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1950s
Dean Martin's, "Volare"
Misheard Lyrics:
Volare, oh, oh
Volare, oh, oh, oh, oh
Nell blew deep into the blue
Felicity stole a lasso.
Original Lyrics:
Volare, oh, oh
Volare, oh, oh, oh, oh
Nel blu, dipinto di blu
Felice di stare lassu.
The Coasters', "Yakety Yak"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take out the papers and the trash
Or you don't get no Sunday cash
Original Lyrics:
Take out the papers and the trash
Or you don't get no spending cash
The Everly Brothers', "Bye Bye Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bye bye, sweep the rest
Original Lyrics:
Bye bye, sweet caress.
 
1960s
Johnny Tillotson's, "Poetry In Motion"
Misheard Lyrics:
No numbered nylon potion
Original Lyrics:
No number nine love potion
 
1970s
Bob Dylan's, "Lay, Lady, Lay"
Misheard Lyrics:
Layla delay
Original Lyrics:
Lay, lady, lay
Bob Dylan's, "Simple Twist of Fate"
Misheard Lyrics:
And stopped into a strange hotel where the Neon run in fright
Original Lyrics:
And stopped into a strange hotel with a neon burning bright
Boney M's, "Brown Girl in the Ring"
Misheard Lyrics:
I remember once at the day night
We had fried fish and Johnny Case
Original Lyrics:
I remember one Saturday night
We had fried fish and johnny cakes.
Boney M's, "Rivers of Babylon"
Misheard Lyrics:
By the rivers of Babylon where we sat down
There we wept as we remembered Simon
Original Lyrics:
By the rivers of Babylon where we sat down
There we wept as we remembered Zion
Carole King's, "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Can I believe the magic of your thighs?
Original Lyrics:
Can I believe the magic of your sighs?
First Class', "Beach Baby"
Misheard Lyrics:
Beach baby, beach baby, give me your hair
Give me something that I can remember
Original Lyrics:
Beach baby, beach baby, give me your hand
Give me something that I can remember
George Harrison's, "My Sweet Lord"
Misheard Lyrics:
Harry kissed ya, Harry kissed ya,
Kissed ya kissed ya, Harry Harry
Original Lyrics:
Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
Golden Earring's, "Radar Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Brian Lee's, 'Coming On Strong'
Original Lyrics:
Brenda Lee's, 'Coming On Strong'
Golden Earring's, "Radar Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Rain or love
Original Lyrics:
Radar love
Golden Earring's, "Twilight Zone"
Misheard Lyrics:
Help I'm slippin' into the Twilight Zone
Original Lyrics:
Help I'm steppin' into the Twilight Zone
King Harvest's, "Dancing in the Moonlight"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's such a fine and national sight
Original Lyrics:
It's such a fine and natural sight
Lynyrd Skynyrd's, "The Ballad of Curtis Lowe"
Misheard Lyrics:
I wish that Jew was here so everyone would know.
Original Lyrics:
I wish that you was here so everyone would know
Player's, "Baby Come Back"
Misheard Lyrics:
I was long, and I just can't live without you
Original Lyrics:
I was wrong, and I just can't live without you
Queen's, "Now I'm Here"
Misheard Lyrics:
America's new brighter bee
Original Lyrics:
America's new bride to be
T-Rex's, "20th Century Boy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Weather stays fine, weather stays good
Ev'rybody says it's just like Robin Hood
Original Lyrics:
Friends say it's fine, friends say it's good
Ev'rybody says it's just like rock 'n' roll
The Jackson 5's, "Rockin' Robin"
Misheard Lyrics:
All the little birds on Jailbird Street
Original Lyrics:
All the little birds on Jaybird Street
 
