Misheard Song Lyrics -> Artist -> G -> Grateful Dead
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There are 97 misheard song lyrics for Grateful Dead on amIright currently.
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"Bertha"
Misheard Lyrics:
I had a hard one
Running from your window.
Running from your window.
Original Lyrics:
I had a hard run
Running from your window.
Running from your window.
"Bird Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
All I know she sang a while and then threw up.
Original Lyrics:
All I know she sang a while and then flew off.
"Black Throated Wind"
Misheard Lyrics:
Forget about me, I forgot about you.
Original Lyrics:
You've done better by me than I've done by you.
"Brown Eyed Women"
Misheard Lyrics:
Brown eyed women and red leather jeans
The bottom was dusty, but the knickers was clean.
The bottom was dusty, but the knickers was clean.
Original Lyrics:
Brown eyed women and red grenadine
The bottle was dusty, but the liquor was clean.
The bottle was dusty, but the liquor was clean.
"Brown Eyed Women"
Misheard Lyrics:
Clown fried slimmin' in breath death unseen
The water was dusted but we licked her up clean.
The water was dusted but we licked her up clean.
Original Lyrics:
Brown eyed women and red grenadine
The bottle was dusty, but the liquor was clean.
The bottle was dusty, but the liquor was clean.
"Brown-Eyed Women"
Misheard Lyrics:
The blotter was dusted, but the liquid was clean.
Original Lyrics:
The bottle was dusty, but the liquor was clean.
"Casey Jones"
Misheard Lyrics:
Case of Georgia bitter, watch your speed.
Original Lyrics:
Casey Jones you better, watch your speed.
"Casey Jones"
Misheard Lyrics:
Casey Jones is bitter, watch your speed.
or
Casey Jones is ready, watch your speed.
or
Casey Jones is ready, watch your speed.
Original Lyrics:
Casey Jones you better, watch your speed.
"Casey Jones"
Misheard Lyrics:
Casey Jones, you better wash your sleeve.
Original Lyrics:
Casey Jones, you better watch your speed.
"Casey Jones"
Misheard Lyrics:
Switchman's sleeping, train oh no that Jew
Is on the wrong track and headed for you.
Is on the wrong track and headed for you.
Original Lyrics:
Switchman's sleeping, train hundred and two
Is on the wrong track and headed for you.
Is on the wrong track and headed for you.
"China Cat Sunflower"
Misheard Lyrics:
Look for a while at the China Cat Sunflower
Clouds walkin', chillin' in the midnight sun.
Clouds walkin', chillin' in the midnight sun.
Original Lyrics:
Look for a while at the China Cat Sunflower
Proud walking jingle in the midnight sun.
Proud walking jingle in the midnight sun.
"Deal"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't you let the dear Lord down.
Original Lyrics:
Don't you let that deal go down.
"Deal"
Misheard Lyrics:
Since it costs a lot to win and even mortal ooze.
Original Lyrics:
Since it costs a lot to win and even more to lose.
"Dire Wolf"
Misheard Lyrics:
I cut my deck to the Queen of Spades
But the cards were all insane.
But the cards were all insane.
Original Lyrics:
I cut my deck to the Queen of Spades
But the cards were all the same.
But the cards were all the same.
"Dire Wolf"
Misheard Lyrics:
I sat down to my supper
'Twas a bottle of red bliss tea.
'Twas a bottle of red bliss tea.
Original Lyrics:
I sat down to my supper
'Twas a bottle of red whiskey.
'Twas a bottle of red whiskey.
"Dire Wolf"
Misheard Lyrics:
In the tin roof of the barrio
The wolves are running round
The wolves are running round
Original Lyrics:
In the timbers of Fenario
The wolves are running round
The wolves are running round
"Estimated Prophet"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mike and Gloria gonna be my name
Original Lyrics:
Might and Glory gonna be my name
"Eyes Of The World"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wake up to find out that you are despised by the world.
Original Lyrics:
Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world.
"Eyes Of The World"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wake up to find out that you are my ice and I twirled
Original Lyrics:
Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world
"Eyes Of The World"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wake up to find out that
You are the eyes of a squirrel.
You are the eyes of a squirrel.
Original Lyrics:
Wake up to find out that
You are the eyes of the world.
You are the eyes of the world.
"Eyes Of The World"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wake up to find out you are disguised as a squirrel.
Original Lyrics:
Wake up to find out you are the eyes of the world.
"Eyes Of The World"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wake up to find out you are disguised as a squirrel
Original Lyrics:
Wake up to find out you are the eyes of the world
"Eyes Of The World"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wake up to find out
You are the thighs of the world.
You are the thighs of the world.
