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1950s
Children's Records', "Flick the Little Fire Engine"
Misheard Lyrics:
When there is a fire they'll say
"Flick! Strongest little engine (3x), Flick!"
Original Lyrics:
When there is a fire they'll say
"Quick! Call the little engine (3x), Flick!"
 
1960s
Donovan's, "Wear Your Love Like Heaven"
Misheard Lyrics:
Well, you look like heaven
Original Lyrics:
Wear your love like heaven
Sam Cooke's, "Wonderful World"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't know much about the French-eyed hook
Original Lyrics:
Don't know much about the French I took
The Monkees', "I'm a Believer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Disappointment, honey, on my dreams.
Original Lyrics:
Disappointment haunted all my dreams.
The Monkees', "I'm a Believer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Not a trace looked out of my mind.
Original Lyrics:
Not a trace of doubt in my mind.
The Monkees', "Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sondra, long hair and pee-curls
Original Lyrics:
Sandra, long hair and beat girl
The Who's, "We're Not Gonna Take It"
Misheard Lyrics:
My name is atomic
Original Lyrics:
My name is Tommy
 
1970s
AC/DC's, "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dirty Dean and The Thunder Sheep
Original Lyrics:
Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap
Ace's, "How Long?"
Misheard Lyrics:
And you said you was never intending
To break up our semen this way.
Original Lyrics:
And you said you was never intending
To break up our scene in this way.
Misheard Lyrics:
And I asked him tell me where are you going
He said, "No place."
Original Lyrics:
And I asked him tell me where are you going
This he told me.
David Bowie's, "Changes"
Misheard Lyrics:
While others receive bacon, I'm much too tired to take that trip.
Original Lyrics:
Of how the others see the faker, I'm much too fast to take that test.
Fleetwood Mac's, "Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics:
Say winning, they would come and they would go.
When the rainbow shaves you clean you'll know.
Original Lyrics:
Say women, they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean, you'll know.
Journey's, "Wheel in the Sky"
Misheard Lyrics:
What a machine, again, oh Lord
Original Lyrics:
Winter is here, again, oh Lord
Michael Jackson's, "Ben"
Misheard Lyrics:
Now the sun, now the sea.
Original Lyrics:
Now it's us, now it's we.
Raspberries', "Go All the Way"
Misheard Lyrics:
Please go away
Original Lyrics:
Please go all the way
Samantha Sang's, "Emotion"
Misheard Lyrics:
And crying a river that leads to emotion
Original Lyrics:
And cry me a river that leads to your ocean
Yes', "Heart Of The Sunrise"
Misheard Lyrics:
Short distance
How can the wind with its arms all around me
Original Lyrics:
Sharp distance
How can the wind with its arms all around me
 
1980s
Barry Manilow's, "When October Goes"
Misheard Lyrics:
When October grows
Original Lyrics:
When October goes
Cyndi Lauper's, "I Drove All Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
Crapped in your room
Original Lyrics:
Crept in your room
Dexy's Midnight Runners', "Come On Eileen"
Misheard Lyrics:
Do my, do my, do my, do my age
Original Lyrics:
Too-rye-loo-rye-too-rye-loo-rye-aye
Duran Duran's, "Wild Boys"
Misheard Lyrics:
One voice
Original Lyrics:
Wild boys
Enya's, "Orinoco Flow"
Misheard Lyrics:
From the deep sea of clouds to the island of Aruba ...
From Peru to Cebu to the Aruba below
Original Lyrics:
From the deep sea of clouds to the islands of the moon ...
From Peru to Cebu hear the power of Babylon
Prince's, "Little Red Corvette"
Misheard Lyrics:
Living collect
Original Lyrics:
Little red Corvette
Quiet Riot's, "Cum On Feel the Noize"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm not mean! Go get her!
Original Lyrics:
I'm a mean go-getter
 
