: ETA: But, what does "wrapped up like a deuce" mean? The song was originally written by Bruce Springsteen. The lyrics are "Cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night" A deuce is a 1932 Ford Hotrod. He clarified it on Behind on the music on Vh1. I am a huge Boss fan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 (edited) The song was originally written by Bruce Springsteen. The lyrics are "Cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night" A deuce is a 1932 Ford Hotrod. He clarified it on Behind on the music on Vh1. I am a huge Boss fan! OK now I have to look this up. I swear I didn't make up what I wrote above. ETA, most of the internet sources say "revved up like a deuce" but they are not entirely consistent either. Too funny! Edited July 23, 2012 by SKL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandylubug Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 when I was REALLY young, I thought Shania Twains song "who's bed have boots been under" stated "who's bed have your boots bled and blundered" I remember being mocked and harrassed for years for singing that to the top of my lungs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy_of_4 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 OK now I have to look this up. I swear I didn't make up what I wrote above. ETA, most of the internet sources say "revved up like a deuce" but they are not entirely consistent either. Too funny! He definitely says "Cut Loose like a deuce" in concert. Here is a video. Blinded by the light starts about 9:14 I think. http://www.vh1.com/video/misc/177957/storytellers-devils-and-dust-and-blinded-by-the-light.jhtmlhttp:// Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 He definitely says "Cut Loose like a deuce" in concert. Here is a video. Blinded by the light starts about 9:14 I think. http://www.vh1.com/video/misc/177957/storytellers-devils-and-dust-and-blinded-by-the-light.jhtmlhttp:// I've only ever heard the version they play on the radio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 OK now I have to look this up. I swear I didn't make up what I wrote above. ETA, most of the internet sources say "revved up like a deuce" but they are not entirely consistent either. Too funny! I think this might be the Manfred Mann version. That's the one I heard first and I always thought it was ripped up like a douche. Yeah, I didn't get it at all. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I thought Jimmy Buffet lost his "sugar sauce" not shaker of salt, until I was an adult. The sugar sauce was his girlfriend. I thought was "jigger of sauce." Makes sense, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy_of_4 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I think this might be the Manfred Mann version. That's the one I heard first and I always thought it was ripped up like a douche. Yeah, I didn't get it at all. :tongue_smilie: Mann says ""revved up like a deuce" but most people mistake it for douche. "The song is notable for lead vocalist Chris Thompson’s garbled enunciation, especially of the phrase “revved up like a deuce†which has led many fans to interpret it as “wrapped up like a doucheâ€. The original Springsteen lyric is neither of the above, instead being “cut loose like a deuceâ€. Springsteen once attributed the popularity of the Manfred Mann version partially to Thompson’s enunciation." http://www.last.fm/music/Manfred+Mann%27s+Earth+Band/_/Blinded+By+The+Light Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baseball mom Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 When my brother was little he thought the Oak Ridge Boys song Bobby Sue was b b b b bar b que :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dealea86 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 ... you and me and Leslie, cruising on a Sunday afternoon...Oh well, to each their own I thought ...until my husband set the record straight and told me it was "endlessly" ;-) Wait... It's not Leslie? :huh: :lol: And I totally thought it was Secret Asian Man, too. Others, but I think these are pretty common: "Do it like a lady!" ("dude looks like a lady", Aerosmith) "Bob Errann" ("Barbara Anne", The Beach Boys) I'm sure there are tons more. I have bad hearing. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 My dh always hears the lyrics wrong so he laughed his head off when he first heard Lionel Richie sing, Oh what a feeling when we're dancing on the ceiling. He knew that couldn't be right and wondered what the "real" lyrics must be. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizzyBee Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 (edited) I haven't read all the responses yet. Did anyone mention the bathroom on the right for bad moon on the rise? I didn't hear it that way, but that's the funniest one I've heard. :-) Edited July 23, 2012 by LizzyBee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 I thought was "jigger of sauce." Makes sense, right? I thought he was looking for his lost "jiggery saw". I figured he was doing some wood working project. :D hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 My dh always hears the lyrics wrong so he laughed his head off when he first heard Lionel Richie sing, Oh what a feeling when we're dancing on the ceiling. He knew that couldn't be right and wondered what the "real" lyrics must be. :lol::lol::lol: I haven't read all the responses yet. Did anyone mention the bathroom on the right for bad moon on the rise? They actually did! :D hehehehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykdsmomy Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Not sure if this one has been asked yet but is it "But the kid is not my son" or is it "But Chad is not my son" (Billy Jean by Michael Jackson) And has anyone ever been able to successfully decode the song "Footloose"....here's how I sing it "So I gotta cut loose, Footloose...kick off my Sunday shoes...wee honey....hold me up by my feet...jack get back...fun on the four wheel track...loose your loose..... ho, I know....cmon cmon lets go....shake the shick do my eeees...." Seriously, I have never been able to figure that song out... ETA: Yes, I do speak English LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 Not sure if this one has been asked yet but is it "But the kid is not my son" or is it "But Chad is not my son" (Billy Jean by Michael Jackson) And has anyone