Original Lyrics:
Wake up to find out
You are the eyes of the world.
You are the eyes of the world.
"Franklin's Tower"
Misheard Lyrics:
If you play at dice, you're gonna harvest wins.
Original Lyrics:
If you plant ice, you're gonna harvest wind.
"Franklin's Tower"
Misheard Lyrics:
If you play nice, you're gonna always win.
Original Lyrics:
If you plant ice, you're gonna harvest wind.
"Friend Of The Devil"
Misheard Lyrics:
Got a wife in Juneau and one in Tenakee.
Original Lyrics:
Got a wife in Chino and one in Cherokee.
"Friend Of The Devil"
Misheard Lyrics:
I led out from Reno I was trailed by 20 cows.
Original Lyrics:
I lit our from Reno I was trailed by 20 hounds.
"Hell In A Bucket"
Misheard Lyrics:
I was drinking last night with Bob Barker.
Original Lyrics:
I was drinking last night with a biker.
"Hell In A Bucket"
Misheard Lyrics:
Please come and join the ride.
Original Lyrics:
At least I'm enjoyin the ride.
"I Know You Rider"
Misheard Lyrics:
Blue collar auto rain
or
Blue collar oughta rain.
or
Blue collar oughta rain.
Original Lyrics:
Cool Colorado rain
"I Know You Rider"
Misheard Lyrics:
I wish I was a penguin, on a northbound train.
Original Lyrics:
I with I was a headlight, on a northbound train.
"I Know You Rider"
Misheard Lyrics:
Winona Ryder,
gonna miss me when I'm gone
gonna miss me when I'm gone
Original Lyrics:
I know you rider,
gonna miss me when I'm gone
gonna miss me when I'm gone
"Just A Little Light"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just a little might
Original Lyrics:
Just a little light
"Me and My Uncle"
Misheard Lyrics:
Indian Summer, I took off my shirt
Original Lyrics:
It bein' Summer, I took off my shirt
"Might As Well"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mighty swell, might swell
or
Might smell, mighty smell
or
Might smell, mighty smell
Original Lyrics:
Might as well, might as well
"Mississippi 1/2 Step Uptown Toodeloo"
Misheard Lyrics:
Get yourself a pound of chocolate,
seal that silver mine
seal that silver mine
Original Lyrics:
Get yourself a powder charge,
seal that silver mine
seal that silver mine
'Without a Net' live version
"Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo"
Misheard Lyrics:
Get yourself a pound of chocolate
Seal that silver mine
Seal that silver mine
Original Lyrics:
Get yourself a powder charge
Seal that silver mine
Seal that silver mine
"Ripple"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ripple in still water
When there is no apple-toss
Nor wind to blow
When there is no apple-toss
Nor wind to blow
Original Lyrics:
Ripple in still water
When there is no pebble tossed
Nor wind to blow
When there is no pebble tossed
Nor wind to blow
"Ripple"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ripple in still water
When there is no albatross
Nor wind to blow.
When there is no albatross
Nor wind to blow.
Original Lyrics:
Ripple in still water
When there is no pebble tossed
Nor wind to blow.
When there is no pebble tossed
Nor wind to blow.
"Row Jimmy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Look out Julie down below
The devil's doing the dog ass slow.
The devil's doing the dog ass slow.
Original Lyrics:
Look out Julie down below
In the levee doin' the do-pas-o.
In the levee doin' the do-pas-o.
"Samson And Delilah"
Misheard Lyrics:
Now Samson and Delilah, they got an attack
Samson crawled up on Delilah's back
Samson crawled up on Delilah's back
Original Lyrics:
Now Samson and the lion, they got an attack
Samson crawled up on the lion's back
Samson crawled up on the lion's back
"Samson And Delilah"
Misheard Lyrics:
Samson and Delilah, they got an attack.
Samson had crawled up on Delilah's back
Samson had crawled up on Delilah's back
Original Lyrics:
Samson and the lion they got an attack.
Samson crawled up on the lion's back
Samson crawled up on the lion's back
"Ship of Fools"
Misheard Lyrics:
With forty ears upon my head to have you call me child.
Original Lyrics:
With thirty years upon my head to have you call me child.
"St. Stephen"
Misheard Lyrics:
Got hair so long
He's got to comb it in rolls.
He's got to comb it in rolls.
Original Lyrics:
Been here so long
He's got to callin' it home.
He's got to callin' it home.
"St. Stephen"
Misheard Lyrics:
In and out of the gardening hose
Original Lyrics:
In and out of the garden, he goes.
"St. Stephen"
Misheard Lyrics:
With hair so long
He's got to calling it home.
He's got to calling it home.
Original Lyrics:
Been here so long
He's got to callin' it home.
