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1960s
Gene Pitney's, "Last Exit to Brooklyn"
Misheard Lyrics:
Last taxi to Brooklyn
Original Lyrics:
Last exit to Brooklyn.
 
1970s
Bee Gees', "You Should Be Dancin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
Stop chewing on your baby's neck
Original Lyrics:
What you doin' on your butt?
Bread's, "Make It with You"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'd like to get naked with you
Original Lyrics:
I'd like to make it with you
Chic's, "Good Times"
Misheard Lyrics:
Leave your friends behind
Original Lyrics:
Leave your cares behind
Elton John's, "Philadelphia Freedom"
Misheard Lyrics:
Look what happened to Frida!
Original Lyrics:
Philadelphia Freedom
John Denver's, "Rocky Mountain High"
Misheard Lyrics:
More people, more stars upon the land
Original Lyrics:
More people, more scars upon the land
Lynyrd Skynyrd's, "Sweet Home Alabama"
Misheard Lyrics:
And this old family waltzes in
Original Lyrics:
I miss Alabamy once again
Steve Earle's, "Copperhead Road"
Misheard Lyrics:
Well my name's Conlee Peddamoore
Original Lyrics:
Well my name is John Lee Pettimore
The Who's, "Pinball Wizard"
Misheard Lyrics:
His disciples needed him, and he just does his best
Original Lyrics:
His disciples lead him in, and he just does the rest
Theme Songs', "Movin' On Up (Theme from 'The Jeffersons')"
Misheard Lyrics:
To A.D. They left their partners in the sky.
Bees don't burn in the kitchen. Please don't burn a gorilla!
Dig a hole, try again, just to get up and hilla!
Double you up in the big leagues. Gettin' my turn at bat.
Long speed limp, you're sure mean baby, ain't nothin wrong with that word.
Original Lyrics:
To a deluxe apartment in the sky.
Beans don't burn in the kitchen, fish don't burn on the grill.
Took a whole lot of trying just to get up the hill.
Now we're up in the big leagues, getting my turn at bat.
As long as we live it's you and me baby and there ain't nothing wrong with that, we're...
Theme Song's, "Happy Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
Factory Skies, hello blues!
These days arrive.
Original Lyrics:
Goodbye Grey Skies, hello blue!
These days are ours.
 
1980s
Bon Jovi's, "You Give Love A Bad Name"
Misheard Lyrics:
You paint your smile on your lips.
Blood red nails when you bang your tits.
Original Lyrics:
You paint your smile on your lips
Blood red nails on your fingertips.
Genesis', "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm gonna make it rhyme
Original Lyrics:
I'm gonna make it right
Irene Cara's, "Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take your pants down
And make it happen
Original Lyrics:
Take your passion
And make it happen.
JoBoxers', "Just Got Lucky"
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause we're family
Together we're family
Original Lyrics:
'Cause I found it
Together we found it
Kate Bush's, "Army Dreamers"
Misheard Lyrics:
Jesus Christ, he loves Nintendo
Original Lyrics:
Oh, Jesus Christ, he wasn't to know
Laura Branigan's, "Gloria"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gloria, how's it gonna go now?
Original Lyrics:
Gloria, how's it gonna go down?
Phil Collins', "Another Day in Paradise"
Misheard Lyrics:
You can see she's been trying
Original Lyrics:
You can see she's been crying
Prince's, "Raspberry Beret"
Misheard Lyrics:
Rää speeri puree
Original Lyrics:
Raspberry beret
Prince's, "When Doves Cry"
Misheard Lyrics:
This is what it sounds like when ducks cry
Original Lyrics:
This is what it sounds like when doves cry
REO Speedwagon's, "Keep On Loving You"
Misheard Lyrics:
You left stealing the asp all tied up and hissing
Original Lyrics:
Instead you lay still in the grass, all coiled up and hissing.
 
