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1960s
Jimi Hendrix's, "All Along the Watchtower"
Misheard Lyrics:
All the women came and went
Feathered serpents, too.
Original Lyrics:
All the women came and went
Barefoot servants, too.
The Beach Boys', "Do You Wanna Dance?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Do you want a damn?
Original Lyrics:
Do you wanna dance?
 
1970s
Billy Joel's, "Piano Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
When I wore a young woman's clothes
Original Lyrics:
When I wore a younger man's clothes
Elton John's, "Step Into Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'd like to sing about all the things
That Iron Mike had seen
Original Lyrics:
I'd like to sing about all the things
Your eyes and mind can see
Moody Blues', "Ride My See Saw"
Misheard Lyrics:
Fly my see-saw
Original Lyrics:
Ride my see-saw
Moody Blues', "Ride My See Saw"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let's go where the Fleshlights pass.
Original Lyrics:
Left school with a first class pass.
Queen's, "Killer Queen"
Misheard Lyrics:
She came naturally from Paris (Naturally)
Because she couldn't care less
Prestigious and percise
Original Lyrics:
Perfume came naturally from Paris (Naturally)
For cars she couldn't care less
Fastidious and precise
Styx's, "Fooling Yourself (Angry Young Man)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let's do this
Original Lyrics:
Relax, take it easy
The Jackson 5's, "I Want You Back"
Misheard Lyrics:
Now since I've seen you it is on
or
Now since I've seen you it is all
Original Lyrics:
Now that I see you in his arms.
 
1980s
Aerosmith's, "Dude, Looks like a Lady"
Misheard Lyrics:
Moves just like a lady
Original Lyrics:
Dude looks like a lady
Fleetwood Mac's, "Big Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
O, I'll build U a kingdom
In that howse on the hill.
Original Lyrics:
Oh, you begged me to keep you
In that house on the hill.
Metallica's, "Seek And Destroy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Running, Halloween night
Original Lyrics:
Running, On our way Hiding
Motorhead's, "Killed By Death"
Misheard Lyrics:
Greatful Dead
Original Lyrics:
Killed by death
Queen's, "Another One Bites the Dust"
Misheard Lyrics:
Another one rides the bus
Original Lyrics:
Another one bites the dust.
Rush's, "Tom Sawyer"
Misheard Lyrics:
What you say about his company is what you say about your Sawyer D
Original Lyrics:
What you say about his company is what you say about society.
Samantha Fox's, "I Only Wanna Be With You"
Misheard Lyrics:
I fell into your own put-ons
The guy didn't stand a chance
Original Lyrics:
I fell into your open arms
I didn't stand a chance
Split Enz's, "I Hope I Never"
Misheard Lyrics:
It should be possible I know to see you with ostrich
Original Lyrics:
It should be possible I know to see you without stress
The Go-Go's', "Our Lips Are Sealed"
Misheard Lyrics:
In the chalice stands people pra-a-a-ay.
Aw it's a seal.
Original Lyrics:
In the jealous games people pla-a-a-ay
Our lips are sealed
The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl's, "Fairytale of New York"
Misheard Lyrics:
Got on the milky way
Original Lyrics:
Got on a lucky one
The Police's, "Canary in a Coalmine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mary ate a coal mine
Original Lyrics:
Canary in a coal mine.
Theme Songs', "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh Theme"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pooh Bear, I know he's Sal Bear.
Original Lyrics:
Pooh Bear, I know he's out there.
Theme Songs', "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh Theme"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wherever U go, O won't U take a glaze?
Original Lyrics:
Wherever U go, O won't U take me, please?
Tina Turner's, "Private Dancer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Stretch marks for dollars
Original Lyrics:
Deutsch marks or dollars
 
