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1950s
Joan Weber's, "Let Me Go, Lover!"
Misheard Lyrics:
You don't want me but you want me to go on like a mule.
Original Lyrics:
You don't want me but you want me to go on wanting you.
 
1960s
Harry Nilsson's, "Best Friend"
Misheard Lyrics:
People let me talk to you about by bandstand
Original Lyrics:
People let me talk to you about my best friend
Harry Nilsson's, "Sleep Late, My Lady Friend"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sleep late, my little friend
Original Lyrics:
Sleep late, my lady friend
Janis Joplin's, "Piece of my Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
Fresh ass!
Original Lyrics:
Take it!
 
1970s
Bachman-Turner Overdrive's, "Let It Ride"
Misheard Lyrics:
Or would you say goodbye. Your bush of lettuce is dry!
Original Lyrics:
Or would you say goodbye, or would you let it ride?
Billy Joel's, "Big Shot"
Misheard Lyrics:
Well. you went uptown riding in your lemon squeeze
Original Lyrics:
Well, you went uptown riding in your limousine
David Bowie's, "Moonage Daydream"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a spaceship, baby
Original Lyrics:
I'm a space invader
David Bowie's, "Young Americans"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ain't that close to love?
Original Lyrics:
Ain't that poster love?
David Bowie's, "Young Americans"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mama's got cramps, look at your hands shake
Original Lyrics:
Mama's got cramps, look at your hands ache
Gary Wright's, "Dream Weaver"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ooh dream wiener, I believe we can make a boner ride.
Original Lyrics:
Ooh dream weaver, I believe you can get me through the night.
Misheard Lyrics:
She got a crank
Original Lyrics:
She got a cramp
LTD's, "Back in Love Again"
Misheard Lyrics:
When I'm like a man
Original Lyrics:
When I look I'm in
Pratt & McClain's, "Happy Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
The weekend comes
'Cause I'm ho hum
Original Lyrics:
The weekend comes
The cycle hums
Steely Dan's, "King of the World"
Misheard Lyrics:
smoking all those cigarettes
Original Lyrics:
Smoking cobalt cigarettes
Steely Dan's, "My Old School"
Misheard Lyrics:
To find you with the working girls in Cavages
Original Lyrics:
To find you with the working girls in the county jail
The Cars', "Bye Bye Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
In Birmingham, my energies, until your fears are dead
Original Lyrics:
Involving all my energies until you visited
The Police's, "Message in a Bottle"
Misheard Lyrics:
100 billion castaways
Looking for a w--re
Original Lyrics:
100 billion castaways
Looking for a home
 
1980s
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
England's got her nude clean
Original Lyrics:
England's got a new queen
Billy Squier's, "My Kinda Lover"
Misheard Lyrics:
My kinda lifeline
Original Lyrics:
My kinda lover
Billy Squier's, "The Stroke"
Misheard Lyrics:
Say you're a winner but man, you gotta settle down
Original Lyrics:
Say you're a winner but man, you're just a sinner now
Corey Hart's, "Sunglasses at Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't push the flag
Original Lyrics:
Don't switch the blade
Cyndi Lauper's, "Time After Time"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sometimes you picture me, I'm walking to buy a hat
Original Lyrics:
Sometimes you picture me, I'm walking too far ahead
David Bowie's, "Ashes To Ashes"
Misheard Lyrics:
Astronaut in heaven's high, hitting an all-time low
Original Lyrics:
Strung out in heaven's high, hitting an all-time low
Don Henley's, "The Boys of Summer"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm gonna buy your house To know you're not a whore
Original Lyrics:
I'm driving by your house Don't know you're not home
James Reyne's, "Hammerhead"
Misheard Lyrics:
You've been hanging with the notched head people,
Hammer head
Original Lyrics:
You've been hanging with the nicest people, A hammer head
Peter Gabriel's, "Big Time"
Misheard Lyrics:
A hired maid like a mountain range
Original Lyrics:
I had it made like a mountain range
Prince's, "I Would Die for You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Apple dapple do.
Original Lyrics:
I would die for you.
Prince's, "Raspberry Beret"
Misheard Lyrics:
She wore rags very good made.
Original Lyrics:
She wore a raspberry beret
Stevie Nicks', "Edge Of Seventeen"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just like a one-winged gull.
Original Lyrics:
Just like the white winged dove.
Teena Marie's, "Behind the Groove"
Misheard Lyrics:
Behind the group
Original Lyrics:
Behind the groove
Teena Marie's, "I Need Your Lovin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
I need your locking
Original Lyrics:
I need your lovin'
Teena Marie's, "Square Biz"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm talking square bids to you, baby
Original Lyrics:
I'm talking Square Biz to you, baby
The Charlie Daniels Band's, "The Devil Went Down to Georgia"
Misheard Lyrics:
Kickin' in the bed man, kickin' outdoors
Original Lyrics:
Chicken in the breadpan, pickin' out dough
Tom Petty's, "Free Fallin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a free foreign
Original Lyrics:
I'm-a free fallin'
 
