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1950s
Disney's Lady and the Tramp's, "He's a Tramp"
Misheard Lyrics:
He's a trap
Original Lyrics:
He's a Tramp
Nat 'King' Cole's, "Orange Colored Sky"
Misheard Lyrics:
This is it, this is it, this is it, I mean, IT!
Original Lyrics:
This is it, this is it, this is it, I-T, IT!
 
1960s
Richard Harris', "MacArthur Park"
Misheard Lyrics:
Someone left the cake out and Lorraine
Original Lyrics:
Someone left the cake out in the rain
The Supremes', "Where Did Our Love Go"
Misheard Lyrics:
Baby baby, where did our love go? And all of your promises, all the love I ever mourned?
Original Lyrics:
Baby baby, where did our love go? And all of your promises of a love forevermore.
 
1970s
Bruce Springsteen's, "Thunder Road"
Misheard Lyrics:
These two legs will take us anywhere
Original Lyrics:
These two lanes will take us anywhere
Queen's, "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Crazy little thinker, love.
Original Lyrics:
Crazy little thing called love.
Styx's, "Come Sail Away"
Misheard Lyrics:
But we'll try, bless that we can, to carry on
Original Lyrics:
But we'll try, best that we can, to carry on
Sweet's, "Wig Wam Bam"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wig-wam bam, gonna make you my man
Wam bam bam, gonna get you a fart can.
Original Lyrics:
Wig-wam bam, gonna make you my man
Wam bam bam, gonna get you if I can
Warren Zevon's, "Werewolves of London"
Misheard Lyrics:
Whale loads of blubber
Original Lyrics:
Werewolves of London
 
1980s
Billy Ocean's, "Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)"
Misheard Lyrics:
How do you sleep?
Now we're sharing the same dream.
Original Lyrics:
Caribbean Queen
Now we're sharing the same dream.
Elton John's, "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cum on my hands
Original Lyrics:
Time on my hands
Eurythmics', "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sweet dreams are made of this Who am I to disagree? I've traveled the world since seventeen Everybody's lookin' for something
Original Lyrics:
Sweet dreams are made of this Who am I to disagree? I travel the world and the Seven Seas Everybody's lookin' for something
Taco's, "Puttin' On the Ritz"
Misheard Lyrics:
Putin on the Ritz.
Original Lyrics:
Puttin' on the Ritz.
The Pretenders', "Back in the Chain Gang "
Misheard Lyrics:
Like a book in the Bible, was your heart
Original Lyrics:
Like a break in the battle was your part
Tom Tom Club's, "Wordy Rappinghood"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's okay! I've overstood
This is a worthy Robin Hood.
Original Lyrics:
It's okay! I've overstood
This is a wordy rappinghood.
Yes', "Leave It"
Misheard Lyrics:
Downtown you get in the way
But you never came back
Original Lyrics:
Downtown they're giving away
But she never came back
Yes', "Leave It"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gonna guard the guard, gonna drive in the snow
Original Lyrics:
McArthur Park in the driving snow
Yes', "Leave It"
Misheard Lyrics:
We have the same intrigue as the god of kings
Original Lyrics:
We have the same intrigue as a court of kings
 
