Today’s selection of mondegreens (misheard song lyrics) is brought to you by Hit Me with Your Pet Shark: Misheard Lyrics of the 1980s, by Charles Grosvenor Jr.
Don’t forget to send your personal mondegreens (or those you’ve heard others sing) to me by February 18. Each one you send counts as an entry into the contest to win the book above.
Happy Friday!
| Song Title | Artist/Group | Actual Lyrics | Mondegreen |
| Kyrie | Mr Mister | Kyrie Eleison, down the road that I must travel | Carry a laser down the road that I must travel |
| Never Gonna Give You Up | Rick Astley | We’re no strangers to love | Colonel Sanders in love |
| Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now | Starship/
Jefferson Starship/ Jefferson Airplane |
And we can build this dream together Standing strong forever |
And we can build this dream together Stan is gone forever |
| Sara | Starship/
Jefferson Starship/ Jefferson Airplane |
Sara, Sara Storms are brewing in your eyes |
Sara, Sara
Stone Tupperware in your eyes |
| We Built This City | Starship/
Jefferson Starship/ Jefferson Airplane |
Marconi plays the mamba | My pony plays the mamba |
| Leather and Lace | Stevie Nicks | Give to me your leather Take from me my lace |
Give to me your leather Take from me my legs |
| Stand Back | Stevie Nicks | Just like a willow,
I can bend |
Just like a weirdo,
I can bend |
| Psycho Killer | Talking Heads | Psycho killer,
Qu’est que c’est? |
Cycle thriller,
Use Cascade |
| What’s Love Got to Do with It? | Tina Turner | What’s love but a second-hand emotion? | What’s love but a second hand in motion? |
| Rosanna | Toto | Meet you all the way | Meat chewed all the way |
| Here I Go Again | Whitesnake | Like a drifter, I was born to walk alone | Like a drifter, I was born to wear cologne |
Kara Church
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