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1950s
Neil Sedaka's, "Going Home to Mary Lou"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm going home to marry Lou
Original Lyrics:
I'm going home to Mary Lou
 
1960s
Marvin Gaye's, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
Misheard Lyrics:
I know a man on suppositories, but these tears I can't hold inside
Original Lyrics:
I know a man ain't supposed to cry, but these tears I can't hold inside
Status Quo's, "Down The Dustpipe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Turned into the lonely dustpipe,
Hope my pickle can stand the test.
Original Lyrics:
Turned into the lonely dustpipe,
Hope my pick-up can stand the test.
The Band's, "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
Misheard Lyrics:
You can't raise a Cain back up when he's in the deep.
Original Lyrics:
You can't raise a Caine back up
When it's in defeat.
The Hollies', "Jennifer Eccles"
Misheard Lyrics:
Last kiss, hate her and go
Original Lyrics:
Love, kiss, hate or adore
The Sandpipers', "Guantanamera"
Misheard Lyrics:
One ton tomato
Original Lyrics:
Guantanamera
Guajira Guantanamera
The Searchers', "Needles and Pins"
Misheard Lyrics:
She'll feel those needles and pins,
Hump her, Hump her
Original Lyrics:
She'll feel those needles and pins,
A-hurtin' her, a-hurtin' her
The Seekers', "Georgy Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
Nobody and me could ever see the loneliness there.
Original Lyrics:
Nobody you meet could ever see the loneliness there.
 
1970s
B.W. Stevenson's, "My Maria"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mama Rita
Original Lyrics:
My Maria
Boney M's, "Rasputin"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ra Ra Raspberry tea
Original Lyrics:
Ra Ra Rasputin
Captain & Tennille's, "Shop Around"
Misheard Lyrics:
You better chuck a rod
Original Lyrics:
You better shop around
Carly Simon's, "You're So Vain"
Misheard Lyrics:
I had some dreams they were grounds in my coffee, grounds in my coffee
Original Lyrics:
I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee, clouds in my coffee
Donovan's, "There Is a Mountain"
Misheard Lyrics:
The lark up on my garden eats a snail, that's what it is
Original Lyrics:
The lock upon my garden gate's a snail, that's what it is
Grateful Dead's, "Brown-Eyed Women"
Misheard Lyrics:
Black eyed women and blue ketamine
The blotter was custie but the liquid was clean
Original Lyrics:
Brown eyed women, and red grenadine.
The bottle was dusty, but the liquor was clean.
Hall & Oates', "Sara Smile"
Misheard Lyrics:
When I feel cold, you warn me
Original Lyrics:
When I feel cold, you warm me
Jimmy Buffett's, "Come Monday"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've spent four lonely days in a Brown Debbie haze
Original Lyrics:
I've spent four lonely days in a Brown Derby haze
Middle of the Road's, "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep"
Misheard Lyrics:
Where's your poppadum?
Original Lyrics:
Where's your poppa gone
Neil Sedaka's, "Amarillo"
Misheard Lyrics:
Is this the way to have a ribbon?
Original Lyrics:
Is this the way to Amarillo?
Olivia Newton-John's, "Deeper Than the Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
Deeper than the night
Stronger than a locomotive
Original Lyrics:
Deeper than the night
Stronger than the north wind blowing
Olivia Newton-John's, "Deeper Than the Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
Why do you always seem to dance around
Original Lyrics:
Why do your eyes seem to dance away?
Paul & Linda McCartney's, "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey"
Misheard Lyrics:
Little little neo-gypsy, gad around (gad around)
Get your feet up off the ground
Little little, gad around.
Original Lyrics:
Live a little, be a gypsy, get around (get around)
Get your feet up off the ground
Live a little, get around.
Queen's, "Seven Seas of Rhye"
Misheard Lyrics:
Be gone with you, you short and shady semaphores
Give out the good, keep out the bald eagle cries
Original Lyrics:
Be gone with you, you shod and shady senators
Give out the good, leave out the bad evil cries
Steely Dan's, "Josie"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sleep on the bitch, naked
Original Lyrics:
Sleep on the beach and make it
Steely Dan's, "Peg"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hey! Welcome back to me
Original Lyrics:
Peg, it will come back to you
Sweet's, "Ballroom Blitz"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the man in the back said, 'Everyone attack'
Then he hit 'em in the balls, then splits
Original Lyrics:
And the man at the back said, 'Everyone attack'
And it turned into a ballroom blitz.
Sweet's, "Ballroom Blitz"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ball-Room pants, Ball-Room pants
Ball-Room pants, Ball-Room pants
Original Lyrics:
Ballroom blitz, Ballroom blitz
Ballroom blitz, Ballroom blitz
Vicki Lawrence's, "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia"
Misheard Lyrics:
And a big fat chick grabbed his dong and said "Why'd ya do it?"
Original Lyrics:
And the big-bellied sheriff grabbed his gun and said, "Why'd ya do it?
Vicki Lawrence's, "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the locust said 'Hello'.
And he said "Hi, what's doin', Lo?"
Original Lyrics:
Andy Wollace said 'Hello'.
And he said "Hi, what's doin', Wo?"
Vicki Lawrence's, "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia"
Misheard Lyrics:
Brother bought his wife mustard in town
Original Lyrics:
Brother thought his wife musta left town
Vicki Lawrence's, "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia"
Misheard Lyrics:
Since you been gone, she's been seein' that nameless boy since
Original Lyrics:
Since you been gone, she's been seein' that Amos boy, Seth
 
