Everyone has those songs that you can never quite make out the lyrics to, but you like anyway.

It may be just one line or a whole verse that you’ve never been able to decipher. Maybe the instruments are overwhelming or the singer has an accent or more attitude than diction.

Maybe the lyrics are referring something so obscure you don’t recognize it.

But otherwise it’s a great song, so you go through life singing it to yourself, babbling as incoherently as the original recording, or creating your own interpretation based on the few scant syllables you think you recognize.

So when you hear Elton John sing in "Crocodile Rock" about having "an old gold Chevy and a place of my own," you’re wailing along, "I’m an old goat, shimmy any place in my home."

Whether you want to solve a long-held lyrical mystery phrase or be amazed and amused at other people’s misconceptions, there are two sites worth exploring.

Click on www.amiright.com and you’ll find a labyrinth of pages dedicated to misheard lyrics, amateur-written song parodies and countless commentaries about actual song lyrics.

The latter category is further split into subgroups, including critiques of insincere, misrhymed, nonsensical or inappropriate lyrics.

Here as in the rest of the site, many of the submissions — all by site visitors — come off as trying too hard to be funny, or as being the overwrought musings of someone who really needs to take off the headphones more often.

Some of the "misinterpretations" seem suspiciously contrived, especially when the phrase in question is also the title of the song.

But then, this isn’t a dissertation, or as site creator Charles Grosvenor Jr. writes in his "Frequently Asked Questions" page:

"If you’re really hung up about whether a misheard lyric could really be misheard and not made up, don’t bother me with it. Really. Move on."

"Am I Right" is designed both for people who want to check on a single lyrical phrase or who really get into the lighter side of musical appreciation

Statistics are kept for which artists have the most entries, the top five being The Beatles; Nirvana; Elton John; the Red Hot Chili Peppers; and Queen; and for the "most difficult to understand" lyrics.

Nirvana makes the top five on that list, too, along with Pearl Jam, Shaggy and Tori Amos.

Site statistics claim the most difficult song to understand of all time is the Manfred Mann’s Earth Band classic, "Blinded by the Light."

With real lyrics like: "And go-cart Mozart was checkin’ out the weather charts, see if it was safe outside. And little Early-Birdie came by in his curly whirly and asked me if I needed a ride," it’s easy to understand how mistakes could be made.

It’s interested to note how often people’s imaginations lean to the smutty or perverse.

Again, "Blinded by the Light’s," "Wrapped up like a deuce" line is a classic example, as is "She’s got electric boots, a mohair suit" from Elton John’s "Benny and the Jets."

Self-inflicted embarrassment is part of the fun in Kissthisguy.com.

The site contains an explanation of its name. It’s based on one of the all-time lyrical misconceptions.

The original line from Jimi Hendrix’ "Purple Haze" is "’Scuse me while I kiss the sky." But so many people mistook the line for "’Scuse me while I kiss this guy" Hendrix began blowing kisses back and forth with band members when he’d reach that line.
Kissthisguy.com is designed for quick-hit referencing. The list of artists comparable to Amiright.com’s, ranging from Abba to ZZ Top.

You can search by act or by song. The only frustrating aspect of the site is pop-up ads appear just about every time an entry is open.

Each listing is submitted by people admitting to the mistakes they’ve made, and sometimes believed, for years.

The listings contain the real lyrics in question, followed by what they thought the lyrics were.

The person submitting is then asked describe the moment they finally discovered their mistake, how old they were at the time, and how many years they’d been wrong.

They’re also asked three yes-no questions. The first is, "I think my version is better than the original."

Many people do. There’s something surprisingly disappointing when you discover the real words to replace the syllabic jumble never before known to human speech you’ve been using.

The other questions are "I’ve convinced others that my version is the real one" and finally "I take interesting medication."

That last question best exemplifies the spirit with which these sites should be explored.

Both contain a lot of entries that have plainly been added by people for whom saying dirty words still gives them junior high school giggles.

On the other hand, you can finally fill that mumble jumble gap you’ve been warbling for years, if you really want to.