Wrong lyrics

[Star Attraction]

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Here's another misheard song circa 1985:

I don't want to change the world
I don't want to change a rainbow

The second line should really be "I'm not looking for New England"

[Powdered toast man]

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Madonna- La Isla Bonita. "Last night I dreamt of some petrol" and Papa don't preach I always thought was "bubble gum bridge"

[wispa lover]

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Speaking of La Isla Bonita, I thought San Pedro was some bagels. In the chorus of Simon & Garfunkel's 'I am a rock', I thought island was onion.

[Richard1978]

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Speaking of La Isla Bonita, I thought San Pedro was some bagels.

At my school it was "Last night I drempt of potatoes....Young girl with eyes like potatoes...."

[Trickyvee]

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I love this thread. I can think of a couple more.

Someone mentioned Good King Wenceslas. I bet there isn't a person here who didn't sing "Good king Wensless last looked out..."

I also sang "We three kings of Orientar". Thought it must have been some far off country.

[lovetolookback]

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used to think kelly marie,feels like im in love was "feels like county row" for some reason.

[Trickyvee]

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And having just looked at another thread, another revelation!

"And you'll always find him in the kitchen at parties"
I thought it was Barney's.

[jhgiorgi]

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Phil Collins against all odds. Cus we've shared the laughter and the pain, and even shared the cheese.

[Star Attraction]

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Remember the Old Spice adverts of the late 70s and early 80s? I mean the ones which featured the song "O Fortuna" from Carl Orff's Carmina Burana. Being as I was a kid at the time I thought the song went like this:

Old Spice Old Spice
Old Spice Old Spice
Old Spice a la la la-la
Old Spice Old Spice
Old Spice a la la la-la
(crescendo)
Old Spice Old Spice
Old Spice ah ah a la la Old-a-ning Spice

[Star Attraction]

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Further to that post, I've just found this video of O Fortuna with misheard lyrics:
http://www.wimp.com/ofortuna/

The trouble is, being as the first time I ever heard O Fortuna was on an Old Spice advert in the 70s, I've become rigidly accustomed to it being the Old Spice advert tune, that I still think of O Fortuna as the Old Spice tune, wherever I hear it.

[azoner]

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i also thought it was mancheerans lol belived they may be maracas at the time

[Trickyvee]

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Empire State of Mind II by Alicia Keyes
Misheard: "Seeing my face in lights all the monkeys found down on Broadway"
Correct: "Seeing my face in lights or my name in marquees down on Broadway"

Dreadlock Holiday by 10cc
Misheard: "Don't you wee on my pitch"
Correct: "Don't you queer my pitch"

[Chris-T]

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Billie Jean:- 'And a heavy hit her with ice cream I am the one'

And I always wondered what the wombles meant by 'things that the every day bogstee behind'

[onthebusesfan]

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Billy Joel

We Didn't Start the Fire

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Said the worst attorney

The Correct Lyric
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning

[onthebusesfan]

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Theme From The Monkees

Here we come, walking down the street,, we get the funniest lips from everyone we meet.