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1950s | |
Doris Day's, "Que Sera, Sera"
Misheard Lyrics: Käse lau, se lau, (as a child)
Original Lyrics: Que sera, sera!
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1960s | |
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Bad Moon Rising"
Misheard Lyrics: I see parakeets of lightning
Original Lyrics: I see earthquakes and lightnin'
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Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Down on the Corner"
Misheard Lyrics: Down on the corner, Downy in the street
Original Lyrics: Down on the corner, out here in the street
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Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Lookin' out My Back Door"
Misheard Lyrics: Memories of an elephant
Original Lyrics: Tambourines and elephants
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Nina Simone's, "Sinnerman"
Misheard Lyrics: Horse in a man, where you gonna run to?
Original Lyrics: Oh sinnerman, where you gonna run to?
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Roger Miller's, "England Swings"
Misheard Lyrics: Tryin' to mock the weathercock fun but all in vain
Gazing at the docker men with dirty chow mein Original Lyrics: Tryin' to mock the way they talk fun but all in vain
Gaping at the dapper men with derby hats and canes. |
The Band's, "The Weight"
Misheard Lyrics: Crazy Chester followed me and he caught me in the bar
Original Lyrics: Crazy Chester followed me and he caught me in the fog
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The Kingston Trio's, "Deportee"
Misheard Lyrics: All they will call you will be tea for tea.
Original Lyrics: All they will call you will be deportee.
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1970s | |
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Lookin' out My Back Door"
Misheard Lyrics: Dude dude dude, looking at her back door
Original Lyrics: Doo-doo-doo, lookin' out my back door.
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Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Proud Mary"
Misheard Lyrics: Big wheels, keep on turdy
Original Lyrics: Big wheels, keep on turnin'
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England Dan and John Ford Coley's, "Id Really Live to See You Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm not talking 'bout the living.
Original Lyrics: I'm not talking 'bout moving in.
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Meatloaf's, "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth"
Misheard Lyrics: There were frogs crawling over the sand.
Original Lyrics: There was fog crawling over the sand.
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Queen's, "Seven Seas of Rhye"
Misheard Lyrics: I challenge the mighty Titan and his two lords
Original Lyrics: I challenge the mighty titan and his troubadours
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The Spinners', "One of a Kind Love Affair"
Misheard Lyrics: Butter pecan lover fairies
Original Lyrics: One of a kind, love affair it is
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War's, "Spill the Wine"
Misheard Lyrics: Cool ride, tic-tac-toe
Original Lyrics: Spill the wine, take that pearl
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War's, "Why Can't We Be Friends?"
Misheard Lyrics: Why can't we be French?
Original Lyrics: Why can't we be friends?
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1980s | |
Boomtown Rats', "I Don't Like Mondays"
Misheard Lyrics: Sweet 16 ain't too peachy keen.
Original Lyrics: Sweet 16 ain't that peachy keen.
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David Bowie's, "Let's Dance"
Misheard Lyrics: Tremble like a fawn
Original Lyrics: Tremble like a flower
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Dire Straits', "Romeo and Juliet"
Misheard Lyrics: All I do is chase you through the bars in the rain
Original Lyrics: All I do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme.
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Eddie Money's, "Take Me Home Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: Just like Rent-a-Center
Original Lyrics: Just like Ronnie sang
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Imagination's, "Just an Illusion"
Misheard Lyrics: Bug Dig Bop
It's just an illusion Original Lyrics: Could it be that
It's just an illusion |
Kenny Loggins', "Footloose"
Misheard Lyrics: Please, Louise, go out and get me some cheese.
Original Lyrics: Please, Louise
Help me off of my knees. |
Nena's, "99 Redballoons"
Misheard Lyrics: I think I'll just let it go
Original Lyrics: I think of you, and let it go
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Saga's, "It's Time (Chapter 3)"
Misheard Lyrics: The bookhand said, that all the pans
Would be well within my reach. Original Lyrics: The book has said, that all the plans
Would be well within my reach |
Saga's, "It's Time (Chapter 3)"
Misheard Lyrics: The pieces fit so perfectly like some Lord's mental game.
Original Lyrics: The pieces fit so perfectly like some large metal game.
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Toto's, "Africa"
Misheard Lyrics: I test the drains down in Africa
Original Lyrics: I bless the rains down in Africa.
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1990s | |
Alan Jackson's, "Livin' on Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Love can walk thru fire with Abe Lincoln
Original Lyrics: Love can walk thru fire without blinkin'
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Enigma's, "Return to Innocence"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't be afraid to be weep
Original Lyrics: Don't be afraid to be weak
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Nirvana's, "Come As You Are"
Misheard Lyrics: Damn the media, damn the media
Original Lyrics: Memoria, memoria
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Nirvana's, "Something in the Way"
Misheard Lyrics: And I'm living off of grass
And the drippings from the semen Original Lyrics: And I'm living off of grass
And the drippings from the ceiling |
Shakespear's Sister's, "Stay"
Misheard Lyrics: When your bride is on the floor
Original Lyrics: When your pride is on the floor
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Sir Mix-a-Lot's, "Baby Got Back"
Misheard Lyrics: My anal condom don't want a nun unless you've got buns, hun
Original Lyrics: My anaconda don't want none, unless you got buns, hun.
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2000s | |
Commercial's, "Checkers/Rally's"
Misheard Lyrics: You won't go fart unless you eat
Original Lyrics: You won't go far unless you eat
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Fall Out Boy's, "Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner"
Misheard Lyrics: Happy hour's pepper becomes bigger every day
Original Lyrics: The hand behind this pen relives a failure every day.
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The-Dream's, "My Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Who's throwin' corn at you baby?
Original Lyrics: Who's the one calling you baby?
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2010s | |
Bruno Mars', "Uptown Funk"
Misheard Lyrics: This one for them hood girls them good girls
Straight masturbaters Original Lyrics: This one for them hood girls, them good girls
Straight masterpieces |
Fall Out Boy's, "Centuries"
Misheard Lyrics: You look so s***ty but you're gone so soon
Original Lyrics: You look so pretty but you're gone so soon
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George Ezra's, "Budapest"
Misheard Lyrics: You ooh, you ooh
Adividoo! Original Lyrics: You, ooh, ooh, you
I leave it all. |
Linkin Park's, "Final Masquerade"
Misheard Lyrics: And static was forever
But then it slept away Original Lyrics: You said it was forever
But then it slipped away |
One Direction's, "What Makes You Beautiful "
Misheard Lyrics: Frozen and can't breathe
Original Lyrics: Frozen in Cubury
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Pharrell Williams', "Happy"
Misheard Lyrics: Clap along if you feel like a room without a room
Original Lyrics: Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
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Taylor Swift's, "Blank Space"
Misheard Lyrics: Pennsylvania Starbucks lovers
Original Lyrics: Got a long list of ex-lovers
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christian | |
Michelle Tumes', "Christe Eleison"
Misheard Lyrics: In the age of wanton despair
Original Lyrics: In the age of want and despair
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Michelle Tumes', "Lovely"
Misheard Lyrics: A thousand times
I look around me and high-five Original Lyrics: A thousand times
I look around me and I find |
Michelle Tumes', "With the Angels"
Misheard Lyrics: Who wet the angels?
Original Lyrics: I'm with the angels.
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xmas | |
Donny Hathaway's, "This Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics: Hangle the mistletoe
Original Lyrics: Hang all the mistletoe
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