Misheard Song Lyrics -> Artist -> L -> Gordon Lightfoot
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There are 45 misheard song lyrics for Gordon Lightfoot on amIright currently.
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"Alberta Bound"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's good to be under the ground.
Original Lyrics:
It's good to be Alberta bound.
"Alberta Bound"
Misheard Lyrics:
No one-eyed man could ever get the Rocky Mountain sunset.
Original Lyrics:
No one I met could e're forget the Rocky Mountain sunset.
The version I listen to is from "Gord's Gold: Vol.2", not the original album.
"Carefree Highway"
Misheard Lyrics:
Every highway, let me slip away on you
Every highway, you've seen better days
Tomorrow after blues, from my head down to my shoes
Every highway lets me slip away, slip away on you.
Every highway, you've seen better days
Tomorrow after blues, from my head down to my shoes
Every highway lets me slip away, slip away on you.
Original Lyrics:
Carefree highway, let me slip away on you
Carefree highway, you've seen better days
The mornin' after blues, from my head down to my shoes
Carefree highway, let me slip away, slip away on you.
Carefree highway, you've seen better days
The mornin' after blues, from my head down to my shoes
Carefree highway, let me slip away, slip away on you.
"Carefree Highway"
Misheard Lyrics:
Every highway
Original Lyrics:
Carefree highway
"Carefree Highway"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gonna head down to my shoes
Original Lyrics:
From my head down to my shoes
"Carefree Highway"
Misheard Lyrics:
Have to see you, my wolfman
or
Have to see you, my old friend
or
Have to see you, my old friend
Original Lyrics:
I've got to see you, my old flame
"Carefree Highway"
Misheard Lyrics:
Jeffrey Highway
or
One-way highway
or
One-way highway
Original Lyrics:
Carefree highway
"Carefree Highway"
Misheard Lyrics:
The mornin' after glory from my head down to my shoes
Every highway, that means slip away
Slip away from you
or
The mornin' after glowin' from my head down to my shoes
Every highway, that means slip away
Slip away from you.
Every highway, that means slip away
Slip away from you
or
The mornin' after glowin' from my head down to my shoes
Every highway, that means slip away
Slip away from you.
Original Lyrics:
The mornin' after blues from my head down to my shoes
Carefree highway, let me slip away
Slip away on you.
Carefree highway, let me slip away
Slip away on you.
"Cotton Jenny"
Misheard Lyrics:
Weasel loves da go-round.
Original Lyrics:
Wheels of Love go 'round.
"Daylight Katy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Treeline kitty, go home.
Original Lyrics:
Daylight Katy, come on.
"Ghosts Of Cape Horn"
Misheard Lyrics:
They are the ghosts of gay porn.
Original Lyrics:
They are the ghosts of Cape Horn.
"Ghosts of Cape Horn"
Misheard Lyrics:
They are the ghosts of gay porn
Original Lyrics:
They are the ghosts of Cape Horn
"If You Could Read My Mind"
Misheard Lyrics:
I walk away like a movie star who gets burned on a three way street
Original Lyrics:
I'd walk away like a movie star who gets burned in a three way script
"If You Could Read My Mind"
Misheard Lyrics:
If you could read my mind, love
What a tail a fox would tell.
What a tail a fox would tell.
Original Lyrics:
If you could read my mind, love
What a tale my thoughts would tell.
What a tale my thoughts would tell.
"If You Could Read My Mind"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just like a packet of Marlboros
The kind the drug store sells
The kind the drug store sells
Original Lyrics:
Just like a paperback novel
The kind the drug store sells
The kind the drug store sells
"If You Could Read My Mind"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just like a paperback novel
The kind that just don't sell.
The kind that just don't sell.
Original Lyrics:
Just like a paperback novel
The kind that drug stores sell.
The kind that drug stores sell.
"Rainy Day People"
Misheard Lyrics:
Rainy day people don't cry
They just listen to the Early Show.
They just listen to the Early Show.
Original Lyrics:
Rainy day people don't talk
They just listen till they've heard it all.
They just listen till they've heard it all.
"Steel Rail Blues"
Misheard Lyrics:
Here I am with my head in the sand.
Original Lyrics:
Here I am with my hat in my hand.
I'll have to listen to this again. Every version I've looked up says, 'hat in my hand'. I wonder if that means they're right.
"Sundown"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can picture a vermouth that a man could make
Getting lost in her lovin as he twirls the stake
Getting lost in her lovin as he twirls the stake
Original Lyrics:
I can picture every move that a man could make
Getting lost in her lovin is your first mistake
Getting lost in her lovin is your first mistake
"Sundown"
Misheard Lyrics:
If I find you've been creepin' down and up them stairs
Original Lyrics:
If I find you've been creepin' 'round my backstairs
"Sundown"
Misheard Lyrics:
If I find you've been creeping on up that hill
Original Lyrics:
If I find you've been creeping 'round my back stairs
"Sundown"
Misheard Lyrics:
If I find you've been drinking 'round my back step.
Original Lyrics:
If I find you've been creeping 'round my back stairs.
"Sundown"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's a hard leather woman, got me feelin' mean.
or
She's a hot-leather woman, got me feelin' mean.
or
She's a hot-leather woman, got me feelin' mean.
