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There are 93 misheard song lyrics for Howard Jones on amIright currently.
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"Don't Always Look At The Rain"
Misheard Lyrics:
And Joseph, who's five years old
Stops farts in his playground yard.
Stops farts in his playground yard.
Original Lyrics:
And Joseph, who's five years old
Stops fights in his playground yard.
Stops fights in his playground yard.
"Everlasting Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
He wasn't looking for a nacho bedpost.
Original Lyrics:
He wasn't looking for a notch on his bedpost.
"Everlasting Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I need a friend and a lover combined.
Original Lyrics:
I need a friend and a lover divine.
"Everlasting Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I need a friend and a lover to buy.
Original Lyrics:
I need a friend and a lover divine.
"Everlasting Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I need an ever lasting love
I need a friend and a love "un-divine"
I need a friend and a love "un-divine"
Original Lyrics:
I need an everlasting love
I need a friend and a lover divine
I need a friend and a lover divine
"Everlasting Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I need an everlasting hug
Original Lyrics:
I need an everlasting love
"Hide And Seek" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And his was was Thee.
Original Lyrics:
And his words were these.
"Hide And Seek" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
So she had built her a labyrinth home
With stuff set in stone, it's raining inside.
With stuff set in stone, it's raining inside.
Original Lyrics:
So she had built her elaborate home
With its ups and it's downs, its rains and its sun.
With its ups and it's downs, its rains and its sun.
"Hide And Seek" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Who'd you find, who'd you find
Who'd you find being used?
Who'd you find being used?
Original Lyrics:
Hope you find it, hope you find it
Hope you find me in you.
Hope you find me in you.
"Life In One Day" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Gets further energy bone.
Original Lyrics:
Gets the hereditary bone.
"Life In One Day" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Guest for the raddish-shaped bowl
Original Lyrics:
Gets the hereditary bone
"Like To Get To Know You Well" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't want to lead your army past.
Original Lyrics:
Don't want to linger on the past.
"Like To Get To Know You Well" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Forget cold glances and rejection.
Original Lyrics:
Forget love letters and rejection.
"Like To Get To Know You Well" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Like ticket the lonely wells
So weekend be one
Weekend be one together
So weekend be one
Weekend be one together
Original Lyrics:
Like to get to know you well
So we can be one
We can be one together
So we can be one
We can be one together
"Like To Get To Know You Well" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
People wanna talk about the future
Don't wanna leave your underpants.
Don't wanna leave your underpants.
Original Lyrics:
People wanna talk about the future
Don't wanna linger on the past.
Don't wanna linger on the past.
"Like To Get To Know You Well" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
So we can be one, we can be one too well.
Original Lyrics:
So we can be one, we can be one together.
"Like To Get To Know You Well" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
We can sit on a various and be one
Original Lyrics:
We can strip down the barriers and be one
"Like To Get To Know You Well" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
We'll get the insurrection.
Original Lyrics:
Forget love letters and rejection.
"New Song" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Challenge we can see the tears.
Original Lyrics:
Challenging preconceived ideas
"New Song" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't crack up Banjo Frank
Original Lyrics:
Don't crack up
Bend your brain
Bend your brain
"New Song" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't crack up. Man child brain.
Original Lyrics:
Don't crack up. Bend your brain.
"New Song" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't crack up
Bash your brain.
Bash your brain.
Original Lyrics:
Don't crack up
Bend your brain.
Bend your brain.
"New Song" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Dump the fool, I want you to see
Dump the fool, I want you here
Dump the fool, I want you here
Original Lyrics:
Don't be fooled by what you see
Don't be fooled by what you hear
Don't be fooled by what you hear
"New Song" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Girls eventually change.
Original Lyrics:
Throw off your mental chains.
"New Song" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Grow on your man to train
Original Lyrics:
Throw off your mental chains
"New Song" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't wanna be Hip-Man-Doo.
Original Lyrics:
I don't wanna be hip and cool.
"New Song" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Laid down by the zoo crew.
Original Lyrics:
Laden down by the doom crew.
"New Song" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, lay me down 'cause you're too cruel.
Original Lyrics:
Or laden down by the doom crew.
"New Song" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Say goodbye to non-standard fears.
Original Lyrics:
Say goodbye to long-standing fears.
"New Song" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
See the sights
Throw off your men to chase.
Throw off your men to chase.
Original Lyrics:
See both sides
Throw off your mental chains.
Throw off your mental chains.
"New Song" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Throw off your Marshall Chaise.
Original Lyrics:
Throw off your mental chains.
"New Song" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Throw off your mad jewel chaise
or
Throw off your mantelpiece
or
Throw off your magic chains
or
Throw off your module chaise
or
Throw off your madrigal fray.
or
Throw off your mantelpiece
or
Throw off your magic chains
or
Throw off your module chaise
or
Throw off your madrigal fray.
Original Lyrics:
Throw off your mental chains.
"New Song" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Throw off your man to train.
Original Lyrics:
Throw off your mental chains.
"New Song" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Throw off your manta rays.
Original Lyrics:
Throw off your mental chains.
"New Song" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Throw off your mantel chains.
Original Lyrics:
Throw off your mental chains.
"New Song" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Throw off your mantlepiece.
Original Lyrics:
Throw off your mental chains.
"New Song" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Throw off your master's chains
or
Throw off your mantle chase
or
Throw off your masquerade
or
Throw off your masquerade
Original Lyrics:
Throw off your mental chains
"New Song" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Throw off your menstrual pains.
Original Lyrics:
Throw off your mental chains.
