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Misheard song lyrics (also called mondegreens) occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song. These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics, which is called parody. This page contains all the misheard lyrics for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers that have been submitted to this site and the old collection from inthe80s started in 1996. For more information about the misheard lyrics available on this site, please read our FAQ.
There are 134 misheard song lyrics for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers on amIright currently.
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"A One Story Town"
Misheard Lyrics:
The spaceship comes down,
Nothing turns around
Nothing turns around
Original Lyrics:
The same shit goes down,
Nothing turns around
Nothing turns around
"American Girl" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
After all, it was a great big world
With lots of faces to run to.
With lots of faces to run to.
Original Lyrics:
After all, it was a great big world
With lots of places to run to.
With lots of places to run to.
"American Girl" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And if she ever stopped trying.
Original Lyrics:
And if she had to die trying.
"American Girl" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Microwaves crashing on the beach.
Original Lyrics:
Like waves crashing on the beach.
"American Girl" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
She couldn't ever thinking that there was a little old life somewhere else
After all, it was a great big world
With lots of places to run to
Yeah, and if she had the doubt
Trying she, had one little promise she was gonna keep.
After all, it was a great big world
With lots of places to run to
Yeah, and if she had the doubt
Trying she, had one little promise she was gonna keep.
Original Lyrics:
She couldn't help thinking there was a little more to life somewhere else
After all it was a great big world
With lots of places to run to
And if she had to die trying
She had one little promise she was gonna keep.
After all it was a great big world
With lots of places to run to
And if she had to die trying
She had one little promise she was gonna keep.
"American Girl" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
She couldn't help thinkin' that that was a little boy like you, somewhere else.
or
She couldn't help thinkin' that death was a little boy like you, somewhere else.
or
She couldn't help thinkin' that death was a little boy like you, somewhere else.
Original Lyrics:
She couldn't help thinkin' that there was a little more to life, somewhere else.
"American Girl" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
She couldn't help thinkin' that there was a little Bud Lite
Somewhere else.
Somewhere else.
Original Lyrics:
She couldn't help thinkin' that there was a little more to life
Somewhere else.
Somewhere else.
"American Girl" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
She stood alone on a bag of meat.
or
She stood alone and she barked at me.
or
She stood alone and she barked at me.
Original Lyrics:
She stood alone on the balcony.
"American Girl" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
She stood alone on the back of me.
Original Lyrics:
She stood alone on the balcony.
"American Girl" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
She was an American girl
Raised on politics.
Raised on politics.
Original Lyrics:
She was an American girl
Raised on promises.
Raised on promises.
"American Girl" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
She was an American girl
Raised out in Providence.
Raised out in Providence.
Original Lyrics:
She was an American girl
Raised on promises.
Raised on promises.
"American Girl" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Sheila, American girl
Original Lyrics:
She was an American girl
"American Girl" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Well it was kind of cold at night
She stood alone on a bed of nails
Yeah she caught all the cars roll by, it was like hollywood
Like waves crashing on the beach.
She stood alone on a bed of nails
Yeah she caught all the cars roll by, it was like hollywood
Like waves crashing on the beach.
Original Lyrics:
Well it was kind of cold that night
She stood alone on a balcony
Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by out on 441
Like waves crashing on the beach.
She stood alone on a balcony
Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by out on 441
Like waves crashing on the beach.
"American Girl" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Well it was kind of cold at night
She studded it all on the bark of name
Yeah she caught all the cars roll by, out on 441
Like waves crashing on the beach.
She studded it all on the bark of name
Yeah she caught all the cars roll by, out on 441
Like waves crashing on the beach.
Original Lyrics:
Well it was kind of cold that night
She stood alone on a balcony
Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by out on 441
Like waves crashing on the beach.
She stood alone on a balcony
Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by out on 441
Like waves crashing on the beach.
"American Girl" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Yeah, she could hear the cars roll back
An old folk thought it was
Like waves crashin' on the beach.
An old folk thought it was
Like waves crashin' on the beach.
