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There are 26 misheard song lyrics for Roy Orbison on amIright currently.
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"Dream Baby"
Green green baby
or
Dream dream baby
Sweet dream baby
"I Drove All Night"
Could taste your sweet kisses
Your arms 'open mud'.
Could taste your sweet kisses
Your arms open wide.
"I Fought the Law"
I saw the Lord in the car wash.
I fought the law and the law won.
"In Dreams"
I'm the coloured man who brings the sand in.
The candy coloured clown they call the sandman.
"Oh, Pretty Woman"
Maybe tomorrow night we'll mate.
There'll be tomorrow night, but wait.
"Only The Lonely"
Don't eat baloney.
Only the lonely
"Only The Lonely"
Holy Baloney
Only the lonely
"Only The Lonely"
Only baloney
Only the lonely
"Only The Lonely"
Only bologna.
Only the lonely.
"Only The Lonely"
Phoney baloney
Only the lonely
"Only the Lonely"
Odie Cologne
Only the lonely
"Pretty Paper"
Pretty pretzels, too right, I love you.
Pretty pencils, to write, 'I love you'.
"Pretty Woman"
Dirty woman
Pretty woman
"Pretty Woman"
I don't believe you, you lost a tooth.
I don't believe you, you're not the truth.
"Pretty Woman"
Pretty lemon
Pretty woman
"Pretty Woman"
Pretty walnut, rolling down the street
Pretty woman, walking down the street
"Pretty Woman"
Pretty woman, I kinda like the beat.
Pretty woman, the kind I'd like to meet.
"Pretty Woman"
Pretty woman, and I like your feet.
Pretty woman, the kind I'd like to meet.
"Pretty Woman"
Pretty woman, lick my leg.
Pretty woman, look my way.
"Pretty Woman"
Pretty woman
A candle at her feet
Pretty woman
The kind I'd like to meet
"Pretty Woman"
Pretty woman
A candle on her feet.
Pretty woman
The kind I'd like to meet.
"Pretty Woman"
Pretty woman
Kinda light like me.
Pretty woman
The kind I'd like to meet.
"Pretty Woman"
Pretty women
Something good to eat
Pretty woman
The kind I'd like to meet.
"Pretty Woman"
Willy Wonka
Pretty woman
"The Comedians"
I'm a paladin that's breaking.
I'm up while the dawn is breaking.
"Working For The Man"
Forget about Joey Mann and the water can
Forget about your women and the water can
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