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1960s
Bob Dylan's, "Like a Rolling Stone"
Misheard Lyrics:
But you know you only used to get Houston air
Original Lyrics:
But you know you only used to get juiced in it.
Cream's, "Sunshine Of Your Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Give you my dong surprise
Original Lyrics:
Give you my dawn surprise.
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Bad Moon Rising"
Misheard Lyrics:
I see a bad Verizon
Original Lyrics:
I see a bad moon rising
Misheard Lyrics:
Just to come home from the war zone, Seventh Avenue
Original Lyrics:
Just a 'come on' from the whores on 7th Avenue
Simon and Garfunkel's, "I Am a Rock"
Misheard Lyrics:
I am a rock, I am an item
Original Lyrics:
I am a rock, I am an island.
 
1970s
Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods', "Billy, Don't Be a Hero"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dylan, don't be a gyro
Original Lyrics:
Billy, don't be a hero
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose's, "Treat Her Like a Lady"
Misheard Lyrics:
Treat her like Greg Brady
Original Lyrics:
Treat her like a lady
Iggy Pop's, "Lust for Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
Of course I've done it in a uniform
Original Lyrics:
Of course I've had it in the ear before
Neil Sedaka's, "Bad Blood"
Misheard Lyrics:
It coulda been me but it was you
Women bit off a little bit more than he could chew
Original Lyrics:
It coulda been me but it was you
Who went and bit off a little bit more than he could chew
Paul McCartney's, "Monkberry Moon Delight"
Misheard Lyrics:
So I sat in the attic, a cow up my nose ,
....
Sore was I from the crack of an enema hose
And the horrible sound of the butter
Ketchup, soup puree....
The saviours, the nuts, and the vanities
...
Oh, do your stuff concealed in a barrel
Sucking monkberry moon delight
Original Lyrics:
So I sat in the attic, a piano up my nose
And the wind played a dreadful cantata (cantata, cantata)
Sore was I from the crack of an enemy's hose
And the horrible sound of tomato.
Catch up super fury
...
The sinews, the nerves, and the veins
...
Two youngsters concealed in a barrel
Smoking monkberry moon delight.
Wild Cherry's, "Play That Funky Music"
Misheard Lyrics:
Play that funky music light bulb.
Original Lyrics:
Play that funky music, white boy.
 
1980s
Billy Joel's, "Uptown Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
As long as anyone with popcorn can
Original Lyrics:
As long as anyone with hot blood can
Billy Joel's, "Why Should I Worry?"
Misheard Lyrics:
They love me at the Jones and they adore the Apple Ritz
Original Lyrics:
They love me at the Chelsea, they adore me at the Ritz
Joan Jett and The Blackhearts', "I Love Rock 'N' Roll"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hi ho, rock and roll
Original Lyrics:
I love rock and roll.
Kim Carnes', "Bette Davis Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's been cautious
Original Lyrics:
She's precocious
Manhattan Transfer's, "Birdland"
Misheard Lyrics:
Get up and down in Birdland
Original Lyrics:
It happened down in Birdland
Peter Gabriel's, "Sledgehammer"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's a muse that never ends.
Original Lyrics:
This amusement never ends.
Peter Gabriel's, "Sledgehammer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Soul for me
I got soul for you.
Original Lyrics:
Show for me
I will show for you.
Steve Lunt's, "Don't Fear the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
One step discover, Anita's there tonight
Original Lyrics:
One step to discover, the need is there tonight
The Clash's, "Rock the Casbah"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sherida you like it!
Drop the cash off, drop the cash off!
Original Lyrics:
Sharif don't like it
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah!
Til Tuesday's, "Voices Carry"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh oh George, need your help now, it's so scary
Original Lyrics:
Hush hush, keep it down now, voices carry.
 