ever been able to successfully decode the song "Footloose"....here's how I sing it "So I gotta cut loose, Footloose...kick off my Sunday shoes...wee honey....hold me up by my feet...jack get back...fun on the four wheel track...loose your loose..... ho, I know....cmon cmon lets go....shake the shick do my eeees...." Seriously, I have never been able to figure that song out... ETA: Yes, I do speak English LOL :lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeslieAnneLevine Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 What about: Slow Motion Walter (that fire engine guy)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 What about:Slow Motion Walter (that fire engine guy)? :lol::lol::lol: You all are cracking me up so much. hehehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa in SC Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 For the longest time, my oldest thought "Hell's Bells" was "Clothes Pins" :confused: Also, "have a drink on me" was "drop a brick on me" :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 For the longest time, my oldest thought "Hell's Bells" was "Clothes Pins" :confused: Also, "have a drink on me" was "drop a brick on me" :lol: :lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athena1277 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 These are too funny! My favorite is when my ds (who has a speech delay) sings about the fruits of the spirit: "love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, CINNAMON, and self control" Hope you all have plenty of cinnamon in your lives! :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PIE! Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I was very relieved one day to find out that in Bennie and the Jets what she really has are electric BOOTS (I thought it was something else). Not that that song makes any sense even if you know the words. My kids are sure that video queued the radio star. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeswife Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 My kids love the Billy Joel Song Only the Good Die Young but it's because when my oldest was about 6 we moved to Virginia and he was convinced that Billy was singing about our new state. My brother used to sing "burn again" at the top of his lungs when ever he heard the Four Tops song "Bernadette" and for Mykdsmommy, Here you go. Those elusive footloose lyrics for you. Footloose, kick off the Sunday shoes Please, Louise, pull me off of my knees Jack, get back, come on before we crack Lose your blues, everybody cut footloose (footloose) and the other chorus is Cut loose, footloose, kick off the Sunday shoes Ooh-wee Marie shake it, shake it for me Woah, Milo come on, come on let's go Lose your blues, everybody cut footloose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 When I was a kid the song I Can See Clearly Now was a big hit. I remember asking my mom what a Lobstical was....( all obstacles). She told me to go look it up:lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k2bdeutmeyer Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I haven't read all the responses....must go back and read, but.... DD a few years ago was singing "Living on a Prayer" and sang: "Take my hand....we'll make out a square" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykdsmomy Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 My kids love the Billy Joel Song Only the Good Die Young but it's because when my oldest was about 6 we moved to Virginia and he was convinced that Billy was singing about our new state. My brother used to sing "burn again" at the top of his lungs when ever he heard the Four Tops song "Bernadette" and for Mykdsmommy, Here you go. Those elusive footloose lyrics for you. Footloose, kick off the Sunday shoes Please, Louise, pull me off of my knees Jack, get back, come on before we crack Lose your blues, everybody cut footloose (footloose) and the other chorus is Cut loose, footloose, kick off the Sunday shoes Ooh-wee Marie shake it, shake it for me Woah, Milo come on, come on let's go Lose your blues, everybody cut footloose Well that makes a lot more sense than what I was singing :lol: thank you :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I was very relieved one day to find out that in Bennie and the Jets what she really has are electric BOOTS (I thought it was something else). Not that that song makes any sense even if you know the words. My kids are sure that video queued the radio star. I thought it was electric "moves." :D But yeah, it does sound like "something else." Crocodile rock: I messed up a lot of the words, but the only one that actually sounded like actual words was: Lordy lordy, those Friday nights, when Susie wore her dress a$$-tight (actually, dresses tight), crocodilerockinwas ooooooouta siiiiiiiight..... (I don't even like that song, but my kids do.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sourpatchbaby Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 :lol::lol: Those are great! You know Adele's song Fire to the Rain? My dh thought it went, "I let it fall, my heart, and Lucifer rose to claim it." :001_huh: I was like, "uh no hon. That's not quite right." :lol::lol::lol: :rofl: My four year old sings the "I'm sexy and I know it" as "I septic I know it":lol: but he has a lisp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdalley Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I thought it was electric "moves." :D But yeah, it does sound like "something else." Crocodile rock: I messed up a lot of the words, but the only one that actually sounded like actual words was: Lordy lordy, those Friday nights, when Susie wore her dress a$$-tight (actually, dresses tight), crocodilerockinwas ooooooouta siiiiiiiight..... (I don't even like that song, but my kids do.) I thought he was saying 'I never knew Peter Valentine' and wondered who the heck he was talking about. LOL Actual: I never knew me a better type And I totally thought Bennie and the Jets had Electric B00ks instead of boots too. