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Misheard Song Lyrics -> Artist -> S -> Michael Sembello
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 Michael Sembello 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 34 misheard song lyrics for Michael Sembello on amIright currently.
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"Automatic Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
He was made to play apart
or
He was made to play a part
or
He was made to play a part
Original Lyrics:
He was made to play the part
"Maniac"
Misheard Lyrics:
And she's guessing like she's never guessed before
Original Lyrics:
And she's dancing like she's never danced before
"Maniac"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheesy maniac
Original Lyrics:
She's a maniac
"Maniac"
Misheard Lyrics:
If the kid becomes a fight
Original Lyrics:
If the gift becomes a fire
"Maniac"
Misheard Lyrics:
Is a place most smelly feet
Original Lyrics:
Is a place most never see
"Maniac"
Misheard Lyrics:
It can catch you like a night
Original Lyrics:
It can cut you like a knife
"Maniac"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's a bush of woods.
Original Lyrics:
It's a push-shove world.
"Maniac"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's a hard warm place of mystery
Touch it, but can't hold it.
Touch it, but can't hold it.
Original Lyrics:
It's a hard won place of mystery
Touch it, but can't hold it.
Touch it, but can't hold it.
"Maniac"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's a hard wooden place of mystery
Touch it, but can't hold it.
Touch it, but can't hold it.
Original Lyrics:
It's a hard won place of mystery
Touch it, but can't hold it.
Touch it, but can't hold it.
"Maniac"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's a push of the world, but there's always a chance
If the hunger stays the night.
If the hunger stays the night.
Original Lyrics:
It's a push-shove world, but there's always a chance
If the hunger stays alive.
If the hunger stays alive.
"Maniac"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's a push-up world
Original Lyrics:
It's a push-shove world
"Maniac"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's hard one place of ministry
That's what she came for, yeah.
That's what she came for, yeah.
Original Lyrics:
It's a hard won place of mystery
Touch it, but can't hold it.
Touch it, but can't hold it.
"Maniac"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just a steamed-down girl on a Saturday night
Original Lyrics:
Just a steel town girl on a Saturday night
"Maniac"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just a still town girl on a Saturday night
Original Lyrics:
Just a steel-town girl on a Saturday night
"Maniac"
Misheard Lyrics:
Locking rhythms to the beat of her heart, changing woman into life.
Original Lyrics:
Locking rhythms to the beat of her heart, changing movement into light.
"Maniac"
Misheard Lyrics:
On the ice-build iron sanity is a place most never see.
Original Lyrics:
On the ice blue line of insanity is a place most never see.
"Maniac"
Misheard Lyrics:
On the iceberg of insanity - it's a place most never see.
Original Lyrics:
On the ice blue line of insanity is a place most never see.
Sounds like a pretty ominous place.
"Maniac"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's a Maisy Mouse
Original Lyrics:
She's a maniac
Maisy Mouse is a series of books by Lucy Cousins.
"Maniac"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's a maniac, maniac on the phone.
Original Lyrics:
She's a maniac, maniac on the floor.
"Maniac"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's a maniac, maniac, at your door.
Original Lyrics:
She's a maniac, maniac, I sure know.
There is an urban legend about this song (not sure if true) that it was originally written by Sembello as a song about a slasher/murderer. Presumably he modified the lyric when he got the Flashdance gig. This second chorus phrase 'at your door' may be a remnant of that original lyric.
"Maniac"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's a maniac, maniac, at your floor,
and she's dancin' like she never dance before!
and she's dancin' like she never dance before!
Original Lyrics:
She's a maniac, maniac, I sure know,
and she's dancin' like she's never danced before!
and she's dancin' like she's never danced before!
"Maniac"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's a maniac, maniac, at your nose.
Original Lyrics:
She's a maniac, maniac, I sure know.
"Maniac"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's a maniac, maniac, el sprasso.
Original Lyrics:
She's a maniac, maniac, on the floor.
"Maniac"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's a maniac, maniac, on the phone.
Original Lyrics:
She's a maniac, maniac, on the floor.
"Maniac"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's a maniac, maniac, that's for sure!
Original Lyrics:
She's a maniac, maniac on the floor!
"Maniac"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's a radio, radio up your nose
Original Lyrics:
She's a maniac, maniac at your door
"Maniac"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's a radio
Original Lyrics:
She's a maniac
"Maniac"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's a coconatic heat
Original Lyrics:
There's a cold, kinetic heat
"Maniac"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's a coconut in heat
Struggling, stretching for the beat.
Struggling, stretching for the beat.
Original Lyrics:
There's a cold, kinetic heat
Struggling, stretching for the beat.
Struggling, stretching for the beat.
"Maniac"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's a coconut to eat
Original Lyrics:
There's a cold, kinetic heat
"Maniac"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's a cold connective heat, struggling, stretching for defeat.
Original Lyrics:
There's a cold kinetic heat, struggling, stretching for the beat.
Editor's note: The first line of this one is disputed; some sites say "connective" while others say "kinetic." I'll go with "kinetic" until I see the liner notes OR an official site.
"Maniac"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's a cold connective heat
Original Lyrics:
There's a cold kinetic heat
"Maniac"
Misheard Lyrics:
You run for your life for that moment in time
Original Lyrics:
You work all your life for that moment in time
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