Here are two that always got me
Love Potion Number Nine by the Searchers.. I always heard "you know the gypsy with the gold capped tooth" as the gypsy with the gold tattoo.

Groovin' by the Rascals I thought "you and me endlessly" was you and me and Leslie. (thought maybe Leslie was their kid)

At the very end of 'Don't Stop the Music' by Rihanna, when she repeats a line over and over, I could clearly hear her saying "Gonna stand on the side of Microsoft." Turns out, she's not saying anything -- it's apparently nonsense words like "mamasee, mamasa." Ha!

@Phil, you me and leslie, that's awesome!

There are two songs I messed up big time:
-- In "Brown Eyed Girl," by Van Morrison: At the beginning I always thought he said "Hey Rodrigo," instead of the actual "Hey where did we go."
-- In Van Halen's "Panama," I always thought he was saying "had enough," instead of Panama!

"she was a fax machine, she kept her modem clean"
ACDC, "You Shook Me All Night Long"

"She was a fast machine, she kept her motor clean"

lol, whoops. my lyrics make sense too though.

Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody." I always thought the line was, "It's murder, NO! We will not let you go!" I'd never heard anyone say "Bismillah!"

Dave Matthews: "Eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we dine." Apparently it's "...we die." Ha, bummer.

In the old song lyric "Return to Sender," a friend of mine thought it was "Return to Zenda."

Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind" - I thought he was singing "the ants are my friends, they're blowin' in the wind." Hey - I was in second grade at the time. I learned the error of my ways at summer camp about five years later. Totally humiliated. :)

For me it was Paul Simon's "Kodachrome". My lyrics were.....mommas gonna take my Chrimosomes away and the actual line is mOmmas gonna take my Kodachrome away!

My sisters and I thought Jay-Z's "Big Pimpin'" chorus was "We doin' big pimpin', spinning the cheese." There was no cheese involved - Jay-Z and his friends were "spending the G's." But we don't let that stop us from singing it the way we like, conjuring images of Jay-Z on a boat with a big wheel of cheddar.

Hold me closer, Tony Danza.

The Bangles... 'Walk like an Egyptian"... I was told that I would sing... "Walk like an dip-sh**" Also, "Born in the USA"... I always sang "I was born on St. Patricks day"

Next door neighbor always made me laugh when singing along with CCWR "Bad Moon Risin'", He would sing "There's a bathroom on the right." instead of "There's a Bad Moon on the Rise." I still laugh at Tom, wherever he may be. LOL

As I kid, I thought they were singing "Oh cannonbomb" and it was '"Oh tannenbaum" (German for Christmas tree).

"Every girl's crazy 'bout a shot glass man..." (Sharp Dressed Man)

Ha, @Angie Ferrell, every road DOES have its stone.

The Goo Goo Dolls song 'Iris' has the lyric: "When Everything Feels Like The Movies, Yeah You Bleed Just To Know Your Alive" which for years I misheard to be "And You're Pleased Just To Know Every Line." I still like my version better.

Incorrect lyrics: "It's a happy enchilada and you think you're gonna drown" (That's the Way That World Goes 'Round, by John Prine.).. Correct lyrics: "It's a half an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown. That's the way that the world goes round."

Blinded by the Light by ELO.....I always thought it was, "wrapped up like a douche" instead of "wrapped up like a deuce".....wait, is it even "wrapped up" ???? Still not sure.

A friend of mine thought "Like a drifter I was born to walk alone" was "like a twist-tie ... " in the White Snake song "Here I Go Again"

Steve Miller's "Jungle Love"...my friends and I always thought it was "Chug-A-Lug, you're driving me mad, you're driving me crazy"!

These are fantastic everyone!

"dirty knees on my dungarees" for "dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap"...hey, weird al!