Original Lyrics:
Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by
Out on 441
Like waves crashin' on the beach.
Out on 441
Like waves crashin' on the beach.
"Breakdown" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Baby, breakdance, go ahead an' do me.
Breakdance, honey, get it through the night
Breakdance, honey, get it through the night
Original Lyrics:
Baby, breakdown, go ahead and give it to me
Breakdown, honey, take me through the night
Breakdown, honey, take me through the night
"Breakdown"
Misheard Lyrics:
Blissed out
Original Lyrics:
Breakdown
"Breakdown"
Misheard Lyrics:
Breakout
Original Lyrics:
Breakdown
"Breakdown"
Misheard Lyrics:
Drink down
Original Lyrics:
Breakdown
"Breakdown"
Misheard Lyrics:
Freak out
Original Lyrics:
Breakdown
"Breakdown"
Misheard Lyrics:
Freak out
Original Lyrics:
Breakdown
"Breakdown" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Say there ain't no cents
Original Lyrics:
Say there ain't no sense
"Christmas All Over Again"
Misheard Lyrics:
All the bears are singing
Original Lyrics:
All the bells are ringing
"Christmas All Over Again"
Misheard Lyrics:
And all over sound
Original Lyrics:
And all over town
"Christmas All Over Again"
Misheard Lyrics:
Christmas is a rocket time
Original Lyrics:
Christmas is a rockin' time
"Christmas All Over Again"
Misheard Lyrics:
Christmas is a rockin' town
Original Lyrics:
Christmas is a rockin' time
"Christmas All Over Again"
Misheard Lyrics:
Declarations
Original Lyrics:
Decorations
"Christmas All Over Again"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dedications are hung by the fire
Original Lyrics:
Decorations are hung by the fire
"Christmas All Over Again"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody's swinging
Original Lyrics:
Everybody's singing
"Christmas All Over Again"
Misheard Lyrics:
I hope you're not a goofball
Original Lyrics:
I hope you'll have a good one
"Damage You've Done"
Misheard Lyrics:
Compare the damage that you've done
Original Lyrics:
Repair the damage that you've done
"Dogs on the Run"
Misheard Lyrics:
Well we come with wipers on our face
Yeah when the leaves had died and all turned grey
Back when the wind was gold and blue and brown.
Yeah when the leaves had died and all turned grey
Back when the wind was gold and blue and brown.
Original Lyrics:
Well we come with what was on our backs
Yeah when the leaves had died and all turned black
Back when the wind was cold and blew them round.
Yeah when the leaves had died and all turned black
Back when the wind was cold and blew them round.
"Don't Come Around Here No More" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Do you inspect meat
Original Lyrics:
Who do you expect to meet
"Don't Come Around Here No More" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't come in my rear no more.
Original Lyrics:
Don't come around here no more.
"Don't Come Around Here No More" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Give it up. Stop!
Don't wait a little longer.
Give it up. I'm goin' on, feeling stronger.
Don't wait a little longer.
Give it up. I'm goin' on, feeling stronger.
Original Lyrics:
I've given up. Stop!
On waiting any longer.
I've given up on this love getting stronger.
On waiting any longer.
I've given up on this love getting stronger.
"Don't Come Around Here No More" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I've given up. Stop!
On waiting any longer
I've given up, all this love getting stronger.
On waiting any longer
I've given up, all this love getting stronger.
Original Lyrics:
I've given up. Stop!
On waiting any longer
I've given up on this love getting stronger.
On waiting any longer
I've given up on this love getting stronger.
"Don't Come Around Here No More" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You talk through my door
Original Lyrics:
You darken my door
"Don't Do Me Like That" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And milk ain't shaking no more
Original Lyrics:
And you can't take it no more
"Don't Do Me Like That" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Baby you were very mean.
Original Lyrics:
Baby you would bury me.
"Don't Do Me Like That" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Baby you'll bury me
or
Baby you're a-very me
or
Baby you're a-very me
Original Lyrics:
Baby you would bury me
"Don't Do Me Like That" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Baby, will you marry me?
