Misheard Lyrics -> New Entries for May 14, 2008

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1970s
Elton John's, "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
Misheard Lyrics:
Back to the horny old owl in the woods
Original Lyrics:
Back to the howling old owl in the woods
John Lennon's, "Give Peace A Chance"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody's talkin' about magets, jackets, fagets and rabits this is aladin kick him in the nuts
Original Lyrics:
Everybody's talkin' 'bout bagism, shagism, dragism, madism, ragism, tagism. This-ism, that-ism isn't it the most?
Kamahl's, "One Hundred Children"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't blow up the world,
don't kill all the flies.
Original Lyrics:
Don't blow up the world,
don't kill all the flowers
Queen's, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh Baby, get your lips to me baby.
Original Lyrics:
Woah baby, don't do this to me baby.
Queen's, "Killer Queen"
Misheard Lyrics:
Building a remedy
For Prince Charles an entity
Original Lyrics:
A built-in remedy
for Khruschev and Kennedy.
Rita Coolidge's, "We're All Alone "
Misheard Lyrics:
Close the window
come alive
Original Lyrics:
Close the window
calm the light
Thin Lizzy's, "The Boys Are Back In Town"
Misheard Lyrics:
The boys are breakin' town.
Original Lyrics:
The boys are back in town.
 
1980s
Air Supply's, "Making Love Out Of Nothing At All"
Misheard Lyrics:
Not a muffin at all,
Not a muffin at all.
Original Lyrics:
Out of nothing at all,
Out of nothing at all.
Depeche Mode's, "Dreaming Of Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Filming and dreaming
Trimming of me
Original Lyrics:
Filming and dreaming
Dreaming of me
Depeche Mode's, "Just Can't Get Enough"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's getting hotter,
It's a burning glove
Original Lyrics:
It's getting hotter,
It's a burning love
Depeche Mode's, "Master And Servant"
Misheard Lyrics:
Forget all about the quality
Original Lyrics:
Forget all about equality
Depeche Mode's, "Photographic"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bride lights Dark groom
Original Lyrics:
Bright lights. Dark room.
Queen's, "Killer Queen"
Misheard Lyrics:
She keeps a mohair condom in a pretty cabinet
Kept it in case she said,
just like Marie Antoinette
Original Lyrics:
She keeps a Moet et Chandon in her pretty cabinet
'Let them eat cake' she said,
just like Marie Antoinette.
Radio Commercial's, "University Square Mall"
Misheard Lyrics:
Get your shopping debris at the university.
Original Lyrics:
Get your shopping degree at the university.
Til Tuesday's, "Voices Carry"
Misheard Lyrics:
Living downtown, is so scary
Original Lyrics:
Keep it down, now, voices carry.
 
1990s
AFI's, "Advances In Modern Technology"
Misheard Lyrics:
Forever own monkeys cause they'll rule tomorrow
Original Lyrics:
Forever unlucky, cause I'll own tomorrow.
Alice In Chains', "Man In The Box"
Misheard Lyrics:
Here it is, my sh*t
Original Lyrics:
Buried in my sh*t
Better Than Ezra's, "Return of the Post Moderns"
Misheard Lyrics:
Writing speeches for the President
Out on the White House lawn
Original Lyrics:
Writhing peaches for the President
Out on the White House lawn
Blind Guardian's, "Tommyknockers"
Misheard Lyrics:
I want to drink and she wants to dick
Original Lyrics:
I want to drink and she wants to dig
Cherry Poppin' Daddies', "Zoot Suit Riot"
Misheard Lyrics:
Zoo zoo Ryan! (Ryan!)
Original Lyrics:
Zoot suit riot (riot)
Chumbawumba's, "Tubthumping"
Misheard Lyrics:
I have no doubt
and here I go again
you're never gonna keep me down
Original Lyrics:
I get knocked down
but I get up again
you're never gonna keep me down.
Depeche Mode's, "Strangelove"
Misheard Lyrics:
Strangelove Will you give it the meat
Original Lyrics:
Strangelove Will you give it to me
Moby's, "Natural Blues"
Misheard Lyrics:
oh Barbie, Ken is so GAY
Original Lyrics:
Oh Lordy, trouble so hard.
Pharcyde's, "Passing Me By"
Misheard Lyrics:
She gets me high and bean pies
Original Lyrics:
She keeps on passing me by.
Rage Against The Machine's, "Killing In The Name"
Misheard Lyrics:
Those who died are sanctified
By the Holy Ghost.
He's pale and white!
Original Lyrics:
Those who died are justified
By wearing the badge,
They're the chosen whites!
Shawn Colvin's, "The Facts About Jimmy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Jimmy thinks that he's a helpless man
He thinks about love in the bathroom
Original Lyrics:
Jimmy thinks that he's a helpless man
He thinks about love in a vacuum
The Presidents Of The United States Of America's, "Lump"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lump throwed up into Lump's pajamas.
Original Lyrics:
Mud flowed up into Lump's pajamas.
The Stereophonics', "Just Looking"
Misheard Lyrics:
I want the perfect wife, with perfect inclined wrists
Original Lyrics:
Do I want the perfect wife? The word perfect ain't quite right
The Verve's, "Bittersweet Symphony"
Misheard Lyrics:
I am here and I'm gone.
Original Lyrics:
I am here in my mold
Train's, "Meet Virginia"
Misheard Lyrics:
She only drinks coffee at midnight
Well the woman is not right
Original Lyrics:
She only drinks coffee at midnight
When the moment is not right
 
