Misheard Song Lyrics -> Artist -> T -> Talking Heads
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There are 114 misheard song lyrics for Talking Heads on amIright currently.
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"(Nothing But) Flowers"
Misheard Lyrics:
A fish's parted eyes
Alice did have a lawnmower
I gutted, I gutted.
Alice did have a lawnmower
I gutted, I gutted.
Original Lyrics:
If this is paradise
I wish I had a lawnmower
You've got it, you've got it.
I wish I had a lawnmower
You've got it, you've got it.
"(Nothing But) Flowers"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don’t leave me standing here
I can’t get use to his lifestyle.
I can’t get use to his lifestyle.
Original Lyrics:
Don't leave me stranded here
I can't get used to this lifestyle.
I can't get used to this lifestyle.
"(Nothing But) Flowers"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'd pretend
That I was a dildo standing tall.
That I was a dildo standing tall.
Original Lyrics:
I'd pretend
That I was a billboard standing tall.
That I was a billboard standing tall.
"And She Was"
Misheard Lyrics:
And she could see an earmarked factory.
Original Lyrics:
And she could see a nearby factory.
"And She Was"
Misheard Lyrics:
And she could see it in my factory.
Original Lyrics:
And she could see a nearby factory.
"And She Was"
Misheard Lyrics:
And she could see it in my factory
She’s making sure she is not breathing.
She’s making sure she is not breathing.
Original Lyrics:
And she could see a nearby factory
She's making sure she is not dreaming.
She's making sure she is not dreaming.
"And She Was"
Misheard Lyrics:
And she was checking all her dress(es).
Original Lyrics:
And she was taking off her dress.
"And She Was"
Misheard Lyrics:
And she was lookin' her best.
Original Lyrics:
And she was lookin' at herself.
"And She Was"
Misheard Lyrics:
And she was looking at her p***y.
Original Lyrics:
And she was looking at herself.
"And She Was"
Misheard Lyrics:
And she was looking like a person.
Original Lyrics:
And she was looking at herself.
"And She Was"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don’t need no one of the missing persons, and she was
Mase een in uff dup feel alright, and she was.
Mase een in uff dup feel alright, and she was.
Original Lyrics:
Joining the world of missing persons and she was
Missing enough to feel alright (and she was).
Missing enough to feel alright (and she was).
"And She Was"
Misheard Lyrics:
Doubt about it, no doubt about it.
Original Lyrics:
Glad about it, no doubt about it.
"And She Was"
Misheard Lyrics:
Missing in love, but here all right.
Original Lyrics:
Missing enough to feel all right.
"And She Was"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ooh, I was coming.
Original Lyrics:
The world was moving.
"And She Was"
Misheard Lyrics:
She could see it in my factory.
Original Lyrics:
She could see a nearby factory.
"Blind"
Misheard Lyrics:
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah
Original Lyrics:
Blind, blind, blind, blind, blind
"Blind"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bland, bland, bland, bland, bland
Original Lyrics:
Blind, blind, blind, blind, blind
"Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)"
Misheard Lyrics:
All I want is to breed
Won't you breed with me?
Won't you breed with me?
Original Lyrics:
All I want is to breathe
Won't you breathe with me?
Won't you breathe with me?
"Burning Down The House"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ah Bah Cah Nah Bah Nah Cah Ah!
Original Lyrics:
I'm just an ordinary guy.
"Burning Down The House"
Misheard Lyrics:
But a bust in the face?
Original Lyrics:
Gonna burst into flames.
"Burning Down The House"
Misheard Lyrics:
Here's your ticket pack your bag
That's what you've been hoping for.
That's what you've been hoping for.
Original Lyrics:
Here's your ticket pack your bag
Time for jumpin' overboard.
Time for jumpin' overboard.
"Burning Down The House"
Misheard Lyrics:
I am born in Africa.
Original Lyrics:
I'm an ordinary guy.
"Burning Down The House"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't know what you expect.
They rented you the TV set.
They rented you the TV set.
Original Lyrics:
I don't know what you expect.
Staring into the TV set.
Staring into the TV set.
"Burning Down The House"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't know what you expect
Staring into the baby's head.
Staring into the baby's head.
Original Lyrics:
I don't know what you expect
Staring into the TV set.
Staring into the TV set.