1980s
Band Aid's, "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Feed the worms
Original Lyrics:
Feed the world
Cher's, "If I Could Turn Back Time"
Misheard Lyrics:
Words are like kippers
They wound sometimes.
Original Lyrics:
Words are like weapons
They wound sometimes.
Journey's, "Escape"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just when you think you have it all figured out,
A one-night stand can change your mind.
Original Lyrics:
Just when you think you had it all figured out
Runnin' scared can change your mind.
Kenny Loggins', "Footloose"
Misheard Lyrics:
Footloose, Footloose, kick off your sorry shoes
Original Lyrics:
Footloose, Footloose, kick off your Sunday shoes
Misheard Lyrics:
Dreaming what cannot be science
Original Lyrics:
Dreaming what cannot be sighted
Olivia Newton-John's, "Physical"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let's get Busytown
Original Lyrics:
Let's get physical
Paul Simon's, "All Around the World/The Myth of Fingerprints"
Misheard Lyrics:
Elvis is the watermelon
Original Lyrics:
Ever since the watermelon
REO Speedwagon's, "Take It on the Run"
Misheard Lyrics:
They say you got a boyfriend
You're at it every weekend.
Original Lyrics:
They say you got a boyfriend
You're out late every weekend.
Tears for Fears', "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can't stand this indecision
Married with a television
Original Lyrics:
I can't stand this indecision
Married with a lack of vision.
 
1990s
Metallica's, "Enter Sandman"
Misheard Lyrics:
Extra light
Enter night
Original Lyrics:
Exit light
Enter night.
Nightwish's, "Nymphomaniac Fantasia"
Misheard Lyrics:
Deeper shall be the world between your legs
Original Lyrics:
Deeper shall be the wound between your legs
 
2000s
Franz Ferdinand's, "Take Me Out"
Misheard Lyrics:
I know I won't be lieber herr
Original Lyrics:
I know I won't be leaving here
Green Day's, "Wake Me Up When September Ends"
Misheard Lyrics:
The answer can never last.
Original Lyrics:
The innocent can never pass.
Muse's, "Hoodoo"
Misheard Lyrics:
When I bought some créme brûlée
Original Lyrics:
And our bodies crumble away
 
2010s
Fall Out Boy's, "Twin Skeletons"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's a room in a hotel in New York City
The chairs are fake and deserve our pity
Original Lyrics:
There's a room in a hotel in New York City that shares our fate and deserves our pity.
Fall Out Boy's, "Uma Thurman"
Misheard Lyrics:
Put your, put your f-f-fingers in me
Original Lyrics:
Put your, put your v-v-venom in me
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars', "Uptown Funk!"
Misheard Lyrics:
This is that ice-cold,
Machete-like disco
Original Lyrics:
This hit that ice cold
Michelle Pfeiffer that white gold
Rachel Platten 's, "Fight Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
This is my fart song
Original Lyrics:
This is my fight song
Selena Gomez's, "Good for You"
Misheard Lyrics:
I think I'll paint my skin till your heart's beating
Original Lyrics:
And syncopate my skin to your heart beating
Skrillex's, "Bangerang"
Misheard Lyrics:
Salsa on my balls boys, s-s-s-s-s-s-salsa on my balls boys
Weed Brownie
Original Lyrics:
Shout out to all my lost boys, sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-sh shout out to all my lost boys
We Rowdy

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