Song lyrics that you misunderstood

Roam if you want to. B-52's

I heard: Roam, Nipsey Russell.

One point as a kid I thought in the song "Evil Woman" by ELO had them singing "He is a woman". Definitely would have given the song a different meaning

I meant to include in my initial post my mistake of thinking that “keep on, with the force , don’t quit” from Michael Jackson’s Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough was “Keep on to the post office.”

Here's a common one:

At :52 it sounds like he's saying, "And if the elevator tries to break you down." What he actually says is, "And if *de-elevator* tries to break you down." Prince was a devout Jehovah's Witness, and, in their lore, "de-elevator" is the devil.

The blue-tail fly by Burl Ives. For the longest time I thought it was "Jimmy crapped corn, and I don't care."

In the song "Exodus" I thought the lyrics were "moving tons of people" in relation to the jews crossing the sea. Actual lyrics are of course "movement of the people"

Great catch. learned something too. kudos

Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce...

It’s “movement of Jah people.”

At first we were friends then became lovers
You was more than my girl, we was like brothers
All night we would play fight under covers
Now you gone, can't love you like I really wanna

Pearl Jam “Farts and thoughts they fade away”

Wrapped up like a douche

Yes, that's what I always used to hear. It took me years to realize the song was about a hot rod Ford and not a feminine hygiene product.

Probably the most famous mondegreen of alltime is Jimi Hendricks' "scuse me while I kiss this guy" which Hendricks used to deliberatly sing in concerts.

fish sticks