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1950s
Patsy Cline's, "Crazy"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm crazy for feeding salami
Original Lyrics:
I'm crazy for feeling so lonely
 
1960s
Bobby Fuller Four's, "I Fought the Law"
Misheard Lyrics:
I fought the low one, the low one
Original Lyrics:
I fought the law and the law won.
Simon and Garfunkel's, "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like a swan that's been and gone
Original Lyrics:
Like a swan that's here and gone
The Animals', "House of the Rising Sun"
Misheard Lyrics:
With Watford on the platform, and Brentford on the train.
Original Lyrics:
With one foot on the platform, the other foot on the train.
 
1970s
10cc's, "The Things We Do for Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Too many brown cahoots have fallen in the river.
Original Lyrics:
Too many broken hearts have fallen in the river.
Bob Marley's, "Jammin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
We're charming, charming,
And I hope you like charming, too
Original Lyrics:
We're jammin', jammin',
And I hope you like jammin', too
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Sweet Hitch-Hiker"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sweet into Haifa
Original Lyrics:
Sweet hitch-a-hiker
John Lennon's, "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"
Misheard Lyrics:
A very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year,
Let's all think of football,
Without any feet
Original Lyrics:
A very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year,
Let's hope it's a good one,
Without any fear
Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams', "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late"
Misheard Lyrics:
Guess who's older
The kids are gone
Original Lyrics:
Guess it's over
The kids are gone
Led Zeppelin's, "Immigrant Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
Always sleeping, catching up
I wanna go, where there's a western shop.
Original Lyrics:
On we sweep with threshing oar
Our only goal will be the western shore.
Lou Reed's, "Perfect Day"
Misheard Lyrics:
Drinks angrier in the park
Original Lyrics:
Drink sangria in the park
Lou Reed's, "Perfect Day"
Misheard Lyrics:
We can design our own, it's such fun.
Original Lyrics:
Weekenders on our own, it's such fun
Paul McCartney's, "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey"
Misheard Lyrics:
Drink a little beer gypsy, get around.
Original Lyrics:
Live a little, be a gypsy, get around.
Rod Stewart's, "Hot Legs"
Misheard Lyrics:
Imagine how my Diana felt
In your jet black suspender belt
Original Lyrics:
Imagine how my daddy felt
In your jet black suspender belt
Stealer's Wheel's, "Stuck in the Middle with You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Clouds to the left of me
Junkyards to the right
Original Lyrics:
Clowns to the left of me
Jokers to the right
The Clash's, "Janie Jones"
Misheard Lyrics:
He don't like his foreign job, no.
Original Lyrics:
He don't like his boring job, no.
 
1980s
Baltimora's, "Tarzan Boy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Night tonight
Gimme the old man gimme the old man.
Original Lyrics:
Night tonight
Gimme the other, gimme the other.
Cyndi Lauper's, "Time After Time"
Misheard Lyrics:
After my picture fades and Loch Ness has turned to grey
Original Lyrics:
After my picture fades and Darkness has turned to grey
Grateful Dead's, "Throwing Stones"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's a beer down here we can't forget
Original Lyrics:
There's a fear down here we can't forget
G's, "Picasso Moon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Diggin' it and drivin'
Oo-ee-oo-ee
Original Lyrics:
It's bigger than a drive-in movie-oo-ee
Iron Maiden's, "The Evil That Men Do"
Misheard Lyrics:
Slept in the dust with his daughter
Her eyes red with the slaughter of anal sex
Original Lyrics:
Slept in the dust with his daughter
Her eyes red with the slaughter of innocence
Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams', "Without Us (Family Ties theme)"
Misheard Lyrics:
And I can't remember what I ever damned before
Original Lyrics:
And I can't remember what I ever did before
Lindsey Buckingham's, "Holiday Road"
Misheard Lyrics:
Holiday Woooooooooorld
Holiday Wooooooorld
Original Lyrics:
Holiday Rooooooooooad
Holiday Rooooooooad
Pointer Sisters', "Slow Hand"
Misheard Lyrics:
I want somebody who will spend some time
Not come and go in a heaving rush
Original Lyrics:
I want somebody who will spend some time
Not come and go in a heated rush
The Beach Boys', "Kokomo"
Misheard Lyrics:
Um unique, a monster atmosphique
And Um, a prince. I wanna catch a glimpse.
Original Lyrics:
Martinique, that Monserrat mistique
And Port au Prince, I wanna catch a glimpse
Tina Turner's, "Simply the Best"
Misheard Lyrics:
Give me a lifetime of ponces and a world of dreams.
Original Lyrics:
Give me a lifetime of promises and a world of dreams.
 
