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1960s
Cat Stevens', "Matthew & Son"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the rent's in her ears
Original Lyrics:
And the rent's in arrears
 
1970s
10cc's, "The Things We Do For Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
You lay your Betsy
Then you pay the price.
Original Lyrics:
You lay your bets
And then you pay the price.
Carl Douglas', "Kung Fu Fighting "
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody was Kung Fu fighting
Those c*nts were fast as lightning.
Original Lyrics:
Everybody was Kung Fu fighting
Those cats were fast as lightning.
The Commodores', "Three Times A Lady"
Misheard Lyrics:
when we are together
the moon is like cherries
Original Lyrics:
When we are together,
the moments I cherish
Toto's, "Hold The Line"
Misheard Lyrics:
golden eye
love isn't always on time
Original Lyrics:
Hold the line
Love isn't always on time.
 
1980s
Huey Lewis and the News', "Power of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Change your heart into a little white dove
Original Lyrics:
Change a hawk into a little white dove
Huey Lewis and the News', "Power of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Stronger than diamonds,
reeks like cream
Original Lyrics:
Tougher than diamonds,
rich like cream
Junior Senior's, "Everybody"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everbody move your feet and do pilates
or
Everbody move your feet and do the naughty
Original Lyrics:
Everybody, move your feet and feel united
Kate Bush 's, "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)"
Misheard Lyrics:
tell me we both met at dawn
Original Lyrics:
Tell me we both matter, don't we?
Rupert Holmes', "Escape (Pina Colada Song)"
Misheard Lyrics:
A bar full omallys
Original Lyrics:
At a bar called O'Mally's
Sade's, "Smooth Operator"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ooo Papa Red Eye, Oooooooo Papa Red Eye
Original Lyrics:
Smooth operator Smooooth operator
 
1990s
Bjork's, "5 Years"
Misheard Lyrics:
You'll wake up all the plants
Original Lyrics:
You'll wake up all love-less
Bjork's, "Possibly Maybe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Your flesh finds me out
Original Lyrics:
Your flirt finds me out
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers', "I Don't Wanna Fight"
Misheard Lyrics:
I gotta hold in my head
Original Lyrics:
I've got a hole in my head.
Tori Amos', "Little Amsterdam"
Misheard Lyrics:
Harmony: get it on the playground
Original Lyrics:
Hominy: get it on a plate, girl
cornershop's, "brimful of asha"
Misheard Lyrics:
brimful rasher
Original Lyrics:
brimful of asha
 