"Burning Down The House"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm at awe in Africa.
Original Lyrics:
I'm an ordinary guy.
"Burning Down The House"
Misheard Lyrics:
It was once upon a plate.
Original Lyrics:
It was once upon a place.
"Burning Down The House"
Misheard Lyrics:
My heart's out of the ordinary
or
Mad house, out of the ordinary
or
Mad house, out of the ordinary
Original Lyrics:
My house, 'sout of the ordinary
"Burning Down The House"
Misheard Lyrics:
My house, I'm tired of running it.
Original Lyrics:
My house, s'out the ordinary.
"Burning Down The House"
Misheard Lyrics:
One Tys(on)
Original Lyrics:
Hold tight.
"Burning Down The House"
Misheard Lyrics:
One tyce
or
One Tys--
or
One Tys--
Original Lyrics:
Hold tight
"Burning Down The House"
Misheard Lyrics:
Shakedown beats walking in broad daylight.
Original Lyrics:
Shakedown dreams walking in broad daylight.
"Burning Down The House"
Misheard Lyrics:
Shakedown beats walking in broad daylight.
Original Lyrics:
Shakedown dreams walking in broad daylight
"Burning Down The House"
Misheard Lyrics:
Strange banana sprinkler
Original Lyrics:
Strange but not a stranger
"Burning Down The House"
Misheard Lyrics:
Transportation is here.
Original Lyrics:
Desperation is near.
"Burning Down the House"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cool place, strange that night a stranger
Original Lyrics:
Cool babies, strange but not a stranger
"Burning Down the House"
Misheard Lyrics:
Here's the ticket pack your bag,
stop what you've been working on
Yes the thing's surely here
Close enough but not too far,
baby you know where you are
Fighting fire with fire
stop what you've been working on
Yes the thing's surely here
Close enough but not too far,
baby you know where you are
Fighting fire with fire
Original Lyrics:
Here's your ticket pack your bag,
time for jumping overboard
The transportation is here
Close enough but not too far,
maybe you know where you are
Fightin' fire with fire
time for jumping overboard
The transportation is here
Close enough but not too far,
maybe you know where you are
Fightin' fire with fire
"Burning Down the House"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't know what you expect
but it ain't gonna be respect
but it ain't gonna be respect
Original Lyrics:
I don't know what you expect
staring into the TV set
staring into the TV set
"Burning Down the House"
Misheard Lyrics:
It was once a murder place
sometimes I listen to myself
All them coming first place
People on their way to work
say baby what do you expect
All them bursting in flames
sometimes I listen to myself
All them coming first place
People on their way to work
say baby what do you expect
All them bursting in flames
Original Lyrics:
It was once upon a place
sometimes I listen to myself
Gonna come in first place
People on their way to work
baby what did you expect
Gonna burst into flames
sometimes I listen to myself
Gonna come in first place
People on their way to work
baby what did you expect
Gonna burst into flames
"Burning Down the House"
Misheard Lyrics:
My house, down under fun enemy
Original Lyrics:
My house, out of the ordinary
"Burning Down the House"
Misheard Lyrics:
Stinks like Dinah's finger
Original Lyrics:
Strange but not a stranger
"Burning Down the House"
Misheard Lyrics:
This was once a fire place.
Original Lyrics:
It was once upon a place.
"Creatures Of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
We are preachers, preachers of love
or
We are teachers, teachers of love
or
We are preachers, preachers of the Lord.
or
We are teachers, teachers of love
or
We are preachers, preachers of the Lord.
Original Lyrics:
We are creatures, creatures of love.
"Creatures Of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Well I've seen sex and I think it's so gay.
or
Well, I've seen sex and I think it's all gay.
or
Well, I've seen sex and I think it's all gay.
Original Lyrics:
Well I've seen sex and I think it's okay.
"Dream Operator"
Misheard Lyrics:
Three angels above to haul you away.
Original Lyrics:
Three angels above. The whole human race...
"Girlfriend Is Better"
Misheard Lyrics:
Down, down in the basement
We hear the sound of your shoes.
We hear the sound of your shoes.
Original Lyrics:
Down, down in the basement
We hear the sound of machines.
We hear the sound of machines.