1980s
Big Country's, "Fields of Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Before the falling of the west
Before the Julian arrest
Original Lyrics:
Before the following of the west
Before the journey and the rest
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
'Lawrence of Arabia', British beat Albania,
Old mist, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson
Original Lyrics:
'Lawrence of Arabia', British Beatlemania,
Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson
Electric Light Orchestra's, "All Over the World"
Misheard Lyrics:
L.A., New York, Amsterdam, Monte Carlo, Chinaman
Original Lyrics:
L.A., New York, Amsterdam, Monte Carlo, Shard End and...
Elton John's, "Passengers"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wander on, he wander on
Wander on, he wander on
Original Lyrics:
Want to get on, he want to get on
Want to get on, he want to get on
Jackson Browne's, "Boulevard"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody walks right by like they're saints or something.
Original Lyrics:
Everybody walks right by like they're safe or something.
Johnny Hates Jazz's, "Shattered Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics:
You've given me
Given me
Nothing but Jam and Cream, Jam and Cream
Original Lyrics:
You've given me
Given me
Nothing but shattered dreams
Shattered dreams.
Kylie Minogue's, "Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Germans say Pop or Quack
Original Lyrics:
Je ne sais pas pourquoi.
Michael Jackson's, "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mama said Mama saw my Michael soft!
Original Lyrics:
Mama se, mama sa, mama cu sa
Michael Sembello's, "Maniac"
Misheard Lyrics:
Is a place most smelly feet
Original Lyrics:
Is a place most never see
Pat Benatar's, "All Fired Up"
Misheard Lyrics:
The deepest cuts are in my face
Original Lyrics:
The deepest cuts are healed by faith.
Paul Simon's, "All Around the World/The Myth of Fingerprints"
Misheard Lyrics:
Elvis is the watermelon.
Original Lyrics:
Ever since the watermelon.
Rod Stewart's, "Baby Jane"
Misheard Lyrics:
I won't be that ptarmigan I know
It's gonna last forever.
Original Lyrics:
I won't be that dumb again I know
It's gonna last forever.
Roxy Music's, "Avalon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Now the party's over, I'm Sir Tyler
Then I see you coming
Out of Nolan.
Original Lyrics:
Now the party's over, I'm so tired
Then I see you coming
Out of nowhere.
Wang Chung's, "Dance Hall Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
And in her eyes, two sofas blue
Original Lyrics:
And in her eyes, two sapphires blue
Yes', "Owner of a Lonely Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
Only rotten lonely hearts
Original Lyrics:
Owner of a lonely heart
 
1990s
Boyzone's, "Love Me for a Reason"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't love me for fun, girl
Let me be the Womble.
Original Lyrics:
Don't love me for fun, girl
Let me be the one, girl.
Fatboy Slim's, "The Rockefeller Skank"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ra ra ra ra ra ra ra ra
Rubber sh-oes rubber sh-oes
Original Lyrics:
Ra ra ra ra ra ra ra ra
Trouble shooter, trouble shooter
Monster Magnet's, "Space Lord"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll shave off my pits and the smoke of your broom.
Original Lyrics:
Well I'll shave off the pitch now and the scope of your tune.
 
2000s
Arcade Fire's, "We Used to Wait"
Misheard Lyrics:
No one loves a change at first
Original Lyrics:
Now our lives are changing fast
 
2010s
Fall Out Boy's, "The Phoenix "
Misheard Lyrics:
High on blood.
Doesn't it feel like our time is running out?
Original Lyrics:
Hey Youngblood
Doesn't it feel like our time is running out?
My Chemical Romance's, "Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Make no apology, and stand for victory
Original Lyrics:
Make no apology, it's death or victory.
One Direction's, "Drag Me Down"
Misheard Lyrics:
The shell of a mannequin never be his best
Original Lyrics:
The shell of a man who could never be his best
Panic! At the Disco's, "Let's Kill Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics:
Fate will play us out
With the song of pyramids
Original Lyrics:
Fate will play us out
With a song of pure romance
Pentatonix's, "Can't Sleep Love "
Misheard Lyrics:
Canned sweet love
or
Can't sweep love
or
Can sweep love
or
Can sweet love
Original Lyrics:
Can't sleep love
SayWeCanFly's, "Driftwood Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bert, I'll hold your body close
Original Lyrics:
But I'll hold your body close
The Weeknd's, "The Hills"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hydra lies,
Hydra lies
Original Lyrics:
Hide your lies,
Hide your lies
 
country
Gene Autry's, "Back in the Saddle Again"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm back in Seattle again
Original Lyrics:
I'm back in the saddle again
Gene Autry's, "Don't Fence Me In"
Misheard Lyrics:
Defense me in
Original Lyrics:
Don't fence me in
Glen Campbell's, "Rhinestone Cowboy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Getting constant letters from people I don't even know
Original Lyrics:
Getting cards and letters from people I don't even know
 
misc
Traditional's, "Yankee Doodle"
Misheard Lyrics:
And with the girls, be randy
Original Lyrics:
And with the girls, be handy

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