Misheard Stevie Lyrics

[jannieC]

Originally Posted by joshywashy377

I've done that exact same thing, where u know it doesnt make any sense but you gotta sing something.

Yes! That's exactly it- too funny.

[DrummerDeanna]

My sister thought in gypsy it was, "She was just a witch..."

[amber]

You guys are cracking me up.

Ah, when don't I mishear her lyrics? I happily have been singing songs for years without knowing them. My best made up ones were from Storms, because they still made sense. I still don't quite know that one part in Edge. I mean, I've looked up the lyrics, but then I forget again. I just sing whatever same noises she is singing right then. Gold & Braid was another challenge. The whole "easycuhtheteassheseesa payethweh,anasehsehgoieyy,uh-sheslistowusadooway-waietheyalwayalltheseyeahs"

ahem:

"Living, through each, empty night. Identical inside."

"So I search to find a next affair - so I can truly win."

See? Those lyrics could work, too, right?

Compared to the misheard lyrics y'all have posted here, I now feel like a genius. But actually, you guys thought some good ****, mostly when I can't understand Miss Thing, I just sing the sounds rather than making stuff up, but you guys made up some funny ****.

God, the first time I heard SOTM I was totally mystified. Had no idea what the hell she was saying.
Which brings me to my favorite thing I heard a deejay say, way back when, before I was a super super super fan - I was 19, I think - Something about how if Stevie and John Fogerty ever did a duet, no one in the world would be able to understand what they said - most incomprehensible rock singers ever.

And that whole "well well like a willow, I can bend"? I had no idea what that said for many, many years. I can't remember what I made up, but never in a million years was it close to the actual lyrics. Of course.
I have a long, long history of not hearing lyrics right. My mom loves to recall those tales.

[SortaSavageLike]

Originally Posted by amber

And that whole "well well like a willow, I can bend"? I had no idea what that said for many, many years.

I used to hear "well, like a wheel, I can't bend!" Like a wheel?

I still occassionaly hear "mounted lovers, watch them go up...and down..." in GDW.

[amber]

Originally Posted by SortaSavageLike

I used to hear "well, like a wheel, I can't bend!" Like a wheel?

I still occassionaly hear "mounted lovers, watch them go up...and down..." in GDW.

That's pretty good...

I think I heard a "wheel" thing, too, in SB. Or maybe a "widow" thing? I can't remember, but when I found out the real words, I remember feeling pretty stupid, and going "ooooohhh! Duh!" Yeah, duh, as if it should be obvious, when really, most things Stevie says are apropos of nothing. She could be saying anything, at any time. You might as well make **** up, it's not like she's so cohesive and obvious with her lyrics. Lol.

[witchy-poo]

i have one.
"my city of mountains, stay with me stay"

[jannieC]

Originally Posted by amber

"Living, through each, empty night. Identical inside."

Um, I just had to go look up he lyrics because that's exactly what I have always thought she was saying. If I wasn't chained to my computer "writing my paper", I'd go out in my car and listen again.

Originally Posted by amber

And that whole "well well like a willow, I can bend"? I had no idea what that said for many, many years. I can't remember what I made up, but never in a million years was it close to the actual lyrics. Of course.
I have a long, long history of not hearing lyrics right. My mom loves to recall those tales.

I always thought it was "like a widow, I can't bend" Again, doesn't make sense but you have to sing something.

[senseformiles]

"Somewhere I'm in the back of your mind.."
Should be, somewhere out...

Hmm, I can't think of all the others but I know there are a lot!

[jarlic]

First post.

For the longest time, I heard "everything sucked" in stead of "everything stopped" in EO17.

[jannieC]

Originally Posted by jarlic

First post.

For the longest time, I heard "everything sucked" in stead of "everything stopped" in EO17.

Haha. Welcome to The Ledge.

[michelle2677]

Originally Posted by jarlic

First post.

For the longest time, I heard "everything sucked" in stead of "everything stopped" in EO17.

welcome to the ledge!!!

[SapphireSister]

I have so many misheard Stevie lyrics and the funny part is that I'll just sing whatever I think I hear even if it makes absolutely no sense or isn't even a word. She's not the easiest person to understand when she's singing. I'm sure I sing something wrong in every song. At least I'm better than I used to be since I look them up now when I don't understand. Here are a few:

-"she was just a witch" instead of "she was just a wish"

-"magic moment" instead of "ivory morning" (pretty much all of The Nightmare my lyrics are completely off)

-"pick up the pieces and grow old" instead of "pick up the pieces and go home"

-"she dances around on the boulevard" instead of "she dances around in a circle"

-"still I get this feeling" instead of "still I carry this feeling" (same with L&L, half the stuff I think she is saying makes no sense whatsoever).

