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Misheard Song Lyrics -> Artist -> G -> Marvin Gaye
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 Marvin Gaye 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 45 misheard song lyrics for Marvin Gaye on amIright currently.
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"Can I Get A Witness?" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Can I get to Widnes?
Original Lyrics:
Can I get a witness?
"Can I Get A Witness" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Can I get uh with it?
Original Lyrics:
Can I get a witness?
"Come Live With Me Angel" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Come live with me, Angel (We're gonna f***).
Original Lyrics:
Come live with me, Angel (in comfort).
"Come Live With Me Angel" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Suck it for me baby.
Original Lyrics:
Sock it to me baby.
"Come Live With Me, Angel" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't understand you, baby.
Original Lyrics:
I will understand your moods, baby.
"Distant Lover" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
As I gaze out my window
Sugar time moves so slow.
Sugar time moves so slow.
Original Lyrics:
Now I gaze out my window
Sugar down a lonesone road.
Sugar down a lonesone road.
"Distant Lover" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
As I gaze out my window
Sugar times don't you go.
Sugar times don't you go.
Original Lyrics:
As I gaze out my window
Sugar down a lonesome road
Sugar down a lonesome road
"Got To Give It Up"
Misheard Lyrics:
Long as you're groovin'
There's always a change
Somebody watchin'
Might wanna make romance.
There's always a change
Somebody watchin'
Might wanna make romance.
Original Lyrics:
Long as you prove it
There's always a chance
Somebody watches
I'm gonna make romance.
There's always a chance
Somebody watches
I'm gonna make romance.
"Got To Give It Up"
Misheard Lyrics:
Move your body, ooh baby, and dance all night.
Original Lyrics:
With you body, ooh baby, you dance all night.
"I Heard It Through The Grapevine" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
B***h said, 'I heard it through the grapevine'.
Original Lyrics:
Instead, I heard it through the grapevine.
"I Heard It Through The Grapevine" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody, do the grapevine.
Original Lyrics:
I heard it through the grapevine.
"I Heard It Through The Grapevine" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I heard it through the Greek line.
Original Lyrics:
I heard it through the grapevine.
"I Heard It Through The Grapevine" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I heard it through the break of time.
Original Lyrics:
I heard it throught the grapevine.
"I Heard It Through The Grapevine" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I hurdled through the grape vine.
Original Lyrics:
I heard it through the grapevine.
"I Heard It Through The Grapevine" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I hurdled through the grapevine
Original Lyrics:
I heard it through the grapevine
"I Heard It Through The Grapevine" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I know a man named Jehoshaphat,
but these tears I can't hold in silence
but these tears I can't hold in silence
Original Lyrics:
I know a man ain't supposed to cry,
but these tears I can't hold inside
but these tears I can't hold inside
"I Heard It Through The Grapevine" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, now Honey would you be mine?
Original Lyrics:
Not much longer would you be mine
"I Heard It Through The Grapevine" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
People say be planned for what you hear
Some and nun of what you hear.
Some and nun of what you hear.
Original Lyrics:
People say believe half of what you see
Son, and none of what you hear.
Son, and none of what you hear.
"I Heard It Through The Grapevine" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
People...sea
matey what you hear
matey what you hear
Original Lyrics:
People say believe half of what you see, son,
and none of what you hear
and none of what you hear
"I Heard It Through The Grapevine" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Son, and none of what you hear.
Original Lyrics:
Some or none of what you hear.
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I know a man named Jehosephry, but these tears I can't hold in silence
Original Lyrics:
I know a man ain't supposed to cry, but these tears I can't hold inside
"I'll Be Doggone"
Misheard Lyrics:
And if we live to be a hundred years old,
If you ever let that spring bird go,
Then I wouldn't be doggone,
I'd be long gone
If you ever let that spring bird go,
Then I wouldn't be doggone,
I'd be long gone
Original Lyrics:
And if we live to be a hundred years old,
If you ever let that spring turn cold,
Then I wouldn't be doggone,
I'd be long gone
If you ever let that spring turn cold,
Then I wouldn't be doggone,
I'd be long gone
"Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Make me wanna holler,
throw up on my hands
throw up on my hands
Original Lyrics:
Make me wanna holler,
throw up both my hands
throw up both my hands
"Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Rockets, nunchucks
Original Lyrics:
Rockets, moon shots
"Let's Get It On" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I've been feelin' fine baby
Original Lyrics:
I've been really tryin' baby
"Let's Get It On" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I've been feelin' tired, baby.
Original Lyrics:
I've been really tryin' baby.
"Let's Get It On" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I've been really dry, baby
Original Lyrics:
I've been really tryin', baby
"Let's Get It On" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Start beatin' on the bush.
Original Lyrics:
Stop beatin' 'round the bush.
"Let's Get It On" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
We're all sexy people.
Original Lyrics:
We're all sensitive people.
"Let's Get It On" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
We're all six-headed people.
Original Lyrics:
We're all sensitive people.
"Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Animals and those who live in Bon Bon boxes
Original Lyrics:
Animals and birds who live nearby are dying
"Sanctified Lady" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Some girls f***, some don't dare.
Original Lyrics:
Some girls suck, some don't dare.
"Santified Lady"
Misheard Lyrics:
Some girls f***, some don't dare
Original Lyrics:
Some girls suck, some don't dare
"Sexual Healing" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Baby, I got sick this morning
Mosquitoes swarming inside of me
Baby, I think I'm capsizing
The waves are rising and rising
Mosquitoes swarming inside of me
Baby, I think I'm capsizing
The waves are rising and rising
Original Lyrics:
Baby, I got sick this morning
A sea was storming inside of me
Baby, I think I'm capsizing
The waves are rising and rising
A sea was storming inside of me
Baby, I think I'm capsizing
The waves are rising and rising
"Sexual Healing" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I can't wait for you to copulate.
Original Lyrics:
I can't wait until you operate.
"Sexual Healing" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I can't wait for you to ovulate.
Original Lyrics:
I can't wait for you to operate.
"Sexual Healing" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I can't wait until you ovulate.
or
I can't wait until you're off your face.
or
I can't wait until you're off your face.
Original Lyrics:
I can't wait for you to operate.
"Sexual Healing" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
The ways are rising and rising.
Original Lyrics:
The waves are rising and rising.
"Trouble Man" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I've come apart, babe
Vanilla Groove
Vanilla Groove
Original Lyrics:
I come up hard, baby
But now I'm cool
But now I'm cool
"What's Going On?" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
To bring some Muppets here today.
Original Lyrics:
To bring some lovin' here today.
"What's Going On?" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You see war is not the answer
For only love can cut the cake.
For only love can cut the cake.
Original Lyrics:
You see war is not the answer
For only love can conquer hate.
For only love can conquer hate.
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