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1960s | |
Cream's, "Badge"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't you know just how the wheel goes 'round?
She didn't have the time to wank you. She cried away her lie s*** she bet up the cradle. Original Lyrics: Don't you notice how the wheel goes 'round?
She didn't have the time to wait in the queue. She cried away her life since she fell off the cradle. |
Cream's, "White Room"
Misheard Lyrics: Black proof country, no go pavements, tired starlings.
Silver horsehead, ran down moonbeams in your dark eyes. That one dickhead, rested easels, go buy windows. Isolation, for the old poo, now forgotten. Original Lyrics: Blackroof country, no gold pavements, tired starlings.
Silver horses, ran down moonbeams, in your dark eyes. Platform ticket, restless diesels, goodbye windows. Consolation for the old wound now forgotten. |
Disney's 'The Jungle Book''s, "I Wan'na Be Like You"
Misheard Lyrics: Now I'm the king of the Swinger Zoo,
The jungle VIP. Original Lyrics: Now I'm the king of the swingers
Oh, the jungle V.I.P. |
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1970s | |
Foreigner's, "Hot Blooded"
Misheard Lyrics: C'mon baby, do you do modern dance?
Original Lyrics: C'mon baby, do you do more than dance?
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Grateful Dead's, "I Know You Rider "
Misheard Lyrics: My mind was wandering like the wild beast in the West
Original Lyrics: My mind was wandering like the wild geese in the West
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Neil Diamond's, "I've Been This Way Before"
Misheard Lyrics: And I'm very game
Original Lyrics: And I've been regained
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Pink Floyd's, "Wish You Were Here"
Misheard Lyrics: We're just two lost souls swimming in a s***hole
Original Lyrics: We're just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl.
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Pink Floyd's, "Wish You Were Here"
Misheard Lyrics: Wish you were fear
Original Lyrics: Wish you were here
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Simon & Garfunkel's, "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
Misheard Lyrics: Like a bitch over troubled Walter
Original Lyrics: Like a bridge over troubled water
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1980s | |
Billy Joel's, "Keeping the Faith"
Misheard Lyrics: Bought a fresh pack of Luckys and I'm incarcensin'
Original Lyrics: Bought a fresh pack of Luckys and a mint called Sen-Sen.
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Bryan Adams', "Heaven"
Misheard Lyrics: Through the good times and the best
Original Lyrics: Through the good times and the bad
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Duran Duran's, "New Moon On Monday"
Misheard Lyrics: until Fridays through the night.
Original Lyrics: And a firedance through the night
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Enya's, "Sail Away (Orinocco Flow)"
Misheard Lyrics: We can steal, we can kneel
With Rob Dickens at the wheel Original Lyrics: We can steer, we can near
With Rob Dickens at the wheel |
Irene Cara's, "What a Feeling"
Misheard Lyrics: Take your pants off, and baby have some
Original Lyrics: Take your passion and make it happen
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John Mellencamp's, "Jack and Diane"
Misheard Lyrics: Hold onto sexting as long as you can
Original Lyrics: Hold onto 16 as long as you can
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John Mellencamp's, "R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A."
Misheard Lyrics: F*** you in the U.S.A.
Original Lyrics: Rockin' in the U.S.A.
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John Mellencamp's, "Small Town"
Misheard Lyrics: Well I was bored in a small town
Original Lyrics: Well I was born in a small town
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Kenny Loggins', "I'm Free (Heaven Helps the Ma)"
Misheard Lyrics: Hot Brick!!!
Original Lyrics: I'm Free!!!