-"I am my own mind" instead of "I have my own life"

-"My eye-make-up is dark and it's killing" instead of "My eye-make-up is dark and it's careless"

-"long clouds of white" instead of "long nets of white"

-"all the way that I do anytime" instead of "All the way down to Emmiline"

-"Your shinin' on an ocean crashing" instead of "Your shinin' autumn ocean crashing"

-"I would try" instead of "I would cry"

-"and they said" instead of "undoing the laces"

-"when the rainbow sheds you clean you'll know" instead of "when the rain washes you clean you'll know"

-"and it's still that subtle memory" instead of "in the stillness of remembering"

-"just like the one winged dove" instead of "just like the white winged dove"

-"it's been a gold and braid" instead of "it's a bit of gold and braid"

-"There's no pain and there's no sound" instead of "There's no pain and there's no doubt"

-"second place, second time" instead of "certain place, certain time" actually a lot of Seven Wonders is unintelligible.

-I can't being to tell you what I hear instead of "A wound gets worse when it's treated with neglect"

-"to a room with sun laced and paper flowers" instead of "to a room with some lace and paper flowers"

-"my love lives in a world of both pleasure and pain" instead of "my love lives in a world of false pleasure and pain"

-"Special knowledge holds truth best beleive it" instead of "Special knowledge holds truth bears believing"

-"Sounded good on a ???? card one more big time rock and roll star" instead of "Sounded good on a delicate white-ribbon card one more big time rock and roll star"

-The entire song Rock a Little is one big mumble.

I could seriously go on forever with these...

[goldustsongbird]

Originally Posted by jarlic

First post.

For the longest time, I heard "everything sucked" in stead of "everything stopped" in EO17.

[BlackWidow]

Originally Posted by SapphireSister

I have so many misheard Stevie lyrics and the funny part is that I'll just sing whatever I think I hear even if it makes absolutely no sense or isn't even a word. She's not the easiest person to understand when she's singing. I'm sure I sing something wrong in every song. At least I'm better than I used to be since I look them up now when I don't understand. Here are a few:

-"she was just a witch" instead of "she was just a wish"

-"magic moment" instead of "ivory morning" (pretty much all of The Nightmare my lyrics are completely off)

-"pick up the pieces and grow old" instead of "pick up the pieces and go home"

-"she dances around on the boulevard" instead of "she dances around in a circle"

-"still I get this feeling" instead of "still I carry this feeling" (same with L&L, half the stuff I think she is saying makes no sense whatsoever).

-"I am my own mind" instead of "I have my own life"

-"My eye-make-up is dark and it's killing" instead of "My eye-make-up is dark and it's careless"

-"long clouds of white" instead of "long nets of white"

-"all the way that I do anytime" instead of "All the way down to Emmiline"

-"Your shinin' on an ocean crashing" instead of "Your shinin' autumn ocean crashing"

-"I would try" instead of "I would cry"

-"and they said" instead of "undoing the laces"

-"when the rainbow sheds you clean you'll know" instead of "when the rain washes you clean you'll know"

-"and it's still that subtle memory" instead of "in the stillness of remembering"

-"just like the one winged dove" instead of "just like the white winged dove"

-"it's been a gold and braid" instead of "it's a bit of gold and braid"

-"There's no pain and there's no sound" instead of "There's no pain and there's no doubt"

-"second place, second time" instead of "certain place, certain time" actually a lot of Seven Wonders is unintelligible.

-I can't being to tell you what I hear instead of "A wound gets worse when it's treated with neglect"

-"to a room with sun laced and paper flowers" instead of "to a room with some lace and paper flowers"

-"my love lives in a world of both pleasure and pain" instead of "my love lives in a world of false pleasure and pain"

-"Special knowledge holds truth best beleive it" instead of "Special knowledge holds truth bears believing"

-"Sounded good on a ???? card one more big time rock and roll star" instead of "Sounded good on a delicate white-ribbon card one more big time rock and roll star"

-The entire song Rock a Little is one big mumble.

I could seriously go on forever with these...

Stevie is the Queen of misheard lyrics!

[jannieC]

I just thought of another one which is nutso because it's from one of my alltime favorites:

"I never doubted...your beauty....unchanged..." instead of "I've changed" but in my defense this was before I had ever heard a live version. And I was thinking of the real beauty and the beast and how she never doubted his beauty while he was still the beast...unchanged. *sigh*