Original Lyrics:
Baby, you would bury me.
"Don't Do Me Like That" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Baby, you were there with me
Original Lyrics:
Baby, you would bury me
"Don't Do Me Like That" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Cut you down inside
Original Lyrics:
Cut you down to size
"Don't Do Me Like That" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Danny said you better watch your step
Original Lyrics:
Then he said you better watch your step
"Don't Do Me Like That" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't do me like dad
Original Lyrics:
Don't do me like that
"Don't Do Me Like That" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't look at me like that.
Original Lyrics:
Don't do me like that.
"Don't Do Me Like That" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't turn the lights out.
Original Lyrics:
Don't do me like that.
"Don't Do Me Like That" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Done dirty like dad
Original Lyrics:
Don't do me like that
"Don't Do Me Like That" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold me like that
Original Lyrics:
Don't do me like that
"Don't Do Me Like That"
Misheard Lyrics:
How Daddy does that
Original Lyrics:
Don't do me like that
"Don't Do Me Like That"
Misheard Lyrics:
I do like that
or
I don't like that
or
I don't like that
Original Lyrics:
Don't do me like that
"Don't Do Me Like That" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
If you were a Republican, givin' someone else a try
Original Lyrics:
If you were in the public eye, givin' someone else a try
"Don't Do Me Like That" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
If you were in a public alley,
givin' someone else a try
givin' someone else a try
Original Lyrics:
If you were in the public eye,
givin' someone else a try
givin' someone else a try
"Don't Do Me Like That" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Judge Judy does that
Original Lyrics:
Don't do me like that
However, Judge Judy was not well-known at the time this song was made.
"Don't Do Me Like That" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
List of baby candy seed.
Original Lyrics:
Listen baby, can't you see?
"Don't Do Me Like That" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Maybe you embarrass me.
Original Lyrics:
Baby you'd bury me.
"Don't Do Me Like That" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Someone's gonna tell you why
Original Lyrics:
Someone's gonna tell you lies
"Don't Do Me Like That" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Talk to me like that.
Original Lyrics:
Don't do me like that.
"Fooled Again (I Don't Like It)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Strange boys on the telephone
Original Lyrics:
Strange voice on the telephone
"Here Comes My Girl" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
She is out on me tonight
Original Lyrics:
She is all I need tonight
"Here Comes My Girl" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You can't spell 'girl.'
Original Lyrics:
Here comes my girl.
"I Don't Wanna Fight"
Misheard Lyrics:
I gotta hold in my head
Original Lyrics:
I've got a hole in my head.
Mike Campbell, lead guitarist of the Heartbreakers, wrote and sings lead vocal in this song.
"I Need To Know" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I need to know. I need to know.
If you think you're gonna pee, then you better say so.
If you think you're gonna pee, then you better say so.
Original Lyrics:
I need to know. I need to know.
If you think you're gonna leave, then you better say so.
If you think you're gonna leave, then you better say so.
"Into The Great Wide Open" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
A rebel without shampoo
Original Lyrics:
A rebel without a clue
"Into The Great Wide Open" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Array and Armand said, 'I don't hear a single'.
Original Lyrics:
Their A & R man said, 'I don't hear a single'.
"Into The Great Wide Open" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Mary and Armand said 'I don't hear a single'.
Original Lyrics:
Their A & R man said 'I don't hear a single'.
"Into The Great Wide Open" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Perry and Armand said, "I don't hear a single."
Original Lyrics:
Their A & R men said, "I don't hear a single."
"Into The Great Wide Open" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
The future was white…open
Original Lyrics:
The future was wide…open
"Into The Great Wide Open" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
There ain't an Army said
'I don't hear a single.'
'I don't hear a single.'
Original Lyrics:
The A and R man said
'I don't hear a single.'
'I don't hear a single.'
"Into The Great Wide Open" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
There ain't an album that I don't hear a single
Original Lyrics:
Their A & R men said, 'I don't hear a single'
"Into The Great Wide Open" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
There ain't an armance that I don't hear a single
Original Lyrics:
Their A & R man said, 'I don't hear a single'.
