Misheard Lyrics

[MyNameInLights]

Posted: 12/16/03 at 9:41pm

I thought this might be a fun thread to do. Are there any Broadway lyrics you've misheard that aren't too embarrassing to be typed?

[Sumofallthings]

Posted: 12/16/03 at 9:50pm

Do all the lyrics from Rent count?

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 12/16/03 at 9:53pm

What about CATS ?

Updated On: 12/16/03 at 09:53 PM

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 12/17/03 at 10:49am

I could never understand most of what Jennifer Holliday sings in Move Right Out of My Life from Dreamgirls.

"Uh Pakca-wacka mackik! Just like the Titanic! And gunnuh whont ow! Just move right outa my, move right outa my liiiiiiiiiiife! Oh, whoah!"

[orion59]

Posted: 12/17/03 at 11:19am

For the longest time I couldn't undertsand the line in Money from Cabaret that correctly is "when you go to get a word of advice from the fat little pator"

I always thought it was "when you go to get a word of advic from a fat little bastard"

[WindyCityActor]

Posted: 12/17/03 at 11:47am

Personally, I can never understand the words to "At the End of the Day" from "Les Miserables."

It sounds like a bunch of terriers yaking at the postman.

[QueenS]

Posted: 12/17/03 at 1:03pm

I always thought that in "Brand New Day" in "The Wiz" they were singing "Free Magazine." I think the actual lyrics are "Bring up the scene."

[ShbrtAlley44]

Posted: 12/17/03 at 2:14pm

I thought that the line in "America" from West Side Story was "Everything free in America / Pour us coffee in America" when it's actually "For a small fee in America."

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/17/03 at 2:48pm

QueenC the lyrics are "Freedom you see, has got our hearts singing so joyfully..."

I know the same thing with the WIZ "Don't you carry nothing that my be alone"

but it is "don't you carry nothing that might be a load" Updated On: 12/17/03 at 02:48 PM

[QueenS]

Posted: 12/17/03 at 3:01pm

Ah, see- even my corrected lyrics are wrong. That must say something about me. I'm just not sure what...

[TheaterBaby]

Posted: 12/17/03 at 3:24pm

lol I thought it was "Everyone free in America."

[WhatDoINeedWithLove?]

Posted: 12/17/03 at 3:28pm

it took me FOREVER to realize what Idina says in "For Good"...when she says "whatever way our stories end i know..." then i had NO idea what she said next but figured out it is "you have rewritten mine..."

It isnt funny but ya know!

[JoizeyActor]

Posted: 12/17/03 at 3:51pm

Definitely in "You Can't Stop The Beat" from Hairspray.

I couldn't, for the longest time, understand the lyrics:

"Come on you Von Tussles, Go and Shake Your Fanny Muscles!"

[StraightToHeaven]

Posted: 12/17/03 at 4:19pm

I'm afraid by posting here I'm going to sound deaf.

I agree I can't understand some of You Can't Stop the Beat although the song is one of my favorite songs.

Also on the ttB CD although Raul is amazing I can't understand half the words to 30/90

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/17/03 at 7:45pm

You mean like "whycanneyestayachildforeverand?"

[BillyLawlor]

Posted: 12/17/03 at 7:56pm

When I saw some online videos of "Wicked", I could not decipher A LOT of what they were saying.

"Cuz it feels wonderful, they think I'm wonderful, and look who's wonderful- this pointed hick.
Hahaha!!!

"Don't be offended by my frank analysis, think of it as personality dialysis, now that I've chosen to become a palaysis, you're red advisor, there's nobody wiser. Not when it comes to popular".

Well, that's what it sounds like!

[WhatDoINeedWithLove?]

Posted: 12/17/03 at 8:20pm

just so ya know it "corn-fed hick" not "pointed hick"

[eponine88]

Posted: 12/17/03 at 8:31pm

The first time I saw Dance of the Vampires, I got slightly befuddled during the song "Logic". It was difficult to understand what exactly the professor was saying, though it became much clearer the second time I saw the show.

[BillyLawlor]

Posted: 12/17/03 at 8:38pm

Thanks, but I have the lyrics already. While looking through the CD booklet, I felt like a complete idiot seeing what the REAL lyrics were. But hell, they need to anunciate more!
Hehe.

[PennyLou]

Posted: 12/17/03 at 8:52pm

The first time I heard "You Can't Stop The Beat" it wasn't that line that got me it was there reply. "Ever since we first saw the sun, it seems Von Tussle girls are always tryin' to pleas someone but now we're gonna shake and shimmy I and have some fun today!"

Also during "The Nicest Kids in Town" The chorus at one point goes "Money.money..oh money money".. Yea def. not what I thought they where saying

[chinkie azn jai]

Posted: 12/17/03 at 9:48pm

at first i didnt know what trevor graydon said during speed test. but after looking at thelyrics i memorized them haha nd i can recited themperfectly =D hahaha i kno i kno no life =D! ~l8r~

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/17/03 at 9:50pm

I mean. What can one say?

[zannafan]

Posted: 12/17/03 at 10:01pm

I am incredibly embarassed to admit these lyrics I have misheard..
In "Let Yourself Go" I thought Kristin Chenoweth was singing "Let the dashboard fill you leather." which makes ABSOLUTELY no sense. The actual lyrics are "let the dancefloor fill you leather."
Another one, which I think my lyrics are better (no offense Jonathan Larson) in ttB "We leave the dust of the world, wondering why," as opposed to "We eat the dust of the world, wondering why".
Also, Amy Spanger's voice in "Come to Your Senses" prevents me from hearing what she is really singing.
In addition, Heather Headley's voice in Aida confuses me sometimes about what she is singing, like in "The Past Is Another Land" there were a lot of misheard lyrics.
Also in "Another Pyramid" Zoser sings "At times real plain, at times real wild..." but the actual lyrics are "At times acclaimed, at times reviled..."
These are just the ones I can think of right now. I'm sure I will recall other embarassments, and I'll share them all with you.
Nick

[TheaterBaby]

Posted: 12/17/03 at 10:20pm

You know what though, "Let the dancefloor fill your leather" doesn't really make much sense either.

[MusicMan]

Posted: 12/17/03 at 11:18pm

Mine as a child were "How do you hold a mooney in your hand?"
and "Why geese that fly with the moon on their wings?"
I dunno, Oscar, why geese?
Last but not least, "Just a little torture, that's what I need." Thank you, Patti Lupone.