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1950s | |
Jimmy Boyd & Frankie Laine's, "Tell Me a Story"
Misheard Lyrics: Came home so late one evening last July
Laid a little hooker the time had passed me by Shoes in my hand and my darlin' wife in bed Up the stairs sayin' a prayer Original Lyrics: Came home so late one evening last July
Played a little poker the time had passed me by Shoes in my hand and my darlin' wife in bed Up the stairs sayin' a prayer |
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1960s | |
Dusty Springfield's, "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me"
Misheard Lyrics: You don't have to say forever,
I will under.... Original Lyrics: You don't have to stay forever
I will understand |
Led Zeppelin's, "Livin' Lovin' Maid"
Misheard Lyrics: With a purple umbrella and a fifth in hand. . .
Original Lyrics: With a purple umbrella and a fifty-cent hat. . .
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Simon and Garfunkel's, "Scarborough Fair"
Misheard Lyrics: Tell her to make me a Camembert shirt
Original Lyrics: Tell her to make me a cambric shirt
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1970s | |
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band's, "Cherchez La Femme/Se Si Bon"
Misheard Lyrics: Phone doesn't ring my friend
Original Lyrics: For misery my friend
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Elton John's, "Bennie & The Jets"
Misheard Lyrics: She got electric boobs
And her mom has too! Original Lyrics: She's got electric boots
a mohair suit |
Jimmy Buffett's, "Fins"
Misheard Lyrics: And they pee right after dark
Original Lyrics: And they feed right after dark
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Steve Miller Band's, "Fly Like an Eagle"
Misheard Lyrics: Feed the babies
We don't have enough to eat Show the children with no shows on their fee How's the people livin' in the street? Oh, there's a solution Original Lyrics: Feed the babies, who don't have enough to eat
Shoe the children with no shoes on their feet House the people living in the street Oh, there's a solution |
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1980s | |
AC/DC's, "Highway to Hell"
Misheard Lyrics: Sends a n***er on a one way ride.
Original Lyrics: Season ticket on a one-way ride.
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Duran Duran's, "Hungry Like the Wolf"
Misheard Lyrics: I smell like a sow
Original Lyrics: I smell like I sound
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Electric Light Orchestra's, "Hold on Tight"
Misheard Lyrics: Sail on tide to be gone,
Time to throw something on. Original Lyrics: It's a long time to be gone,
Time just rolls on and on. |
Pink Floyd's, "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh-whoa, kids again
Oh-whoa, kids again Original Lyrics: Wrong! Do it again!
Wrong! Do it again! |
Yes', "Roundabout"
Misheard Lyrics: Mountains come out of the sky and [they/just] stand there Ten true summers we'll be there and we'll see you
or: Mountains come out of the sky and stand there One mile over we'll be there and we'll see you Ten true summers we'll be there and we'll see you Original Lyrics: Out on the lake Mountains come out of the sky And they stand there One mile over we'll be there and we'll see you Ten true summers we'll be there and laughing too Twenty-four before my love you'll see I'll be there with you
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1990s | |
Blessid Union of Souls 's, "I Believe "
Misheard Lyrics: That one day Daddy's gonna find out she's in love and remove her from the street
Original Lyrics: That one day Daddy's gonna find out she's in love with the nigger from the street
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Daft Punk's, "Oh Yea"
Misheard Lyrics: Everybody loves women on their d***
Original Lyrics: Everybody dance
screaming on the dance |
Elton John's, "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?"
Misheard Lyrics: And can you make kings and bag o' bones believe they're there, yeah yeah
Original Lyrics: It's enough to make kings and vagabonds believe the very best
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Pantera's, "10s"
Misheard Lyrics: Ben Folds! He can destroy my Broly!
Kaleidoscope... Like knifed wet self. Original Lyrics: My foes can't destroy my body,
Colliding slow, Like life itself. |
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Pearl Jam's, "Alive"
Misheard Lyrics: And it's so, it's so, it sucks, it sucks.
Original Lyrics: And if so, if so, who answers, who answers?
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Tag Team's, "Whoomp! (There It Is)"
Misheard Lyrics: Whoomp dat ass
Original Lyrics: Whoomp, there it is!