"Into The Great Wide Open" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
This guy was the limit
Original Lyrics:
The sky was the limit
"Into the Great Wide Open" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
The sky was a lemon
Original Lyrics:
The sky was the limit
"Into the Great Wide Open" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Their A & R man said "I heard you were single"
Original Lyrics:
Their A & R man said, 'I don't hear a single'.
thus, I thought that he succeeded in the music industry, but at the cost of his relationship.
"It's Good To Be King"
Misheard Lyrics:
When you pull dark bars
You'll be merry, seems
Yes, I'll be king
When dark's get ringed
You'll be merry, seems
Yes, I'll be king
When dark's get ringed
Original Lyrics:
When your bulldog barks
And your canary sings
Yes, I'll be king
When dogs have wings
And your canary sings
Yes, I'll be king
When dogs have wings
"Jammin' Me" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Take back your Vanessa Redgrave
Take back Joe Piscopo
Take back your Eddie Murphy
Give 'em all some brains to go
Take back Joe Piscopo
Take back your Eddie Murphy
Give 'em all some brains to go
Original Lyrics:
Take back Vanessa Redgrave
Take back Joe Piscopo
Take back Eddie Murphy
Give them all some place to go
Take back Joe Piscopo
Take back Eddie Murphy
Give them all some place to go
"Jammin' Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take back your biscuit bowl.
Original Lyrics:
Take back Joe Piscopo.
"Jammin' Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take back, you Iranian charger.
Original Lyrics:
Take back your Iranian torture.
"Learning To Fly" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And it rocks my mouth
Original Lyrics:
And the rocks might melt
"Learning To Fly" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
But I ate God's wings
Original Lyrics:
But I ain't got wings
"Learning To Fly" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Forgot no square.
Original Lyrics:
For God knows where.
Editor's note: Tom Petty actually did record this song with his band the Heartbreakers, so it should be credited to them as a whole (NOT listed under his name only).
"Learning To Fly" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
So I started out
Forgot no square.
Forgot no square.
Original Lyrics:
So I started out
For God knows where.
For God knows where.
"Luna"
Misheard Lyrics:
Luna, clouds unfold
Original Lyrics:
Luna, glide down from the moon
"Mary Jane's Last Dance" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I feel summer freakin' in
Original Lyrics:
I feel summer creepin' in
"Mary Jane's Last Dance" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I hear someone creepin' in
Original Lyrics:
I feel summer creepin' in
"Mary Jane's Last Dance" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Last dance with Imogene
Original Lyrics:
Last dance with Mary Jane
"Mary Jane's Last Dance" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Last dance with Mary Chang
Original Lyrics:
Last dance with Mary Jane
"Mary Jane's Last Dance" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Lookin' down from a hotel room,
Snack bar will be coming soon.
Snack bar will be coming soon.
Original Lyrics:
Lookin' down from a hotel room,
Nightfall will be coming soon.
Nightfall will be coming soon.
"Mary Jane's Last Dance"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh my my, oh yeah yeah
or
Oh my my, oh hell yeah
or
Oh my my, oh hell yeah
Original Lyrics:
Oh my my, oh hell yes
"Mary Jane's Last Dance" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
One more time to kill the fate
Original Lyrics:
One more time to kill the pain
"Mary Jane's Last Dance" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
With the idiotic boys on an idiotic night
Original Lyrics:
With the Indiana boys on an Indiana night
"Mystery Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Yeah, ya got room Phillip skirt
Told my brute
Times don't choose
Told my brute
Times don't choose
Original Lyrics:
Yeah, ya got ruby lipstick
Rose petal rouge
Dime-store jewelry
Rose petal rouge
Dime-store jewelry
"Nightwatchman" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Every night you watch me
Original Lyrics:
I'm the night watchman
"Nightwatchman" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
On the night you watch me
Original Lyrics:
I'm the night watchman
"Rebels" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hey Hey Hey
I was Barney Rubble
I was Barney Rubble
Original Lyrics:
Hey Hey Hey
I was born a rebel
I was born a rebel
"Refugee" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't ask a little like a nephew team
Original Lyrics:
Don't have to live like a refugee
"Refugee" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't hate the little Affro refuges.
