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Misheard Song Lyrics -> Artist -> B -> Buffalo Springfield
Misheard song lyrics (also called mondegreens) occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song. These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics, which is called parody. This page contains all the misheard lyrics for Buffalo Springfield that have been submitted to this site and the old collection from inthe80s started in 1996. For more information about the misheard lyrics available on this site, please read our FAQ.
There are 24 misheard song lyrics for Buffalo Springfield on amIright currently.
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"For What It's Worth" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
A thousand people on the sleet.
Original Lyrics:
A thousand people on the street.
"For What It's Worth" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody look at what's going down
Original Lyrics:
Everybody look what's going down
"For What It's Worth" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody, look, it's going down!
Original Lyrics:
Everybody look what's going down
"For What It's Worth" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody, snow is coming down
Original Lyrics:
Everybody look what's going down
"For What It's Worth" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Fear of lawyers strikes deep
Original Lyrics:
Paranoia strikes deep
"For What It's Worth" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Fowls, and people in the street.
Original Lyrics:
A thousand people on the street.
"For What It's Worth" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I think it's time we stop and say, "What's that sound?"
Original Lyrics:
I think it's time we stop, hey, what's that sound?
"For What It's Worth" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I think it's time we stop it, what's that sound?
Everybody knows what's gonna drown
Everybody knows what's gonna drown
Original Lyrics:
I think it's time we stop, hey, what's that sound?
Everybody knows what's going down
Everybody knows what's going down
"For What It's Worth" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I think it's time we stop, Josie, what's that sound?
Original Lyrics:
I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound?
"For What It's Worth" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I think it's time we stop, say "What's that sound?"
Original Lyrics:
I think it's time we stop, hey, what's that sound?
"For What It's Worth" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Singing songs that they carry inside
Mostly saying to wait for our time
Mostly saying to wait for our time
Original Lyrics:
Singing songs and carrying signs
Mostly say, hooray for our side
Mostly say, hooray for our side
"For What It's Worth" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Stop, Joseph, what's that sound?
Original Lyrics:
Stop, children, what's that sound?
"For What It's Worth" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
There a lawyer strikes to beat
A thousand people in the street.
A thousand people in the street.
Original Lyrics:
What a field day for the heat
A thousand people in the street.
A thousand people in the street.
"For What It's Worth" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
There are lawyers tracks deep.
Original Lyrics:
Paranoia strikes deep.
"For What It's Worth" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
There's a man with a gum over there
Original Lyrics:
There's a man with a gun over there
"For What It's Worth" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Time to stop, gee, what's that sound
Everybody look, what's going down
Everybody look, what's going down
Original Lyrics:
I think it's time we stop, hey, what's that sound?
Everybody knows what's going down
Everybody knows what's going down
"For What It's Worth" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
What a field day for the geese.
Original Lyrics:
What a field day for the heat.
"For What It's Worth" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
What a field day for the heat
Cows and people in the street.
Cows and people in the street.
Original Lyrics:
What a field day for the heat
A thousand people in the street.
A thousand people in the street.
"For What It's Worth" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
What a fill before they eat
Original Lyrics:
What a field day for the heat
The 'heat' being, obviously, the police, as the song is about young people demonstrating in the '60.
"For What It’s Worth" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
The satellites being brought
Original Lyrics:
There’s battle lines being drawn
"For What It’s Worth" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
There's a man with a gun over there, telling me what I got to wear.
Original Lyrics:
There's a man with a gun over there, telling me I got to beware.
"For What It’s Worth" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
What it is ain’t exactly bleak
Original Lyrics:
What it is ain’t exactly clear
"Mr. Soul" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
For the thought that I caught that my hair is the event of the season.
Original Lyrics:
For the thought that I caught that my head is the event of the season.
"Rock & Roll Woman" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
She's a Georgia knoll.
Original Lyrics:
She's a joy to know
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