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"Objects In The Rearview Mirror May Appear Closer.." by Meat Loaf
Misheard Lyrics:
He was dangerous and drunken if he heeded and corroded
But they held her and then they inhaled.
or
He was dangerous and drunken if he heeded and corroded
But they held her and then they enhate.
But they held her and then they inhaled.
or
He was dangerous and drunken if he heeded and corroded
But they held her and then they enhate.
Original Lyrics:
He was dangerous and drunk and defeated
And corroded by failure and envy and hate.
And corroded by failure and envy and hate.
Full title: "Objects In The Rearview Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are." (But it wouldn't all fit in the textbox.)
"Ode to Billie Joe" by Bobbie Gentry
Misheard Lyrics:
A year has come and gone
Since we heard the news 'bout Billy Joel
Since we heard the news 'bout Billy Joel
Original Lyrics:
A year has come and gone
Since we heard the news 'bout Billie Joe
Since we heard the news 'bout Billie Joe
"Ode to Billie Joe" by Bobbie Gentry
Misheard Lyrics:
And she and Billy Joel
Original Lyrics:
And she and Billie Joe
"Ode To Billy Joe" by Bobbie Gentry
Misheard Lyrics:
The day Billy Joe McAllistar jumped off the Chattahoochie Bridge.
or
Today, Billy Jo McCalister jumped off the Tallahassee Bridge.
or
Today, Billy Jo McCalister jumped off the Tallahassee Bridge.
Original Lyrics:
Today, Billy Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge.
"Oh, Atlanta!" by Alison Krauss and Union Station
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm goin' back down to Jooga-Jew.
or
I'm goin' back down the sugar chew.
or
I'm goin' back down the sugar chew.
Original Lyrics:
I'm goin' back down to Georgia.
"Oh, Atlanta!" by Alison Krauss and Union Station
Misheard Lyrics:
On my way back to Java Joe
Original Lyrics:
I'm goin' back down to Georgia.
"Oh, Sherrie" by Steve Perry
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh Mary, hold on, hold on
Original Lyrics:
Oh, Sherrie
Our love holds on, holds on.
Our love holds on, holds on.
"Oh, Sherrie" by Steve Perry
Misheard Lyrics:
Steve Perry
Are love hold's on, hold's on.
Are love hold's on, hold's on.
Original Lyrics:
Oh, Sherrie
Our love holds on, holds on.
Our love holds on, holds on.
"Oh, The Thinks You Can Think" by Seusical
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, the drinks you can drink
When you think about juice.
When you think about juice.
Original Lyrics:
Oh, the thinks you can think
When you think about Seuss.
When you think about Seuss.
"Okie From Muskogee" by Merle Haggard
Misheard Lyrics:
White lightning's still the biggest threat of all.
Original Lyrics:
White Lightning's still the biggest thrill of all.
"Oklahoma" by Billy Gilman
Misheard Lyrics:
Suitcase packed with all his themes
Original Lyrics:
Suitcase packed with all his things
"Old Flame" by Juice Newton
Misheard Lyrics:
If only you were me, how could I do this to you?
Original Lyrics:
What do you mean, how could I do this to you?
"The Old Stuff" by Garth Brooks
Misheard Lyrics:
Seven niggers and all our gear in a rental van
Original Lyrics:
Seven pickers and all our gear in a rental van
"Ole Slew Foot" by Porter Wagoner
Misheard Lyrics:
Winner's comin' on and he's twenty below
My feet are froze over so where can we go.
My feet are froze over so where can we go.
Original Lyrics:
Winter's comin' on and it's twenty below
And the river's froze over so where can he go.
And the river's froze over so where can he go.
"On A Mission" by Trick Pony
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a-just doin' what any other God damned American woman might do.
Original Lyrics:
I'm a-just doin' what any other modern-day, American woman might do.
"On A Mission" by Trick Pony
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm on a mission,
And it's all about forgettin' to die.
And it's all about forgettin' to die.