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diane in CO Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Not mine, but my brothers friend thought the lyrics to the VanHalen song "Panama" was "Call your ma" :lol: My sister thought that the lyrics from the Grease song "your the one that I want" went like this I've got chills there multiplying and I'm losin' control cause the power your supplyin It's Frankenstein :001_huh: and the one that I always messed up was the Neil Diamond song "Forever in Blue Jeans" I thought he was talking about some pastor named "Reverend Blue Jeans" :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma H Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 (edited) Elton John... "Blinded by the light, wrapped up like a douche (I think it's deuce?) Yep, I have always thought it was douche. I still do. What else could it be? Ok, I finally know about the deuce thing! I am so enlightened now! I can't wait to tell my husband--he agreed it was douche. Edited July 24, 2012 by Momma H Aha read other threads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjmakmom Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 My husband swears that Nelly is actually singing about a "promiscuous squirrel" as opposed to a promiscuous girl. I can't here that song without thinking of wildly mating rodents! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Darinski Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 DH thought The Beatles were singing,"She's got a chicken to ride..." instead of "She's got a ticket to ride.." ;) as well as the lyric, "Carry a laser down the road that you must travel" instead of "Kyrie Eileson"(sp?) :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlbuchina Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 These are just too funny! When we were dating, the Garth Brooks' song "Shameless" was very popular. My dh thought he was saying, "I'm shaving!" :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted July 24, 2012 Author Share Posted July 24, 2012 All of your responses have me :lol: :lol: My husband swears that Nelly is actually singing about a "promiscuous squirrel" as opposed to a promiscuous girl. I can't here that song without thinking of wildly mating rodents! :lol::lol: The wildly mating rodents must be muskrat love. ;) :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoriK Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 When my mother was a kid, she thought Silent Night said, "Sleep in Heavenly Peas" and she could picture the baby Jesus in a cradle filled with peas. I thought the Madonna song said "Last night I dreamt of Sun Paved Roads" instead of San Pedro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted July 24, 2012 Author Share Posted July 24, 2012 When my mother was a kid, she thought Silent Night said, "Sleep in Heavenly Peas" and she could picture the baby Jesus in a cradle filled with peas. I thought the Madonna song said "Last night I dreamt of Sun Paved Roads" instead of San Pedro. LOL :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 "Lucille" by Kenny Rogers. I always thought it was "400 children and crops in the field." :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted July 24, 2012 Author Share Posted July 24, 2012 "Lucille" by Kenny Rogers. I always thought it was "400 children and crops in the field." :lol: hahahahaha too funny! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Hisglory Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 My daughter, 9 now, used to think a song by the Newsboys said "Wherever we go that's where the potty's at" We still sing it that way because it's such a fun(ny) memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblegum Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I used to think "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" by Wham! was "Wake Me Up And Pour Me Cocoa". I was way older than I should admit before I figured this one out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom in High Heels Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I have Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit on my iphone and it came on while we were in the car the other day and Indy asked why the guy kept asking for potatoes. I was :confused::confused: and he said "Here we are feed us potatoes! Didn't you hear it?" The actual lyrics are "Here we are now entertain us." :lol: I had a college roommate who was convinced the song Tempted's lyrics Tempted by the Fruit of Another was Tempted by the B00bs of Your Mother. OMG, we nearly died when we heard that! Any time the song comes on now I think of that. :lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdalley Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 "Lucille" by Kenny Rogers. I always thought it was "400 children and crops in the field." :lol: Me too and I was like - well, no wonder his pissed off that she left him! Until this thread I thought I was the only one who googled lyrics I misheard when I was a kid to get them straight in my head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted July 24, 2012 Author Share Posted July 24, 2012 My daughter, 9 now, used to think a song by the Newsboys said "Wherever we go that's where the potty's at" We still sing it that way because it's such a fun(ny) memory. :lol: I used to think "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" by Wham! was "Wake Me Up And Pour Me Cocoa". I was way older than I should admit before I figured this one out. LOL I wish someone would make me cocoa. :p I have Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit on my iphone and it came on while we were in the car the other day and Indy asked why the guy kept asking for potatoes. I was and he said "Here we are feed us potatoes! Didn't you hear it?" The actual lyrics are "Here we are now entertain us." :lol:Too funny! :lol: I had a college roommate who was convinced the song Tempted's lyrics Tempted by the Fruit of Another was Tempted by the B00bs of Your Mother. OMG, we nearly died when we heard that! Any time the song comes on now I think of that. :lol::lol::lol: Oh my gosh! :ohmy: That is hilarious! hehehehe Me too and I was like - well, no wonder his pissed off that she left him! Until this thread I thought I was the only one who googled lyrics I misheard when I was a kid to get them straight in my head. hehehehehe Nope you're not the only one. Until I saw someone else's post about Margaritaville, I was convinced that he had lost his jiggery saw. I mean a jig saw is a real tool right? He was probably building a boat or something down in Key West. When I googled the lyrics it was "shaker of salt". hehehehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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