Misheard Song Lyrics -> Artist -> G -> Arlo Guthrie

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There are 10 misheard song lyrics for Arlo Guthrie on amIright currently.

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"Children of Abraham"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take down the flags that just separate the people
Take down the wire on the balcony.
Original Lyrics:
Take down the flags that just separate the people
Take down the wire on the boundary.
"City Of New Orleans"
Misheard Lyrics:
And all the thousand people seem to fade into a bad dream.
Original Lyrics:
And all the towns and people seem to fade into a bad dream.
"City Of New Orleans"
Misheard Lyrics:
Fifteen cars and fifteen wrestlin' spiders
Three conductors and twenty-five sock in May.
Original Lyrics:
Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders
Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail.
"City Of New Orleans"
Misheard Lyrics:
Graveyards full of old black men.
Original Lyrics:
Freight yards full of old black men.
"City Of New Orleans"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm the plain they call the city of New Orleans
Original Lyrics:
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
"City Of New Orleans"
Misheard Lyrics:
Won't you b*** me and my teenage son?
Original Lyrics:
Don't you know me, I'm your native son.
"City of New Orleans"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't you know me, I'm your naked son
Original Lyrics:
Don't you know me, I'm your native son
"Coming Into Los Angeles"
Misheard Lyrics:
Coming into Los Angeles
Smuggling a couple of geese.
or
Coming into Los Angeles
Smuggling a couple of keys.
Original Lyrics:
Coming into Los Angeles
Bringing in a couple of keys.
"The City Of New Orleans"
Misheard Lyrics:
Freakin' doctors, and twenty-five sacks of mail
Original Lyrics:
Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail
"The City Of New Orleans"
Misheard Lyrics:
The train pulls out again for keeps.
[Later]
And the sons of Old Man Porter's.
Original Lyrics:
The train pulls out of Kankakee.
[Later]
And the sons of Pullman Porters.

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The Best of Arlo Guthrie album at Amazon.com
Alice's Restaurant album at Amazon.com
Hobo's Lullaby album at Amazon.com
Alice's Restaurant: The Massacree Revisited (30th Anniversary Edition) album at Amazon.com
Arlo album at Amazon.com
Amigo album at Amazon.com
One Night album at Amazon.com
 
 
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