Original Lyrics:
I'm on a mission,
And it's all about forgettin' tonight.
And it's all about forgettin' tonight.
"On A Night Like This" by Trick Pony
Misheard Lyrics:
Now my momma told me in this doggiedog world
You gotta work harder than a man
You gotta work harder than a man
Original Lyrics:
Now my momma told me in this dog-eat-dog world
You gotta work harder than a man
You gotta work harder than a man
"The One I Loved Back Then (The Corvette Song)" by George Jones
Misheard Lyrics:
She was built in from the handles, son.
Original Lyrics:
She was built and fun to handle, son.
"One Last Breath" by Creed
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold me now
'Cause I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking
Maybe six feet is over now.
'Cause I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking
Maybe six feet is over now.
Original Lyrics:
Hold me now
'Cause I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking
Maybe six feet ain't so far down.
'Cause I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking
Maybe six feet ain't so far down.
"One More Day" by Diamond Rio
Misheard Lyrics:
I did not wish for money
Or a Magic Mound Of Goo.
Or a Magic Mound Of Goo.
Original Lyrics:
I did not wish for money
Or a mansion in Mailibu.
Or a mansion in Mailibu.
"One More Day" by Diamond Rio
Misheard Lyrics:
I didn't ask for mommy
Original Lyrics:
I didn't ask for money
"One More Day" by Diamond Rio
Misheard Lyrics:
I didn't ask for money
Or imagine a mile of booze.
Or imagine a mile of booze.
Original Lyrics:
I did not wish for money
Or a mansion in Malibu.
Or a mansion in Malibu.
"One More Day" by Diamond Rio
Misheard Lyrics:
Maybe we should stay
Original Lyrics:
Leave me wishing still
"One More Last Chance" by Vince Gill
Misheard Lyrics:
Give me just a one more last dance
Before you say, "We're through"
Before you say, "We're through"
Original Lyrics:
Give me just a one more last chance
Before you say, "We're through"
Before you say, "We're through"
"One More Last Chance" by Vince Gill
Misheard Lyrics:
If you don't listen to my preachin' boy
I'm gonna have to teach you how to dance.
I'm gonna have to teach you how to dance.
Original Lyrics:
If you don't listen to my preachin', boy
I'm gonna have to beat you half to death.
I'm gonna have to beat you half to death.
"One of a Kind Pair of Fools" by Barbara Mandrell
Misheard Lyrics:
Two in love one man's been lying to
Original Lyrics:
Two women one man's been lying to
"One Of These Days" by Tim McGraw
Misheard Lyrics:
Had to pull her tootie
Original Lyrics:
Had to pull her to me
"One Of These Days" by Tim McGraw
Misheard Lyrics:
I took one look at her and had to pull her tootie.
Original Lyrics:
I took one look at her and had to pull her to me.
"One Of These Days" by Tim McGraw
Misheard Lyrics:
Patty Sue was a small town beauty
One look at her, I had to pull her toony.
One look at her, I had to pull her toony.
Original Lyrics:
Patty Sue was a small town beauty.
One look at her, I had to pull her to me.
One look at her, I had to pull her to me.
"One Of These Days" by Tim McGraw
Misheard Lyrics:
Patty Sue was a small town cutie.
I took one look at her and had to pull her toonie
I took one look at her and had to pull her toonie
Original Lyrics:
Patty Sue was a small town beauty.
I took one look at her and had to pull her to me
I took one look at her and had to pull her to me
"One Of These Days" by Tim McGraw
Misheard Lyrics:
Patty Sue was a small town cutie
Original Lyrics:
Patty Sue was a small town beauty
"One Of These Days" by Tim McGraw
Misheard Lyrics:
The windows clear my memory
The pages start to turn
And suddenly I'm seeing
The moment that I learned
The pages start to turn
And suddenly I'm seeing
The moment that I learned
Original Lyrics:
The wind blows clear my memory
The pages start to turn
And suddenly I'm singing
The moment that I learn
The pages start to turn
And suddenly I'm singing
The moment that I learn
"One Of These Days" by Tim McGraw
Misheard Lyrics:
We called him tickled-feet.
