Misheard Song Lyrics -> Artist -> M -> Manhattan Transfer
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There are 19 misheard song lyrics for Manhattan Transfer on amIright currently.
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"Birdland"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bird naked
Original Lyrics:
Bird made it.
"Birdland"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody's got flat feet
Everybody's got webbed feet
Everybody's six feet tall
An' they'll never stop.
Everybody's got webbed feet
Everybody's six feet tall
An' they'll never stop.
Original Lyrics:
Everybody dug that beat
Everybody stomped their feet
Everybody digs be-bop
An' they'll never stop.
Everybody stomped their feet
Everybody digs be-bop
An' they'll never stop.
"Boy From New York City"
Misheard Lyrics:
And he keeps his buckets full of spending loot.
Original Lyrics:
And he keeps his pockets full of spending loot.
"Boy From New York City"
Misheard Lyrics:
And he's cute in his Motown suit
Original Lyrics:
And he's cute in his mohair suit
"Boy From New York City"
Misheard Lyrics:
He has the finest Pentax I've ever seen in town
Original Lyrics:
He has the finest penthouse I've ever seen in town
"Boy From New York City"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ooh wah, ooh wah, boo boo kitty
or
Ooh wah, ooh wah, hoo-hoo kitty
or
Ooh wah, ooh wah, who, who did it?
or
Ooh wah, ooh wah, hoo-hoo kitty
or
Ooh wah, ooh wah, who, who did it?
Original Lyrics:
Ooh wah, ooh wah, cool, cool kitty.
"Boy From New York City"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ooh wah, ooh wah, cuckoo kiddie
Original Lyrics:
Ooh wah, ooh wah, cool, cool kitty
"Boy From New York City"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ooo whee, say you ought to come and see
His dueling scarf.
His dueling scarf.
Original Lyrics:
Ooo whee, say you ought to come and see
His dueling scar.
His dueling scar.
"Mystery"
Misheard Lyrics:
Turn back the hands of time
Hold on to misty memories.
Hold on to misty memories.
Original Lyrics:
Turnin' back the hands of time
Holdin' on to misty memories.
Holdin' on to misty memories.
Sebastian Humpert adds: "The first one to sing "Mystery" was not Anita Baker. Anita's version is actually a remake of the Manhattan Transfer."
"Nothing Better Than Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody's got flat feet
Everybody's got webbed feet
Everybody's six feet tall
An' they'll never stop.
Everybody's got webbed feet
Everybody's six feet tall
An' they'll never stop.
Original Lyrics:
Everybody dug that beat
Everybody stomped their feet
Everybody digs be-bop
An' they'll never stop.
Everybody stomped their feet
Everybody digs be-bop
An' they'll never stop.
"Occapella"
Misheard Lyrics:
To add a little song into each life
And make it finger f***ing good.
And make it finger f***ing good.
Original Lyrics:
To add a little song into each life
And make it finger popping good.
And make it finger popping good.
"Soul Food To Go"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll pour you tasty foam.
Original Lyrics:
I'll pour you tasty funk.
"Soul Food to Go"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ahh, ooh, ahh.
This be-bops too much.
I know you know.
Hip hop.
Never stop.
Eye for tooth.
Tasty fun
This be-bops too much.
I know you know.
Hip hop.
Never stop.
Eye for tooth.
Tasty fun
Original Lyrics:
Ahh, ooh, ahh.
This be-bops too much.
I know you know.
Hip hop.
Never stop.
I'll pour you tasty funk
This be-bops too much.
I know you know.
Hip hop.
Never stop.
I'll pour you tasty funk
"Soul Food to Go"
Misheard Lyrics:
Come on, come in and check it out.
Who says Simone?
Who says Simone?
Original Lyrics:
Come on, come in and check it out.
Ooh, c'est si bon
Ooh, c'est si bon
"Soul Food to Go"
Misheard Lyrics:
The party's on. The stove, it's cookin'
Original Lyrics:
The pot is on the stove It's cookin'
"The Boy From New York City"
Misheard Lyrics:
And he's cute in his Motown suit.
Original Lyrics:
And he's cute in his mohair suit.
"Trickle Trickle"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tickle Tickle
Slap Slap
Slap Slap
Original Lyrics:
Trickle Trickle
Splash Splash
Splash Splash
"Twilight Zone"
Misheard Lyrics:
Feeling metal locomtion in my misty, carnal zone
Original Lyrics:
Pyramidal locomtion from the mystic, unknown zone
Most people thought they were saying: 'here in the Twilight Zone', but they were really saying: 'hearin' the twilight tone', according to the sheet music. (It's a song about jazz.)
"Twilight Zone"
Misheard Lyrics:
Now he resides in place trombone
In this mystic homophone.
In this mystic homophone.
Original Lyrics:
Now he resides and plays trombone
In the mystic unknown zone.
In the mystic unknown zone.
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