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1960s
Judy Collins', "Both Sides Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's clowns' illusions I recall.
I really don't know clowns at all.
Original Lyrics:
It's clouds' illusions I recall.
I really don't know clouds at all.
Kinks', "Waterloo Sunset"
Misheard Lyrics:
But I don't feel a friend
Original Lyrics:
But I don't feel afraid
The Beatles', "When I'm Sixty-Four"
Misheard Lyrics:
Fear of Chuck and Dave
Original Lyrics:
Vera, Chuck, and Dave
 
1970s
America's, "Sister Golden Hair"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've been one fourth core despondent.
I've bee too too hard to find.
Original Lyrics:
I been one poor correspondent
I been too too hard to find
Dragon's, "April Sun in Cuba"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the day he shook him ahah
Original Lyrics:
And the day he shook him up
Dragon's, "April Sun in Cuba"
Misheard Lyrics:
Snake eyes on the paradise
Original Lyrics:
Snake eyes on a PAIR OF DICE
Earth, Wind & Fire's, "Shining Star"
Misheard Lyrics:
Shannon's not for you to see, what your wife can truly be
Original Lyrics:
Shining star for you to see, what your life can truly be.
Eric Burdon and War's, "Spill the Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Spill the wine, dig that girl.
Original Lyrics:
Spill the wine, take that pearl.
Fleetwood Mac's, "Landslide"
Misheard Lyrics:
Well the landslide will bring a town
Original Lyrics:
Well the landslide will bring it down
Hall & Oates', "Sara Smile"
Misheard Lyrics:
Said her smile
Original Lyrics:
Sara smile
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John's, "You're the One That I Want"
Misheard Lyrics:
I got shoes; they're made of plywood.
Original Lyrics:
I got chills; they're multiplying.
Linda Ronstadt's, "You're No Good"
Misheard Lyrics:
I learned my lesson, it left a star
Original Lyrics:
I learned my lesson, it left a scar
Paul Simon's, "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pop on the bus, Gus
Original Lyrics:
Hop on the bus, Gus
Paul Simon's, "Slip Slidin' Away"
Misheard Lyrics:
Slip slidin' awake
Original Lyrics:
Slip slidin' away
Rod Stewart's, "You Wear It Well"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't object if you calculate
Original Lyrics:
I don't object if you call collect
Squeeze's, "Up the Junction"
Misheard Lyrics:
She gave birth to a daughter
A little yellow porker
Original Lyrics:
She gave birth to a daughter
Within a year a walker.
Sweet's, "Fox on the Run"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't wanna know your name
'Cause you don't look insane
Original Lyrics:
I don't wanna know your name
'Cause you don't look the same
The O'Jays', "Use Ta Be My Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
You can beat her crooked
Original Lyrics:
You can't beat her cookin'
The Stampeders', "Sweet City Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh my banjo and me
We got a feel for the scene.
Original Lyrics:
Oh, my banjo 'n me
We got a feel for singin'.
 
1980s
Baltimora's, "Tarzan Boy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gimme the oral, gimme the oral
Original Lyrics:
Gimme the other, gimme the other.
Dire Straits', "Telegraph Road"
Misheard Lyrics:
A long time ago came a man on a track
Walking thirty miles with a cat on his back
Original Lyrics:
A long time ago came a man on a track
Walking thirty miles with a sack on his back
Dire Straits', "Tunnel of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Going crazy on the wall, sir, but it's the life that I choose
Original Lyrics:
Getting crazy on the waltzers but it's the life that I choose
Journey's, "Any Way You Want It"
Misheard Lyrics:
Any May you want it
That's the way you mead it
Original Lyrics:
Anyway you want it
That's the way you need it
Juice Newton's, "Queen of Hearts"
Misheard Lyrics:
Playing with the queen of farts
Original Lyrics:
Playing with the queen of hearts
Squeeze's, "Another Nail in My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
With where are the beans and faraway towns
Trying to be good by Latvian ground
Original Lyrics:
With where have you beens and faraway frowns
Trying to be good by not being round
Stray Cats', "Sexy and 17"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just-a dyin' to get in and what about sex appeal?
Original Lyrics:
Just a dollar to get in and twenty-five cents a beer
Ultravox's, "Vienna"
Misheard Lyrics:
Vince means nothing to me
Original Lyrics:
This means nothing to me.
Van Halen's, "Jump"
Misheard Lyrics:
Can't be see me standing here?
I've got my back against the racking fourteen.
Original Lyrics:
Can't you see me standing here?
I've got my back against the record machine.
 
