Monday, March 29, 2010

Misheard lyrics...


So I'm listening to Elvis (surprise, I know) this morning and the song "Return to Sender" came on and I couldn't help, but giggle. My sister, used to sing the words "Return to Sender...dad-dress unknown..."

I know we've all sang songs with the wrong lyrics or if you don't want to claim "singing" the song..maybe you misheard the lyrics. :)

Here are a few misheard lyrics...

CORRECT LYRICS:
Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it
No one wants to be defeated
Showin' how funky and strong is your fight
It doesn't matter who's wrong or right

MISHEARD LYRICS:
Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it
No one wants to be de-vita
showin s’not funky showin s’not right
It doesn't matter who's wrong or right

CORRECT LYRICS:
Oh, Oh big ol' jet airliner
Don't carry me too far away

MISHEARD LYRICS:
Oh, Oh big ol’ Jed and Elijah
Don't carry me too far away

CORRECT LYRICS:
Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me
And the entire human race.

MISHEARD LYRICS:
Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me
And the anti- human race.

CORRECT LYRICS:
I'm starting with the man in the mirror
I'm asking him to change his ways
And no message could have been any clearer.

MISHEARD LYRICS:
I'm stuck here with the man in the mirror
I'm asking him to change his wage
And no message could have been any clibber.

CORRECT LYRICS:
She's got electric boots, a mohair suit,
you know I read it in a magazine...

MISHEARD LYRICS:
She's got electric boobs, a maha suit,
you know I read it in a magazine...

AND here it is……(with the lyrics that I understood)……the song I love, love loved as a kid…

All the old Beijings on the tombs
They do the sundance, don’cha know
If they move too quick (oh whey oh)
They're falling down like a domino.

All the buzza men by the night
They got their money on uh-buh
Gold crocodiles (oh whey oh)
They snap their teeth on your cigarette.

Foreign types with the hooga pipes say:
Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
Walk like an Egyptian.

The blonde waitresses take their trays
They spin around and they cross the floor
They've got the moves (oh whey oh)
They drop your drink, then they bring you more.

All the school kids so sick of books
They like to punk in the midda bend
When the buzzer rings (oh whey oh)
They're walking like an Egyptian

Can you sing the correct lyrics? Can you name that song?

Oh and Sarah…sing “pimples in the sand”… PLEASE!! :)

2 comments:

Sharon said...

I'm not sure I could sing the correct lyrics, but it's "Walk like an Egyptian". :-)

MetroParks said...

I totally already was before I got to the end. lol. It was so funny when my friends mom sang it for real.