Original Lyrics:
She's a hard lovin' woman, got me feelin' mean.
"Sundown"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sometimes at Better Day Kids'
And I'll find you've been creeping and I'm not that stiff
Sometimes, a kid gets a shake
And I'll find you've been creeping and I'm feeling okay.
And I'll find you've been creeping and I'm not that stiff
Sometimes, a kid gets a shake
And I'll find you've been creeping and I'm feeling okay.
Original Lyrics:
Sundown, ya better take care
If I find you been creepin' round my back stairs
Sometimes I think it's a shame
When I get feeling better when I'm feeling no pain.
If I find you been creepin' round my back stairs
Sometimes I think it's a shame
When I get feeling better when I'm feeling no pain.
"Sundown"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sometimes you better take care
If I find you've been creeping on a love that's fair.
If I find you've been creeping on a love that's fair.
Original Lyrics:
Sundown you better take care
If I find you've been creeping 'round my back stairs.
If I find you've been creeping 'round my back stairs.
"Sundown"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sometimes, you better make chair.
Original Lyrics:
Sundown, you better take care.
"Sundown"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sundown I think it's a shame
When I keep getting better when I'm feeling no-thing
When I keep getting better when I'm feeling no-thing
Original Lyrics:
Sometimes I think it's a shame
When I get feeling better when I'm feeling no pain
When I get feeling better when I'm feeling no pain
"Sundown"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sundown, you better take care
If I find you been creepin' up half past ten.
If I find you been creepin' up half past ten.
Original Lyrics:
Sundown, you better take care
If I find you creeping 'round my back stairs.
If I find you creeping 'round my back stairs.
"Sundown"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sundown, you buried the kill
That I find you've been keeping and I'm not that still.
That I find you've been keeping and I'm not that still.
Original Lyrics:
Sundown, you better take care
If I find you've been creeping 'round my back stairs.
If I find you've been creeping 'round my back stairs.
"The List"
Misheard Lyrics:
Thick and thin
You throw the potato in the candlelight.
You throw the potato in the candlelight.
Original Lyrics:
Thick and thin
You don't have to play to win
But then you might.
You don't have to play to win
But then you might.
"The Pony Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
When it's midnight on the meadow
And the cats are in the s***
And the cats are in the s***
Original Lyrics:
When it's midnight on the meadow
And the cats are in the shed
And the cats are in the shed
"The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald"
Misheard Lyrics:
I reckon it's Ella Fitzgerald.
Original Lyrics:
The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
"The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald"
Misheard Lyrics:
I reckon it's Ella Fitzgerald.
Original Lyrics:
The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
"The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald"
Misheard Lyrics:
Including some terns and a couple of stale ferns
Original Lyrics:
Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms
"The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald"
Misheard Lyrics:
Of the peg leg they called Gitchie Gloomy
Original Lyrics:
Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
"The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald"
Misheard Lyrics:
The legend goes on 'cause some chicks passed it down
To the people they call bitchs and gloomies.
To the people they call bitchs and gloomies.
Original Lyrics:
The legend lives on, from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitchigumi.
Of the big lake they call Gitchigumi.
"The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald"
Misheard Lyrics:
The legend lives on, from the Chippewa on down
Of the pegleg they call Gitchigumi.
Of the pegleg they call Gitchigumi.
Original Lyrics:
The legend lives on, from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitchigumi.
Of the big lake they call Gitchigumi.
"The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald"
Misheard Lyrics:
When summertime came, the old Pokemon deck.
Original Lyrics:
When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck.
editor's note: The submitter of this lyric must have not realized that this song clearly predates Pokamon, by over 20 years.
"The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald"
Misheard Lyrics:
With whirlings and turns and a couple steel burns
Original Lyrics:
Concluding some terms with a couple steel firms
"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
Misheard Lyrics:
The Wreck of the Ella Fitzgerald
Original Lyrics:
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
Misheard Lyrics:
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the peg-leg they called 'Gitche Gumee.'
Of the peg-leg they called 'Gitche Gumee.'
Original Lyrics:
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they called 'Gitche Gumee.'
Of the big lake they called 'Gitche Gumee.'
"Too Many Clues In This Room"
Misheard Lyrics:
All around the looking glass, dancing to The Cure
Sweeping out the house with a fine-toothed comb.
Sweeping out the house with a fine-toothed comb.
Original Lyrics:
All around the looking glass, dancing to a tune
Sweeping out the house with a fine-toothed comb.
Sweeping out the house with a fine-toothed comb.
"Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald"
Misheard Lyrics:
When the girls of November came early.
Original Lyrics:
When the gales of November came early.
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Gordon Lightfoot - Complete Greatest Hits album at Amazon.com
Gord's Gold album at Amazon.com
Harmony album at Amazon.com
United Artists Collection [2 CD Set] album at Amazon.com
Summertime Dream album at Amazon.com
Sundown album at Amazon.com
If You Could Read My Mind album at Amazon.com
Don Quixote album at Amazon.com
Salute album at Amazon.com
Dream Street Rose album at Amazon.com
