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Oh, how I'm laughing now! I let myself get too behind to point out which songs I've thought the very same thing! This is just so much fun!
Deb, love your version of Stairway to Heaven, and I honestly never knew it wasn't Beach Boys!

"chili dog.. bum bum bum...chilli dog..bum bum bum" for Whams "jitter bug" Thank you , who ever, its some where back in this thread.....I cant get that song out of my MIND! For days now!

I'm not exactly sure who the artist was on this song, or the title, either, but it was popular in the '80's, and the lyrics went (I think): "Oz never gave anything to the tin man, that he didn't , didn't already have, and . . ." Here's where my hearing gets squirelly: ". . . cobbs never was the reason for the season, or the mission of St. Alcatraz". Can someone PLEASE give the right words to help me keep my sanity ? ? ! !

Ciera & Hydro, I well remember the ditty you were talking about, "Mairzey Doats", and it was the story, (supposedly true) of a child in school reciting what various animals eat, and the slurred words had a different sound.

When I was a kid, in the '30's, I would hear the oldsters talk about Nick Nasal and His Nine Nasty Nose Pickers singing "I'll Get You Yet, You Booger, You !"
and I wondered if this was true or imagined. Imagined, I imagine !

Something else cute I have read are the mis-interpretations of The Lord's Prayer by children: Lead us not into Penn Station . . . .Our Father, Harold be thy name . . . deliver us some evil . . . .

Leonard

midnight at the oasis... sing yor camels to bed..... thats all i know of that song, but thank you, it will replace the wham song for my next few days...

That is just too fuuny..... i said that in school every day... " harold be thy name. deliver us some evil"..... too cute

Originally Posted by winwin

Ciera & Hydro, I well remember the ditty you were talking about, "Mairzey Doats", and it was the story, (supposedly true) of a child in school reciting what various animals eat, and the slurred words had a different sound.

When I was a kid, in the '30's, I would hear the oldsters talk about Nick Nasal and His Nine Nasty Nose Pickers singing "I'll Get You Yet, You Booger, You !"
and I wondered if this was true or imagined. Imagined, I imagine !

Something else cute I have read are the mis-interpretations of The Lord's Prayer by children: Lead us not into Penn Station . . . .Our Father, Harold be thy name . . . deliver us some evil . . . .

Leonard

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Yes, "Mairzey Doats"... I always thought the words were nonsense words.

By Madonna:
Song: Spanish Lullaby

I hear:

Last night I dreamed of potatoes

Actual words:

Lastnight I dreamed of some Pedro.

Originally Posted by ccoccocats

By Madonna:
Song: Spanish Lullaby

I hear:

Last night I dreamed of potatoes

Actual words:

Lastnight I dreamed of some Pedro.

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Actually, it's San Pedro (I had the album on cassette, w/liner notes & lyrics - I wore the tape OUT.)

Originally Posted by RicaLynn

Actually, it's San Pedro (I had the album on cassette, w/liner notes & lyrics - I wore the tape OUT.)

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LOL!!! Now it's even funnier Cheryl!

Originally Posted by Hydroaxe

LOL!!! Now it's even funnier Cheryl!

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Oh well now I have to sing NEW words AGAIN to this song.

I just had a memory flashback. I remember the very first time I heard Master of Puppets. It was at a convenience store where we used to play video games at lunch time in high school. It had just been released and I didn't know the name of the song. Most of the words seemed muddled except for one.

What I heard:
Bla blah-blah *******
Bla blah-blah *******
Bla blah-blah *******
Bla blah-blah *******!... *******!

What the real lyrics are:
Come crawling faster
Obey your master
Your life burns faster
Obey your master!... Master!

There were some other lines I had screwed up, but the above is more than enough for a five bagger.
The censored word starts with B.

Originally Posted by ccoccocats

By Madonna:
Song: Spanish Lullaby

I hear:

Last night I dreamed of potatoes

Actual words:

Lastnight I dreamed of some Pedro.

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Isn't it "I dreamed of San Pedro"?

it is about "la isla bonita" after all...

Mares eat oats & does eat oats,
& little lambs eat ivy,
a kid 'el eat ivy too...
would't youuuuuuuuu?

I thought it was....

Marzdoats & dozedoats,
& little lamzydiviy,
A kiddle-e-divey to wouldn't youuuuuu????

I just found out about the real words not long ago. Scary

Originally Posted by Deb25

Real lyrics:

"Lambs eat oats, and does eat oats, and little lambs eat ivy. A kid'll eat ivy, too, wouldn't you?"