1990s
Beastie Boys', "Intergalactic"
Misheard Lyrics:
Banana da Vinci
Original Lyrics:
Another demention, another demention, another demention
Green Day's, "Basket Case"
Misheard Lyrics:
Am I just paranoid
Or am I disturbed?
Original Lyrics:
Am I just paranoid
Or am I just stoned?
Smashing Pumpkins', "Disarm"
Misheard Lyrics:
I solve you with a smile
Original Lyrics:
Disarm you with a smile
Smashing Pumpkins', "Disarm"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ooh, it is burned
Original Lyrics:
Ooh, the years burn
 
2000s
Bon Jovi's, "It's My Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like Frankenstein, I did it my way
Original Lyrics:
Like Frankie said, 'I did it my way.'
Caramell's, "Caramell Dansen"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dance on your balls Cat f***ing a handbag Yours, only yours A walrus tickle dance pad This not a lie Lisa in the crowd said "Look! Henry had a vagina malfunction!"
Original Lyrics:
Dansa med oss Klappa era hnder Gr som vi grTa ngra steg t vnsterLyssna och lr Missa inte chansen Nu r vi hr med Caramelldansen
Maroon 5's, "She Will Be Loved"
Misheard Lyrics:
Beauty queen of only 80.
Original Lyrics:
Beauty queen of only 18.
Nelly Furtado's, "On the Radio (Remember the Days)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pee without looking down. (OPEN FIRE!)
Original Lyrics:
be up here and not look down
Misheard Lyrics:
Juicy penis
Original Lyrics:
You'll see Venus
Thalia's, "Seduccion"
Misheard Lyrics:
Seduccion
Put some lipstick potion
Original Lyrics:
Seduccion
Peligrosa pocion
 
2010s
Chainsmokers', "Roses"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take it slow, but it's not typical
He already knows my love is fine
His heart's of stone, his hands roam
I told him to go, but he took it hard
Original Lyrics:
Taking it slow, but it's not typical
He already knows that my love is fire
His heart was a stone, but then his hands roamed
I turned him to gold and it took him higher
Lorde's, "Royals"
Misheard Lyrics:
That kind of love's just made for us
Original Lyrics:
That kind of luxe just ain't for us
Muse's, "Panic Station"
Misheard Lyrics:
And I know that you will fight for federation
Original Lyrics:
And I know that you will fight for the duration
OneRepublic's, "Secrets"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm gonna give all my cirque du soleil
Original Lyrics:
I'm gonna give all my secrets away
Twenty One Pilots', "Fairly Local"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm very loco! I've been around...
Original Lyrics:
I'm fairly local! I've been around...
Twenty One Pilots', "Stressed Out"
Misheard Lyrics:
TO THE GOOD DOPE DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!
Original Lyrics:
Wish we could turn back time, to the good old days, when or momma sang us to sleep but now we're stressed out

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