Mangled Song Lyrics

I thought it was about time to have a bit of fun with my blog so I did some googling to see if I was the only one who misinterprets song lyrics. For example, in The Eagles' song "Lyin' Eyes," I had puzzled for years over one line which I'd interpreted as "she'll dress up on her mace and go in style". I finally checked the lyrics one day and discovered the correct line is "she'll dress up all in lace and go in style." Okay, that makes sense.

I discovered that I was actually in good company in misunderstanding/mishearing song lyrics. In fact there's a site that lists 100 all-time favorites. Here are a few that I really enjoyed (it seems that Elton John has puzzled quite a few listeners with his songs):

Abba: "Dancing Queen"
See that girl, watch her scream, kicking the dancing queen

Bee Gees: "Stayin' Alive"
Steak and a Knife, Steak and a Knife
or alternately
Sayin' a lie, Sayin' a lie

Fifth Dimension: "Aquarius"
This is the dawning of the Age of Asparagus, Asparagus

Elton John: "Crocodile Rock"
I remember when Iraq was young

Jefferson Starship: "We Built This City"
We built this city on logs and coal

Three Dog Night: "Joy to the World"
Joy to the visions that the people see

Elton John: "Candle In The Wind"
Goodbye, aubergine

Elton John: "Your Song"
I sat on the roof and kicked at the moths

And my personal favorite, being Canadian, is a line from our national anthem ("O Canada, we stand on guard for thee"):

Oh Canada, we stand on cars and freeze...

For the list from which these examples were drawn, please see http://kissthisguy.com/funny.php. (Note that some of the entries are x-rated.)

Please post a comment if you have some special ones you'd like to share.