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1960s
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Bad Moon Rising "
Misheard Lyrics:
Hey the black man stole my bike
Original Lyrics:
There's a bad moon on the rise.
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Bad Moon Rising"
Misheard Lyrics:
I see a bathroom rising
Original Lyrics:
I see a bad moon rising
The Moody Blues', "Nights In White Satin"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pensative people look back and lament.
Original Lyrics:
Bedsitter people look back and lament.
The Who's, "Happy Jack"
Misheard Lyrics:
And they couldn't stop Jack on the water that day
Original Lyrics:
But they couldn't stop Jack or the waters lapping
Theme Songs', "Flintstones (Opening Theme)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lets ride, with the family down the street
Through the courtesy of Fred's front seat.
Original Lyrics:
Let's ride with the family down the street
Through the courtesy of Fred's two feet
 
1970s
Andrew Gold's, "Never Let Her Slip Away"
Misheard Lyrics:
I never ruined the gas, I could miss someone so bad
Original Lyrics:
I never would have guessed I could miss someone so bad
Andrew Gold's, "Thank You for Being a Friend"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the car attached would say
Original Lyrics:
And the card attached would say
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?"
Misheard Lyrics:
I wanna know, have you ever seen the range?
Original Lyrics:
I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain?
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Up Around the Bend"
Misheard Lyrics:
Come on around the wind
We're going up around the Ben
Original Lyrics:
Come on the rising wind
We're going up around the bend
Stevie Wonder's, "Superstition"
Misheard Lyrics:
syphilis gets you any way
Original Lyrics:
superstitious ain't the way
 
1980s
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dildo in Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion
Original Lyrics:
Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion
Billy Squier's, "The Stroke"
Misheard Lyrics:
Smokin', smokin'
Original Lyrics:
Stroke me, stroke me.
Billy Vera and the Beaters', "At This Moment"
Misheard Lyrics:
With Cheers in your ass
Original Lyrics:
With tears in your eyes
Billy Vera and the Beaters', "Life Goes On (Empty Nest theme)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Life goes On, answer wheat
Original Lyrics:
Life goes on, and so do we
Gary Portnoy's, "Where Everybody Knows Your Name"
Misheard Lyrics:
Taking a break from all your walrus sure would help a lot
Original Lyrics:
Taking a break from all your worries sure would help a lot
Juice Newton's, "Angel of the Morning"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just count my sheep before you leave me
Original Lyrics:
Just touch my cheek before you leave me.
Miami Sound Machine's, "Bad Boy"
Misheard Lyrics:
My heart goes beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep
Original Lyrics:
My heart goes beat, beat, beat, beat, beat, beat
Michael Franks', "Your Secret's Safe with Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Seek your sake with me
Original Lyrics:
Your secret's safe with me
Paul Simon's, "Myth of Fingerprints"
Misheard Lyrics:
Elvis is a watermelon
Original Lyrics:
Ever since the watermelon.
Spandau Ballet's, "Gold"
Misheard Lyrics:
Love is like a hard reservoir
Original Lyrics:
Love is like a high prison wall
Tears for Fears', "Shout"
Misheard Lyrics:
And when you take the doubt you've got
Original Lyrics:
And when you've taken down your guard
Texas', "I Don't Want A Lover"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't want an oven I just need a fridge.
Original Lyrics:
I don't want a lover I just need a friend.
The Go-Go's', "We Got the Beat"
Misheard Lyrics:
We've gotta pee!
Original Lyrics:
We got the beat
The Kinks', "Destroyer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Paranoia will destroy ya
Original Lyrics:
Paranoia, the destroyer
 
1990s
Billy Vera and the Beaters', "Baby All My Life I Will Be Driving Home to You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sittin' here in traffic or the queen's gonna bitch tonight
Original Lyrics:
Sittin' here in traffic on the Queensboro Bridge tonight
Blur's, "Girls and Boys"
Misheard Lyrics:
...on prototype
Nothing in your nineties, is paranoid
Original Lyrics:
.... on holiday
Love in the nineties, is paranoid
Fatboy Slim's, "The Rockafeller Skank"
Misheard Lyrics:
Check it out now, peace now brothers.
Original Lyrics:
Check it out now, funk soul brother.
Scorpions', "Wind of Change"
Misheard Lyrics:
For-a the most part
Original Lyrics:
I followed the Moskva
The Rembrandts', "I'll Be There for You"
Misheard Lyrics:
When it hasn't been your day, we come on, believin' you're here.
Original Lyrics:
When it hasn't been your day, your week, your month or even your year.
 