1990s
Celine Dion's, "If You Asked Me To"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's been lonesome since I've had that feeling
Original Lyrics:
It's been a long time since I've had that feeling
Crowded House's, "Weather with You"
Misheard Lyrics:
You can fight the sheep, but not the dream
Original Lyrics:
You can fight the sleep, but not the dream
DJ Luck and MC Neat's, "A Little Bit of Luck"
Misheard Lyrics:
I live in a mixing bowl.
Original Lyrics:
Hollerin' the rinsin' sound.
Jay-Z's, "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)"
Misheard Lyrics:
We're all my nickels with the rubber grips, for shots
And if you whip me mom I rub on your ticks, what not?
Original Lyrics:
Where all my niggers with the rubber grips, bust shots
And if you with me mom I rub on your tits, and what not?
Sarah McLachlan's, "Adia"
Misheard Lyrics:
We are fatter, doesn't matter.
Original Lyrics:
We all falter, does it matter?
Theme Songs', "Pappyland"
Misheard Lyrics:
Deed to Pappyland
Original Lyrics:
He drew Pappyland
Theme Songs', "Rolie Polie Olie"
Misheard Lyrics:
He's small and spurt and round
Original Lyrics:
He's small and smart and round
Wallflowers', "One Headlight"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's got to be something better than air mail
Original Lyrics:
There's got to be something better than in the middle
 
2000s
Ben Folds', "Rockin' the Suburbs"
Misheard Lyrics:
You bet on my scalp, because I'm gonna say f***
Original Lyrics:
You better watch out, because I'm gonna say f***
Fall Out Boy's, "Disloyal Order of Water Buffaloes"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ritos just Doritos
Original Lyrics:
Detox just to retox
Fall Out Boy's, "Sugar, We're Goin' Down"
Misheard Lyrics:
I know you love cornflakes, cock and a bullet
Original Lyrics:
A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it.
Gregorian with Amelia Brightman's, "Moment of Peace"
Misheard Lyrics:
In a world without dangers
Original Lyrics:
In a world without angels
Hoobastank's, "Crawling in the Dark"
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause I'm f***ing and I just can't see what's in front of me!
Original Lyrics:
'Cause I'm looking and I just can't see what's in front of me!
Jimmy Eat World's, "Big Casino"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll accept with boys, with grace
Original Lyrics:
I'll accept with poise, with grace
Jimmy Eat World's, "Big Casino"
Misheard Lyrics:
Well, there's lots of smart Ikeas in books on MegaRed
Original Lyrics:
Well, there's lots of smart ideas in books I never read
The Offspring's, "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid"
Misheard Lyrics:
Now tits, her f*** her tits
Man he never had a chance
Original Lyrics:
Now dance, f***er, dance
Man he never had a chance
 
2010s
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars', "Uptown Funk!"
Misheard Lyrics:
Girl, say it, hallelujah
Original Lyrics:
Girls, hit your hallelujah
PSY's, "Gangnam Style"
Misheard Lyrics:
Adam there was, Sadam said "Oh-whoah"
Original Lyrics:
Areumdawo sarangseureowo
 
country
Glen Campbell's, "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
Misheard Lyrics:
By the time I get to feel it, she'll be rising..
Original Lyrics:
By the time I get to Phoenix, she'll be rising..
Willie Nelson's, "On the Road Again"
Misheard Lyrics:
I got five others making music with my friends
Original Lyrics:
The life I love is making music with my friends
 
misc
Cast of Rent's, "Seasons of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
525,600 Mentos
Original Lyrics:
525,600 minutes
Children's Song's, "John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt"
Misheard Lyrics:
John Jangle Jenkinheimer Schmidt
Your name's my name, too.
Original Lyrics:
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
His name's my name, too.

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