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Toni Braxton's, "Breathe Again"
Misheard Lyrics: Dream again, dream again
That I shall never dream Dream again Original Lyrics: Breathe Again, Breathe Again
That I shall never breathe Breathe Again |
Toni Braxton's, "Un-Break My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: Sage, you love me again
Original Lyrics: Say you'll love me again
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Ziggy Marley's, "Arthur Theme Song (Believe In Yourself)"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm a nazi (after ... Cause that's the place to start)/ a nazi (everywhere else)
Original Lyrics: And I say
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2000s | |
50 Cent's, "21 Questions"
Misheard Lyrics: Would you still have enough to f*** me
Original Lyrics: Would you still have love for me
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Coldplay's, "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall"
Misheard Lyrics: I put my red coat on
Original Lyrics: I turn the music up, I got my records on
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Evanescence's, "Imaginary"
Misheard Lyrics: In my field of purple flowers
Original Lyrics: In my field of paper flowers
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Evanescence's, "My Immortal"
Misheard Lyrics: But you still have, part of me.
Original Lyrics: But you still have, all of me.
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Hinder's, "Lips of an Angel"
Misheard Lyrics: It's kind of gettin' dark right now
Original Lyrics: It's kind of hard to talk right now
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Jose Gonzales', "Heartbeats"
Misheard Lyrics: One night to be confused
One night to speed up truth We had a promise Payton Four hands and then awa Original Lyrics: One night to be confused
One night to speed up truth We had a promise made Four hands and then awa |
Justin Timberlake's, "Sexyback"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm bringing sexy back (yeah)
Them other boys watch how I attacked (yeah) There's something special what's behind your back (yeah) So turn around I'll cut the sack (yeah) Original Lyrics: I'm bringing sexy back (yeah)
Them other boys don't know how to act (yeah) I think your special, what's behind your back (yeah) So turn around I'll pick up the slack (yeah) |
Marilyn Manson's, "Disposable Teens"
Misheard Lyrics: You say you wanna revolution!
The aim of the great Bill Hicks! Original Lyrics: You say you wanna revolution
The ape was a great big hit |
Rob Zombie's, "Never Gonna Stop"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey Macarena, Windows '95!
Take me to your home, lick boobs, and ocean lounge. Original Lyrics: Yeah, I'm on Durango number 95
Take me to the home, kick boots and ultra live |
2010s | |
Colbie Caillat's, "Try"
Misheard Lyrics: Wear a second watch
Do you care what they think of you? Original Lyrics: Wait a second, why
Should you care what they think of you? |
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Iggy Azalea's, "Black Widow"
Misheard Lyrics: Gonna love ya, gonna love ya,
Like sex with a baby Original Lyrics: Gonna love ya, gonna love ya
Like a black widow, baby |
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Jason Derulo's, "Trumpets"
Misheard Lyrics: Like a drunken psycho
Original Lyrics: And the trumpets they go
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Lady Gaga's, "Donatella"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm a pokemon on small tiny cats
Original Lyrics: I'm smokin' 'em on full tank of gas
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Lady Gaga's, "Donatella"
Misheard Lyrics: Why do you wanna wear this swing?
Original Lyrics: What do you wanna wear this spring?
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Lady Gaga's, "Don"
Misheard Lyrics: Have a breakdown on holiday in Taipei
Original Lyrics: Get a spray tan on holiday in Taipei
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Lorde's, "Royals"
Misheard Lyrics: Go teeth, breakers, stupid in the bathroom Bloodstains, ball gowns, stretch in the hotel room We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams But every song's like Crystal, May black, diamonds on your tonguepiece Jet planes, islands, tigers on a top leash We don't care, we are caught up in your love affair
Original Lyrics: Gold teeth, grey goose, tripping in the bathroom Bloodstains, ball gowns, trashing the hotel room We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams But everybody's like Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash We don't care We aren't caught up in your love affair
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Meghan Trainor's, "Lips Are Movin'"
Misheard Lyrics: You're a tumbleweed, you're a tumbleweed
Original Lyrics: If your lips are movin', if your lips are movin'
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The Both's, "Miwaukee"
Misheard Lyrics: It's a nucleus burning inside of itself
Original Lyrics: It's the nucleus burning inside of the cell
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Vance Joy's, "Riptide"
Misheard Lyrics: I wanna be your meth head man
Original Lyrics: I wanna be your left hand man
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misc | |
Traditional's, "God Rest You Merry Gentlemen"
Misheard Lyrics: God rest you Jerry Mental Men
Original Lyrics: God rest you merry gentlemen.
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xmas | |
Traditional's, "Good Christian Men Rejoice"
Misheard Lyrics: Good Christian memory, Joyce
Original Lyrics: Good Christian men, rejoice
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