Original Lyrics:
We called him freckled-faced.
"One of Those Nights Tonight" by Lorrie Morgan
Misheard Lyrics:
Past the point of Father Time
Original Lyrics:
Past the point of Fahrenheit
"One Small Miracle" by Bryan White
Misheard Lyrics:
Making cheese with someone else.
Original Lyrics:
Thinking she's with someone else.
"One Too Many" by Keith Urban and Pink
Misheard Lyrics:
In this gorgeous setting, staring at my phone
Original Lyrics:
In this bar, just sat here staring at my phone
"One Voice" by Billy Gilman
Misheard Lyrics:
A housie on a neighborhood
Where you can ride your new bike to school
A catwalk where Mom & Dad
Still believe The Golden Rule
Where you can ride your new bike to school
A catwalk where Mom & Dad
Still believe The Golden Rule
Original Lyrics:
A house, a yard, a neighborhood
Where you can ride your new bike to school
A kind of world where Mom & Dad
Still believe The Golden Rule
Where you can ride your new bike to school
A kind of world where Mom & Dad
Still believe The Golden Rule
"One Voice" by Billy Gilman
Misheard Lyrics:
Thanks for the hell
(later)
One voice was hell
(later)
One voice was hell
Original Lyrics:
Thanks for the help
(later)
One voice was heard
(later)
One voice was heard
"One Way Ticket (Because I Can)" by LeAnn Rimes
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm gonna blow my ticket in the pouring rain
Original Lyrics:
I'm gonna go out dancing in the pouring rain
"One Way Ticket (Because I Can)" by LeAnn Rimes
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm gonna grow my tits in the pouring rain
Original Lyrics:
I'm gonna go out dancing in the pouring rain
"One Way Ticket (Because I Can)" by Leann Rimes
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm gonna sail the ocean
Gonna spread my wings
Gonna climb that mountain
Gonna go to Paris.
Gonna spread my wings
Gonna climb that mountain
Gonna go to Paris.
Original Lyrics:
I'm gonna sail the ocean
Gonna spread my wings
Gonna climb that mountain
Gonna do everything.
Gonna spread my wings
Gonna climb that mountain
Gonna do everything.
"One Way Ticket" by Neil Sedaka
Misheard Lyrics:
One way ticket to the booze
Original Lyrics:
One way ticket to the blues
"One Way Ticket" by Neil Sedaka
Misheard Lyrics:
One-day cricket on the moon
Original Lyrics:
One way ticket to the blues
"One Winged Angel" by Nobuo Uematsu
Misheard Lyrics:
Rolling Manta Ray
Manta Ray in diarrhea.
Manta Ray in diarrhea.
Original Lyrics:
Noli manere
Manere in memoria.
Manere in memoria.
"One" by Metallica
Misheard Lyrics:
Landmines have taken my sight, taken my speech, taken my earring.
Original Lyrics:
Land mine has taken my sight, taken my speech, taken my hearing.
"Only In America" by Brooks and Dunn
Misheard Lyrics:
Doin' reds in the back of a limousine
Original Lyrics:
Newlyweds in the back of a limousine
"Only In America" by Brooks & Dunn
Misheard Lyrics:
One kid helps pay her wreck
Original Lyrics:
One kid helps pay her rent
"Only in America" by Brooks and Dunn
Misheard Lyrics:
Coming to America
Original Lyrics:
Only in America
"Only in America" by Brooks and Dunn
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody gets a chance
Original Lyrics:
Everybody gets to dance
"Only in America" by Brooks and Dunn
Misheard Lyrics:
One just might be a resident
Original Lyrics:
One just might be president
"Only in America" by Brooks & Dunn
Misheard Lyrics:
Only in a vehicle
or
Only in a miracle
or
Only in a miracle
Original Lyrics:
Only in America
"Only in America" by Brooks & Dunn
Misheard Lyrics:
Wonders who might be president
Original Lyrics:
One just might be president
"Only In My Dreams" by Debbie Gibson
Misheard Lyrics:
It was only you and me
Original Lyrics:
It was only in my dreams
"Only On Days That End In 'Y'" by Clay Walker
Misheard Lyrics:
Only on days of Indian Wine
Original Lyrics:
Only on days that end in Y
"Only On Days That End In 'Y'" by Clay Walker
Misheard Lyrics:
Only on days that indians wine
Original Lyrics:
Only on days that end in Y
"Only On Days That End In 'Y'" by Clay Walker
Misheard Lyrics:
Lonely old days and indian wine
or
Only on daze that Indian Wife
or
Only on daze that Indian Wife
Original Lyrics:
Only on days ending in 'Y'
"Only On Days That End In 'Y'" by Clay Walker
Misheard Lyrics:
Rodeo days and Indian wine
Original Lyrics:
Only on days that end in 'y'.