Original Lyrics:
Don't have to live like a refugee.
"Refugee" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't have to leave like a referee
Original Lyrics:
Don't have to live like a refugee
"Refugee" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't have to live life in effigy.
Original Lyrics:
Don't have to live like a refugee.
"Refugee"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't have to live like a deputy.
Original Lyrics:
Don't have to live like a refugee.
"Refugee" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't have to live like a rat and cheese
Original Lyrics:
Don't have to live like a refugee
"Refugee" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't mess around with the love machine.
Original Lyrics:
Baby, you don't have to live like a refugee.
"Refugee"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm sure a lot of other lovers still hurt
Original Lyrics:
I'm sure a lot of other lovers been burned
"Refugee" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
It's okay to live like a refugee
or
Don't have a liver like a refugee
or
Don't have a liver like a refugee
Original Lyrics:
Don't have to live like a refugee
"Refugee" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
It's one of those things you gotta feel to betray
Original Lyrics:
It's one of those things you gotta feel to be true
"Refugee" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Little Latin refugee
Original Lyrics:
Don't have to live like a refugee
"Refugee" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Love is a little like a refugee
Don't mess around with the refugee.
Don't mess around with the refugee.
Original Lyrics:
No ya don't have to live like a refugee
Don't have to live like a refugee.
Don't have to live like a refugee.
"Refugee" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Somewhere, somehow, somebody must get
Kicked you around, son
Kicked you around, son
Original Lyrics:
Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have
Kicked you around some
Kicked you around some
"Refugee" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You don't act a little like a refugee
Don't act a little like a refugee
Don't act a little like a refugee
Original Lyrics:
You don't have to live like a refugee
Don't have to live like a refugee
Don't have to live like a refugee
"Refugee" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You don't have to live like an SUV.
Original Lyrics:
You don't have to live like a refugee.
"Refugee" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You don't have to live like you wrecked your jeans.
Original Lyrics:
You don't have to live like a refugee.
"Refugee" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You say you don't have to live like a refugee.
Don't have to live like a refugee.
Don't have to live like a refugee.
Original Lyrics:
You see, you don't have to live like a refugee.
Don't have to live like a refugee.
Don't have to live like a refugee.
"Runaway Train"
Misheard Lyrics:
And I'm depending on Tyne Daly to get you out of my mind.
Original Lyrics:
And I'm depending on time, babe, to get you out of my mind.
"Shadow Of A Doubt" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
With that little Susan Subway, she's a complex kid
Original Lyrics:
With that little certain something, she's a complex kid
"Strangered in the Night" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
A rauchin' in the whispers
Everyone's to dirt
Everyone's to dirt
Original Lyrics:
A roar turned into whispers
Everyone stood there
Everyone stood there
"The Waiting" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Well, yeah, I might've chased a cup o' women around
Original Lyrics:
Well, yeah, I might've chased a couple women around
"You Got Lucky" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Beulah is hard to find
Original Lyrics:
Good love is hard to find
"You Got Lucky" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Bully love is hard to find
Original Lyrics:
Good love is hard to find
"You Got Lucky"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't get karaoke
Original Lyrics:
Don't get carried away
"You Got Lucky" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Put a little love in this heart of mine.
Original Lyrics:
True love is hard to find.
"You Tell Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Baby, I fit in an honoree
Original Lyrics:
Baby, I've been in and out of the rain
"You Tell Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Baby, I saw fire, I will laugh, I will write.
Original Lyrics:
Baby, I saw fire, I went left, I went right.
"You Wreck Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Erect me baby!
Original Lyrics:
You wreck me baby!
"You Wreck Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
You wreck me baby
You break me in chains
You break me in chains
Original Lyrics:
You wreck me baby
You break me in two
You break me in two
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