1990s
Beck's, "Loser"
Misheard Lyrics:
Soar over Canada
Original Lyrics:
Soy un perdedor
Underworld's, "Pearl's Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ass wipe
Original Lyrics:
house, white
Unsane's, "Committed"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's covered in Fletcher
Mega Block builder here
Makin' fun of New York
Original Lyrics:
It's time for inspection
Wipe the blood off your hands
It's the new world
 
2000s
Eminem's, "Hailie's Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm so glad that her mom didn't abort her
Original Lyrics:
I'm so glad that her mom didn't want her.
Lady Gaga's, "Poker Face"
Misheard Lyrics:
Carry blind, carry blind...
No he can't read my poker face.
Original Lyrics:
Can't read my, Can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
Nickelodeon's, "Jimmy Neutron"
Misheard Lyrics:
Of a cammickle kay-nard
Bark Bark
Original Lyrics:
A mechanical canine
Bark Bark
Nickelodeon's, "Jimmy Neutron"
Misheard Lyrics:
This is the big tron
Jimmy Neutron.
Original Lyrics:
This is the theme song
For Jimmy Neutron.
Rage Against The Machine's, "Mic Check"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll be the Internet credit card shopper
Original Lyrics:
I be the anti-myth rhythm rock shocker
Red Hot Chili Peppers', "This Is the Place"
Misheard Lyrics:
My seven-balling
Original Lyrics:
Hammers are falling.
Sabaton's, "Attero Dominatus"
Misheard Lyrics:
Serniev's head on a plate!
Original Lyrics:
Serve me it's head on a plate!
Sabaton's, "Attero Dominatus"
Misheard Lyrics:
That started the war in the furnace
Original Lyrics:
That started the war in the Thirties
Sabaton's, "Attero Dominatus"
Misheard Lyrics:
Useless battering rams
Original Lyrics:
Use them as battering rams
System of a Down's, "Shimmy"
Misheard Lyrics:
I wanna shimmy shimmy shimmy to the brink now. Darn you!
Original Lyrics:
I wanna shimmy, shimmy, shimmy
'Til the break of dawn, yeah.
System of a Down's, "Shimmy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Is it dead or alive?
Is it there in the house of your wife?
Original Lyrics:
I think me
I want life
I think me
I want a house and a wife.
Theme Songs', "Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sagwa nyo, sagwa nyo
Original Lyrics:
Hao peng yo, hao peng yo
Train's, "If It's Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
No hen relief
Original Lyrics:
No Henry Lee
gorillaz's, "Dare"
Misheard Lyrics:
You've got depression on you
Original Lyrics:
You've got to press it on you
 
2010s
Arctic Monkeys', "You're So Dark"
Misheard Lyrics:
Got your one kind of ravens
And a matter of crows
Original Lyrics:
Got your unkind of ravens
Got your murder of crows
Camila Cabello's, "Havana"
Misheard Lyrics:
A runnawonana
I think my heart is in a runna oh na na
Original Lyrics:
Havana oh na na,
I think my heart is in Havana oh na na
Far Too Loud's, "600 Years"
Misheard Lyrics:
All you have to do is get some good grass and mow it every day for 600 years
Original Lyrics:
All you have to do is get some good grass and we're rolling every day for 600 years
Kelly Clarkson's, "Underneath the Tree"
Misheard Lyrics:
Snow is falling with a capital C
Original Lyrics:
Snow is falling as the carolers sing
One Direction's, "Midnight Memories"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't wanna stop to get meatloaf
Original Lyrics:
I don't wanna stop so give me more
Pink's, "My Love, My Drug"
Misheard Lyrics:
My perfect white bottom, my beautiful trouble.
Original Lyrics:
My perfect rock bottom, my beautiful trauma.
Portugal the Man's, "Feel It Still"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh woo I'm a rebel at the pigs feet!
Original Lyrics:
Ooh woo, I'm a rebel just for kicks now
 
country
Eiffel 65's, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a zoo, if I sneeze, I will die
Original Lyrics:
I'm blue, da ba dee, da ba di.
Shenandoah's, "The Church on Cumberland Road"
Misheard Lyrics:
I didn't know a boring old Ford could go so slow.
Original Lyrics:
I didn't know this bored-out Ford could go so slow.
 
misc
Traditional's, "Winter Wonderland"
Misheard Lyrics:
Later on we'll perspire,
As we drink by the fire.
Original Lyrics:
Later on we'll conspire
As we dream by the fire
 
xmas
Bing Crosby's, "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics:
Is the wish of jelly and jam
Original Lyrics:
Is the wish of Janice and Jan
Kenny Loggins', "Celebrate Me Home"
Misheard Lyrics:
Celebrate me whole
Original Lyrics:
celebrate me home

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