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1960s
The Moody Blues', "Nights in White Satin"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bedsitter people, the battle lament
Original Lyrics:
Bedsitter people look back and lament
 
1970s
Bee Gees', "Stayin' Alive"
Misheard Lyrics:
You can tell by the way I do my thing, I was born this way, long time ago
Original Lyrics:
Baby, you can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm a woman's man.
Misheard Lyrics:
How does the corn feel when it is kind of heavy
Original Lyrics:
Out past the cornfields
Where the woods got heavy.
Lynyrd Skynyrd's, "Gimme Three Steps"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gimme three steps, gimme three steps, Mister
Gimme three steps Georgia doll
Original Lyrics:
Gimme three steps, gimme three steps, Mister
Gimme three steps towards the door
Pink Floyd's, "Money"
Misheard Lyrics:
I certainly was at the race
Original Lyrics:
I certainly was in the right
Steve Miller Band's, "Jet Airliner"
Misheard Lyrics:
We don't care, how would I know?
Original Lyrics:
Big old jet airliner
 
1980s
Hall and Oates', "You Make My Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're makin' my dirties come true
Original Lyrics:
You make my dreams come true
John Mellencamp's, "Cherry Bomb"
Misheard Lyrics:
I tried to cut a cherry bomb.
Original Lyrics:
Outside the club 'Cherry Bomb'
Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams', "Without Us ("Family Ties" theme)"
Misheard Lyrics:
What Woody two, baby, with our lunch?
Original Lyrics:
What would we do, baby, without us?
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam's, "Lost in Emotion"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lost in the ocean
Original Lyrics:
Lost in emotion
Salt-N-Pepa's, "Push It"
Misheard Lyrics:
Beat up those d***s!
Original Lyrics:
Get up on this!
 
1990s
4 Non-Blondes', "What's Up"
Misheard Lyrics:
I said, "Hey! What's going wrong?"
Original Lyrics:
I said, "Hey! What's going on?"
En Vogue's, "Let It Flow"
Misheard Lyrics:
Grab some wine, take the floor, let it go
Original Lyrics:
Grab someone, take the floor, let it go
Green Day's, "Basket Case"
Misheard Lyrics:
Am I just paranoid
About a home?
Original Lyrics:
Am I just paranoid
Or am I just stoned?
Theme Songs', "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"
Misheard Lyrics:
They're the world's most fearsome fighting teens.
Original Lyrics:
They're the world's most fearsome fighting team.
 
2000s
Beyoncé ft. Lil' Flip's, "Naughty Girl (Remix)"
Misheard Lyrics:
I like ya ballet range and the Q-tip too.
Original Lyrics:
I like ya belly ring and that cute tattoo.
Fall Out Boy's, "A Little Less 16 Candles, a Little More Touch Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
I send my cards early 'cause you know I'm always late
Original Lyrics:
I set my clocks early 'cause you know I'm always late.
Fall Out Boy's, "Bang the Doldrums"
Misheard Lyrics:
In the back of yellow chicken corpse
Original Lyrics:
In the backs of yellow checkered cars
Fall Out Boy's, "Dance Dance"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm two quarters and a hot dog.
Original Lyrics:
I'm two quarters and a heart down.
Fall Out Boy's, "Dance, Dance"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm two quarters and a hot damn
And I don't wanna forget how your voice is
Original Lyrics:
I'm two quarters and a heart down
And I don't wanna forget how your voice sounds
Fall Out Boy's, "Disloyal Order Of Water Buffaloes"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's the back of the squad car for straight old men
Original Lyrics:
Put him in the back of a squad car, restrain that man
Fall Out Boy's, "Disloyal Order of Water Buffaloes"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm coming apart at the seeds
Bitchin' myself for kneads in other people's dreams
Original Lyrics:
I'm coming apart at the seams
Pitching myself for leads in other people's dreams now
Fall Out Boy's, "Disloyal Order of Water Buffaloes"
Misheard Lyrics:
Imperfect boys with their perfect ploys
Original Lyrics:
And perfect boys with their perfect lives
Fall Out Boy's, "Hum Hallelujah"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's a devil in a hot speedo
Original Lyrics:
There's a chapel in a hospital
Fall Out Boy's, "Sugar We're Going Down"
Misheard Lyrics:
A loony god complex
Cocking a bullet
Original Lyrics:
A loaded god complex
Cock it and pull it
Fall Out Boy's, "Sugar We're Going Down"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm just clutching you bed sheets
But you're ironing a thong
Original Lyrics:
I'm just a notch in your bedpost.
But you're a line in a song
Fall Out Boy's, "Sugar, We'e Goin' Down"
Misheard Lyrics:
We're goin' down, down, ilililililown,
And sugar were goin' down swingin',
I'll be your honey bun with a bullet,
A loaded gun complex, cocky and pull it
Original Lyrics:
We're goin' down, down, in an earlier round,
And sugar we're goin' down swingin',
I'll be your number one with a bullet
A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it.
Fall Out Boy's, "The Take Over, The Break's Over"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wouldn't you rather be a Willow, than a Debussy
Original Lyrics:
Wouldn't you rather be a widow, than a divorcee
Fall Out Boy's, "The Take Over, The Breaks Over"
Misheard Lyrics:
I overcompensate with headmines
And Flash, Flash, tigerfeet
Original Lyrics:
I overcompensate with headlines
And flash, flash, photography
Fall Out Boy's, "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a needed man
And I'm oh, so evil
Original Lyrics:
I'm a leading man
And the lies I weave
Fall Out Boy's, "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs"
Misheard Lyrics:
In hotel rooms collecting patient slumbers
Original Lyrics:
In hotel rooms collecting page six lovers
Fallout Boy's, "America's Suitehearts"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't know much about a lexicon
But I've got a lot of friends stuck on classical
Original Lyrics:
I don't know much about classic cars
But I've got a lot of friends stuck on classic coke
Gorillaz's, "Rhinestone Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dad! I like big d***
Original Lyrics:
That's electric
Nelly's, "Ride Wit Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
If you wanna go and take a ride with me And Willam Dafoe in a goatee Oh why must I feel so low? Hey, must be the money.
Original Lyrics:
If you wanna go and take a ride wit' me We three wheelin' in the four with the gold cv's Oh why do I look this way? (Hey, must be the money)
Outkast's, "Hey Ya!"
Misheard Lyrics:
Shake it like a porno-watchin' preacher
Original Lyrics:
Shake it like a Polaroid picture.
Vampire Weekend 's, "A-Punk"
Misheard Lyrics:
One-thousand years in one pizza sandwich
Original Lyrics:
One-thousand years in one piece of silver
 