"Girlfriend Is Better"
Misheard Lyrics:
I got a girlfriend that's better than that She has the smoke in her a**
or
I got a girlfriend that's better than that
She has the spoke in her eyes.
or
I got a girlfriend that's better than that
She has the spoke in her a**.
or
I got a girlfriend that's better than that
She has the spoke in her eyes.
or
I got a girlfriend that's better than that
She has the spoke in her a**.
Original Lyrics:
I got a girlfriend that's better than that
She has the smoke in her eyes.
She has the smoke in her eyes.
"Girlfriend Is Better"
Misheard Lyrics:
I got a girlfriend that's better than that
Not everyone's getting involved.
Not everyone's getting involved.
Original Lyrics:
I got a girlfriend that's better than that
Now everyone's getting involved.
Now everyone's getting involved.
"Girlfriend Is Better"
Misheard Lyrics:
I got a girlfriend with bones in her hair.
Original Lyrics:
I got a girlfriend with bows in her hair.
"Girlfriend Is Better"
Misheard Lyrics:
I got a girlfriend
With b****s and no hair.
With b****s and no hair.
Original Lyrics:
I got a girlfriend
With bows in her hair.
With bows in her hair.
"Girlfriend Is Better"
Misheard Lyrics:
I have a girl with bows in her head
And there's nothing better than that.
And there's nothing better than that.
or
I have a girl with holes in her head
And there's nothing better than that.
And there's nothing better than that.
or
I have a girl with holes in her head
And there's nothing better than that.
And there's nothing better than that.
Original Lyrics:
I got a girlfriend with bows in her hair And nothing is better than that
"Girlfriend Is Better"
Misheard Lyrics:
Somehow get closer but you cannot hear
Get closer to be far away.
Get closer to be far away.
Original Lyrics:
Somebody calls her but you cannot hear
Get closer to be far away.
Get closer to be far away.
"Girlfriend Is Better"
Misheard Lyrics:
Stop! make incense.
Original Lyrics:
Stop making sense.
"Heaven"
Misheard Lyrics:
Boris Karloff
Original Lyrics:
The bar is called Heaven.
"I Get Wild / Wild Gravity"
Misheard Lyrics:
I get wild, wise enough.
Original Lyrics:
I get wild, wizing up.
"I Wish You Wouldn't Say That"
Misheard Lyrics:
I wish you wouldn't play that
Original Lyrics:
I wish you wouldn't say that
"Life During Wartime"
Misheard Lyrics:
Miss ain't the muck luck.
Original Lyrics:
This ain't the mudd clubb.
"Life During Wartime"
Misheard Lyrics:
This ain't no potty.
Original Lyrics:
This ain't no party.
"Life During Wartime"
Misheard Lyrics:
This ain't no potty
This ain't Nabisco
This ain't no poopin' around.
This ain't Nabisco
This ain't no poopin' around.
Original Lyrics:
This ain't no party
This ain't no disco
This ain't no foolin' around.
This ain't no disco
This ain't no foolin' around.
"Making Flippy Floppy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like a dog
We kill the beast.
We kill the beast.
Original Lyrics:
Lock the door
We kill the beast.
We kill the beast.
"Making Flippy Floppy"
Misheard Lyrics:
We are born without assets
We are born without sin
or
We are born without asses
We are born without sin.
We are born without sin
or
We are born without asses
We are born without sin.
Original Lyrics:
We are born without eyesight
We are born without sin.
We are born without sin.
"Making Flippy Floppy"
Misheard Lyrics:
We are one with our eyesight
We are one with our sin.
We are one with our sin.
Original Lyrics:
We are born without eyesight
We are born without sin.
We are born without sin.
"Making Flippy Floppy"
Misheard Lyrics:
We have pretty big bodies
We got really big heads.
We got really big heads.
Original Lyrics:
We have great big bodies
We got great big heads.
We got great big heads.
"Making Flippy-Floppy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Snap into position
You bastard, you bet!
You bastard, you bet!
Original Lyrics:
Snap into position
Bounce 'til you ache.
Bounce 'til you ache.
"Mr. Jones"
Misheard Lyrics:
He looks so bad.
or
He looks so fat.
or
He looks so fat.
Original Lyrics:
He looks so fine.
"Once In A Lifetime"
Misheard Lyrics:
Into the blue again, after the bodies fall.
Original Lyrics:
Into the blue again, after the money's gone.