Of course, I thought the last line was 'a kiddily divy too'.

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Originally Posted by Kellyyfaber

Band: Pearl Jam
Song: Black

The real lyrics are:

Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay
Were laid spread out before me...

What I thought the lyrics were: Well let's just say that I thought "were laid spread out before me" was something different. If you think about it, you'll get it.

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You know what's really bad about that? I thought it was "her legs spread out before me", and I didn't know that was wrong until just now when I read it!!

My ex used to mess up some Rage Against the Machine lyrics:
His words:
American thighs, american thighs
View the world through american thighs

Real words:
American eyes, american eyes
View the world from american eyes

I know there are tons, and I am guilty of butchering Stairway to Heaven, too!

This thread is awesome! Keep it coming, guys! I've been laughing since the first post

The first time I heard "Doin' What Comes Naturally" From Annie Get Your Gun I heard...

"Sister Sal, whose mule's a cow..."

Actually it's

"Sister Sal, who's musical"

Originally Posted by winwin

I'm not exactly sure who the artist was on this song, or the title, either, but it was popular in the '80's, and the lyrics went (I think): "Oz never gave anything to the tin man, that he didn't , didn't already have, and . . ." Here's where my hearing gets squirelly: ". . . cobbs never was the reason for the season, or the mission of St. Alcatraz". Can someone PLEASE give the right words to help me keep my sanity ? ? ! !

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And Cause never was the reason for the evening
Or the tropic of Sir Galahad

It's from Tin Man by America.

Originally Posted by RicaLynn

Mares eat oats and does eat oats, and little lambs eat ivy. A kid'll eat ivy, too, wouldn't you?

OR, if you're feeling particularly silly, I've SEEN the lyrics written this way:

Marezy dotes and doesie dotes and liddlam seedivy, a kiddly divy too wouldn't you.

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Ya'll aren't going to believe this. It was published as "Mairzy Doats"!!!! Seeeeee Mairzy Doats

And for your listening pleasure, I found a copy & made a clip of it for you (as to not break any copyright laws, otherwise I'd post the whole thing)... Mairzy Doats

Originally Posted by Hydroaxe

I just had a memory flashback. I remember the very first time I heard Master of Puppets. It was at a convenience store where we used to play video games at lunch time in high school. It had just been released and I didn't know the name of the song. Most of the words seemed muddled except for one.

What I heard:
Bla blah-blah *******
Bla blah-blah *******
Bla blah-blah *******
Bla blah-blah *******!... *******!

What the real lyrics are:
Come crawling faster
Obey your master
Your life burns faster
Obey your master!... Master!

There were some other lines I had screwed up, but the above is more than enough for a five bagger.

The censored word starts with B.

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Ryan! Anyone who butchers a Metallica song deserves those bags!

Just kidding, I've butchered a few myself

Originally Posted by winwin

Something else cute I have read are the mis-interpretations of The Lord's Prayer by children: Lead us not into Penn Station . . . .Our Father, Harold be thy name . . . deliver us some evil . . . .

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This made me think of my middle daughter...

When she was younger she used to sing "You Are My Sunshine" all the time. When she was about 3 I recorded her.

The Real Lyrics:
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
you make me happy when skies are grey

Her version:
You are my tuntine, my only tuntine
you make me happy when guys are gay.



7 years later I still love listening to it!

no bags - it's just too darn cute!

Originally Posted by Sooz123

You know what's even funnier is the things my hubby and I have said to each other and misunderstood... okay, so we're 31 & 40, not exactly hearing aide ready so I can't imagine what we're going to be like later on. My excuse with my friends was that I am partially deaf in my right ear, but that was only admissable during conversations in the car when I was driving...

Somebody should start a thread about that! OMG... you should SEE the looks we give one another when we think something like "I hate clam shells" has come out of the other's mouth out of the blue!

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I can relate to that. Here's our classic misunderstanding. I understood my husband to say, "Ich gehe ein Kasten Bier kaufen.", i.e., I'm going to go buy a case of beer, which had me wondering, because he rarely drinks. He came home ages later, and told me it would be delivered 3 days later. I was like , "Huh? Why are you having a case of beer delivered, and why is it going to take 3 days?" His reply: "Ich habe ein Klavier, nicht ein Kasten Bier, gekauft." Translation: "I bought a piano, not a case of beer!"