Oh, wait a minute. A mondegreen isn't a plant, or even a fungus. It's a misheard lyric. You can't exactly pick those. Still, as long as you're here, you might as well take a look at them. All are mishearings on Blimix's part.
"Undressed against my shoulder"
was really:
"And rest against my shoulder"
from "Come to Me" in the musical "Les Miserables"
"You don't need a pinhead just to hang around"
was really:
"You don't need a penny just to hang around"
from "Down on the Corner" by Credence Clearwater Revival
"A drug that's the high and out the pier"
was really:
"A drug that's the high and not the pill"
from "Kiss From a Rose" by Seal
"Dirty Deek and the Dunder chiefs"
was really:
"Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap"
from "Dirty Deeds" by AC/DC
"Sleeping Beauty trips me with a frog"
was really:
"Sleeping Beauty trips me with a frown"
from "Winter" by Tori Amos
"Swing that spinach head"
was really:
"Swing the spinning step"
from "Kiss me" by Sixpence None the Richer
"You geek, you nerd"1
was really:
"You bleed, you learn"
from "You Learn" by Alanis Morissette
"I'll drink my decaf purple tea"
was really:
"I'll drink my decaf herbal tea"
from "Morning Song" by Jewel Kilcher
"It's like a death row hard-on two minutes too late."
was really:
"It's like a death row pardon two minutes too late."
from "Ironic" by Alanis Moriset
"It's so hard to be a sheep at night."
was really:
"It's so hard for me to sleep at night."
from " ? " by ?
"Gersta hits the white bow"
was really:
"Rooster hits the washboard"
from "Down on the Corner" by Credence Clearwater Revival
"But you, you're not alive"
was really:
"But you, you're not allowed"
from "Uninvited" by Alanis Moriset
"I've got a cat named Easter, he says we've never met"
was really:
"I've got a cat named Easter, he says, 'Will you never learn?'"
from "Crucify" by Tori Amos
"I am wanted, I am eating"
was really:
"I am wanted, I am needed"
from "Enjoy the Silence" by Depeche Mode
"I'll never dance with a number"
was really:
"I'll never dance with another"
from "Saw Her Standing There" by The Beatles
"I thought I'd be poor and die laughing"
was really:
"I fall on the floor and I laughing"
from "Cecilia" by Simon and Garfunkel
"He's got ninety-five white virgin monkeys"
was really:
"He's got ninety-five white Persian monkeys"
from "Prince Ali" in the movie "Aladdin"
"I'm scared, it's beer"
was really:
"I'm scared, it's fear"
from "Hand Me Downs" by Indigo Girls
"Wearing a crown of appleseeds"
was really:
"Wearing a crown of apathy"
from "Piece of Pie" by Stone Temple Pilots
"This world will taste good"
was really:
"This world holds me still"
from "Painters" by Jewel Kilcher
"Gunnin' down the old man with a transistor radio"
was really:
"Goin' down the old mine with a transistor radio"
from "Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison
"There's eight of us in the gym, walked her home"
was really:
"There's eight of us in a Jim Walter home"
from "I Kill You" by Tim Wilson
"Signed, sealed, delivered; up yours!"
was really:
"Signed, sealed, delivered; I'm yours!"
from "Signed Sealed Delivered" by Stevie Wonder
"Just shock the dog"
was really:
"Just a shot in the dark"
from "Shot in the Dark" by Ozzy Osbourne
"This comes from higher"
was really:
"This gun's for hire"
from "Dancing in the Dark" by Bruce Springsteen
"That's right, you impossible orangutan, be yourself."
was really:
"That's right / Impossible / When you got to be yourself"
from "Draw the Line" by Aerosmith
"But the incinerator / He put it all together"
was really:
"But me and Cinderella / We put it all together"
from "One Headlight" by The Wallflowers
"Live forty seconds"
was really:
"Live for each second"
from "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues" by Elton John
"What in the world can make it stop?"
was really:
"When the working day is done"
from "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" by Cyndi Lauper
"You and me and the hot dog machine"
was really:
"You and me and the bottle makes three"
from "You and Me and the Bottle Makes Three" by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
"I wanna shine some panties"
was really:
"I wanna shine some pennies"
from "Mr. Popeil" by "Weird Al" Yankovic
"Big safety can by the garbage truck"
was really:
"Been saved again by the garbage truck"
from "Silent All These Years" by Tori Amos
"Breaking bubbles in the hall"
was really:
"Breaking bottles in the hall"
from "Hey You" by Pink Floyd
"Like limes to the slaughter"
was really:
"Like lambs to the slaughter"
from "Pollution" by Tom Lehrer
"Head lice alarms"
was really:
"Head lights / Alarms"
from "Fuel" by Metallica
"I'll show you sweet denial"
was really:
"I'll show you sweet delight"
from "Let Me Take You Home Tonight" by Boston
"We can doody in your window"
was really:
"We can do The Innuendo"
from "Dirty Laundry" by Don Henley
"And little early birdie gave my anus curly whirley"
was really:
"And little Early-Pearly came by in his curly-wurly"
from "Blinded By the Light" by Manfred Mann's Earth Band
"Sam the Eagle"
was really:
"Serve the Ego"
from "Serve the Ego" by Jewel Kilcher
"I tripped over brain"
was really:
"A trick of the brain"
from "I Hung My Head" by Sting
"Gespacho destination"
was really:
"Despite your destination"
from "Under the Milky Way" by The Church
"Cry 'fire' on my conch shells"
was really:
"Cry 'fire' on my conscience"
from "Back of my Head" by Jen Shankman
"Drink like a chicken cherry cola"
was really:
"Sweet like a chica cherry cola"
from "I Want You" by Savage Garden
"The lecture man looks good today"
was really:
"The electric man looks good today"
from "It Don't Hurt" by Sheryl Crow
"Jumbo love"
was really:
"Jungle love"
from "Jungle Love" by Steve Miller Band
"You gave me hope and inspiration like going to the can"
was really:
"You gave me hope and inspiration like only true love can"
from "Lady" by The Commodores
"You're lost, like a phone without a nose"
was really:
"Your love's like a thorn without a rose"
from "Hole in my Soul" by Aerosmith
"There's a dolphin man standing in the shadows"
was really:
"There's a tall, thin man standing in the shadows"
from "A Talk With George" by Jonathan Coulton
"Santa in my eyes"
was really:
"The sand blew in my eyes"
from "Deserted" by Blind Melon
"Dinosaur it goes"
was really:
"Darling so it goes"
from "Can't Help Falling In Love" by Elvis Presley
"She wore a red, spherical thing"
was really:
"She wore a raspberry beret"
from "Raspberry Beret" by Warren Zevon
1. This one had help from Gbob.
