Misheard Lyrics -> New Entries for March 18, 2008

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1960s
The Beatles', "Lady Madonna"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sunday morning greets me like a nun.
Original Lyrics:
Sunday morning creeping like a nun.
The Tokens', "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics:
I-wee-my-way, I-wee-my-way
Original Lyrics:
A-wimoweh, A-wimoweh
 
1970s
Bee Gees', "Stayin Alive"
Misheard Lyrics:
Stennie the Lad, Stennie the Lad!
Original Lyrics:
Stayin' alive, stayin' alive!
Boston's, "More Than a Feeling"
Misheard Lyrics:
Floors and a ceiling
Original Lyrics:
More than a feeling
Queen's, "Fat Bottomed Girls"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've got all you Jew's and Ho's
Original Lyrics:
Now I got mortgages on homes
The Bee Gees', "You Should Be Dancing"
Misheard Lyrics:
She fakes it to be good.
Original Lyrics:
She gets it to me good.
The Kinks', "Lola"
Misheard Lyrics:
I asked for her name
and in a back room voice
She said, "Lola."
Original Lyrics:
I asked for her name
and in a soft, low voice
She said, 'Lola'.
Tony Orlando And Dawn's, "Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Old Oak Tree"
Misheard Lyrics:
now the whole damn bus is cheerin.
And I can't believe I see.
A hunk of yellow ribbon
round the ole oak tree
Original Lyrics:
Now the whole damn bus is cheerin'
And I can't believe I see
A hundred yellow ribbons
round the ole oak tree.
 
1980s
AC/DC's, "Money Talks"
Misheard Lyrics:
Come on, come on, kneel before the money.
Come on, come on, listen to the money talk
Original Lyrics:
Come on, come on, love me for the money.
Come on, come on, listen to the money talk
Beach Boys', "Kokomo"
Misheard Lyrics:
Key Largo,
Montego
Baby wild eagles
Original Lyrics:
Key Largo,
Montego
Baby why don't we go?
Commercial's, "Oreo"
Misheard Lyrics:
Made forever go together
Original Lyrics:
They forever go together.
Fine Young Cannibals', "Good Thing"
Misheard Lyrics:
Milk Man, Where have you gone?
Original Lyrics:
Good thing, where have you gone?
Iron Maiden's, "The Trooper"
Misheard Lyrics:
You take my life but I take Your shoes
Original Lyrics:
You take my life but I take Yours too
Kate Bush's, "Running Up That Hill"
Misheard Lyrics:
And began to swallow places
Original Lyrics:
And get him to swap our places
Metallica's, "Master of Puppets"
Misheard Lyrics:
I will loan you pie,
I will help you die
Original Lyrics:
I will occupy,
I will help you die
Peter Gabriel's, "Intruder"
Misheard Lyrics:
I know something about opening windows indoors
Original Lyrics:
I know something about opening windows and doors
Peter Gabriel's, "Intruder"
Misheard Lyrics:
Intruder come and he is smart, he is smart
Original Lyrics:
Intruder come and leave his mark, leave his mark
Van Halen's, "Jump"
Misheard Lyrics:
Jump,
Maxwell Jump
Original Lyrics:
Jump,
Might as well jump
 
1990s
C.C. Peniston's, "Finally"
Misheard Lyrics:
Finally it has happened to me
right in front of my face
Honey lips can't describe it
Original Lyrics:
Finally it has happened to me
right in front of my face
My feelings can't describe it
C.C. Peniston's, "Finally"
Misheard Lyrics:
Finally it has happened to me
right in front of my face
My feelings can't describe it
Original Lyrics:
Finally it has happened to me
right in front of my face
Honey lips can't describe it
Creed's, "Pity For A Dime"
Misheard Lyrics:
So I'm sellin' my pity for a dime,
and I don't care if they take my soul.
Original Lyrics:
Sellin', sellin' my pity for a dime,
and another man take my soul.
Dir En Grey's, "Agitated Screams of Maggots"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sugoi
Original Lyrics:
I should die
Eiffel 65's, "Blue(Da Ba Dee)"
Misheard Lyrics:
About a little garden
Original Lyrics:
About a little guy
Mariah Carey & Boyz 2 Men's, "One Sweet Day"
Misheard Lyrics:
I took your breasts for granted
Original Lyrics:
I took your presence for granted
Mariah Carey's, "Always Be My Baby"
Misheard Lyrics:
No way you're every gonna shave me
Original Lyrics:
No way you're ever gonna shake me
Oh darling, 'cause you'll always be my baby.
Mariah Carey's, "Always Be My Baby"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sign cameria is a feeling so strong.
Original Lyrics:
Time can't erase a feeling this strong
Nirvana's, "Smells like teen spirit"
Misheard Lyrics:
With the lights out,segregation
Here we are now,entertain us
They're so stupid and contagious
Original Lyrics:
With the lights out, it's less dangerous
Here we are now, entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Poison's, "Something to Believe In"
Misheard Lyrics:
Their bullets took his best friends in Saigon,
I know they took his wife, his kids, no regrets.
Any time I don’t remember
Original Lyrics:
Their bullets took his best friends in Saigon,
our lawyers took his wife, his kids, no regrets.
In a time I don’t remember
 