"On The Radio (Remember The Days)" by Nelly Furtado
Misheard Lyrics:
You didn't like me 'til you saw me on the TV
If you're lobalonic, why you watchin'?
If you're lobalonic, why you watchin'?
Original Lyrics:
You didn't like me 'til you saw me on the TV
If you're so low below me, why you watchin'?
If you're so low below me, why you watchin'?
"On The Road Again" by Willie Nelson
Misheard Lyrics:
Almond Roca can
Original Lyrics:
On the road again
"On The Road Again" by Willie Nelson
Misheard Lyrics:
I got five others making music with my friends
Original Lyrics:
The life I love is making music with my friends
"On The Road Again" by Willie Nelson
Misheard Lyrics:
It's like my love is making music with my friends.
Original Lyrics:
The life I love is making music with my friends.
Song is from '80, not '70-anything
"On The Road Again" by Willie Nelson
Misheard Lyrics:
Like a band of dips***s, we go down the highway.
Original Lyrics:
Like a band of gypsies, we go down the highway.
"On The Road Again" by Willie Nelson
Misheard Lyrics:
Like abandoned gypsies
Original Lyrics:
Like a band of gypsies
"On The Road Again" by Willie Nelson
Misheard Lyrics:
On the road again
Like a band of dip-s***s, we go down the highway.
Like a band of dip-s***s, we go down the highway.
Original Lyrics:
On the road again
Like a band of gypsies, we go down the highway.
Like a band of gypsies, we go down the highway.
"On The Road Again" by Willie Nelson
Misheard Lyrics:
On the road again
Like a band of gypsies blowin´ down the hallway.
Like a band of gypsies blowin´ down the hallway.
Original Lyrics:
On the road again
Like a band of gypsies, we go down the highway.
Like a band of gypsies, we go down the highway.
"On The Road Again" by Willie Nelson
Misheard Lyrics:
On the road again
Like a battleship as we go down the highway.
Like a battleship as we go down the highway.
Original Lyrics:
On the road again
Like a band of gypsies, we go down the highway.
Like a band of gypsies, we go down the highway.
"On The Road Again" by Willie Nelson
Misheard Lyrics:
On the road again
Like abandoned ships of weasels down the highway.
Like abandoned ships of weasels down the highway.
Original Lyrics:
On the road again
Like a band of gypsies, we go down the highway.
Like a band of gypsies, we go down the highway.
"On The Road Again" by Willie Nelson
Misheard Lyrics:
The wife I love is making music with my friends
Original Lyrics:
The life I love is making music with my friends
I don't believe that any derivation of "making music with my friends" appears in "Always on My Mind"!
"On The Road Again" by Willie Nelson
Misheard Lyrics:
We're the best of them
Original Lyrics:
We're the best of friends
"On The Road Again" by Willie Nelson
Misheard Lyrics:
While five others making music in my head.
Original Lyrics:
The life I love is making music with my friends.
"On The Road Again" by Willie Nelson
Misheard Lyrics:
While my wife is making music with my friends.
Original Lyrics:
All my life is making music with my friends.
