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1950s
Elvis Presley's, "Hound Dog"
Misheard Lyrics:
Well, you ain't ever gonna rev it and you ain't no friend of mine.
Original Lyrics:
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit and you ain't no friend of mine.
 
1960s
Cat Stevens', "The First Cut Is the Deepest"
Misheard Lyrics:
The first cut is the dealer's
Original Lyrics:
The first cut is the deepest
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Lookin' out My Back Door"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tangerines and Elvis all playing in the band.
Original Lyrics:
Tambourines and elephants are playin' in the band.
Johnny Cash's, "Ring of Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
And its birds, birds, birds
Original Lyrics:
And it burns, burns, burns
Led Zeppelin's, "Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Heaven knows, 'tisn't how it used to be
Original Lyrics:
Tellin' tall tales of how it used to be
 
1970s
Althea and Donna's, "Uptown Top Rankin"
Misheard Lyrics:
True you simmer in my pants and sing
Original Lyrics:
True you see me in m'pants and ting
Cher's, "Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gypsies chimpanzees
Original Lyrics:
Gypsies, tramps and thieves
Chicago's, "25 or 6 to 4"
Misheard Lyrics:
Getting up to close my eyes
Original Lyrics:
Giving up I close my eyes
Manfred Mann's Earth Band's, "Blinded by the Light"
Misheard Lyrics:
In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps his way into his hat
Original Lyrics:
In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent bumps his way into his hat
Vicki Lawrence's, "The Night When the Lights Went Out in Georgia"
Misheard Lyrics:
Georgia Mitchell was making the rounds
So he fired a shot, shot the wagon down
Then his big brother Chet grabbed the gun in his hand
Seth, why'd you do it?
Original Lyrics:
The Georgia Patrol was makin' their rounds
So he fired a shot just to flag them down
A big-bellied sheriff grabbed his gun and said
Why'd you do it?
 
1980s
AC/DC's, "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
Misheard Lyrics:
Neckties, contracts, high logic.
Original Lyrics:
Neckties, contracts, high voltage.
Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb's, "What Kind of Fool"
Misheard Lyrics:
What, what kind of food
'Tis in a pot
Leaving me pain and sorrow
Original Lyrics:
What, what kind of fool
Tears it apart
Leaving me pain and sorrow
Bruce Springsteen's, "Brilliant Disguise"
Misheard Lyrics:
Is that you baby or just a bridge in the sky?
Original Lyrics:
Is that you baby or just a brilliant disguise?
Frankie Goes to Hollywood's, "Warriors of the Wasteland"
Misheard Lyrics:
Same old device on desert sands
Original Lyrics:
Sailboats of ice on desert sands
Janet Jackson's, "Miss You Much"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dance again
Original Lyrics:
That's the end?
Rush's, "Tom Sawyer"
Misheard Lyrics:
What you say about his company is what you say about the soy bean
Original Lyrics:
What you say about his company is what you say about society.
The Christians', "Forgotten Town"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm looking hard for the Stridex sign
Original Lyrics:
I''m looking hard for the slightest sign
The Christians', "Forgotten Town"
Misheard Lyrics:
want more blow
Original Lyrics:
one more blow
The Clash's, "Rock the Casbah"
Misheard Lyrics:
By oilin' up the temple oh, they really pack 'em in.
Original Lyrics:
Now, over at the temple oh, they realy pack 'em in.
The Clash's, "Rock the Casbah"
Misheard Lyrics:
by oilin' up the prophets
Original Lyrics:
by order of the prophet
The Smiths', "How Soon Is Now?"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's a clock if you'd like to go
You can meet somebody who really loves you
Original Lyrics:
There's a club if you'd like to go
You could meet somebody who really loves you
Theme Song's, "David the Gnome Theme"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's true, and I will tell you so.
They are there to see, if you believe.
Toads & Lizards & Fairy Kings,
Birds that talk & fish that sing.
Original Lyrics:
It's true, and I will tell you so.
They are there to see, if you believe.
Trolls & Wizards & Fairy Kings,
Birds that talk & fish that sing.
Toto's, "Rosanna"
Misheard Lyrics:
Beetroot all the way, Rosanna, yeah
Original Lyrics:
Meet you all the way, Rosanna, yeah.
 