2000s
Alter Bridge's, "Find The Real"
Misheard Lyrics:
A burdon inside
Original Lyrics:
I burrow inside.
Alter Bridge's, "Find The Real"
Misheard Lyrics:
And I have taken a hunger for more.
Original Lyrics:
And all that I've taken I hunger for more
Alter Bridge's, "Find The Real"
Misheard Lyrics:
Artists remember.
Original Lyrics:
Always remember.
Alter Bridge's, "Find The Real"
Misheard Lyrics:
I will trade these eyes for something right, ooh, ooh.
I won't care what hurts with something calm, ooh ooh.
Original Lyrics:
I'll trade these lies for something right, ooh, ooh.
I will kill what hurts with something pure, ooh, ooh.
Alter Bridge's, "One Day Remains"
Misheard Lyrics:
And I ask you one
Your question is safe inside.
Original Lyrics:
And I ask you why
You question the strenth inside.
Alter Bridge's, "One Day Remains"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the disses through your dreams stretch via reach.
Original Lyrics:
And the distance to your dreams stretch beyond reach.
Alter Bridge's, "One Day Remains"
Misheard Lyrics:
At your call, it crashes down before your eyes.
Original Lyrics:
As your courage crashes down before your eyes
Alter Bridge's, "One Day Remains"
Misheard Lyrics:
When everyone has been reopened
Original Lyrics:
When every wound has been reopened
Alter Bridge's, "Open Your Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics:
For all I know
Original Lyrics:
But how I know
Alter Bridge's, "Open Your Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't know which way to go.
Original Lyrics:
Hard to know which way to go.
Alter Bridge's, "Open Your Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics:
It bothers me
Had to trust
it carefully.
Original Lyrics:
It burdons me.
Hard to trust
And can't believe.
Alter Bridge's, "Open Your Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics:
Through the eyes of what I know
See the vision
Wants that gold.
Original Lyrics:
Through the eyes of one I know
I see a vision
once let go
Creed's, "Stand Here With Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll give you everything I have.
Original Lyrics:
I'll give you everything I am.
Creed's, "Stand Here With Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're my daily source of reality.
Original Lyrics:
You're my daily dose of reality.
Fergie's, "Clumsy"
Misheard Lyrics:
You got me trippin' oh, stumblin' oh, slippin' oh, fumblin' oh
All because I'm fallin' in love
Original Lyrics:
You got me trippin' oh, stumbling oh, flippin' oh, fumbling oh
Clumsy 'cause I'm fallin' in love
Finger Eleven's, "Paralyzer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Put your place on my place
Original Lyrics:
Or your place or my place
Finger Eleven's, "Paralyzer"
Misheard Lyrics:
The most pretentious thing
Since I saw "cool" and "be"
Well I am imagining
A dark-lit place
For your place on my face
Original Lyrics:
The most pretentious thing
Since I thought you and me
Well I am imagining
A dark lit place
Or your place or my place
Hard-Fi's, "Hard To Beat"
Misheard Lyrics:
knock me right off my face
arse and face
arse and face
arse and fa-a-ace
Original Lyrics:
Knock me right off my feet
Hard to beat.
hard to beat
hard to beat
hard to be-e-eat
Nine Inch Nails', "Deep"
Misheard Lyrics:
Damn x8
Original Lyrics:
Deep x8
Peter Gabriel's, "The Tower That Ate People"
Misheard Lyrics:
F*cking up the dog
Original Lyrics:
Locking up the door
Scott Stapp's, "Broken"
Misheard Lyrics:
Look up and you'll find love
Original Lyrics:
Look above to find love
Scott Stapp's, "Broken"
Misheard Lyrics:
Time is dead.
Original Lyrics:
Time is dear.
Scott Stapp's, "Broken"
Misheard Lyrics:
Why are we overcome with doubt?
Original Lyrics:
Why are we overcome with death?
Scott Stapp's, "Relearn Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
I need a song to raise my head.
Original Lyrics:
I need the Son to raise my head.
Scott Stapp's, "Relearn Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
My beating heart is in your hands.
Original Lyrics:
My beaten heart is in your hands.
Scott Stapp's, "Relearn Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
The man I am now must be shared.
Original Lyrics:
The man I am now must be shed.
Scott Stapp's, "Relearn Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Your tender hands to rest my head.
Original Lyrics:
Your tender hands caress my head.
Scott Stapp's, "Sublime"
Misheard Lyrics:
If it's not destiny
Original Lyrics:
If it's our destiny
Scott Stapp's, "Surround Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm counting on the moments of the times you could have held me.
Original Lyrics:
I'm counting all the moments of the times you could have helped me.
Scott Stapp's, "Surround Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm still in desperate need.
Original Lyrics:
I'm still in disbelief.
The Fray's, "All At Once"
Misheard Lyrics:
Compare and hurt, it's a question
And all at once the crowd begins to say
Original Lyrics:
Compared to her, now she's in question
And all at once the crowd begins to sing
The Fray's, "All At Once"
Misheard Lyrics:
Maybe you started to compare her to someone out there
Maybe you want it, maybe you need it
Maybe it's all you're running from
Confection when I come (I will not come)
Original Lyrics:
Maybe you started to compare to someone not there
Maybe you want it, maybe you need it
Maybe it's all you're running from
Perfection will not come (Will not come)
 
christian
Hawk Nelson's, "Zero"
Misheard Lyrics:
He was such a good example of a flavored fisherman
Original Lyrics:
He was such a good example of a favored future man
 
country
Tammy Wynette's, "Stand By Your Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
stand by earth man
Original Lyrics:
stand by your man.

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