1990s
Alanis Morissette's, "Ironic"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's a suicide that just didn't take
Original Lyrics:
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Backstreet Boys', "Larger Than Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
All of our time spent, batches of lies
Original Lyrics:
All of our time spent in flashes of light
Bruce Cockburn's, "Hey, It's Franklin!"
Misheard Lyrics:
Growing little
Original Lyrics:
Growing a little
Chumbawamba's, "Tubthumping"
Misheard Lyrics:
I get no doubt
But I get over it
Original Lyrics:
I get knocked down
But I get up again
Commercial's, "Golden Crisp"
Misheard Lyrics:
Eat part of this complete breakfast
Original Lyrics:
It's part of this complete breakfast
Dr. Dre Featuring Snoop Dogg's, "The Next Episode"
Misheard Lyrics:
If you believe in the ass you'll be relievin' your stress
Original Lyrics:
If you believe in the S you'll be relievin' your stress
Eiffel 65's, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'ma beat off a guy (Da ba de da ba die)
Original Lyrics:
Blue is the color of all that I wear
Eiffel 65's, "Blue Da Ba Dee"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm blue,I will beat up a guy Justin Bieber will die I'm on need of a knife Justin Bieber will die He will bleed and he die I will pee on a guy Justin Bieber just died.
Original Lyrics:
I'm blue, da ba dee, da ba die, da ba dee, da ba dai, da ba dee da ba di da ba dee, da ba dai, da ba dee da ba di
Inner Circle's, "Bad Boys"
Misheard Lyrics:
Please, don't give me no break
Original Lyrics:
Police naw give you no break
Nirvana's, "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lay on pine cones, bring your friends
It's fun to lose and to pretend
She's over bored and self assured
Oh no, I know a dirty word
Original Lyrics:
Load up on guns, bring your friends
It's fun to lose and to pretend
She's over bored and self assured
Oh no, I know a dirty word
Theme Songs', "Animaniacs"
Misheard Lyrics:
This time for Animaniacs
Original Lyrics:
It's time for Animaniacs
Theme Songs', "Pinky and the Brain"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just paint me and the braids
Original Lyrics:
The Pinky and the Brain
Theme Songs', "Tiny Toon Adventures"
Misheard Lyrics:
And now our song is dumb
Original Lyrics:
And now our song is done
Ziggy Marley's, "Believe in Yourself (Arthur theme)"
Misheard Lyrics:
You got to listen to your heart
Listen to the beef
Listen to the river
The river or the stream
Original Lyrics:
You got to listen to your heart
Listen to the beat
Listen to the rhythm
The rhythm of the street
 
2000s
Panic! At the Disco!'s, "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"
Misheard Lyrics:
With a sense of poison rationality
Original Lyrics:
With a sense of poise and rationality
The Misfits', "Saturday Night "
Misheard Lyrics:
There are 52 ways to flirt with anyone
Original Lyrics:
There are 52 ways to murder anyone
Theme Songs', "Caillou"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm just a kid who scores
Original Lyrics:
I'm just a kid who's four
Three Days Grace's, "Riot"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lester Riot, Riot
Original Lyrics:
Let's start a riot, a riot.
 
2010s
Black Veil Brides', "We Stitch These Wounds"
Misheard Lyrics:
You kissed the lips of an emo.
Original Lyrics:
You kissed the lips of evil.
Calvin Harris', "Outside"
Misheard Lyrics:
Now I'm holdin' on
Boyself was never enough for me
Original Lyrics:
Now I'm holdin' on
Myself was never enough for me
Carolina Chocolate Drops', "Daughter's Lament"
Misheard Lyrics:
To spend this hour with me
Original Lyrics:
To spend this hour with thee
Daft Punk's, "Get Lucky"
Misheard Lyrics:
What keeps the planet FEMEN (uh)
Original Lyrics:
What keeps the planet spinning (uh)
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't know where the lights are taking us
But f***ing in the night is dangerous.
Original Lyrics:
I don't know where the lights are taking us
But something in the night is dangerous
Jidenna's, "Classic Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Omi, hold me all night
Original Lyrics:
My name calling all night
John Newman's, "Cheating"
Misheard Lyrics:
And if you're s***ting, s*** on, yeah
'Cause s***ting's just a thing you do
Original Lyrics:
And if you're cheating, cheat on, yeah
'Cause cheating's just a thing you do
Omi's, "Cheerleader"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh I think I found myself a der·ri·ère
Original Lyrics:
Oh I think that I found myself a cheerleader
Queensryche's, "Eye9"
Misheard Lyrics:
The priest was there with sandy hair.
Original Lyrics:
Crawl through the walls of this passage you’ll find
Shakira's, "La La La"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lego!
Original Lyrics:
Leggo!
 
country
Buck Owens and Roy Clark's, "Pickin' and Grinnin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dang yankees Dang yankees Dang yankees Them dang yanks!
Original Lyrics:
I'm a pickin'
And I'm a grinnin'.
 
misc
Disney's Bambi's, "Little April Showers"
Misheard Lyrics:
Shippin' shots, Little April Showers
Beating a tuna's to fall around
Original Lyrics:
Drip, drip, drop, Little April Showers
Beating a tune as you fall around
Disney's Bambi's, "Love is a Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
Love is a Song that never read
Original Lyrics:
Love is a Song that never ends
Traditional's, "The Ants Go Marching"
Misheard Lyrics:
The little one shops to pick up sticks
Original Lyrics:
The little one stops to pick up sticks

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