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1960s
Misheard Lyrics:
Cleaned a lot of plates and milk bits
Original Lyrics:
Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis
Simon and Garfunkel's, "The Sound of Silence"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the sign said, the worst sodding prophets
Are written on the subway walls
Original Lyrics:
And the sign said, the words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
The Beach Boys', "Sloop John B"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sarah Johnstone
Why don't you leave me alone?
Original Lyrics:
Sheriff John Stone
Why don't you leave me alone?
The Beatles', "Polythene Pam"
Misheard Lyrics:
Well you could say she was a tractor we built
Original Lyrics:
Well you could say she was attractively built
The Seekers', "A World of Our Own"
Misheard Lyrics:
Far away from the bus I'll find the bright city lights
Original Lyrics:
Far away from the bustle and the bright city lights
 
1970s
Alice Cooper's, "I Never Cry"
Misheard Lyrics:
My heart is burnin'
It ain't never been high
Original Lyrics:
My heart's a virgin
It ain't never been tried
Charlie Rich's, "The Most Beautiful Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
Woah, she cryin', cryin',
Original Lyrics:
Was she cryin', cryin'?
Dr. Hook's, "Sylvia's Mother"
Misheard Lyrics:
Please, Mrs. Apricot.
Original Lyrics:
Please, Mrs. Avery.
Gordon Lightfoot's, "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like human rolls, superior things
In the rooms of a race not to mention.
Original Lyrics:
Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings
In the rooms of her ice water mansion.
Kate Bush's, "Wuthering Heights"
Misheard Lyrics:
I caught a bad poof called Heathcliff
Original Lyrics:
I'm coming back, love, cruel Heathcliff.
Thin Lizzy's, "Whiskey in the Jar"
Misheard Lyrics:
I first produced my pistol and then produced my reindeer
I said stand in the liver or the devil he may take ya
Original Lyrics:
I first produced my pistol and then produced my rapier
I said stand and deliver or the devil he may take ya
Warren Zevon's, "Werewolves of London"
Misheard Lyrics:
I saw a werewolf drinking a pink coloured lager at Trader Vick's
Original Lyrics:
I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vick's
Wizzard's, "See My Baby Jive"
Misheard Lyrics:
Look out! Look out! You'd better get out
You might as well go home
She said my Fred is coming to bed
So give me back my clothes
Original Lyrics:
Look out! Look out! Your Momma will shout
You might as well go home
She said my bed gets into your hair
So give me back my comb
 
1980s
Aztec Camera's, "Somewhere in My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
And somewhere in my heart
There is the winter, said the freak
Original Lyrics:
And somewhere in my heart
There is the will to set you free
Dire Straits', "Skateaway"
Misheard Lyrics:
And then she let a big Jock grease her up
Original Lyrics:
I swear she let a big truck grease her hip
Dire Straits', "Walk of Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
He do the song about the sweet 'n loopy woman.
Original Lyrics:
He do the song about the sweet lovin' woman.
Don Henley's, "The Boys of Summer"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can see you, Yablonski's shining in the sun.
Original Lyrics:
I can see you, your brown skin shining in the sun.
Jeffrey Osborne's, "Stay with Me Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics:
Make me feel just like a school for girls
Original Lyrics:
Make me feel just like a schoolboy, girl
Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes', "Up Where We Belong"
Misheard Lyrics:
But we clone them a stiff every day
Original Lyrics:
But we climb them a step every day
Matthew Wilder's, "Break My Stride"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm running on a one-touch ground
Original Lyrics:
I'm running and I won't touch ground
Michael Jackson's, "Beat It"
Misheard Lyrics:
show them hot f***ing
Original Lyrics:
show them how funky
Prefab Sprout's, "The King of Rock and Roll"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hot dog, waiting for, I was cookie
Original Lyrics:
Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque
Queen's, "Don't Try Suicide"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't put your neck on the line
Don't drown on me babe
Original Lyrics:
Don't put your neck on the line
Don't drown on ebay
R.E.M.'s, "Stand"
Misheard Lyrics:
Now think about your ex and
Wonder why you're havin' none.
Original Lyrics:
Now think about direction
Wonder why you haven't now.
Soft Cell's, "Tainted Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take my tea son that's not Nellie Oh..
Original Lyrics:
Take my tears and that's not nearly all.
Survivor's, "High on You"
Misheard Lyrics:
There you stood, bad teacher
Original Lyrics:
There you stood, that'll teach ya
 
