Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge — Song Lyrics I’ve Misheard

It’s time again for the Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge hosted by Long and Short Reviews.

Today’s topic is: Song Lyrics I’ve Misheard 

I’m baaaaaaaaaaaaaaack! It’s been too long. But I had to start playing along again with this subject because it’s so fun.

Way back when I was a small tot, we didn’t have Google with lyrics and had to tape from the radio and then play over and over and try to guess words in songs. I’m so grateful for lyrics sites now!

Before I get to mine, I have to share a friend of mine who thought the line from “Come Together” by the Beatles… “…sometimes you got to be free…” was actually “Sometimes you got to have fleas…” yeah… so…

I have an oldie and then a new one to share. I rediscovered a favorite song of mine accidently the other day, from my senior year in high school (1984). It’s “The Riddle” by Nik Kershaw. Here’s the song:

The chorus that *I* thought it was:

Near a tree by a river
There’s a hole in the ground
Where a gnome and a baron
Go around and around

What it actually is:

Near a tree by a river
There’s a hole in the ground
Where an old man of Aran
Goes around and around

I only found out my error a couple of months ago. ::: blushes :::

More recently, every time I listen to “Somewhere in Stockholm” by Avicii:

This is the line as *I* heard it:

There’s a black hole deep inside of me
Reminding me
That I lost my backhoe
Somewhere in Stockholm

This is the ACTUAL lyric:

There’s a black hole deep inside of me
Reminding me
That I lost my backbone
Somewhere in Stockholm

I couldn’t figure out why he’d even needed a backhoe in Stockholm, but … who knows with lyrics these days!

What about you? What are some fun lyrical mistakes you’ve made over the years?