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1950s
Disneyland's, "Matterhorn (Safety Spiel)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cinnamon toast and tacos, por favor
Original Lyrics:
Permanecer sentados por favor
 
1960s
Procol Harum's, "Homburg"
Misheard Lyrics:
You'd better take off for Hamburg
Original Lyrics:
You'd better take off your homburg
Simon and Garfunkel's, "America"
Misheard Lyrics:
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
They've all come to look for a miracle
Original Lyrics:
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
They've all come to look for America
The Beatles', "I Am the Walrus"
Misheard Lyrics:
I am the leg man
They are the leg men.
Original Lyrics:
I am the eggman
They are the eggmen.
The Beatles', "Penny Lane"
Misheard Lyrics:
The little children laugh at Tim behind his back.
Original Lyrics:
The little children laugh at him behind his back.
 
1970s
Bob Dylan's, "Tangled Up in Blue"
Misheard Lyrics:
I lived with Emma on Montague Street
Original Lyrics:
I lived with them on Montague Street
Boney M's, "Ma Baker"
Misheard Lyrics:
More more more more
More bacon
Original Lyrics:
Ma ma ma ma
Ma Baker
Carly Simon's, "You're So Vain"
Misheard Lyrics:
Well I hear you went up to Saratoga and your house naturally won
Then you threw your widget at a nervous Russian
To see the total eclipse of the sun.
Original Lyrics:
Well I hear you went up to Saratoga and your horse naturally won
Then you flew your Lear jet up to Nova Scotia
To see the total eclipse of the sun.
David Bowie's, "Ziggy Stardust"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like a leather missile
Original Lyrics:
Like a leper messiah
Earth, Wind & Fire's, "September"
Misheard Lyrics:
Party on
Original Lyrics:
Ba de ya
Elton John's, "Crocodile Rock"
Misheard Lyrics:
Learning fast as the whizz bang past
Original Lyrics:
Learning fast as the weeks went past
Elton John's, "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
Misheard Lyrics:
Your cat trapped me in your penthouse
I'm going back to Mike Brown
Original Lyrics:
You can't plant me in your penthouse
I'm going back to my plough.
Elton John's, "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
Misheard Lyrics:
Your cat trapped me in your penthouse
I'm going back to Mike Brown
Original Lyrics:
You can't plant me in your penthouse
I'm going back to my plough.
Gerry Rafferty's, "Baker Street"
Misheard Lyrics:
He's got this thing about balsam land.
Original Lyrics:
He's got this thing about buying some land.
Rod Stewart's, "The Killing of Georgie, Part I and II"
Misheard Lyrics:
Leavin' home on a gay old bus
Custard by the ones he loves
Original Lyrics:
Leavin' home on a Greyhound bus
Cast out by the ones he loves
The Four Seasons', "Who Loves You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Come to me, baby Lucy
Original Lyrics:
Come to me, baby, you'll see
The Knack's, "My Sharona"
Misheard Lyrics:
Meist the Rollers
Original Lyrics:
My Sharona
 
1980s
ABBA's, "Waterloo"
Misheard Lyrics:
Waterloo! How were your feet when you won the war?
Original Lyrics:
Waterloo! I was defeated, you won the war.
ABBA's, "Waterloo"
Misheard Lyrics:
Waterloo! Howard and Peter have won the war
Original Lyrics:
Waterloo! I was defeated, you won the war.
Bob Marley's, "Buffalo Soldier"
Misheard Lyrics:
Buffalo soldier, dead black rasta.
Original Lyrics:
Buffalo soldier, dreadlock rasta.
Bruce Springsteen's, "Thunder Road"
Misheard Lyrics:
The screen door slams
Mary's dressed, waiting
Original Lyrics:
The screen door slams
Mary's dress waves
Buggles', "Video Killed the Radio Star"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh-a oh-a, I met your children
Oh-a oh-a, and then I killed them
Original Lyrics:
Oh-a oh-a, I met your children
Oh-a oh-a, what did you tell them?
Bullet Boys', "Smooth Up in You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hot chinchillas!
Original Lyrics:
I'll send shivers.
Dire Straits', "Walk of Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
Here comes Johnny singing hold these goalies
Original Lyrics:
Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies
Duran Duran's, "Hungry Like the Wolf"
Misheard Lyrics:
A holiday wine, I'm after you.
Original Lyrics:
I howl and I whine, I'm after you.
John Mellencamp's, "Cherry Bomb"
Misheard Lyrics:
Outside the curb, Cherry Bomb
Original Lyrics:
Outside the club Cherry Bomb.
Los Lobos', "La Bamba"
Misheard Lyrics:
So you copy cat, so you copy cat
Original Lyrics:
Soy capitan, soy capitan
Madonna's, "Who's That Girl?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Senorita, my espina
OR
Senorita, mas piña
Original Lyrics:
Senorita, mas fina
Marillion's, "Kayleigh"
Misheard Lyrics:
Kayleigh, is it too late to say I'm Sally?
Original Lyrics:
Kayleigh, is it too late to say I'm sorry?
Steve Miller Band's, "Abracadabra"
Misheard Lyrics:
Black Bettys with an injured face.
Original Lyrics:
Black panties with an angel's face.
Stevie Wonder's, "Part Time Lover"
Misheard Lyrics:
We are undercover, fashion on the run.
Original Lyrics:
We are undercover passion on the run.
Ultravox's, "Vienna"
Misheard Lyrics:
A man and a dog in a picture frame
A mystical sofa
Original Lyrics:
A man in the dark in a picture frame
So mystic and soulful
 