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Kim Carnes', "Bette Davis Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics: all the boys think she's a smash
Original Lyrics: all the boys think she's a spy
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Luther Vandross', "A House Is Not a Home"
Misheard Lyrics: And a house is not a hole
Original Lyrics: And a house is not a home
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Men Without Hats', "Pop Goes the World"
Misheard Lyrics: Pop goes the worm
Original Lyrics: Pop goes the world
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Michael Jackson's, "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
Misheard Lyrics: Too high to get over, but you love to get under
Original Lyrics: Too high to get over, too low to get under
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Neil Diamond's, "Heartlight"
Misheard Lyrics: Turn on your hot light
Original Lyrics: Turn on your heartlight
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Pink Floyd's, "Learning To Fly"
Misheard Lyrics: Tongue-tied and twisted
Just an earth-bound distant high Original Lyrics: Tongue-tied and twisted
Just an earth-bound misfit |
Scorpions', "Blackout"
Misheard Lyrics: Make out!
I really had to make out! Original Lyrics: Blackout
I really had a blackout |
The Vapors', "Turning Japanese"
Misheard Lyrics: I think I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, all with a Ginsu.
Original Lyrics: I think I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so
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Wang Chung's, "Dance Hall Days"
Misheard Lyrics: We were cool un-crazed
Original Lyrics: We were cool on craze
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1990s | |
John Mellencamp's, "Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)"
Misheard Lyrics: Tells me a story of a girl he knows he can turkey
Original Lyrics: Tells me a story of a girl he knows in Kentucky
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Luther Vandross', "Always and Forever"
Misheard Lyrics: Always a Beretta
Original Lyrics: Always and forever
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Luther Vandross', "Going in Circles"
Misheard Lyrics: You got me going to a circus
Original Lyrics: You got me going in circles
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Luther Vandross', "Power of Love/Love Power"
Misheard Lyrics: Cleaning with soap
Original Lyrics: Cleaning my soul
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Mick Jagger's, "Let's Work"
Misheard Lyrics: Mang a dang woman, be free
Let's work, kill poverty Original Lyrics: Man and woman, be free
Let's work, kill poverty |
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Phil Collins', "I Wish It Would Rain Down"
Misheard Lyrics: All this time I stayed out of Psych
Original Lyrics: All this time I stayed out of sight
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Soundgarden's, "The Day I Tried To Live"
Misheard Lyrics: And I know that I was alive.
Original Lyrics: And I learned that I was a liar.
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2000s | |
Jessica Simpson's, "I Think I'm in Love with You"
Misheard Lyrics: I think I'm in luck
Original Lyrics: I think I'm in love
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John Mellencamp's, "Our Country"
Misheard Lyrics: Ideas I think are right
Original Lyrics: Ideals I think are right
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John Mellencamp's, "Our Country"
Misheard Lyrics: This is just crunchy
Original Lyrics: This is our country
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Justin Timberlake's, "Rock Your Body"
Misheard Lyrics: I wanna rock your potty, piece of cake
Original Lyrics: I wanna rock your body, please stay
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Luther Vandross', "Dance with My Father"
Misheard Lyrics: Back when I was a jive
Original Lyrics: Back when I was a child
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Luther Vandross', "I'd Rather"
Misheard Lyrics: I'd rather be beside you in a spoon
Original Lyrics: I'd rather be beside you in a storm
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Sugarbomb's, "Mail Order Girlfriend "
Misheard Lyrics: Cross sixth avenue postman
Original Lyrics: Cross-examine the postman
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2010s | |
Maroon 5's, "Moves Like Jagger"
Misheard Lyrics: I've got to move my jacket
Original Lyrics: ... moves like Jagger"
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Taylor Swift's, "Wildest Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics: Say you'll see me yuck-in'
Original Lyrics: Say you'll see me again
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Twenty One Pilots', "Ride"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, oh, I'm boring, so I'm taking my time on my ride
Oh, I'm boring, so I'm taking my time on my ride Original Lyrics: Oh, oh, I'm falling, so I'm taking my time on my ride
Oh, I'm falling, so I'm taking my time on my ride |
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Ella Fitzgerald's, "A-Tisket, A-Tasket"
Misheard Lyrics: A green and yellow Bassett
Original Lyrics: A green and yellow basket
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Ella Fitzgerald's, "Cheek to Cheek"
Misheard Lyrics: That I can hardly speed
Original Lyrics: That I can hardly speak
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