"Once In A Lifetime"
Misheard Lyrics:
Letting the days go by
At the water hole go down.
At the water hole go down.
Original Lyrics:
Letting the days go by
Let the water hold me down.
Let the water hold me down.
"Once In A Lifetime"
Misheard Lyrics:
Letting the days go by
Water’s flowing out your ears.
Water’s flowing out your ears.
Original Lyrics:
Letting the days go by
Water flowing underground.
Water flowing underground.
"Once In A Lifetime"
Misheard Lyrics:
Letting the trains go by
Let the water hold me up.
Let the water hold me up.
Original Lyrics:
Letting the days go by
Let the water hold me down.
Let the water hold me down.
"Once In A Lifetime"
Misheard Lyrics:
Never quarter hoagie down.
Original Lyrics:
Let the water hold me down.
"Once In A Lifetime"
Misheard Lyrics:
Salem it ever was.
Original Lyrics:
Same as it ever was.
"Once In A Lifetime"
Misheard Lyrics:
Satan's the devil, boys
Satan's the devil, boys.
Satan's the devil, boys.
Original Lyrics:
Same as it ever was
Same as it ever was.
Same as it ever was.
"Once in a Lifetime"
Misheard Lyrics:
And you can taste gold pie
Original Lyrics:
Letting the days go by
"Papa Legba"
Misheard Lyrics:
Come and ride your whores
In the night,
in the night
Come and ride your whores
In the night,
in the night
Come and ride your whores
Original Lyrics:
Come and ride your horse
In the night,
in the night
Come and ride your horse
In the night,
in the night
Come and ride your horse
"Paper"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold the paper up to the light
Sun rays pass right through
or
Some words pass right through.
Sun rays pass right through
or
Some words pass right through.
Original Lyrics:
Hold the paper up to the light
Some rays pass right through.
Some rays pass right through.
"People Like Us"
Misheard Lyrics:
People like Gus.
Original Lyrics:
People like us.
"Psycho Killer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Can't seem to face up to the fax.
Original Lyrics:
Can't seem to face up to the facts.
"Psycho Killer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cycle killer
Original Lyrics:
Psycho killer
"Psycho Killer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cycle thriller, use Cascade.
Original Lyrics:
Psycho killer, qu'est que c'est.
"Psycho Killer"
Misheard Lyrics:
I hate people but they're not to mind.
Original Lyrics:
I hate people when they're not polite.
"Psycho Killer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Psycho killer, Kefka says
Original Lyrics:
Psycho killer, qu'est que c'est
"Psycho Killer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Psycho killer
Casket say
Casket say
Original Lyrics:
Psycho killer
Qu'est que c'est
Qu'est que c'est
"Psycho Killer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Psycho killer
It's safe to say.
It's safe to say.
Original Lyrics:
Psycho killer
Qu'est que c'est.
Qu'est que c'est.
"Psycho Killer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Psycho killer
Just keep saying...
Just keep saying...
Original Lyrics:
Psycho killer
Qu'est que c'est
Qu'est que c'est
"Psycho Killer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Psycho killer
Kiss kissy
Kiss kissy
Original Lyrics:
Psycho killer
Qu'est que c'est.
Qu'est que c'est.
"Psycho Killer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Seiko killer
Original Lyrics:
Psycho killer
"Psycho Killer"
Misheard Lyrics:
We are vain and we are blind
I hate people when they're not kind.
I hate people when they're not kind.
Original Lyrics:
We are vain and we are blind
I hate people when they're not polite.
I hate people when they're not polite.
"Puzzling Edivence"
Misheard Lyrics:
You got Time and Newsweek
In the seventies
or
You got Time and Newsweek
And you're seventeen
or
You got Time and Newsweek
And then Seventeen.
In the seventies
or
You got Time and Newsweek
And you're seventeen
or
You got Time and Newsweek
And then Seventeen.
Original Lyrics:
You got Time and Newsweek
Well, they're the same to me.
Well, they're the same to me.
"Puzzling Evidence"
Misheard Lyrics:
Poisoned applesauce hardened your heart.
Original Lyrics:
Puzzling evidence hardened your heart.
"Road To Nowhere"
Misheard Lyrics:
But it's going to make my day.
Original Lyrics:
But it's growing day by day.
"Slippery People"
Misheard Lyrics:
Help us to survive.