He's got to callin' it home.
"Stagger Lee"
Misheard Lyrics:
Feelin' mighty young
Original Lyrics:
Delia DeLyon
"Stella Blue"
Misheard Lyrics:
All the years combine
They melt into a tree.
They melt into a tree.
Original Lyrics:
All the years combine
They melt into a dream.
They melt into a dream.
"Stella Blue"
Misheard Lyrics:
Still love you.
Original Lyrics:
Stella Blue
"Sugar Magnolia"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bakes my chicken when I sleep.
Original Lyrics:
Pays my ticket when I speed.
"Sugar Magnolia"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bakes my chicken when I speak
Original Lyrics:
Pays my ticket when I speed
"Sugar Magnolia"
Misheard Lyrics:
Feeds my chicken when I leave.
Original Lyrics:
Pays my ticket when I speed.
"Sugar Magnolia"
Misheard Lyrics:
Jump like a Wildebeest in four wheel drive
Original Lyrics:
Jump like a Willys in four wheel drive
"Sugar Magnolia"
Misheard Lyrics:
Paints my chicken when I sleep.
Original Lyrics:
Pays my ticket when I speed.
"Sugar Magnolia"
Misheard Lyrics:
Paves my chicken when I sleep.
Original Lyrics:
Pays my ticket when I speed.
"Sugar Magnolia"
Misheard Lyrics:
Plays my chicken when I speed.
Original Lyrics:
Pays my ticket when I speed.
"Sugar Magnolia"
Misheard Lyrics:
Rolling with the Russians down by the riverside.
Original Lyrics:
Rolling in the rushes down by the riverside.
"Sugar Magnolia"
Misheard Lyrics:
She can wait in the drop of doom
Original Lyrics:
She can wade in a drop of dew
"Sugar Magnolia"
Misheard Lyrics:
She don't come and I don't swallow.
Original Lyrics:
She don't come and I don't follow.
"Sugar Magnolia"
Misheard Lyrics:
Spanks my chicken when I sleep.
Original Lyrics:
Pays my ticket when I speed.
"Sugar Magnolia"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sugar magnolia blossoms forming
or
Sugar magnolia blossoms for you
or
Sugar magnolia blossoms for you
Original Lyrics:
Sugar magnolia blossoms blooming
"Sugar Magnolia"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sugar magnolia possums movin'.
Original Lyrics:
Sugar magnolia blossoms blooming.
"Sugar Magnolia"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tastes like chicken when I sleep.
Original Lyrics:
Pays my ticket when I speed.
"Sugar Magnolia"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tastes like chicken when I sneeze
Original Lyrics:
Pays my ticket when I speed
"Sugar Magnolia"
Misheard Lyrics:
Weighs my chicken when I speak.
Original Lyrics:
Pays my ticket when I speed.
"Sugaree"
Misheard Lyrics:
You thought you was the Kufu,
and never could do no wrong
and never could do no wrong
Original Lyrics:
You thought you was the cool fool,
and never would do no wrong
and never would do no wrong
"Terrapin Station"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like a song that sends some color all the way to Spain.
Original Lyrics:
Light the song with sense and color, hold away despair.
"Terrapin Station"
Misheard Lyrics:
More than this I will not ask
Face of History's dark and vast.
Face of History's dark and vast.
Original Lyrics:
More than I will not ask
Faced with mysteries dark and vast.
Faced with mysteries dark and vast.
"Terrapin Station"
Misheard Lyrics:
More than this I will not ask
Faced of with mysteries of the past.
Faced of with mysteries of the past.
Original Lyrics:
More than I will not ask
Faced with mysteries dark and vast.
Faced with mysteries dark and vast.
"Terrapin Station"
Misheard Lyrics:
More than this I will not ask
Faced with History's darkened glass.
Faced with History's darkened glass.
Original Lyrics:
More than I will not ask
Faced with mysteries dark and vast.
Faced with mysteries dark and vast.
"The Women Are Smarter"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let's rape the women of Sparta.
Original Lyrics:
That's right, the women are smarter.
The song promotes a certain superiority women could be seen to have. The misunderhearing of the chorus confuses that idea 'somewhat.'
"Throwing Stones"
Misheard Lyrics:
A pizza place or so it looks from space
A closer look reveals a juicy steak.
A closer look reveals a juicy steak.
Original Lyrics:
A peaceful place or so it looks from space
A closer look reveals the human race.
A closer look reveals the human race.
"Touch Of Grey"
Misheard Lyrics:
Chocolate curds inside your care
Original Lyrics:
Draw the curtains, I don't care.
"Touch Of Grey"
Misheard Lyrics:
Chocolate curtains, I don't care.
