Malaprop Song Lyrics

I think there's another name for these, but I don't have time right now to google around and find it. Jay Are's funny post about bad, bad songs reminded me of another fun family past time (you can decide our level of hipness): making fun of each other (and ourselves) over misheard lyrics.

Some family favorites:
My mom got in trouble in high school for singing what her dad thought was "Let's Peek Down Her Collar." It was "Lipstick on her Collar."

My sister-in-law was rockin' out to "Our Love is Kinky" once. Her older brother corrected her to "Alive and Kicking." And I'm sure it was a gentle correction.

I don't even remember the song (a country one, maybe? I have no idea right now.), but I've belted out these classic lines in the past: "Elvis, I loooove the velvet" (instead of "Elvis has left the building") and this goodie, from a Ray Stevens song: "And we'll have beets for Bert!"= "We'll have peach preserves."

There's even an archive of these goodies at www.kissthisguy.com, and yes, there are more official names for them--mondegreens. I just call them funny--it's hilarious that we mishear into lyrics that have _less_ sense than the original words!