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ferry23 Sat 11-Oct-25 16:44:34

A list just appeared on Fb with commonly misheard song lyrics - it got me thinking. Here are ours - what are yours?

I was sick and tired of everything, when you called me last night from Tesco's (Dancing Queen)

Bicycle hut, Bicycle Hut (My Simple Heart)

Sage and onion, sage an onion (Say that You Love me)

I'm a cigarette, I'm a cigarette (I'm a Single Lady)

Go......

Astitchintime Sat 11-Oct-25 16:52:52

The Jean Genie. (David Bowie)
Eats scooby snacks

TerriBull Sat 11-Oct-25 16:55:17

My son aged about 3 singing along to Bob Marley

Stand up for your rights
Get up stand up
Don't get off your bike Which should have been (don't give up the fight)

Greyduster Sat 11-Oct-25 17:01:27

My very young DD: Super Trouper beans are going to blind you!

JdotJ Sat 11-Oct-25 17:01:52

ferry23

A list just appeared on Fb with commonly misheard song lyrics - it got me thinking. Here are ours - what are yours?

I was sick and tired of everything, when you called me last night from Tesco's (Dancing Queen)

Bicycle hut, Bicycle Hut (My Simple Heart)

Sage and onion, sage an onion (Say that You Love me)

I'm a cigarette, I'm a cigarette (I'm a Single Lady)

Go......

The first one is Super Trooper, not Dancing Queen

Aveline Sat 11-Oct-25 17:02:39

Four hundred children and a crop in the field,
You picked the wrong time to leave me Lucille!

ViceVersa Sat 11-Oct-25 17:12:08

Aveline

Four hundred children and a crop in the field,
You picked the wrong time to leave me Lucille!

I can never 'unhear' that! gringringrin

ferry23 Sat 11-Oct-25 17:14:49

JdotJ

ferry23

A list just appeared on Fb with commonly misheard song lyrics - it got me thinking. Here are ours - what are yours?

I was sick and tired of everything, when you called me last night from Tesco's (Dancing Queen)

Bicycle hut, Bicycle Hut (My Simple Heart)

Sage and onion, sage an onion (Say that You Love me)

I'm a cigarette, I'm a cigarette (I'm a Single Lady)

Go......

The first one is Super Trooper, not Dancing Queen

Lol - of course it is. Dancing Queen came on the radio as I was typing and led me to a senior moment grin

agnurse Sat 11-Oct-25 17:17:05

Taylor Swift
"Got a long of Starbucks lovers"

mrsba Sat 11-Oct-25 17:22:20

In I'm a Survivor by Destiny's Child, I'm sure one line was
I'm a bus driver.

V3ra Sat 11-Oct-25 17:24:01

Four hundred children and a crop in the field,
You picked the wrong time to leave me Lucille!

Run Lucille, run and don't look back!!! 🏃🏼‍♀️

Kate1949 Sat 11-Oct-25 17:24:06

My friend's daughter when she was small - the song In Zaire about the rumble in the jungle Ali fight.
Lyrics were +

In Zai in Zaire

Little girl sang

Inside inside 'ere

pably15 Sat 11-Oct-25 17:33:47

when I was quite young I was listening and singing along to Dean Martin....instead of Heart warming love..I sang Hot woman love...I was about eight at the time

LovesBach Sat 11-Oct-25 17:34:19

My small neighbour would sing 'All through my wild days, my magic sixpence' from 'Don't cry for me Argentina.

Rainwashed Sat 11-Oct-25 17:43:29

Don't marry her have me by the beautiful south. I thought it was don't marry her Habean ( and assumed Habean was a name.
Night fever by the Bee Gees, my friend and I thought there was a line, "It's the night for the night bus ride, hurry now and catch it" !

Kate1949 Sat 11-Oct-25 17:46:01

I can't understand lots of words in Bee Gees' songs.

grandMattie Sat 11-Oct-25 17:54:42

My sister used to sing “and keep away for ever and ever” (and he shall reign…) from the Hallelujah chorus…

Daddima Sat 11-Oct-25 17:55:54

I am still not convinced that the Saw Doctors, one of my favourite bands, are not singing about Two Injured Swans.

youtu.be/QGNwQAri9nA?si=EUqhdxMyaYOYziHse

Then there is Neil Diamond singing about that modern cleric, the Reverend Blue Jeans.

merlotgran Sat 11-Oct-25 17:58:15

We used to call Annie, I’m Not Your Daddy, the Onomatopoeia song.

I don, I don, I don wanna beya, sounds just like,
Ona, Ona, Onamatopoeia.

LifeOfBriony Sat 11-Oct-25 18:10:27

Aveline

Four hundred children and a crop in the field,
You picked the wrong time to leave me Lucille!

No, it’s a croc in the field!

Oreo Sat 11-Oct-25 18:13:38

LovesBach

My small neighbour would sing 'All through my wild days, my magic sixpence' from 'Don't cry for me Argentina.

I love that 😄 instead of mad existence

Sadgrandma Sat 11-Oct-25 18:17:45

When I was very young I insisted the song ‘Greensleeves’ was really Green peas
My DD used to sing ‘Living Dog’ to Cliff Richards’ Living Doll!

Magenta8 Sat 11-Oct-25 18:23:47

I remember a song from the 1960s which began "She's a must to avoid." For ages I thought they were singing "She's a muscular boy."

Babs03 Sat 11-Oct-25 18:34:55

My old mum loved a song called ‘poetry in motion’ but would sing ‘oh a tree in motion’.
I always thought that the words to ‘when the going gets tough’ sounded like ‘go and get stuffed’
As an earlier poster said, the bee gees often sing unclear lyrics, and I did think that
‘Feel the city breakin and everybody Shakin’ in ‘staying alive’ was really ‘feel the city baking….’
I thought it referred to baking hot weather rather than everyone watching Bake Off 🤣

merlotgran Sat 11-Oct-25 18:37:55

My old mum loved a song called ‘poetry in motion’ but would sing ‘oh a tree in motion’.

So did mine. 😂