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1960s
Bob Dylan's, "Highway 61 Revisited"
Misheard Lyrics:
Georgia Sam he had a bloody nose
Ill-fated poverty wouldn't give him no clothes
Original Lyrics:
Georgia Sam he had a bloody nose
Welfare Department, they wouldn't give him no clothes.
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Born on the Bayou"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wishin' I were a fat crank freak
Original Lyrics:
Wishin' I were a fast freight train
 
1970s
ABBA's, "Waterloo"
Misheard Lyrics:
I was defeating you on the wall.
Original Lyrics:
I was defeated, you won the war.
Bay City Rollers', "I Only Wanna Be with You"
Misheard Lyrics:
It happens to be Drew
Original Lyrics:
It happens to be true
Cheap Trick's, "I Want You to Want Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
diddle I diddle I hear u cryin'
Original Lyrics:
Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I, see you cryin'
David Bowie's, "Fame"
Misheard Lyrics:
Space Dream makes a man take things over
Space Dream lets him loose, hard to swallow
Space Dream puts you there where things are hollow (fame)
Space Dream, it's not your brain, it's just the flame
Original Lyrics:
Fame makes a man take things over
Fame lets him loose, hard to swallow
Fame puts you there where things are hollow (fame)
Fame, it's not your brain, it's just the flame
Donna Summer's, "Heaven Knows"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's no Italy
Original Lyrics:
There's no need to leave
Elton John's, "Your Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
if you knock one up, you can easily hide.
Original Lyrics:
I'm not one of those who can easily hide
Golden Earring's, "The Twilight Zone"
Misheard Lyrics:
Soon you will fall in love, when the bullet hits the wall
Original Lyrics:
Soon you will come to know, when the bullet hits the bone
KISS's, "I Was Made for Loving You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Use your maid for lovin' me
And I can't get it up for you baby
Can you get it up for me
Original Lyrics:
You were made for lovin' me
And I can't get enough of you baby
Can you get enough of me
Manfred Mann's Earth Band's, "Blinded By The Light"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wrecked up like a douchen of a runner in the night
Original Lyrics:
Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night.
Manfred Mann's Earth Band's, "Blinded by the Light"
Misheard Lyrics:
Madman drummers bombing Indians in the summer
With a teenage diplomat.
Original Lyrics:
Madman drummers bummers, Indians in the summer
With a teenage diplomat.
Meat Loaf's, "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad"
Misheard Lyrics:
Maybe we can talk all night
Original Lyrics:
Baby we can talk all night
Queen's, "Somebody to love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody wants a crocodile
Original Lyrics:
Everybody wants to put me down
Toto's, "I'll Supply the Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
I hear the same old f***lng reasons.
Original Lyrics:
I hear the same old fourteen reasons.
 
1980s
Anita Baker's, "Sweet Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Do you ever go away?
Original Lyrics:
Don't you ever go away
Curiosity Killed the Cat's, "Down to Earth"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don’t wanna wanna be the same
Don’t wanna fall on a raised recession
Original Lyrics:
Don't wanna wanna be misled
Don't wanna fall on a razor's edge and
Cyndi Lauper's, "All Through the Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
And once we start there'll be two clicks
Original Lyrics:
And once we start the meter clicks.
Dexy's Midnight Runners', "Come On Eileen"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cum on, Eileen
Original Lyrics:
Come on, Eileen
Genesis', "Taking It All Too Hard"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're taking it all to heart.
Original Lyrics:
You're taking it all too hard.
J. Geils Band's, "Centerfold"
Misheard Lyrics:
Angel and the cell-a-phone
Original Lyrics:
My angel is the centerfold.
Michael Jackson's, "PYT (Pretty Young Thing)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Got to get some sweet VD
Original Lyrics:
Got to get to you baby
Raffi's, "This Little Light of Mine"
Misheard Lyrics:
This little light of mind
or
This little light of nine
Original Lyrics:
This little light of mine
Sting's, "Englishman in New York"
Misheard Lyrics:
Takes more than comeback here to make a man
Original Lyrics:
Takes more than combat gear to make a man
 