1990s
BOA's, "Duvet"
Misheard Lyrics:
I am failing
Original Lyrics:
I am fading
BOA's, "Duvet"
Misheard Lyrics:
and you don't seem the lion kind
Original Lyrics:
and you don't seem the lying kind
Eminem's, "My Name Is"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hi kids! Do you like primers? (as in paint primer solvent)
Original Lyrics:
Hi kids! Do you like violence?
Pearl Jam's, "Jeremy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Try to erase this from the bible.
Original Lyrics:
Try to erase this from the blackboard.
Theme Songs', "Fighting Through the Darkness"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ghaleon gets the power
Original Lyrics:
Valiant 'gainst the power
Theme Songs', "Fighting Through the Darkness"
Misheard Lyrics:
Stewie must press on
Original Lyrics:
Still we must press on
Theme Songs', "The Nanny"
Misheard Lyrics:
The nanny ain't Fran.
Original Lyrics:
The nanny named Fran.
Theme Songs', "Xuxa's theme (Xuxa)"
Misheard Lyrics:
And O, And Open Up!
Original Lyrics:
Hello, hello, hello!
Tom Cochrane's, "Life Is a Highway"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's no load I can't hold, a road is a road this I know
Original Lyrics:
There's no load I can't hold
Road so rough, this I know
 
2000s
Carly Simon's, "With a Few Good Friends"
Misheard Lyrics:
With a few good friends
With a sticker 2
The house is built at a corn-a-cob Pooh
With a friend and a stick
Or we are 4
The house is built where it wasn't before
Original Lyrics:
With a few good friends
And a stick or two
A house is built at a corner called Pooh
With a friend and a stick
Or three or four
A house is built where it wasn't before
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
A pink paradise, and put up a pumpkin pie
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Kanye West's, "Jesus Walks"
Misheard Lyrics:
To the hustlers, killers, murderers, drug dealers Even the scribbles (Jesus walks with them)
Original Lyrics:
To the hustlers, killers, murderers, drug dealers Even the strippers (Jesus walks with them)
Layo & Bushwacka's, "Love Story"
Misheard Lyrics:
Raisin bread
Raisin bread
All he was buyin' was just raisin bread
Original Lyrics:
Rags & old iron
Rags & old iron
All he was buyin' was just rags & old iron
Train's, "Words"
Misheard Lyrics:
On a knee every word, somebody's heart's been broken
Original Lyrics:
Underneath every word, somebody's heart's been broken.
 
2010s
21 Pilots', "Heathens"
Misheard Lyrics:
All my friends are heating steak; it's slow
Original Lyrics:
All my friends are heathens, take it slow
Anthrax's, "Monster at the End"
Misheard Lyrics:
Your golden halo is burned and melted
From the monster at the end
Original Lyrics:
Your golden halo is burned and melted
Crown the monster at the end
Justin Timberlake's, "Can't stop the feeling"
Misheard Lyrics:
Feel the weather creeping up on you
So just, dance, dance, dance come on
Original Lyrics:
A feeling good, good, creeping up on you
So just dance, dance, dance, come on
Misheard Lyrics:
For this, fire camp
Original Lyrics:
Blow a kiss, fire a gun
Misheard Lyrics:
TV Toby has the feel, now real life has no appeal.
Original Lyrics:
TV told me how to feel, now real life has no appeal
Misheard Lyrics:
bite that fat dude on the shoulder
Original Lyrics:
bite that tattoo on your shoulder
 
misc
Traditional's, "Winter Wonderland"
Misheard Lyrics:
Blow your nose, it's a chillin'
Original Lyrics:
Though your nose gets a chillin'
 
xmas
Allan Sherman's, "The 12 Gifts of Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics:
Three polka-dot pajamas
Original Lyrics:
Green polka-dot pajamas
Burl Ives', "A Holly Jolly Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ho-Ho, the mistletoe
Hung where you can see
Somebody waits for you
Kisser once for me
Original Lyrics:
Ho-Ho, the mistletoe
Hung where you can see
Somebody waits for you
Kiss her once for me
J. Frederick Coots and Haven Gillespie's, "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
Misheard Lyrics:
He knows when you've been batter good
So be good for goodness sake
Original Lyrics:
He knows when you've been bad or good
So be good for goodness sake
Norah Jones', "Peace"
Misheard Lyrics:
Peas when the day is damned
Original Lyrics:
Peace when the day is done
The Beach Boys', "Little Saint Nick"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ra-ra-reindeer
Original Lyrics:
Run run reindeer
Traditional's, "Here We Come a-Caroling"
Misheard Lyrics:
We honored daily bakers
Original Lyrics:
We are not daily beggars

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