2000s
Alicia Keys', "No One"
Misheard Lyrics:
I just want you close
Where you can stay forever
You can be toast
And it will only get better
Original Lyrics:
I just want you close
Where you can stay forever
You can be sure
That it will only get better
Blackfield's, "End of the World"
Misheard Lyrics:
Full of ignorance, fools in disguise
Original Lyrics:
For these ignorant fools in the skies
Cradle of Filth's, "The Foetus of a New Day Kicking"
Misheard Lyrics:
Did you wanna let her sister round.
Original Lyrics:
Danger warning levels hissed out loud.
Flo Rida's, "Low"
Misheard Lyrics:
Really Girlie Jeans [Jeans]
Poop with some fur [With some fur]
Original Lyrics:
Apple Bottom Jeans [Jeans]
Boots with the fur [With the fur]
Good Charlotte's, "Dance Floor Anthem"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sugar bear
Original Lyrics:
To the beat
Mark Knopfler's, "What It Is"
Misheard Lyrics:
The smell of dirty Dick
Is still inside her little mouth
Original Lyrics:
The ghost of Dirty Dick
Is still in search of Little Nell
Maximo Park's, "Karaoke Plays"
Misheard Lyrics:
We never did walk the dog at break.
Original Lyrics:
We never did want the dawn to break.
My Chemical Romance's, "Famous Last Words"
Misheard Lyrics:
A life that's so demeaning
Original Lyrics:
A life that's so demanding
My Chemical Romance's, "Famous Last Words"
Misheard Lyrics:
So may bright lights that cast a shadow
Original Lyrics:
So many bright lights that cast a shadow
My Chemical Romance's, "Famous Last Words"
Misheard Lyrics:
Well, is it hard to understand
Why men compete
Original Lyrics:
Well, is it hard understanding
I'm incomplete
My Chemical Romance's, "Famous Last Words"
Misheard Lyrics:
Why get so weak?
Original Lyrics:
I get so weak
My Chemical Romance's, "House of Wolves"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tell me I am batman
Original Lyrics:
Tell me I'm a bad man
Nickelback's, "Rock Star"
Misheard Lyrics:
The girls gone lazy and the drugs come cheap
Original Lyrics:
The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap
Queens Of The Stone Age's, "You Can't Quit Me Baby"
Misheard Lyrics:
You saw the goat
I'll see you in hell
Original Lyrics:
You're solid gold
I'll see you in hell
Radio Commercial's, "Wynn Buick-Pontiac-GMC"
Misheard Lyrics:
Say back when.
or
Say back Gwen.
or
Save at Gwen.
Original Lyrics:
Save at Wynn.
Soulja Boy's, "Crank Dat Soulja Boy"
Misheard Lyrics:
They be looking at my dick
saying theres no rubber band!
Original Lyrics:
They be looking at my neck
Saying it's the rubber band man
Timbaland feat. One Republic's, "Apologize"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's too late to wanna jive.
Original Lyrics:
It's too late to apologize.
 
christian
Michael W. Smith's, "You Are Holy"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're a bully.
Original Lyrics:
You are holy.
 
country
Dolly Parton's, "I'll Make Your Bed"
Misheard Lyrics:
You'll work for nothing and I'll make your bed.
Original Lyrics:
You'll want for nothing and I'll make your bed.
Reba McEntire's, "I'm A Survivor"
Misheard Lyrics:
My Ritz are planted in my mass
Original Lyrics:
My roots are planted in the past.

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