1990s
Radiohead's, "Exit Music (for a Film)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Please don't you choke
Original Lyrics:
We hope that you choke
Shari Lewis', "Lamb Chop's Play-Along!"
Misheard Lyrics:
If you like funny chokes
Original Lyrics:
If you like funny jokes
 
2000s
Fall Out Boy's, "G.I.N.A.S.F.S."
Misheard Lyrics:
Let me see a moose,
Let me see a moose.
Original Lyrics:
Let me see your moves,
Let me see your moves.
Gorillaz's, "19-2000"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's a new thing of apple juice,
It's a new thing of apple juice
It's a new thing of apple juice.
Original Lyrics:
It's the music that we choose, it's the music that we choose, it's the music that we choose
Joe Redifer's, "Final Fantasy"
Misheard Lyrics:
but you can kiss my beehive
Original Lyrics:
but you can kiss my behind
System of a Down's, "B.Y.O.B."
Misheard Lyrics:
Why do they always censor porn
Original Lyrics:
Why do they always send the poor
Tori Amos', "Jamaica Inn"
Misheard Lyrics:
The sexist thing is true, I wake up to find the pirates are girls.
Original Lyrics:
The sexiest thing is trust, I wake up to find the pirates have come.
 
2010s
21 Pilots', "Stressed Out"
Misheard Lyrics:
When our mama would say "nice to sleep" and now we're stretched out
Original Lyrics:
When our mama would sing us to sleep and now we're stressed out
Chainsmokers', "Closer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pull the sheets right off the corner,
Of the mattress that you stole,
From your roommate back in Bordeaux
Original Lyrics:
Pull the sheets right off the corner,
Of the mattress that you stole,
From your roommate back in Boulder
Fall Out Boy's, "Alone Together"
Misheard Lyrics:
This is the road to heroine.
Original Lyrics:
This is the road to ruin.
Fall Out Boy's, "Centuries"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ice cream forever!
Original Lyrics:
We've been here forever
Twenty One Pilots', "Heathens"
Misheard Lyrics:
All my friends are eatin' bacon slow
or
heatin' bacon slow
Original Lyrics:
All my friends are heathens take it slow
 
christian
Josh Groban's, "You Raise Me Up"
Misheard Lyrics:
You rinse it out
Original Lyrics:
You raise me up
 
country
Carrie Underwood's, "Dirty Laundry"
Misheard Lyrics:
All the 8-tracks in the world ain't gonna clean your dirty laundry
Original Lyrics:
All the Ajax in the world ain't gonna clean your dirty laundry
Toby Keith's, "Wish I Didn't Know Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'd rather go on loving blind girls
Than go on loving without you
Original Lyrics:
I'd rather go on loving blind, Girl
Than go on loving without you
 
xmas
Elton John's, "Step Into Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics:
There comes Christmas
Original Lyrics:
Step into Christmas
Gene Autry's, "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
Misheard Lyrics:
As they shouted out with Gleem
Original Lyrics:
As they shouted out with glee
Josh Groban's, "O Holy Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
For younger breaks a new glorious morph
Original Lyrics:
For yonder breaks a new glorious morn
Kylie Minogue's, "Santa Baby"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just slip the stable under the tree
Original Lyrics:
Just slip the sable under the tree
LeAnn Rimes', "All I Want for Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics:
You are the angel that guards my dream
Original Lyrics:
You are the angel atop my tree
Nat King Cole Trio's, "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Chestnuts roasting on an open file
Jack Frost snipping at your nose
Yuletide carols being sung by a 'quile'
And folks dressed up like Eskimos
Everybody knows...
Original Lyrics:
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
Jack Frost nipping at your nose
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir
And folks dressed up like Eskimos
Everybody knows...
Nat King Cole's, "The Christmas Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
And so I'm offering this simple phrase, to kids from room 292
Original Lyrics:
And so I'm offering this simple phrase, to kids from one to ninety-two
NewSong's, "The Christmas Shoes"
Misheard Lyrics:
Surely want to buy these chutes
Original Lyrics:
Sir, I want to buy these shoes
The Temptations', "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hey Hoodlum!
Original Lyrics:
Hey Rudolph!
Traditional's, "12 Days of Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics:
A partridge in a pantry
Original Lyrics:
A partridge in a pear tree
Traditional's, "Go Tell It on the Mountain"
Misheard Lyrics:
Go telly on the mountain
Original Lyrics:
Go tell it on the mountain.
Vince Guaraldi Trio's, "Hark, The Herald Angels Sing"
Misheard Lyrics:
We'll be jolly host proclaim
Original Lyrics:
With angelic hosts proclaim

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