1990s
Bash & Pop's, "Fast And Hard"
Misheard Lyrics:
On a first-class ticket to Harlem
For a dyin' chance in the pouring rain.
Original Lyrics:
Got a first-class ticket to Harlem
With a dyin' man and a feeling hand.
Bash & Pop's, "Fast And Hard"
Misheard Lyrics:
Want it fast and hot
Well I heard your plea.
Original Lyrics:
Want it fast and hard
Yeah I'm hard to please.
Bash & Pop's, "Fast and Hard"
Misheard Lyrics:
I have so much s***, I can't smell.
Original Lyrics:
Your team boy s*** I can't smell.
Carly Simon's, "Two Hot Girls (On a Hot Summer Night)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Me and Jenny, twinklin' like crystalline pennies
Original Lyrics:
Me and Jenny, twinklin' like crystal and pennies
Elton John's, "Can You Feel The Love Tonight?"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's enough to make kings and pleated bond leave the prairie lands.
Original Lyrics:
It's enough to make kings and vagabonds believe the very best.
Robert Palmer's, "Addicted to Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Might as well face it, you're a Tic-Tac to love.
Original Lyrics:
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love.
 
2000s
Coldplay's, "Viva La Vida"
Misheard Lyrics:
For some reason I can't explain
Emotion beater will call my name
Original Lyrics:
For some reason I can't explain
I know saint Peter won't call my name
Coldplay's, "Yellow"
Misheard Lyrics:
Juvenile
For you I plead myself tried
Original Lyrics:
And you know
For you I'd bleed myself dry
Daft Punk's, "Digital Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Why don't you play the gate?
Original Lyrics:
Why don't you play the game?
Infected Mushroom's, "Sa'eed"
Misheard Lyrics:
I hope I can kill then say the same
Original Lyrics:
I hope I can chill and stay the same
My Chemical Romance's, "I Never Told You What I Do for a Living"
Misheard Lyrics:
Touch my angel soup
I fall out of grace
Original Lyrics:
Touched by angels, though I fall out of grace
 
2010s
George Ezra's, "Blame It on Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wookie waiting for Wookie waiting for
Original Lyrics:
What you waiting for? No, what you waiting for?
Imagine Dragons', "Radioactive"
Misheard Lyrics:
Breaking in, raping us, checking out all the prison butts.
Original Lyrics:
I'm breaking in, shaping up, then checking out on the prison bus
Linkin Park's, "Final Masquerade"
Misheard Lyrics:
You said it was forever
But then it slipped away
Standing at the airport
Tryin' to masturbate
Original Lyrics:
You said it was forever
But then it slipped away
Standing at the end of
The final masquerade
Pink's, "Just Give Me a Reason"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just a second we're not broken in bed.
Original Lyrics:
Just a second we're not broken, just bent.
 
country
Simon and Garfunkel's, "Cecilia"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cecilia, you're breaking my heart
You shake in my coffin today, dear
Original Lyrics:
Cecilia, you're breaking my heart
You're shaking my confidence daily.
 
misc
Traditional's, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic"
Misheard Lyrics:
His tooth is marching on
Original Lyrics:
His truth is marching on
 
xmas
Traditional's, "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear"
Misheard Lyrics:
From angels bending near the earth to touch their harpsachord
Original Lyrics:
From angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold.

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