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There are 36 misheard song lyrics for Gary Numan on amIright currently.
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"1930s Rust"
Now just shut your mouth
And don't spoil the view or nothing else for me.
Now just shut your mouth
This point of view appeals to me.
"1930s Rust"
The umpire don't believe.
That I don't believe.
"Are 'Friends' Electric?"
I don't think I'm an alien, do you?
I don't think it meant anything to you.
"Are 'Friends' Electric?"
I mean, my house burned down.
Only, mine's broke down.
"Cars"
And here in my car and now I'm starting to stink.
And here in my car and now I'm starting to think.
The song is more audible in the Gary Numan and Fear Factory collaboration version found on the digipak of Fear Factory's 1998 album, Obsolete.
"Cars"
Beer in my car
Where the sewage flows out.
Here in my car
Where the image breaks down.
"Cars"
Hearing my park
The engine breaks down.
Here in my car
The image breaks down.
"Cars"
Here in my car
The engine breaks down
Here in my car
The image breaks down
"Cars"
Here in my car I can not hear a thing
I can listen to you
In case we're sleeping four nights
In cars.
Here in my car I can only receive
I can listen to you
It keeps me stable for days
In cars.
"Cars"
Here in my car I can only deceive
I can listen to you
And can be straight with four guys
In cars.
Here in my car I can only receive
I can listen to you
It keeps me stable for days
In cars.
"Cars"
Here in my car I can only receive
I can listen to you
In case we staple four gays
In cars
Here in my car I can only receive
I can listen to you
It keeps me stable for days
In cars
"Cars"
Here in my car I feel safe as the vault.
Here in my car I feel safest of all.
"Cars"
Here in my car, I feel safe from all things
Here in my car, I feel safest of all
"Cars"
Here in my car, I keep all these receipts
I can listen to you
In case stay for four nights
In cars.
Here in my car, I can only receive
I can listen to you
It keeps me stable for days
In cars.
"Cars"
Here in my car
I can only receive
I can listen to you
In case we staple fur dice
In cars.
Here in my car
I can only receive
I can listen to you
It keeps me stable for days
In cars.
"Cars"
Here in my car
When the engine revs down.
Here in my car
Where the image breaks down.
"Cars"
I keeps me with four eyes
In cars.
It keeps me stable for days
In cars.
"Dance"
And I would die for you
And I cry, too
And I would sign a ring.
And I would die for you
And I cry, too
And I would sing the rain.
"Don't Be A Dummy"
Dope your dummy.
Don't be a dummy.
Used in an advert for Lee Cooper jeans in the UK in 1979 as well as hitting the lower reaches of the UK Top 40 in the same year.
"Down In The Park"
Down in the park
Where the madmen make their machines
And play `kill-by-numbers'
Down in the park with a francophile.
Down in the park
Where the Machmen meet the machines
And play `kill-by-numbers'
Down in the park with a friend called `Five'.
"Down In The Park"
Down in the park
Where the madmen meet with machetes
Play `kill-nine-one day'
Down in the park with friends of mine.
Down in the park
Where the Machmen meet the machines
And play `kill-by-numbers'
Down in the park with a friend called `Five'.
"Down In The Park"
Down in the park with the jaundice,
Dead, dead, dead until the sun cries morning
Down in the park where the chant is
'Death, Death, Death' until the sun cries morning
"I Can't Breathe"
I'm scared to wake up and taste ice cream.
I'm scared to wake up in case I scream.
"I Can't Breathe"
I'm so afraid of cornbread
I'm so afraid, I can't breathe
"I Can't Stop"
I can't stop it, I can't stop piddling.
I can't stop it, I can't stop it again.
"In A Dark Place"
Sometimes I call out for you
And sometimes I'm a creep.
Sometimes I call out for you
And sometimes I'm afraid.
"In A Dark Place"
Sometimes I pull out for you
And sometimes I'm afraid.
Sometimes I call out for you
And sometimes I'm afraid.
"Music For Chameleons"
At 4 o'clock, we land
And I'll weigh your bag for you.
At 4 o'clock, we land
And I'll wave my flag for you.
"My Shadow In Vain"
I close up my brain and an elephant dies.
I close up my brain and another friend dies.
"My Shadow In Vain"
I close up my brain and another fart dies.
I close up my brain and another friend dies.
"This Is My House"
I pinch a roll of your face.
My picture of your face
"Tribal"
I don't like this, new wanker.
I don't like this, new anger.
This lyric is on another Gary Numan song, 'Call Out the Dogs', but the misheard lyric is more prominent in this song.
"Tribal"
I don't like this, new wanker.
I don't like this, new anger.
This song shares the same chorus with another Numan song, 'Call Out the Dogs'.
"War Games"
I'll lose it all up sleeve.
I'll love it all and sleep.
"War Songs"
I lick the darlek like you're supposed to.
I like the dancer like you're supposed to.
"We Take Mystery"
C** Bill Gates, letters like D.E.B.
Confiscate letters like D.E.B.
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