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There are 20 misheard song lyrics for Lou Reed on amIright currently.

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"Beginnng Of A Great Adventure"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll raise my own ball bearings
To take me to the grave.
Original Lyrics:
I'd raise my own pallbearers
To carry me to my grave.
"Foot Of Pride"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ain't no coming back with the Buddha Prize.
Original Lyrics:
Ain't no coming back when the Foot of Pride.
"Good Evening, Mr. Waldheim"
Misheard Lyrics:
The common ground for me is with a Jew.
Original Lyrics:
The common ground for me is without you.
"Pale Blue Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics:
Thought of you as my man on top
Thought of you as my pig.
Original Lyrics:
Thought of you as my mountain top
Thought of you as my peak.
"Perfect Day"
Misheard Lyrics:
Drink sandgrains in the park
Original Lyrics:
Drink Sangria in the park
"Perfect Day"
Misheard Lyrics:
Drinks and deer in the park
Original Lyrics:
Drink sangria in the park
"Perfect Day"
Misheard Lyrics:
Drinks angrier in the park.
Original Lyrics:
Drink Sangria in the park.
"Perfect Day"
Misheard Lyrics:
We can go onery room, it's just burn
Original Lyrics:
Weekenders on our own, it's such fun
"Perfect Day"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're going to leave, just watch yourself.
Original Lyrics:
You're going to reap just what you sow.
"Satellite of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Set a light of love
Original Lyrics:
Satellite of love
"Sattelite Of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sadder light of love
Original Lyrics:
Sattelite of Love
"Sattelite Of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Soon it will be filled with Hagen Daas.
Original Lyrics:
Soon it will be filled with parking cars.
"Sattelite of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Saddle right along
Original Lyrics:
Sattelite of Love
"Sweet Jane"
Misheard Lyrics:
C. J.!
Original Lyrics:
Sweet Jane
"Walk On The Wild Side"
Misheard Lyrics:
In the bathroom, she was everybody's darling.
Original Lyrics:
In the back room, she was everybody's darling.
"Walk On The Wild Side"
Misheard Lyrics:
Then I guess she had to crash
Valium would have helped that b****.
Original Lyrics:
Then I guess she had to crash
Valium would have helped that bash.
"Walk On The Wild Side"
Misheard Lyrics:
Then I guess she had to crash
Valium would have helped that b****.
Original Lyrics:
Then I guess she had to crash
Valium would have helped that gash.
Gash is a perjorative term for woman in the gay community refering to their genital arrangment. Could this song get played today if anyone could understand the words?
"Walk On The Wild Side"
Misheard Lyrics:
Then I guess she had to crash
Valium would have helped that fast.
Original Lyrics:
Then I guess she had to crash
Valium would have helped that gash.
"Walk on the Wild Side"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hey Babe, take a rock from the mudslide
Original Lyrics:
Hey Babe, take a walk on the wild side
"Walk on the Wild Side"
Misheard Lyrics:
Plugged her eyeballs on the way
Shaped her legs, then she was at sea
Original Lyrics:
Plucked her eyebrows on the way
Shaved her legs, then he was a she

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Transformer album at Amazon.com
Rock N Roll Animal album at Amazon.com
Berlin album at Amazon.com
NYC Man: The Ultimate Lou Reed Collection album at Amazon.com
New York album at Amazon.com
Magic and Loss album at Amazon.com
Set the Twilight Reeling album at Amazon.com
 
 
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