2000s
Fall Out Boy's, "America's Suitehearts"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm in love with my own shoes
Original Lyrics:
I'm in love with my own sins
Fall Out Boy's, "I Don't Care"
Misheard Lyrics:
And let hemoglobin in chains
Original Lyrics:
And let December glow in flames
Fall Out Boy's, "Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lactobacilli
Lactobacilli
Original Lyrics:
Light a match and leave me be
Light a match and leave me be
Fall Out Boy's, "Sugar We're Going Down "
Misheard Lyrics:
Lie on the gas Next to the mall a Liam
Original Lyrics:
Lie in the grass, next to the mausoleum
Florence & The Machine's, "My Boy Builds Coffins"
Misheard Lyrics:
My boy builds coffee
Original Lyrics:
My boy builds coffins
Green Day's, "American Eulogy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Fuck your wives
Original Lyrics:
Fucking lies
Green Day's, "American Eulogy"
Misheard Lyrics:
That's hysteria
Original Lyrics:
Mass hysteria
Green Day's, "Christian's Inferno"
Misheard Lyrics:
I am the autobot
Original Lyrics:
I am the atom bomb
Justin Timberlake's, "Rock Your Body"
Misheard Lyrics:
I want to rock your body, to the break of day
Original Lyrics:
I wanna rock your body, please stay.
Justin Timberlake's, "Rock Your Body"
Misheard Lyrics:
So you grab the girls and you grab a couple more Then you're ought to meet me in the middle of the floor
Original Lyrics:
So you grab your girls and you grab a couple more And you all come meet me in the middle of the floor
Skillet's, "Rebirthing"
Misheard Lyrics:
For the first time now, I care what life's about.
Original Lyrics:
For the first time now, I come alive somehow.
System of a Down's, "B.Y.O.B."
Misheard Lyrics:
And still you feed us pies from the tablecloth
Original Lyrics:
And still you feed us lies from the tablecloth.
Uncle Kracker's, "You Make Me Smile"
Misheard Lyrics:
You make me shine like a goat, buzz like a bee....
Original Lyrics:
You make me shine like gold, buzz like a bee...
Within Temptation's, "Our Solemn Hour"
Misheard Lyrics:
We demons run on solar power
Original Lyrics:
Redeem us from our solemn hour
 
2010s
Adele's, "Rolling in the Deep"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheese and buttercups
Original Lyrics:
Tears are going to fall
Fall Out Boy's, "American Beauty/American Psycho"
Misheard Lyrics:
You take a bowl full of truth then you pour some out,
You take that bowl full of truth then you pour some out.
Original Lyrics:
You take the full, full truth and pour some out.
You take the full full truth and pour some out.
Imagine Dragons', "I'm So Sorry"
Misheard Lyrics:
The son of a stepson of-
The son of a-
I'm so sorry!
Original Lyrics:
The son of a stepfather
The son of a-
I'm so sorry!
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars', "Uptown Funk!"
Misheard Lyrics:
We can drag 'em out of retirement
Original Lyrics:
make a dragon wanna retire, man
Taylor Swift's, "Blank Space"
Misheard Lyrics:
Got a long-lipped Starbucks lover
Original Lyrics:
Got a long list of ex-lovers
 
country
Tim McGraw's, "Live Like You Were Dying"
Misheard Lyrics:
I went 2.7 seconds On a bull named Fu Manchu.
Original Lyrics:
I went 2.7 seconds On a bull named Blue Manchu.
Tim McGraw's, "Live Like You Were Dying"
Misheard Lyrics:
On a bull named Blue Mongoose
Original Lyrics:
On a bull named Fu-Manchu

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