2000s
ATC's, "Around the World"
Misheard Lyrics:
Inside an empty room
My inspiration has no way to hear the tune
Around my head it goes
Imaginality
You want to sing with me
Original Lyrics:
Inside an empty room
My inspiration flows
Now wait to hear the tune
Around my head it goes
The magic melody
You want to sing with me
Craig David & Artful Dodger's, "Rewind"
Misheard Lyrics:
Re-wind when the crowd say boy go get her
Original Lyrics:
Re-e-wind when the crowd say bo selecta
Dir En Grey's, "Dead Tree"
Misheard Lyrics:
No I won't do the free son
Original Lyrics:
No one wants the present.
Dir En Grey's, "Dead Tree"
Misheard Lyrics:
No one won't do no prison
Original Lyrics:
No one wants the present.
Fall Out Boy's, "Don't You Know Who I Think I Am?"
Misheard Lyrics:
The scene queen never wins
Original Lyrics:
They say quitters never win
Kelly Clarkson's, "Where Is Your Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like a pellet bomb to the ground
Like a dream a destiny me
Original Lyrics:
Like a petal falling to the ground
Like a dreamer following his dreams
Meat Loaf's, "Bad For Good"
Misheard Lyrics:
The sea is up in the sky
The sky is up in the sea
Original Lyrics:
The sea is whipping the sky
The sky is whipping the sea
My Chemical Romance's, "Dead!"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wouldn't it be great to take a pencil by the hand?
Original Lyrics:
Wouldn't it be great to take a pistol by the hand?
My Chemical Romance's, "Helena"
Misheard Lyrics:
Burning on
Just like a match you tryin' to get in again
Original Lyrics:
Burning on
Just like a match you strike to incinerate.
My Chemical Romance's, "The Jetset Life Is Gonna Kill You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Teen sex's the hardest part of living, alright!
Original Lyrics:
It's the hardest part of living, alright!
Mya's, "My Love Is Like...Wo"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tell, me, am I, your type
My main goal is depletion
Original Lyrics:
Tell, me, am I, your type
My main goal is to please you
Scott Stapp's, "Reach Out"
Misheard Lyrics:
I finally hear if reason.
Original Lyrics:
I finally hear His reason.
Scott Stapp's, "Reach Out"
Misheard Lyrics:
Look at the end.
Original Lyrics:
Love again.
Scott Stapp's, "Reach Out"
Misheard Lyrics:
Luck at the end.
Original Lyrics:
Love again.
Scott Stapp's, "Reach Out"
Misheard Lyrics:
Screaming at the world.
Original Lyrics:
Screaming at the walls.
Scott Stapp's, "Reach Out"
Misheard Lyrics:
This will end.
Original Lyrics:
Love again.
Scott Stapp's, "The Great Divide"
Misheard Lyrics:
And we survived
Original Lyrics:
Helped me survive
Scott Stapp's, "The Great Divide"
Misheard Lyrics:
I have run through the oceans
Original Lyrics:
I have run to the ocean
Scott Stapp's, "The Great Divide"
Misheard Lyrics:
You have given up selfishly.
Original Lyrics:
You have given unselfishly.
Sean Paul's, "Temperature"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wanna be the Papa
You can beat 'em off
Original Lyrics:
Wanna be the Papa
You can be the Mom
Simple Plan's, "My Alien"
Misheard Lyrics:
I bought an astronobkin
Now all a rear racket
Original Lyrics:
I bought the astronaut's kit
Now all I need's a rocket.
 
country
Kenny Chesney's, "Live Those Songs"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'd be rollin on a river with Cledus
Original Lyrics:
I'd be rollin on a river with Credence

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