Original Lyrics:
Draw the curtains, I don't care.
"Touch Of Grey"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cows drinking kerosene
Kid can't pee at seventeen.
Kid can't pee at seventeen.
Original Lyrics:
Cows giving kerosene
Kid can't read at seventeen.
Kid can't read at seventeen.
"Touch Of Grey"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cows giving kerosene
She can't be seventeen.
She can't be seventeen.
Original Lyrics:
Cows giving kerosene
Kid can't read at seventeen.
Kid can't read at seventeen.
"Touch Of Grey"
Misheard Lyrics:
It must be getting early
Cops are running late.
Cops are running late.
Original Lyrics:
It must be getting early
Clocks are running late.
Clocks are running late.
"Touch Of Grey"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pink light of the morning sky
Looks so phoney.
Looks so phoney.
Original Lyrics:
Paint-by-number morning sky
Looks so phoney.
Looks so phoney.
"Touch Of Grey"
Misheard Lyrics:
The Ables and the Bakers and the seas
Original Lyrics:
The Ables and the Bakers and the C's
It was actually old U.S. military code.
"Touch Of Grey"
Misheard Lyrics:
The eagles and the begars and the seas
Original Lyrics:
The ables and the bakers and the c's.
"Touch Of Grey"
Misheard Lyrics:
The eagles and the beggars and the seas
Original Lyrics:
The Ables and the Bakers and the C's
Able and Baker are the first two words in the military phonetic alphabet, used to make spelling over radio communication possible. [Ed.'s note: Actually, they are Alpha and Bravo in the US military. Must be a foreign military alphabet.]
"Touch Of Grey"
Misheard Lyrics:
The evils and the beggars and the thieves
or
The Ablers and the beggars and the thieves
or
The Ablers and the beggars and the thieves
Original Lyrics:
The eagles and the beggars and the seas
"Touch Of Grey"
Misheard Lyrics:
The first notes are all I've seen but it's ok
Original Lyrics:
The words he knows are all obscene, but it's ok
"Truckin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
Arrows on me and I'm flashing my keys down on Main Street.
Original Lyrics:
Arrows of neon and flashing marquees out on Main Street.
"Truckin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
Error's on me for flashing my keys out on Main Street.
Original Lyrics:
Arrows of neon and flashing marquees out on Main Street.
"Truckin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
Keep truckin', like the 2 dog man.
Original Lyrics:
Keep truckin', like the do-dah man.
"Truckin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
Livin' on Ritz, Vitamin C and cocaine
Original Lyrics:
Livin' on reds, vitamin C and cocaine
"Truckin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
She lost her spot
Well, you know she isn't the same.
Well, you know she isn't the same.
Original Lyrics:
She lost her sparkle
You know she isn't the same.
You know she isn't the same.
"Truckin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
What in the world ever became of Sweet Jane
She lost her sparkle, you know she isn't the same
Livin' on Ritz, vitamn C, and cocaine
She lost her sparkle, you know she isn't the same
Livin' on Ritz, vitamn C, and cocaine
Original Lyrics:
What in the world ever became of Sweet Jane
She lost her sparkle, you know she isn't the same
Living on reds, vitamin C and cocaine
She lost her sparkle, you know she isn't the same
Living on reds, vitamin C and cocaine
"Uncle John's Band"
Misheard Lyrics:
G** d*** will I declare
Have you seen the light?
Have you seen the light?
Original Lyrics:
God d*a*m*n well I declare
Have you seen the like?
Have you seen the like?
"Uncle John's Band"
Misheard Lyrics:
I live in a silver mine and I call it big, it's true.
Original Lyrics:
I live in a silver mine and I call it beggar's tomb.
"Uncle John's Band"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's the same story the poor don't eat
Original Lyrics:
It's the same story the crow told me
"Uncle John's Band"
Misheard Lyrics:
Their b**ls were big as cannonballs.
Original Lyrics:
Their walls are built of cannonballs.
"Uncle John's Band"
Misheard Lyrics:
There was a lilt of cannibals.
Original Lyrics:
Their walls are built of cannonballs.
"Uncle John's Band"
Misheard Lyrics:
There was a milt of connonballs
Whose motto is 'Don't tread on me'.
Whose motto is 'Don't tread on me'.
Original Lyrics:
Their walls are built of cannonballs
Their motto is 'Don't tread on me'.
Their motto is 'Don't tread on me'.
"When Push Comes To Shove"
Misheard Lyrics:
They'll sling barbed wire at your feet
And tuna at your a**.
And tuna at your a**.
Original Lyrics:
They'll sling barbed wire at your feet
And do not let you pass.
And do not let you pass.
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