1990s
Blur's, "Song 2"
Misheard Lyrics:
All of the time why I'm never sure why I need you
Is there any jam?
Original Lyrics:
All of the time why I'm never sure why I need you
Pleased to meet you!
Britney Spears', "I'm a Slave 4 U"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a snake 4 U
Original Lyrics:
I'm a slave 4 U
Bruno Mars', "Marry You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Is it the look in your eyes
Or is it these dancing shoes?
Original Lyrics:
Is it the look in your eyes
Or is it this dancing juice?
Bryan Adams', "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?"
Misheard Lyrics:
She needs some money
Original Lyrics:
She needs somebody
LeAnn Rimes', "How Do I Live"
Misheard Lyrics:
How do I leave without you?
Original Lyrics:
How do I live without you?
Manic Street Preachers', "A Design For Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
I wish I had a butthole, right here in my dirty face.
Original Lyrics:
I wish I had a bottle, right here in my dirty face.
Manic Street Preachers', "If You Tolerate This....."
Misheard Lyrics:
Only what's good for a country paper
Turns me into a gutless wonder
Original Lyrics:
Monuments put from pen to paper
Turns me into a gutless wonder
Ricky Martin's, "She's All I Ever Had"
Misheard Lyrics:
Jesus all I ever had
Original Lyrics:
She's all I ever had
Spice Girls', "Wannabe"
Misheard Lyrics:
That s*** never ends
Original Lyrics:
Friendship never ends
Sting's, "Fields of Gold"
Misheard Lyrics:
Many years have passed
Since there's someone dead
Among the fields of barley.
Original Lyrics:
Many years have passed
Since those summer days
Among the fields of barley.
Vanilla Ice's, "Ice Ice Baby"
Misheard Lyrics:
I grabbed my knife all I heard was shells
Original Lyrics:
I grabbed my nine all I heard was shells
 
2000s
Fall Out Boy's, "27"
Misheard Lyrics:
When being naked or bored just feels like a curse
Original Lyrics:
When being anchored aboard just feels like a curse
Fall Out Boy's, "Champagne for My Real Friends"
Misheard Lyrics:
With your blackest black dress stuck to your skin
When it’s all said and done there all settled in
Original Lyrics:
With your backless black dress soaked to the skin
When it’s said and done they’re all scrambling
Fall Out Boy's, "Sugar, We're Goin' Down"
Misheard Lyrics:
You know it’s not complex, cock it pull it
Original Lyrics:
A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it.
Gorillaz's, "Dare"
Misheard Lyrics:
B*tch there
Original Lyrics:
It's dare!
Gorillaz's, "Feel Good Inc."
Misheard Lyrics:
Windmill, windmill for the land
Turned forever hand in hand
Take it all in on your stride
With a stinking full life now
Original Lyrics:
Windmill, windmill for the land
Turned forever hand in hand
Take it all in on your stride
It is ticking, falling down
John Mayer's, "Say"
Misheard Lyrics:
If you could own me
Original Lyrics:
If you could only
Lindsay Lohan's, "Speak"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pee because the more you say the more on your knees
Original Lyrics:
Speak because the more you say the more I'm at ease
Nelly Furtado's, "I'm Like a Bird"
Misheard Lyrics:
I wanna fly away.
Original Lyrics:
I'll only fly away.
Radiohead's, "Motion Picture Soundtrack"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's not like the movies
The finish line......
Original Lyrics:
It's not like the movies
They fed us on little white lies
Shakira's, "Whenever, Wherever"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll be dead and you'll be here
Original Lyrics:
I'll be there and you'll be near
 
2010s
Ariana Grande's, "Focus"
Misheard Lyrics:
F**k a zombie
Original Lyrics:
Focus on me
Bruno Mars', "24K Magic"
Misheard Lyrics:
Point your flippin' razor to the moon
Original Lyrics:
Put yo' pinky rings up to the moon
Fall Out Boy's, "Favorite Record"
Misheard Lyrics:
Forget the way that we danced, we danced.
To Hanson and we danced, we danced
Original Lyrics:
Forget the way that we danced, we danced.
To Rancid, and we danced, we danced.
Future's, "Mask Off"
Misheard Lyrics:
Parkinson's, Mild Parkinson's
Original Lyrics:
Percocets, Molly, Percocets
Sia's, "Elastic Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm not the one making this
Original Lyrics:
And another one bites the dust

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