Misheard Song Lyrics -> Artist -> M -> Missing Persons

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There are 13 misheard song lyrics for Missing Persons on amIright currently.

"Destination Unknown"
Misheard Lyrics:
I still don't know what disco means to me.
Original Lyrics:
I still don't know what this all means to me.
"Destination Unknown"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like a shoestring
Original Lyrics:
Life is so strange
"Destination Unknown"
Misheard Lyrics:
One more night I'm gone
Original Lyrics:
When will my time come?
"Destination Unknown"
Misheard Lyrics:
When will night time come?
Original Lyrics:
When will my time come?
"Walking In L.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
F***ing in L.A.
Original Lyrics:
Walking in L.A.
"Walking In L.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
Look ahead as we pass giant font and Sonic
I won't be fooled by its sheets and a matress
It must have been just cardboard cut off of a man
Just walking chester from the record store
Original Lyrics:
Look ahead as we pass, try and focus on it
I won't be fooled by a cheap cinematic trick
It must have been just a cardboard cut out of a man
Top-forty cast off from a record stand
"Walking In L.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
Walking in a lay.
Original Lyrics:
Walking in L.A.
"Walking In L.A"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't if I'm in some lame jungle baby
Or someone just about to moon the freeway strangler baby
Shout 'oon-ka-push-ah', maybe someone's groovy
It's a show, and I'm starin' in the movie.
Original Lyrics:
I don't know could've been a lame jogger maybe
Or someone just about to do the freeway strangler baby
Shopping cart pusher or maybe someone groovy
One thing's for sure, he isn't starring in the movies.
"Walking in L.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
Joaquin in L.A.,
Joaquin in L.A.,
nobody walks in L.A.!
Original Lyrics:
Walking in L.A.,
Walking in L.A.,
nobody walks in L.A.!
"Walking in L.A"
Misheard Lyrics:
Walkin' in a lake Walkin' in a la-ake!
Nobody walks in a lake
Original Lyrics:
Walkin' in LA Walkin' in LA-A!
Nobody walks in LA
"Walking in L.A"
Misheard Lyrics:
Walking without legs, only a nobody walks without legs!
Original Lyrics:
Walking in L.A. Only a nobody walks in L.A
"Walking in L.A"
Misheard Lyrics:
Whoever heard of the fab giant ultra-sonic
I won't be fooled by the sheeps in a mattress
It must've been just a carborard canibal the man
saw bowling Chester from the record stand
Original Lyrics:
Look ahead as we pass, try and focus on it
I won't be fooled by a cheap cinematic trick
It must have been just a cardboard cut out of a man
Top-forty cast off from a record stand
"Words"
Misheard Lyrics:
When the words bore
Original Lyrics:
What are words for?

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The Best of Missing Persons album at Amazon.com
Spring Session M album at Amazon.com
Late Nights Early Days album at Amazon.com
Color in Your Life album at Amazon.com
Remixed Hits album at Amazon.com
Lost Tracks album at Amazon.com
Rhyme & Reason album at Amazon.com
 
 
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