Misheard Song Lyrics -> Artist -> X -> XTC
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There are 29 misheard song lyrics for XTC on amIright currently.
"Across This Antheap"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ziggity zig-zag, just f***in'.
Ziggity zag. Hey, hey!
Ziggity zag. Hey, hey!
Original Lyrics:
Ziggedy zig zag, just look at 'em.br> Ziggedy zag. Hey, hey!
"Ball And Chain"
Misheard Lyrics:
Save us from the ball, Aunt Jane!
Original Lyrics:
Save us from the ball and chain!
"Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead"
Misheard Lyrics:
Who'll pray for peace and pumpkin bread?
Original Lyrics:
Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead?
"Braniac's Daughter"
Misheard Lyrics:
Braniac stoner
Original Lyrics:
Braniac's daughter
"Church of Women"
Misheard Lyrics:
And stop trying to diet'em on some wafers and wine
It's a myth we're in control.
It's a myth we're in control.
Original Lyrics:
And stop trying to diet 'em on wafers and wine
And some myth we're in control.
And some myth we're in control.
"Dear God"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't believe in that chunky stew
Original Lyrics:
Don't believe that junk is true
"Heatwave"
Misheard Lyrics:
She drowns herself when his semen's hardboiled.
Original Lyrics:
She drowns herself in a sea of olive oil.
"I'm Merely A Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
That with logic and love we'll have power enough
To respond to our cellphones for lifting humanity higher
Higher
And you know it's true.
To respond to our cellphones for lifting humanity higher
Higher
And you know it's true.
Original Lyrics:
That with logic and love we'll have power enough
To raise consciousness up and for lifting humanity higher
Higher
And you know it's true.
To raise consciousness up and for lifting humanity higher
Higher
And you know it's true.
"Instant Tunes"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's the Jews.
Original Lyrics:
Instant tunes.
"It's Nearly Africa"
Misheard Lyrics:
Steady uppercut
Original Lyrics:
It's nearly Africa.
"Making Plans For Nigel"
Misheard Lyrics:
I am only making plans for night, Jo.
Original Lyrics:
I am only making plans for Nigel.
"Mayor Of Simpleton"
Misheard Lyrics:
And I may be the the man of simple tongue.
Original Lyrics:
And I may be the Mayor of Simpleton.
"No Language In Our Lungs"
Misheard Lyrics:
I wrote a Madness instrumental,
but the words got in the way
but the words got in the way
Original Lyrics:
I would have made this instrumental,
but the words got in the way
but the words got in the way
"Outside World"
Misheard Lyrics:
She has sex while singing in her sauna.
Original Lyrics:
She has six swans swimming in her sauna.
"Sacrificial Bonfire"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the closest were dipped
Were all little man filets.
Were all little man filets.
Original Lyrics:
And the clothes that were draped
Was all that told man from ape.
Was all that told man from ape.
"Science Friction"
Misheard Lyrics:
It ain't the aliens at the foot of my bed
It's more the ants inside my head.
It's more the ants inside my head.
Original Lyrics:
It ain't the aliens at the foot of my bed
It's more the ale inside my head.
It's more the ale inside my head.
"Senses Working Overtime"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've got one, two, three, four, five
Santas working overtime.
Santas working overtime.
Original Lyrics:
I've got one, two, three, four, five
Senses working overtime.
Senses working overtime.
"Senses Working Overtime"
Misheard Lyrics:
One, two, three, four, five
Dentists working overtime
Dentists working overtime
Original Lyrics:
One, two, three, four, five
Senses working overtime
Senses working overtime
"Sgt. Rock (Is Going To Help Me)"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a-listing all the chic gays.
Original Lyrics:
I'm enlisting, overseas aid.
"Sgt. Rock (Is Going To Help Me)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sgt. Rock is going to Hell.
Original Lyrics:
Sgt. Rock is going to help me.
"Ten Feet Tall"
Misheard Lyrics:
I feel like I'm walkin' round a ten foot pole
Original Lyrics:
I feel like I'm walkin' round ten feet tall
"That Wave"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm in Heaven
Dressed up in leather.
Dressed up in leather.
Original Lyrics:
I'm in Heaven
Address: Cloud Eleven.
Address: Cloud Eleven.
"The Meeting Place"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cher and Joe collapsed on me.
Original Lyrics:
Share a joke, the laugh's on me.
"The Meeting Place"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pichu is a sacred place.
Original Lyrics:
Meet you in the secret place.
"The Meeting Place"
Misheard Lyrics:
Share a toga, laugh's on me.
Original Lyrics:
Share a joke, laugh's on me.
"The Meeting Place"
Misheard Lyrics:
Some of my beer
Original Lyrics:
Someone might hear.
"The Meeting Place"
Misheard Lyrics:
Suck on your bread
Original Lyrics:
Smoke on your breath
"The Meeting Place"
Misheard Lyrics:
We're flying in the frickin' woods.
Original Lyrics:
From lying in the bracken wood.
"Tissue Tigers (The Arguers)"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll commend you to your balls
You see that rhino.
You see that rhino.
Original Lyrics:
I've grown immune to your claws
Pussycat, I know.
Pussycat, I know.
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