1990s
Buzzcocks', "Everybody's Happy Nowadays"
Misheard Lyrics:
Every morning I'll be on my way
Original Lyrics:
Everybody's happy nowadays
Ganggajang's, "Sounds of Then"
Misheard Lyrics:
We watch the Lion King
Original Lyrics:
We'd watch the lightning
Metallica's, "Fixxxer"
Misheard Lyrics:
See you later, see you lie
Original Lyrics:
So you lay us in a line
Nirvana's, "Come As You Are"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ann Maria
or
Mad Maria
Original Lyrics:
Memory, yeah
Rusted Root's, "Send Me on My Way"
Misheard Lyrics:
Simmie and the Whale
Original Lyrics:
Send me on my way
Smashing Pumpkins', "Bullet with Butterfly Wings"
Misheard Lyrics:
Even though I know I suck balls and chode like blow job
Despite all my rage I am still just ready to cringe.
Original Lyrics:
Even though I know
I suppose I'll show all my cool and cold like old job
Despite all my rage I'm still just a rat in a cage
Smashing Pumpkins', "Bullet with Butterfly Wings"
Misheard Lyrics:
Spider-Man, still just rattling the cage
Original Lyrics:
Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage.
Third Eye Blind's, "Semi Charmed Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
Semisonic kinda life
Original Lyrics:
Semi charmed kind of life
Weird Al Yankovic's, "Albuquerque"
Misheard Lyrics:
Alva kirky
Original Lyrics:
Albuquerque
Weird Al Yankovic's, "Albuquerque"
Misheard Lyrics:
I said "A" (A)
"L" (L)
"V" (V)
"U" (U)
"kirky" (kirky)
Original Lyrics:
I said "A" (A)
"L" (L)
"B" (B)
"U" (U)
"querque" (querque)
 
2000s
Beyonce's, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tighter than my very own jeans
Original Lyrics:
Tighter than my Deréon jeans
Blue's, "Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours"
Misheard Lyrics:
Drive to the limit, I'm yours.
Original Lyrics:
Signed, sealed, delivered, I'm yours.
Dream Theater's, "Blind Faith"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's then she took me and you found
Original Lyrics:
Is this utopia you've found
Dream Theater's, "Blind Faith"
Misheard Lyrics:
She and me, speaking
Original Lyrics:
Hear me, speaking
Dream Theater's, "Blind Faith"
Misheard Lyrics:
So come aside and show us how how
Original Lyrics:
So come Messiah show us how how
Enya's, "Flora's Secret"
Misheard Lyrics:
Heaven make the sky so blue
Original Lyrics:
Ever make the sky so blue
Muse's, "Fury"
Misheard Lyrics:
To punish our eternal wrongs
Original Lyrics:
To punish us and make a fuss
Mylo's, "Drop the Pressure"
Misheard Lyrics:
Motherf***ers gonna crack under pressure.
Original Lyrics:
Motherf***ers, gonna drop the pressure.
Slipknot's, "Surfacing"
Misheard Lyrics:
Farting till my butt explodes!
Original Lyrics:
Picking through the parts exposed!
The Wiggles', "Wiggly Party"
Misheard Lyrics:
Think about it (going, going, gone)
Original Lyrics:
Wiggly party (everybody's groovin')
 
2010s
Charlie Puth's, "Attention"
Misheard Lyrics:
You just wanna touch it
Original Lyrics:
You just want attention
Iggy Azalea's, "Fancy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like we're bringing an idiot back
Original Lyrics:
Like we're bringing 88 back
Paramore's, "Still Into You"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm into you.
Baby not a day that's you got but I'm not into you.
Original Lyrics:
I'm into you.
Baby not a day goes by that I'm not into you.
 
country
Carrie Underwood's, "Before He Cheats"
Misheard Lyrics:
Called my name into this lemon seed
Original Lyrics:
Carved my name into his leather seat
Fleetwood Mac's, "Landslide"
Misheard Lyrics:
In the snow-covered tales
Original Lyrics:
In a snow covered hill
 
xmas
John Denver and the Muppets', "The 12 Days of Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics:
(And) a cartridge in a bare tree
Original Lyrics:
(And) A partridge in a pear tree

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