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There are 57 misheard song lyrics for Neil Young on amIright currently.
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"After The Gold Rush"
Look at Mother Nature on the run, into 1917.
Look at Mother Nature on the run in the 1970's.
"After The Goldrush"
And the Archies split the tree
And the archer split the tree
"After The Goldrush"
Flying mother nature's silver seed to a new womb in the sun.
Flying mother nature's silver seed to a new home in the sun.
"After the Gold Rush"
There were presidents singing
There were peasants singing
"After the Goldrush"
Flying mother nature's silver seed to a new womb in the sun
Flying mother nature's silver seed to a new home in the sun
"Albuquerque"
Have a cookie
Albuquerque
"Albuquerque"
Oh-oh, I'm a turkey.
Albuquerque
"Alburquerque"
I found the cookie
Albuquerque
"Alburquerque"
I love cooking.
Albuquerque
"Burned"
Now i am finding out that it is old c**t music
Now I am Finding out that it is so confusing
"Cinamon Girl"
Passing me money down
Pa, send me money now.
"Cinnamon Girl"
A dream of old pitchers,
a run in the night
A dreamer of pictures,
I run in the night
"Cinnamon Girl"
I wanna live in sin with a girl.
I wanna live with a cinnamon girl.
"Cinnamon Girl"
I wanna live with a cinema girl
I wanna live with a cinnamon girl
"Cinnamon Girl"
I wanna live with a simian girl.
I wanna live with a cinnamon girl.
"Cinnamon Girl"
I wanna live with an anemic girl.
I wanna live with a cinnamon girl.
"Cinnamon Girl"
Ma send me money now
I'm gonna make it somehow
I need another chance
The seal baby loves to dance.
Pa sent me money now
I'm gonna make it somehow
I need another chance
You see your baby loves to dance.
"Cinnamon Girl"
Ma send me money now
I'm gonna make it somehow
I need another chance
This eel baby loves to dance.
Pa sent me money now
I'm gonna make it somehow
I need another chance
You see your baby loves to dance.
"Cinnamon Girl"
Ma send me money now
I'm gonna make it somehow
I need another chance
You see your baby's underpants.
Pa sent me money now
I'm gonna make it somehow
I need another chance
You see your baby loves to dance.
"Down By The River"
Down by the river,
Dead, oh, shot a deer.
Down by the river,
Dead, oh, shot her dead.
"Down By The River"
Down by the river, I shot my gravy.
Down by the river, I shot my baby.
"Down By The River"
Down in the river
Load, oh, shot my load.
Down by the river
Dead, oh, shot her dead.
"Downtown"
Give your money to the gay man,
your blood in his eye
Give your money to the gate man,
young blood in his eye
"Downtown"
Give your money to the gay man
Your blood in his eye.
Give your money to the gate man
Young blood in his eye.
"Heart Of Gold"
I'd kill a minor for a heart of gold
I've been a miner for a heart of gold
"Heart Of Gold"
I've been searching for an artichoke.
I've been searching for a heart of gold.
"Helpless"
Big Bird's flying over the sky.
Big birds flying over the sky.
As the Sesame Street character, an apostrophe after the 's'.
"Helpless"
Helpless, helpless, help, albert
Helpless, helpless, helpless
"Into The Black (Hey, Hey, My, My)"
It's better to burn 'em
'cause roasts never speak
It's better to burn out
'cause rust never sleeps
"Keep on Rockin' in the Free World"
Bullwinkle, Rocky and a Tree Squirrel
Keep on rocking in the free world.
"Like A Hurricane"
There's c*** in your eye.
There's calm in your eye.
"Like A Hurricane"
There“s harm in your eyes.
There's calm in your eye.
"Love Is A Rose"
Love is a nose, but you better not pick it.
Love is a rose, but you better not pick it.
"Love Is A Rose"
Love is a ruse.
Love is a rose.
"Motorcycle Mama"
Motorcycle mama
Won't you lay your b**** bike down?
Motorcycle mama
Won't you lay your big spike down?
"Motorcycle Mama"
Motorcycle mama
Won't you lay your big bike down?
Motorcycle mama
Won't you lay your big spike down?
"Natural Beauty"
I'm not sure all beauty should be
Preserved like a monument.
A natural beauty should be
Preserved like a monument.
"Ohio"
4 diddle-ee o-i-o
4 dead in Ohio
"Ohio"
Forgetting Ohio
Four dead in Ohio
"Ohio"
Poor daddy in Ohio
Four dead in Ohio
"On Broadway"
Give me that crap
Give me some of that crap.
Give me that crack
Give me some of that crack.
"Only Love Can Break Your Heart"
I have a friend I never see
He hides his head inside a tree.
I have a friend I never see
He hides his head inside a dream.
"Only Love"
I have a friend I've never seen
He hides his head inside a tree.
I have a friend I've never seen
He hides his head inside a dream.
"Peace Of Mind"
Everybody needs a piece,pizza pie.
Everybody needs peace,peace of mind.
"Powderfinger"
When the first shot hit the dog, I saw it coming.
When the first shot hit the dock, I saw it coming.
"Razor Love"
It's a razor love that cuts cream through.
It's a razor love that cuts clean through.
"Rockin In The Free World"
Got a man of the people says keep hope alive
Got fuel to burn got drugs to try.
Got a man of the people says keep hope alive
Got fuel to burn got roads to drive.
"Rockin' In The Free World"
Keep the broccoli in the freezer.
Keep on rockin' in the free world.
"Rockin' In The Free World"
Klingons rockin' in the free world.
Keep on rockin' in the free world.
"Rockin' In The Free World"
There's a lot of people sayin' we'd be better off dead
Don't feel like Satan but I am the lamb.
There's a lot of people sayin' we'd be better off dead
Don't feel like Satan but I am to them.
"Rockin' in the Free World"
There's a war inside
Come in ahead.
There's a warning sign
On the road ahead.
"Sail Away"
I could live inside a T.V.
I could live inside a teepee.
"Sample and Hold"
I need a eunuch to sample and hold.
I need a unit to sample and hold.
"Sugar Mountain"
With the barbers and the coloured bafoons
With the barkers and the coloured balloons
"The Needle And The Damage Done"
I see the needles and the damaged dolls.
I see the needles and the damage done.
"The Old Laughing Lady"
You can't have recovered if there ain't no war.
or
You can't have recovery if there ain't no war.
You can't have a cupboard if there ain't no wall.
"Unknown Legend"
Somewhere on a desert island
She rides a Harley-Davidson
Somewhere on a desert highway
She rides a Harley-Davidson
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