"No One Is To Blame" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And you wonder
Angie wants you.
Angie wants you.
Original Lyrics:
And you want her
And she wants you.
And she wants you.
"No One Is To Blame" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Ask directions in the clouds but your hopes go down the drain.
Original Lyrics:
Aspirations in the clouds but your hopes go down the drain.
"No One Is To Blame" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Empty Water, Empty Water
Original Lyrics:
And you want her, and she wants you
"No One Is To Blame" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Inch of water, inch of water.
Original Lyrics:
And you want her, and she wants you.
"No One Is To Blame" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
No one ever is in play
Original Lyrics:
No one ever is to blame
"No One Is To Blame" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You can do the dishes,
But you can't have a seat
But you can't have a seat
Original Lyrics:
You can feel the cushions,
But you can't have a seat
But you can't have a seat
"No One Is To Blame" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You can feel the fishes, but you can't have the sea
You can dip your foot by the pool, but you can't have a swim
You can dip your foot by the pool, but you can't have a swim
Original Lyrics:
You can feel the cushions, but you can't have a seat.
You can dip your foot by the pool, but you can't have a swim
You can dip your foot by the pool, but you can't have a swim
"No One Is To Blame" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You can look in the mirror
but you just can't see
but you just can't see
Original Lyrics:
You can look at the menu
but you just can't eat
but you just can't eat
"No One Is To Blame" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You can tip people in the pool, but you can't have a swim
Original Lyrics:
You can dip your foot in the pool, but you can't have a swim.
"No One Is To Blame" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You get to puke by the pool, but you can't have a swim
Original Lyrics:
You can dip your foot in the pool, but you can't have a swim
"No One Is To Blame" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You're the bestest runner
but you're not allowed to sin
but you're not allowed to sin
Original Lyrics:
You're the fastest runner
but you're not allowed to win
but you're not allowed to win
"No One Is to Blame" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You can dick your foot in the poop
Original Lyrics:
You can dip your foot in the pool
"No One Is to Blame" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You can feel the furniture
Original Lyrics:
You can feel the punishment
"No One Is to Blame" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You go look for the pool, but you can't even swim
Original Lyrics:
You can dip your foot in the pool, but you can't have a swim
"No One Is to Blame" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
aspirin raisins in the clouds
OR
Aspen raisins in the clouds
OR
Aspen raisins in the clouds
Original Lyrics:
aspirations in the clouds
"No One is to Blame" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
No one ever is too plain
Original Lyrics:
No one ever is to blame
"Pearl in the Shell" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And the fear goes unshattered
Original Lyrics:
And the fear goes on shadows
"The Prisoner" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I am your principal with no confidence
Original Lyrics:
I am the prisoner of no confidence
"Things Can Only Get Better" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
A thousand Septicans
Won't keep us from the things we plan
Unless we're clinging to the things with pride.
Won't keep us from the things we plan
Unless we're clinging to the things with pride.
Original Lyrics:
A thousand skeptic hands
Won't keep us from the things we plan
Unless we're clinging to the things we prize.
Won't keep us from the things we plan
Unless we're clinging to the things we prize.
"Things Can Only Get Better" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
A thousand septic hands
Won't keep us from the things we plant
Unless we're clinging to the things with pride.
Won't keep us from the things we plant
Unless we're clinging to the things with pride.
Original Lyrics:
A thousand skeptic hands
Won't keep us from the things we plan
Unless we're clinging to the things we prize.
Won't keep us from the things we plan
Unless we're clinging to the things we prize.
"Things Can Only Get Better" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
An only path, a mountain climb
Original Lyrics:
A lonely path, an uphill climb
"Things Can Only Get Better" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And do you escape like you?
Original Lyrics:
And do you feel scared? I do
"Things Can Only Get Better" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And do you escape?
Original Lyrics:
And do you feel scared?
"Things Can Only Get Better" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And do you feel scattered?
Original Lyrics:
And do you feel scared? I do
"Things Can Only Get Better" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And do you restrain? I do
Original Lyrics:
And do you feel scared? I do
"Things Can Only Get Better" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
But I won't stop and talk to her
Original Lyrics:
But I won't stop and falter
"Things Can Only Get Better" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
But I won't stop at 40
Original Lyrics:
But I won't stop and falter
"Things Can Only Get Better" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Get too sexy and you know what you'll get.
Original Lyrics:
Get to sixty and feel no regret.
"Things Can Only Get Better" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
How do you escape?
Original Lyrics:
And do you feel scared?
"Things Can Only Get Better" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
It took three years, we have to realize
Original Lyrics:
Future dreams we have to realize
"Things Can Only Get Better" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Treating today as though it was
Or less, the final shot.
Or less, the final shot.
Original Lyrics:
Treating today as though it was
The last, the final show.
The last, the final show.
"Things Can Only Get Better" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
When I skate to lose it all, securities rip through the wall.
Original Lyrics:
We're not scared to lose it all, security thrown through the wall.
"What Is Love?" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I love you and the rhyme that you love me.
Original Lyrics:
I love you whether or not you love me.
"What Is Love?" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
This is why I don't mind adultery.
Original Lyrics:
This is why I don't mind your doubting.
"What Is Love?" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
This is why I don't mind you dancing
Original Lyrics:
This is why I don't mind your doubting
"What Is Love?" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
What is slug in a way?
Original Lyrics:
What is love anywhere?
"You Know I Love You...Don't You?" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
We need the Chiclets
Original Lyrics:
We feel it shake us
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