misheard beatles lyrics

[georgeharrisonluver]

This isn't a Beatles song but anyway...

my mom and I were driving home tonight and we were listening to The Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp she turns to me and asks "is he saying american cheese and magic tiles?" I looked at her for a second and then burst out laughing for like five minutes then  told her it was handkerchiefs to match your tie  

[Blue.Nowhere-Man!]

this is the thread where we can share our past experiences of "mishearing" beatles lyrics without being embarrased.

It would work best if you post the name the song, the misheard lyrics, and the actual lyrics.

I'll start:

Can't Buy Me Love- Misheard Lyrics: It's puppy love
                         

This wasn't strictly a beatles song, but I was only 13 when the P.O.B's "POWER TO THE PEOPLE" was originally released... on first hearing I thought the chorus was John singing "I DIG THE BEATLES" (Rather than Power to the people) ...anyone?!  Oh just me then....

[Blue.Nowhere-Man!]

I just found out a few days ago that in 'yes it is' they sing:

For red is the colour that my baby wore

and i thought:

for red is the colour that will make me blue

They sing both lines in seperate verses.... I think!

[Blue.Nowhere-Man!]

I just found out a few days ago that in 'yes it is' they sing:

For red is the colour that my baby wore

and i thought:

for red is the colour that will make me blue

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This wasn't strictly a beatles song, but I was only 13 when the P.O.B's "POWER TO THE PEOPLE" was originally released... on first hearing I thought the chorus was John singing "I DIG THE BEATLES" (Rather than Power to the people) ...anyone?!  Oh just me then....

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[digna]

They sing both lines in seperate verses.... I think!

really?? i'd never heard that there was a difference between those two lines. but i didn't misheard them both at least, only one 

[Wonderland]

Sorry for the bump, this is a great thread though.

You've Got To Hide Your Love Away:
Misheard: "Here I stand, hand in hand,"
Actual: "Here I stand, head in hand,"

Long Tall Sally:
Misheard: "I'm gonna tell you baby, about Uncle John,"
Actual: "I'm gonna tell Aunt Mary, about Uncle John,"

[Almighty Doer of Stuff]

With regard to an earlier post in this thread about "Long Tall Sally" and Paul singing "bald headed Sally":

On the Long Tall Sally EP version (and thus Past Masters version) of the song, as well as other released recordings of the song from the same era, Paul sings two lines like this:

"Saw Uncle John with Long Tall Sally, saw Aunt Mary coming and they jumped back in the alley"

and later,

"Long Tall Sally, she's really twee, she's got everything that Uncle John needs".

"Long Tall Sally", as you may or may not be aware, was written by Little Richard, a rock and roll singer/pianist who, prior to his fame, in addition to singing gospel music in church, would sing in bars in drag, and was very involved in gay culture (I don't think he's gay himself, but he enjoyed dressing in drag). The original lyrics of the song, as written and performed by Little Richard, are:

"Saw Uncle John with bald-headed Sally, saw Aunt Mary coming and they jumped back in the alley"

and,

"Long Tall Sally, she's built for speed, she's got everything that Uncle John needs"

The original song is, of course, about how the singer is giddy with the idea of ratting to his Aunt Mary about how he saw his Uncle John screwing a transvestite prostitute in an alley. Paul McCartney cleaned it up.

As for actual misheard lyrics, I can't help, in the harmony part of "Paperback Writer" where they sing,

"Paperback writer,
                paperback writer,
                              paperback writer",

probably due to the exact lining up of the first R sound in the second "writer" with the first P sound in the third "paperback", but to hear the last repetition as "Rape a bad writer". I think rape might be a bit harsh of a punishment for poor authorship, but that's what I sometimes hear.

[Bubby Gnome]

Sgt. Pepper's one and only lovely hearts club band
actual lyrics= Sgt. Pepper's one and only lonely hearts club band

[ThisGirlLoves]

Ballad of John and Yoko

Misheard: Standing in the darkness of Hampton
Actual: Standing on the dock at Southampton

I'm sure that there are many more, just can't remember them 

[Kaleidoscope_Eyes]

Misheard: Standing in the darkness of Hampton
Actual: Standing on the dock at Southampton

oooh creepy!

[Wonderland]

As for actual misheard lyrics, I can't help, in the harmony part of "Paperback Writer" where they sing,

"Paperback writer,
                paperback writer,
                              paperback writer",

probably due to the exact lining up of the first R sound in the second "writer" with the first P sound in the third "paperback", but to hear the last repetition as "Rape a bad writer". I think rape might be a bit harsh of a punishment for poor authorship, but that's what I sometimes hear.

That's hilarious. xD

[Octie]

This isn't strictly-speaking Beatles, but I was listening to George's When We Was Fab on the way home today, and I remembered how badly I misheard that song! There are very few lines that I actually heard correctly

For example, instead of "caresses fleece you in the morning light"
I heard "caress his face during the morning light". Hmm, whose face? ha2ha

Instead of "studied warts and all"
I heard "study books and all".

And instead of "like this pullover you sent to me"
I heard "'practice, fall over' you said to me"

Yes... terrible.

[Jai Guru Deva.]

I'm quite good at not mishearing lyrics, although I did mishear a bit in "When I Get Home" the first few times I heard it...

John:  "I've got no time for trivialities..."
Me:  "I've got no time for trick realities..."

At least it wasn't a complete FAIL like my mum's was...  we were listening to "Dear Prudence" and she thought it said "Dear Brutus"...  she's such a mong.   

xxx

[Octie]

I kept mishearing lyrics from George's Pisces Fish until I looked up the actual lyrics just now

Instead of
"with this crew, oh, it could be a tall order
have we time to sort all these things out?"

I'd hear:
"well, this crew, it could be here tomorrow
everytime to sort of ease things out"

ha2ha

[emmi_luvs_beatles]

For the longest time I thought the line in "Blue Jay Way" was "There's a fog upon a lake" instead of L.A.... I just realised about 20 min ago.