1990s
Bryan Adams', "Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven"
Misheard Lyrics:
Then you taught me to fly like a bug
Original Lyrics:
Then you taught me to fly like a bird
Charles & Eddie's, "Would I Lie to You?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Look into my ass
Can't you see they're open what
Borderline to you baby
Borderline to you
Original Lyrics:
Look into my eyes
Can't you see they're open wide
Would I lie to you, baby?
Would I lie to you?
Eiffel 65's, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm blue if I were green I would die, I'm in need of a guy!
Original Lyrics:
I'm blue (da ba dee da ba di)
Godsmack's, "Voodoo"
Misheard Lyrics:
When I feel the snakebite, and tear my veins
Original Lyrics:
When I feel the snake bite enter my veins.
Jennifer Lopez's, "If You Had My Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
If you had my love
And I gave you all my trucks
Would you come from me?
Original Lyrics:
If you had my love
And I gave you all my trust
Would you comfort me?
M People's, "Search For The Hero"
Misheard Lyrics:
Search for the hero inside yourself
Until you hand the key to your wife.
Original Lyrics:
Search for the hero inside yourself
Until you find the key to your life.
Mark Knopfler's, "Sailing to Philadelphia"
Misheard Lyrics:
They chucked me out for baking bread
But I had often dreamed it's dead.
Original Lyrics:
They'd cut me out for baking bread
But I had other dreams instead
Pet Shop Boys', "Suburbia"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mother's got a weirdo, Tubby Dunn,
Who says they're too old for toys.
Original Lyrics:
Mother's got a hairdo, to be done,
She says they're too old for toys.
Richard Marx's, "Hazard"
Misheard Lyrics:
And leave this old new basket town
Original Lyrics:
And leave this old Nebraska town
Traveling Wilburys', "Devil's Been Busy"
Misheard Lyrics:
You see your second cousin
Wasted in a fight
You say he had it comin'
He could have won his right
But they always come movin'
Playin' fiddle hard
Original Lyrics:
You see your second cousin
Wasted in a fight
You say he had it coming
You couldn't do it right
You're in a western movie, playing the part
The devil's been busy in your back yard
 
2000s
Bruce Springsteen's, "The Rising"
Misheard Lyrics:
Come on up, Verizon
Original Lyrics:
Come on up for the rising
Fall Out Boy's, "Xo"
Misheard Lyrics:
Twinks in the club that
Were born from the keys in your car
Original Lyrics:
To drinks at the club to the bar
To the keys to your car
Girls Aloud's, "Life Got Cold"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't believe that "war heroes" are heroes any more...
Original Lyrics:
I don't believe in Romeos or heroes anymore
Green Day's, "A Quick One While He's Away (The Who Cover)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Choo choo, choo choo, choo choo, choo choo, choo choo, choo choo
Original Lyrics:
Cello, cello, cello, cello, cello, cello
Green Day's, "A Quick One While He's Away (The Who Cover)"
Misheard Lyrics:
You aren't forgiven
(You aren't forgiven)
F*** him (him), f*** him (him), f*** him (him), f*** him (him)...
Original Lyrics:
You are forgiven
(You are forgiven)
Forgiven, forgiven, forgiven, forgiven...
System of a Down's, "Chic n Stu"
Misheard Lyrics:
Door's closed. Lights are out. Beijing home!
Original Lyrics:
Door's closed. Lights are out. Butter's getting hard!
TV Commercials', "Flintstones Chewable Vitamins"
Misheard Lyrics:
Be a Flintstones kid.
Ten million strong and growing
Original Lyrics:
We're the Flintstones Kids
Ten million strong, and growing.
 
2010s
Fall Out Boy's, "American Beauty/American Psycho"
Misheard Lyrics:
You take a full full tooth and you pour some out.
You take a full full tooth and 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.
Fall Out Boy's, "The Mighty Fall"
Misheard Lyrics:
And swallow, swallow the cheese
Original Lyrics:
And swallow, swallow the key
Groove Armada's, "At the River"
Misheard Lyrics:
If you're fond of sandjews and saltiness
Original Lyrics:
If you're fond of sand dunes and salty air
Imagine Dragons', "Radioactive"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm waking up to action ducks,
I wait for Frau and I sweat my bust.
I'm breaking in, to cut the code
Original Lyrics:
I'm waking up, to ash and dust
I wipe my brow and I sweat my rust
Breathing in the chemicals
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars', "Uptown Funk!"
Misheard Lyrics:
Michelle fights for that white house!
Original Lyrics:
Michelle Pfeiffer that white gold
 
country
Willie Nelson's, "Always on My Mind"
Misheard Lyrics:
Little things I should have said it Don.
Original Lyrics:
Little things I should have said and done.

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