Hahaha I always mishear "Rock the Casbah" as "F*ck the Casbah!" Which seems more rebellious and more in line with the spirit of the song.

Chop Suey:

Why'd you leave the kids upon the table?

I still sing it like that for the absurdism.

Not really misheard lyrics, but more like ignored lyrics... I completely glossed over the middle verse of Object by Ween when it came out and thought it was about a guy who lost his lover and the search party only found her sweater.

It's about a serial killer. The middle verse talks about wearing her skin like a body suit. 🤣

My fave when this subject comes up: “last night I dreamt of some bagels” as the opening line to La Isla Bonita by Madonna

In the song Brown Eyed Girl:

Whatever happened

to Tuesday and so slow

Gun down the old man with a

transistor radio

I was picturing someone holding out a radio in front of them, brandishing it at the old man like how you'd wave a cross at a vampire. The old man doesn't like that newfangled rock and roll music, so they're shooting the sound waves at him to scare him off.

(It's "going down the old mine with a transistor radio," but whatever.)

Missing by Everything but the girl. I thought she sang 'tiramisu, like the dessert mystery'.

For us Dutch it is a mondegreen to hear "fok die kerstman" instead of "rock the casbah".

I used to think the KISS song went I wanna rock and roll all night... and part of every day.

It's far less hard core that way.

My life has been extraordinary Blessed and cursed at once

It's "blessed and cursed and won". Totally ruined one of my favorite lyrics ever when I figured that out.

Probs a common one but when ever Blinded By The Light came on I only heard "woke up like a douche" instead of "revved up like a deuce"

My roommate used to think Jimi Hendrix sang "excuse me while I kiss this guy" until I explained it was "sky".

Although in his defense years later I heard a live version where I'm pretty sure he changes it for a verse or two to "kiss this guy."

That Pete Seeger song (which isn't really his, but that's the version I heard) has Cuban Spanish lyrics and isn't at all about a One Ton Tomato.

Dirty deeds and the THUNDER CHIEF

The Decemberists have a rock opera called Hazards of Love and in one song, Annan Water, the main character is trying to strike a bargain with a river to allow him passage across it. It includes the line:

Though my mother cries that if I try I sure will drowned be

For the longest time, I would have sworn the lyric was:

Though my mother cries that if I try I sure will drown in pee

Have a listen and tell me you don't hear that, too.

I always heard "I see a brand new horizon" instead of "I see a bad moon rising". I feel like my version is waaay more optimistic!

HAMSTER

It's an oldie, but my parents had George Benson's Give Me The Night on during a road trip and I was pretty sure he was saying "Give me the knife"

When the song was new, my dad heard I’m Your Venus played over the school cafeteria speakers, but everyone else knew the song so they didn’t react to it. He went years never understanding the meaning of that song.