Original Lyrics:
Help us loose our minds.
"Slippery People"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let's talk about him to the top.
Original Lyrics:
Love from the bottom to the top.
"Slippery People"
Misheard Lyrics:
Put away that gun, and this party symbol
Original Lyrics:
Put away that gun, and this part is simple
"Slippery People"
Misheard Lyrics:
Put away that gun, and this phallic symbol.
Original Lyrics:
Put away that gun, and this part is simple.
"Slippery People"
Misheard Lyrics:
The Lord don't bite.
Original Lyrics:
The Lord won't mind.
"Take Me To The River"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take me to the river
Drop me in the water, watch me drown.
Drop me in the water, watch me drown.
Original Lyrics:
Take me to the river
Drop me in the water, washin' me down.
Drop me in the water, washin' me down.
"Take Me To The River"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take me to the river
Drop me in the water
Watch me drown.
Drop me in the water
Watch me drown.
Original Lyrics:
Take me to the river
Drop me in the water
Washin' me down.
Drop me in the water
Washin' me down.
"The Great Curve"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gee, this message is for everyone.
Original Lyrics:
She has messages for everyone.
"The Great Curve"
Misheard Lyrics:
Night must fall.
Don Knotts! Don Knotts!
Don Knotts! Don Knotts!
Original Lyrics:
Night must fall
Now darker, darker.
Now darker, darker.
"The Great Curve"
Misheard Lyrics:
Running high, she's gonna knock eyes out.
Original Lyrics:
A world of light, she's gonna open our eyes up.
"The Great Curve"
Misheard Lyrics:
She is moving by remote control
And they got her all invisible.
And they got her all invisible.
Original Lyrics:
She is moving by remote control
Hands that guide her are invisible.
Hands that guide her are invisible.
"The Great Curve"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sometimes the world is a load of questions.
Original Lyrics:
Sometimes the world has a load of questions.
"The Great Curve"
Misheard Lyrics:
What I'd like, she's gonna hook our lines up.
Original Lyrics:
World of light, she's gonna open our eyes up.
"Totally Nude"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dive to the bottom
And we never come up
I poke a body for Bob and mama
And we never come up
I poke a body for Bob and mama
Original Lyrics:
Dive to the bottom
And we never come up
A polka party for Bob and Martha
And we never come up
A polka party for Bob and Martha
"Totally Nude"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ninja boy, ninja man, take me along
Deep in the woods we're undiscovered
Deep in the woods we're undiscovered
Original Lyrics:
Nature boy, nature man, take me along
Deep in the woods we're undiscovered
Deep in the woods we're undiscovered
"Uh Oh, Love Comes To Town"
Misheard Lyrics:
Love, love is syphilis, 1-2-3.
Original Lyrics:
Love, love is simple as 1-2-3.
Syphilis may be a sign of love, but I don't think it's the other way around.
"Wild Wild Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
Brother John's
or
Brother Jonas
or
Brother Jonas
Original Lyrics:
Fur pajamas
"Wild Wild Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
F*** control
Original Lyrics:
Thought control
"Wild Wild Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
F***in' droll
or
F*** and droll
or
F*** and droll
Original Lyrics:
Thought control
"Wild Wild Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
He's a man!
Piece of cake!
Fucking cold
You can get more any time you like
Piece of cake!
Fucking cold
You can get more any time you like
Original Lyrics:
Peace of mind?
Piece of cake!
Thought control
You can get on board anytime you like
Piece of cake!
Thought control
You can get on board anytime you like
"Wild Wild Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
He's a man
He's a piece of cake f***in' cold! You get a boat and you tug the line.
He's a piece of cake f***in' cold! You get a boat and you tug the line.
Original Lyrics:
Piece of mind
It's a piece of cake thought control
You get on board anytime you like.
It's a piece of cake thought control
You get on board anytime you like.
"Wild Wild Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm wearin' four v*****s.
Original Lyrics:
I'm wearin' fur pajamas.
"Wild Wild Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like sitting on pins and needles
Peas from a pod, it's scientific.
Peas from a pod, it's scientific.
Original Lyrics:
Like sitting on pins and needles
Things fall apart, it's scientific
Things fall apart, it's scientific
"Wild, Wild Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
For control
or
F***in' troll
or
F***in' troll
Original Lyrics:
Thought control
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