1990s
Green Day's, "Basket Case"
Misheard Lyrics:
Do you have the time, to help me find my dime?
Original Lyrics:
Do you have the time
To listen to me whine?
Madonna's, "Human Nature"
Misheard Lyrics:
If I had a point of you
Original Lyrics:
If I had a point of view
Madonna's, "Take a Bow"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tinker Bell
Original Lyrics:
Take a bow
Marc Cohn's, "Walking In Memphis"
Misheard Lyrics:
Saw the ghost of Elvis, and you, you never knew, fathered him up to the gates of Graceland
Original Lyrics:
Saw the ghost of Elvis, on Union Avenue, followed him up to the gates of Graceland
Mariah Carey's, "Can't Let Go"
Misheard Lyrics:
Even though I drive, I can't let go
Original Lyrics:
Even though I try, I can't let go
Massive Attack's, "Karmacoma"
Misheard Lyrics:
she naked in roma.
Original Lyrics:
Karmacoma, Jamaica and Roma
No Doubt's, "Spiderwebs"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sorry, I'm a woman caught walking in the spiderwebs, so leave a message and I'll call, you bet.
Original Lyrics:
Sorry I'm not home right now, I'm walking into spiderwebs.
Leave a message and I'll call you back.
Robert Palmer's, "Simply Irresistible"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's so fine, there's no telling with my Honeywell
She's a man, there's no other way to go
Original Lyrics:
She's so fine, there's no telling where the money went
She's a man, there's no other way to go
Rod Stewart's, "Downtown Train"
Misheard Lyrics:
You wave your hand and they scatter like birds
Original Lyrics:
You wave your hand and they scatter like crows
Smash Mouth's, "All Star"
Misheard Lyrics:
All that glitter is gone
Original Lyrics:
All that glitters is gold
Smash Mouth's, "All Star"
Misheard Lyrics:
I ain't the shoppers doing no shame
Original Lyrics:
I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed
 
2000s
AFI's, "Love like Winter"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll warn you once to turn away
Original Lyrics:
Warn your warmth to turn away
Amos Lee's, "Sweet Pea"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sleepy
Asshole of my eye
Original Lyrics:
Sweet Pea
Apple of my eye
Britney Spears', "Toxic"
Misheard Lyrics:
With the taste of your s*** I'm paranoid
Your toxic c*nt slipping under
Original Lyrics:
With the taste of your lips, I'm on a ride.
You're toxic; I'm slipping under.
Coldplay's, "A Rush of Blood to the Head"
Misheard Lyrics:
They say starters you need to go on.
Original Lyrics:
They start as you mean to go on.
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Big yellow taxi took my foot away
Original Lyrics:
Big yellow taxi took my girl away
Daddy Yankee's, "Pose"
Misheard Lyrics:
Post-it, Post-it, Post-it
Original Lyrics:
Pose, Pose, Pose
Daddy Yankee's, "Rompe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go, go!
Original Lyrics:
Dale, go! Dale, go! Dale, go-go!
Drowning Pool's, "Bodies"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let the pies sit the floor.
Original Lyrics:
Let the bodies hit the floor.
Fall Out Boy's, "20 Dollar Nose Bleed"
Misheard Lyrics:
But don't let the doctor in
I wanna grow up screaming
Original Lyrics:
But don't let the doctor in
I wanna blow off steam and
 
2010s
Ariana Grande's, "Side to Side (with Ariana Grande)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Up 'n there all night, up 'n there all day
Original Lyrics:
I've been there all night I've been there all day
Far East Movement's, "Like a G6"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's a Blizzard, MRI (MRI) like a three six,
Now I'm feelin' so fly like a cheese stick.
Like a cheese stick, like a cheese stick.
Original Lyrics:
Sippin' sizzurp in my ride (in my ride) like three six
Now I'm feelin' so fly like a G 6
Like a G 6, like a G 6
Fifth Harmony's, "Work From Home"
Misheard Lyrics:
Then my buddy do the work
Original Lyrics:
then my body do the work
Jane's Addiction's, "Irresistible force"
Misheard Lyrics:
The irresistible parsnip
The immovable object
Original Lyrics:
The irresistible force met
The immovable object
Serena West's, "Wicked Wonderland"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wicked wicked wonderland it's like crossing the real grand
Original Lyrics:
Wicked wicked wonderland it's like crossing the Rio Grande
Sia feat. Sean Paul's, "Cheap Thrills"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hit the dunce bar, hit the dunce bar
Original Lyrics:
Hit the dance floor hit the dance floor
Sia's, "Cheap Thrills"
Misheard Lyrics:
I love Dean Phelps!
Original Lyrics:
I love cheap thrills!
Walk the Moon's, "Shut Up and Dance"
Misheard Lyrics:
My discotheque, 2 am, teenage dream
Original Lyrics:
My discotheque, Juliet, teenage dream
 
country
Sam Hunt's, "Leave the Night On"
Misheard Lyrics:
We'll find a road with no name, lay back in the slow lane
The sky is dropping we'll be runnin' like a Moltres
Original Lyrics:
We'll find a road with no name, lay back in the slow lane
The sky is dropping Jupiter around us like some old train

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