My son, at age 10, sang "Hot Blooded, Fish in the Sea" instead of Hot Blooded, check it and see.. (Foreigner)

My 2 favorites that I heard:
"Can't find the butter man" for "Can't find a better man"... and
"Ham on Rye" for "I'm all right"

The Song: "Voices Carry" by 'Til Tuesday (1985)

Wrong: "Hush hush, keep it down now, Mrs. Carey"

Right: "Hush hush, keep it down now, Voices Carry

There's actually a term for a misheard lyric: it's called a mondegreen. The most famous ones I've heard are: "'Scuse me, while I kiss this guy.....' and "The girl with colitis goes by."

How about Pearl Jam, Yellow Ledbetter? That one's self explanatory.

For years I wondered why the Ramones were so health concious, "I wanna piece of date bread."

The beginning of Springteens Like a Rock- I thought he said stood there bowling. Turns out he stood there boldly.

Also Areosmith didn't drain macaroni all night long, but the train kept a rollin' all night long.

My Boyfriend sang Til Tuesday Voices Carry.."Hush, Hush, Keep it down down, this is scary" instead of "Hush, Hush, keep it down down Voinces Carry" Hence the name of the song.

LOL Tracy: see my comment above on Voices Carry.

My sister always sang, "I can't coke a lot" instead of "I can't go for that by Hall and Oates. While my other sister sang, "hanana" for "hard to handle now" by the Black Crowes.

My friend thought "Grazing in the grass" by the Friends of Distinction was "Snakes in the grass"

As a kid, i thought "Dirty feet and the thunder chief" were the lyrics to "dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap" by AC/DC

My cousin thought that The Buckinghams song, Kind of a Drag was an advertisement for Canada Dry.

Back when my daughter was 4, she thought the Eagles were singing "life in the vasoline" instead of "life in the fast lane"! It used to crack everyone up. Hmmm she may have understood the song more than we thought! Scary...LOL

When my youngest daughter Megan was REALLY young, she thought the chorus to "Yankee Doodle" ended with the words, "and with the girls EAT CANDY" instead of "and with the girls BE HANDY." Sometimes we still sing what's come to be known in the family as "the Megan version" and it makes us laugh to this day!

When my now grown up daughter Jackie was about 10 yrs. old, she loved to sing Paul Young's "Every Time You Go Away." Something just didn't sound right, so I asked her to repeat the works and sure enough, she was singing "Every time you go away, you take a piece of meat with you." When she was told it was "you take a piece of me with you" her look of horror and confusion was priceless. At least she was on key.

If you really want a challenge, YouTube the studio version of the Stones
Tumbling Dice. See if you can figure out what Mick's singing.
That's a tough one.
But my vote goes to "I want a piece of date bread" Truly funny.

LONG TRAIN RUNNING by The Doobie Brothers

"You know I saw THIS MOOSE down along the tracks."

Correct lyric: "You know I saw Miss Lucy ..."

:-)

Mind the mooses-es-es!

"I Love Rock and Roll" by Joan Jett

When my son was 4, he would sing "I love rock and roll, so put another dime in the juice box, baby!"

Instead of "I love rock and roll, so put another dime in the jukebox, baby!"

I needed to put curtains up in my boyfriend's living room and took forever doing it:
Cream/Clapton:.....in the station, with no curtains........

I am surprised that no one will admit to the "Mother of All" misheard lyrics.
Marsie Doats and dosie doats, and little lamsy divie, a kiddle the ivytoo, would't you?
Mare's eat oats and does eat oats, and little lambs eat ivy, a kid'll eat ivy too, wouldn't you?
That shows how far back I go.

Apparently, many MANY non-German speakers thought that Falco was singing "Hot potatoes ... Hot POTATOES! Oh, oh, oh, hot potatoes!"

Amadeus, y'all!

My son reminded me he turned Bob Marley's Jammin' into Pajamas when he was little.
As in, "Oh, wear pajamas", "I hope you like pajamas too", "Yeah pajamas", "I want pajamas too".

Tiny Dancer. To me, it sounds like Elton John is saying "Hold me close like Tony Danza." And that's quite alright with me.