What's a song that you misheard for years and years and finally found out you had it wrong?

Question

I used to think an old country song that went

"Do you want to go to Heaven?"
And I said, "Yes, just lead me on."

was saying

"Do you want to go to Heaven?"
And I said, "Yes, just leave me alone."


It must have been ten years before I found out I had it wrong.

Just one example. I have tons, though.

Answer 1

I thought that Bananarama was saying "I'm your fetus" in their "Venus" song. I always thought, "Why would they say something like that? That is totally deranged!"

Answer 2

There's a wonderful website called www.kissthisguy.com which is the "archive of misheard lyrics".
One favourite story is how somebody went to a Peter Gabriel concert with his girlfriend in the 80s and sang along to his song "Biko" about Steve Biko (to rhyme with Bee Co), an anti-apartheid activist killed by the SA Government.
She was singing: "Be cool, be cool be cool, be cool!"
He said: No no no.. it's "Because, because because, because!"
Then the letters came up huge in lights behind Gabriel: B. I. K. O.
So it was "Biko, Biko Biko."

Answer 3

Louie, Louie (still don't know what it's about), alot of Neil Diamond songs, Eminem songs, Hotel California, Joy to the World (not the X-Mas one), Bad Moon Risin'...just to name a few.

Answer 4

Phill Collins' "Another day in Paradise"

Real version: Starts to whistle as he crosses the street

My version: Buys a whistle as he crosses the street

I really dont know how my brain funtioned at that point in my life...lol

Answer 5

Macy Gray: My world crumbles when you are not hear.
My Version: I blow bubbles when you are not here.
There's a good web site full of misheard lyrics it is: kissthisguy.com

Answer 6

Great website:

It got named for a guy who mis-heard Jimi Hendrix sing, "Scuse me while I kiss the sky."

http://kissthisguy.com/

Answer 7

Oh, my God!! Mary Jane by Rick James. I thought he was talking about a woman until I found out he was talking about marijuana!!!!!!!!

Answer 8

Anything by Janet Jackson. She doesn't sing she whispers..


The new Justin's Sexyback:

My verse: You see these shackles baby I'm your babe
I'll let you whip me because I'm your slave

Correct verse: You see these shackles baby I'm your slave
I'll let you whip me if I misbehave

Answer 9

I once thought a classic rock song that was saying who are you? and i thought it was saying New Orleans.

Answer 10

I can't remember the song, but when I was a kid, in the 60's, I think it was the Hollies who a had song with the lyrics - "you and me endlessly..."

I thought I was hearing about a threesome - "you and me and Leslie..."

That would be a "duh"

Answer 11

"It's a Wonderful World"

"The bright blessed day/The dogs say 'goodnight'

(The dark, sacred night)