What’s a misheard lyric you were surprised/ embarrassed to find out was wrong?

1. When I thought it was “hello Douglas my old friend” I was stupid.
   — ArcOfRuin


2. Deck the Halls (Christmas song) Up until I was 26, I heard it as "Deck the Halls with balls of holly, fa la la la la, la la la la." My wife had to clarify to me that was how I was singing it before she burst out laughing explaining to me that it's actually boughs of holly, not balls.
   — camgotay


3. My cousin sang the wrong lyrics to "pour some sugar on me" for 20 years. What he heard? " 'course I'm shook up, I'm in love". Another friend of mine thought "dirty deeds" by ac/DC was "thirty thieves and the thunder chief".
   — taterzlol






4. "I guess it rains down in Africa"
   — MooseWithBearAntlers


5. Rihanna's 'We found love in a hopeless place' I always heard it as 'We found love at a hobos place' which I never understood, because by definition, hobos do not in fact have houses
   — Peachylurker


6. First time I heard "Play that Funky Music White Boy" by Wild Cherry I thought they were saying fucking instead of funky.
   — DaConm4n






7. Sweet Caroline. I heard it on the radio recently, and was surprised to learn that there are no vocals going BAH BAH BAH in the chorus, just a trumpet. I’d only heard it in bars. Edit: also, at no point are there vocals saying “so good! so good!”
   — philequal


8. Africa by toto always thought it was "nothing that 100 men on mars would never do" I was so sure I was right
   — idontfudgewithyou


9. Chop Suey, System of a Down. I always thought it was “WAKE UP FKEDIJCNEWKAKDNEKWKD MAKE UP” It’s not that.
   — title9survivor






10. In What's My Age Again by Blink-182 I thought the lyric was 'I walk alone, to get the feeling right' instead of 'I wore cologne...etc' for a disgustingly long time.
    — BobBuffbags


11. "Blinded by the light. Revved up like a ~~Douche~~ *duce*, another runner in the night." ##Every. Fucking. Time.
    — PapaSmurfOrochi


12. I'm still very unclear about Effiel 65's song 'I'm Blue'. Is it: "I'm blue, dahbudee dahbuhdaeee" "I'm blue, I'm in need of a guy" OR "I'm blue, if I was green, I would die"
    — CaptainButtlet






13. ‘My love has got no money, he’s got his trombolise’ Didn’t know what a trombolise was, just went with it Only recently discovered ‘he’s got his strong beliefs’
    — hopehurts


14. In Da Club by 50 Cent, I thought he was saying "Go Charlotte it's your birthday" not "Go Shorty." My wife loves making fun of me for that, so now that's how we just sing it.
    — RyFromTheChi


15. Secret Asian man.
    — MTAlphawolf






16. Sweet dreams are, in fact, not made of cheese. Legitimately thought those were the lyrics until 15 or 16.
    — tiwuno