2010s
5 Seconds Of Summer's, "She Looks So Perfect"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've got your name tattooed in my anal part
Original Lyrics:
I’ve got your name tattooed in an arrow heart
Fall Out Boy's, "Alone Together"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tonight my hides just running chest
Original Lyrics:
Tonight I'm high as a private jet
Fall Out Boy's, "Centuries"
Misheard Lyrics:
Digi wash machine, as long as ice Allah, the shadow isn't you.
'Cause I am the opposite of any theater.
Original Lyrics:
Until you die for me, as long as there is light, my shadows over you.
'Cause I am the opposite of amnesia.
Fall Out Boy's, "Centuries"
Misheard Lyrics:
Heavy made me smoke my art
Original Lyrics:
Heavy metal broke my heart
Fall Out Boy's, "Centuries"
Misheard Lyrics:
You look so pretty
But you cum so soon
Original Lyrics:
You look so pretty
But you're gone so soon
Fall Out Boy's, "The Phoenix"
Misheard Lyrics:
Because the world is just Nutella and we are wearing black.
Original Lyrics:
Because the world is just a teller and we are wearing black.
Fall Out Boy's, "The Phoenix"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm gonna change you like a remix, then I'll raise you like a penis.
Original Lyrics:
I'm gonna change you like a remix, then I'll raise you like a pheonix.
Fall Out Boy's, "Young Volcanoes"
Misheard Lyrics:
We will teach you how to make boy's necks go out of a**holes.
Original Lyrics:
We will teach you how to make boys next door out of a**holes.
Lorde's, "Team"
Misheard Lyrics:
Where are these Scottish things?
Original Lyrics:
We're on each other's team
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars', "Uptown Funk!"
Misheard Lyrics:
Up, down, f*** you up.
Original Lyrics:
Uptown funk you up.
Sheppard's, "Geronimo"
Misheard Lyrics:
So stay, you animal
So say "your animal"
Original Lyrics:
So say Geronimo
Sia's, "Chandelier"
Misheard Lyrics:
Throw 'em back, tonight don't stop
Original Lyrics:
Throw 'em back, till I can't count
Taylor Swift's, "Blank Space"
Misheard Lyrics:
Got a lonely Starbucks lovers
or
Got a lonely start as lovers
Original Lyrics:
Got a long list of ex-lovers
 
misc
Slayer's, "South of Heaven"
Misheard Lyrics:
A little south of heaven
Original Lyrics:
On and on, south of heaven

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