1990s
Beastie Boys', "Intergalactic"
Misheard Lyrics:
Intergalactic, kill the children
Kill the children, Intergalactic.
Original Lyrics:
Intergalactic planetary
Planetary Intergalactic.
Bush's, "Glycerine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Our old friend Phil and you and me.
Original Lyrics:
Our old friend fear and you and me.
Chumbawamba's, "Tubthumping"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like Jethro Tull
Original Lyrics:
I get knocked down
Commercial's, "It's So Much Friendlier with Pooh"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pooh's the friendliest bear around
Original Lyrics:
Who's the friendliest bear around?
Deep Blue Something 's, "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
Misheard Lyrics:
And this hour ago I think we both kinda liked it
Original Lyrics:
And as I recall I think we both kinda liked it
Len's, "Steal My Sunshine"
Misheard Lyrics:
all twisted 'round some wheat
Original Lyrics:
all twisted wrong and beat
PJ & Duncan's, "Stuck on U"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like a talk, a talkin' to Lee
Original Lyrics:
Like a dog, a dog on a lead
Pato Banton's, "Baby Come Back"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sweep me baggas and see
Original Lyrics:
Yes, wi' me bag o' sensi
Pearl Jam's, "Dissident"
Misheard Lyrics:
When she couldnt hold on, oh no she boned him
Pissy pants, pissy pants is here.
Original Lyrics:
When she couldn't hold oh, she folded,
A dissident is here
Pulp's, "Something Changed"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, this song, 2 hours before we met
Original Lyrics:
I wrote this song 2 hours before we met
U2's, "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Christened like your sister, livin' like a tart
Original Lyrics:
Dressing like your sister, living like a tart
Vanilla Ice's, "Ice Ice Baby"
Misheard Lyrics:
Light up a stage and wax a chump like a vandool
Original Lyrics:
Light up a stage and wax a chump like a candle
 
2000s
Nickelback's, "Photograph"
Misheard Lyrics:
I think the prison owner fixed it up.
Original Lyrics:
I think the present owner fixed it up.
 
2010s
Avril Lavigne's, "Give You All You Want"
Misheard Lyrics:
Russians aren't that hard to borrow
Original Lyrics:
Emotions aren't that hard to borrow
Bastille's, "Pompeii"
Misheard Lyrics:
ayy lmao, lmao ayy lmao, lmao ayy lmao, lmao ayy lmao, lmao
Original Lyrics:
eh eh oh, eh oh eh eh oh, eh oh eh eh oh, eh oh eh eh oh, eh oh
Bruno Mars & Mark Ronson's, "Uptown Funk"
Misheard Lyrics:
Fill my cup, put some nigga in it
Original Lyrics:
Fill my cup, put some liquor in it
Calvin Harris', "How Deep Is Your Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
So tell me how deep is your love, Knievel Evel
Original Lyrics:
So tell me how deep is your love, can it go deeper?
Fall Out Boy's, "Favorite Record"
Misheard Lyrics:
Forget the way that we danced, we danced.
To dance again, we danced, we danced.
Original Lyrics:
Forget the way that we danced, we danced.
To Danzig, and we danced, we danced.
Fall Out Boy's, "Just One Yesterday"
Misheard Lyrics:
foxes: ( i f***ed it up for you )
Original Lyrics:
foxes: ( i planned it all for you )
Lady Gaga's, "Applause"
Misheard Lyrics:
The way that your children speak to me.
Original Lyrics:
The way that you cheer and scream for me
Sebastian Ingrosso's, "On My Way"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm gonna hit the minato
Original Lyrics:
I'm gonna hit the Lotto
Shawn Mendes', "Stitches"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gotta Ginsu out of my head, Ginsu out of my head
Original Lyrics:
Gotta get you out of my head, get you out of my head
 
country
Queen's, "Somebody to Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
I work 'til I ate my bones.
Original Lyrics:
I work 'til I ache my bones.
 
misc
Fall Out Boy's, "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm not a shoulder to cry on, but I've got graves
Original Lyrics:
I'm not a shoulder to cry on, but I digress

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