"On The Road Again" by Willie Nelson
Misheard Lyrics:
While my wife is making whoopie with my friend.
Original Lyrics:
The life I love is making music with my friends.
"On the Road Again" by Willie Nelson
Misheard Lyrics:
Going places like I've never been
Original Lyrics:
Going places that I've never been
"On the Road Again" by Willie Nelson
Misheard Lyrics:
Knowing places like I've never been
Original Lyrics:
Going places that I've never been
"On the Road Again" by Willie Nelson
Misheard Lyrics:
Like a robot can
Original Lyrics:
On the road again
"On the Road Again" by Willie Nelson
Misheard Lyrics:
Like the Dixie Chicks, we go down the highway
Original Lyrics:
Like a band of gypsies, we go down the highway
Editor's note: Please realize that the country band The Dixie Chicks formed a LONG time after this song was made.
"On Your Way Home" by Patty Loveless
Misheard Lyrics:
Just to spy on you
Original Lyrics:
Just to spite you
"Oops! I Did It Again" by Britney Spears
Misheard Lyrics:
Got lost in this game of pain
Original Lyrics:
Got lost in this game, oh baby
"Ordinary Day" by Vanessa Carlton
Misheard Lyrics:
As I'm awake in bed
Original Lyrics:
As I wake in bed
"Otherside" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Misheard Lyrics:
Sedentary when I married the flea.
Original Lyrics:
Cemetery where I married the sea.
"Our Lips Are Sealed" by The Go-Go's
Misheard Lyrics:
Baby what fun, then we must juice
Original Lyrics:
There's a weapon that we must use
"Our Song" by Taylor Swift
Misheard Lyrics:
Adhesive, our song is the slammin scream floor
Original Lyrics:
And he says... Our song is the slamming screen door
"Our Song" by Taylor Swift
Misheard Lyrics:
Got to the hallway, well on my way
To to my left and back
To to my left and back
Original Lyrics:
Got to the hallway, well on my way
To my loving bed
To my loving bed
"Our Song" by Taylor Swift
Misheard Lyrics:
Got to the hallway, well on my way
to my love in bed
to my love in bed
Original Lyrics:
Got to the hallway, well on my way
to my loving bed
to my loving bed
"Our Song" by Taylor Swift
Misheard Lyrics:
He's got a one hand feel on the steering wheel
The other on my haaaaaa
The other on my haaaaaa
Original Lyrics:
He's got a one hand feel on the steering wheel
The other on my heart
The other on my heart
"Our Song" by Taylor Swift
Misheard Lyrics:
Our song is to save the green door
or
Our song is to slam the green door
or
Our song is to slam the green door
Original Lyrics:
Our song is the slamming screen door
"Our Song" by Taylor Swift
Misheard Lyrics:
The first eight men I didn't kiss around I should have
Original Lyrics:
The first date "man, I didn't kiss her, and I should have"
"Out Of The Woods" by Nickel Creek
Misheard Lyrics:
Come out of sequesture and be.
Original Lyrics:
Come out of the question and be.
"Out of Your Shoes" by Lorrie Morgan
Misheard Lyrics:
You bought my favorite dress
Original Lyrics:
You borrowed my favorite dress
"Over and Over" by Nelly featuring Tim McGraw
Misheard Lyrics:
And it was so bad
Original Lyrics:
And it hurts so bad
"Over and Over" by Nelly featuring Tim McGraw
Misheard Lyrics:
I think she's breathing
Original Lyrics:
I think she's leaving
"Oye Como Va" by Santana
Misheard Lyrics:
Bueno paco pa, mi hijo
Bueno paco pa sriracha
Bueno paco pa sriracha
Original Lyrics:
Oye como va Mi ritmo
Bueno pa gozar Mulata
Bueno pa gozar Mulata
"Ozark Mountain Jubilee" by Oak Ridge Boys
Misheard Lyrics:
Hitler was a country boy.
Original Lyrics:
Fiddler rosin up your bow.
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