Comedically Misheard Lyrics

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 10/17/16 at 1:06am

What are some lyrics you heard wrong?

 

 

(I know there are past threads but I believe that conversational threads like these are less fun when resurrected years later)

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 10/17/16 at 6:25am

This is from the Dutch production of Wicked and at the end it sounds like the ensemble is saying "f*ck her", https://youtu.be/nRaNB6ccWiI

also I must add that Willemijn is stunning, I went through several videos just to get to this one, Broadway needs her back. I would love to see her as Elsa. 

[RJ14]

Posted: 10/17/16 at 7:18am

"Right up here
Is where I store the Jews
And all that jazz"
 

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 10/17/16 at 7:22am

I also always misheard laceup boots as Lisa boots, in ring of keys. 

[LuminousBeing]

Posted: 10/17/16 at 8:53am

"Yes you go

Downtown, where the cabs don't stop

Downtown, where the food is slop

Downtown, where the Hobbits flop in the snow

Down on Skid Row"

 

[Alex10]

Posted: 10/17/16 at 9:01am

"I go to France for more funds, I come back with more guns, and ships, and soda-balanced chips."

[dramamama611]

Posted: 10/17/16 at 9:07am

Ok....I rolled my eyes at this at first.  But I'd be lying if I didn't say I lol'ed at these!

[Kate Monster3]

Posted: 10/17/16 at 9:40am

LuminousBeing said: ""Yes you go

Downtown, where the cabs don't stop

Downtown, where the food is slop

Downtown, where the Hobbits flop in the snow

Down on Skid Row"

 

LMAO! Not gonna lie, I also thought they were talking about hobbits flopping in the snow. 

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 10/17/16 at 9:51am

"I hid the letter and I raced to her place, screamed, 'I'LL CUT YOU IN THE FACE,' she said..."

[Alex M]

Posted: 10/17/16 at 10:06am

"And i'm

Thankful for everyday that i'm given,

Over-Easy and hard ones i'm livin'.

Updated On: 10/17/16 at 10:06 AM

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 10/17/16 at 10:18am

There used to be a whole site dedicated to this. Enjoy, young ones!
http://web.archive.org/web/20050211215509/http://www.journey-on.com/lyrics/

[kdogg36]

Posted: 10/17/16 at 4:07pm

Not that comedic, but I spent my formative years believing that Sondheim wrote the perplexing lyric "look, I'll call you in the morning in the service archway."

[JBroadway]

Posted: 10/17/16 at 5:12pm

For years I thought it was:

 

Baker's Wife: "Tell him the story of how it all happened, be father and mother, you'll know what to do"

Baker, awkwardly addressing the Baby: "Hello" 

 

Also, I can't remember the exact contexts, but Sondheim mentions 2 instances in his book. one in which someone thought the lyric in Beautiful Girls was "bestial agree" rather than "best, you'll agree." The other was an anecdote he had heard about someone's child who, when asked how he enjoyed the opening night of Annie Get Your Gun, said he enjoyed the "hurricane song." He thought "My Defenses Are Down" was "Mighty Fences are Down." (I'm sure I have some context details wrong here - it's been a while since I read it) 

[Kate Monster3]

Posted: 10/17/16 at 6:15pm

"Come up to my office" from Parade

"Why don't you come up to my office, got a bottle of wine in the cocaine pot"

Apparently it's "and the cork ain't popped" 

[seaweedjstubbs]

Posted: 10/17/16 at 6:37pm

I thought the lyrics in "Alexander Hamilton" were "Took a book collection just to send him to the mainland" instead of "Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland." I was very confused for a while, hahaha!

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 10/17/16 at 6:41pm

From DREAMGIRLS, my misheard lyrics came from "Ain't No Party".   

 

I heard: "... even though my man's balls can fit in my face, it still don't make it no party."

 

The actual lyrics are: "... even though my man throws confetti in my face, it still don't make it no party!

 

[Demitri2]

Posted: 10/17/16 at 8:19pm

When Elton John released a new song on the radio decades ago I overheard my friend singing along to "Penny On Your Chest" which sounded just like "Bennie and the Jets" to me.

[Keiichi2]

Posted: 10/17/16 at 9:55pm

One of my favorite misheard lyrics (not Broadway) is people who thought Jimi Hendrix was singing "'Excuse me while I kiss this guy..."

[madela2]

Posted: 10/17/16 at 10:15pm

In "Washington on Your Side" from Hamilton when Madison says "which I wrote" I always heard "with Charo."

Obviously, I knew that was wrong but kept forgetting to look up the actual lyric. Now I just chuckle to myself when that part comes up or sing the Charo line instead.

[DropOfGoldenSun2]

Posted: 10/17/16 at 10:18pm

I thought for a long time that the lyrics to I'm Still Hurting were "Jamie has new dreams, he's building a pond!" 

 

I thought he broke up with her and decided to dig a pond, and was kind of confused as to why he'd give up writing to build ponds.

[Valentina3]

Posted: 10/17/16 at 10:44pm

Hahah, I love "Jamie has new dreams, he's building a pond!"

First time I listened to the album, I misheard this lyric in It's Quiet Uptown - "I don't intend to know, the challenges we are facing..."  It seemed too hostile for a husband trying to win back his angry and depressed wife.

Funny thing is, Miguel Cervantes made that same mistake when I saw it in Chicago last week, I thought I misheard it again, but 3 people with me observed the same thing, lol.

[Ahmy]

Posted: 10/17/16 at 10:51pm

I though "why you slummin' in the city in your fancy heels?" was "why you slummin' in the city in your fancy eels?" for the longest time. And thought that George Washington wanted to "sit under my own vine in victory".

[sing_dance_love]

Posted: 10/18/16 at 3:28am

"There are those, I suppose
Think we're mad, heaven knows
The world has gone to IRAQ and to ruin"

Don't know why I never questioned why a show set in the 20s would have a random reference to the (then current) Iraq war when I first heard Millie, but I just accepted it! SMH now. 

 

[Kate Monster3]

Posted: 10/18/16 at 9:23am

BroadwayConcierge said: ""I hid the letter and I raced to her place, screamed, 'I'LL CUT YOU IN THE FACE,' she said..."

I've been laughing at this since yesterday, and now every time I hear this song, these are the lyrics I hear. Although considering what Maria did to him, i think these lyrics are spot on lol

 

[Dancingthrulife2]

Posted: 10/18/16 at 11:51am

sing_dance_love said: ""There are those, I suppose
Think we're mad, heaven knows
The world has gone to IRAQ and to ruin"

Don't know why I never questioned why a show set in the 20s would have a random reference to the (then current) Iraq war when I first heard Millie, but I just accepted it! SMH now. 

 

 

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