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1950s
Johnny Cash's, "The Rebel Johnny Yuma"
Misheard Lyrics:
He wondered alone
Original Lyrics:
He wandered alone
Paul Anka's, "Puppy Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
My tales for you
Original Lyrics:
My tears for you
Thurl Ravenscroft's, "The Ballad of Paul Bunyan"
Misheard Lyrics:
With my double bladed ax and mahogany boots
Original Lyrics:
With my double bladed ax and my hard nail boots
 
1960s
Barbara Lewis', "Hello Stranger"
Misheard Lyrics:
Seems like I'm flying on time
Original Lyrics:
Seems like a mighty long time
Johnny Horton's, "Battle of New Orleans"
Misheard Lyrics:
There wasn't quite as many as there was a while ago
Original Lyrics:
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
Lovin' Spoonful's, "Nashville Cats"
Misheard Lyrics:
Nashville cats, they clean the country water
Nashville cats, they pour the Mountain Dew
Original Lyrics:
Nashville cats play clean as country water
Nashville cats play wild as mountain dew
 
1970s
Blondie's, "Heart of Glass"
Misheard Lyrics:
Once I thought love, thought love was a gas.
Soon found out had a heart of glass.
Original Lyrics:
Once I had a love and it was a blast soon turned out to be a pain in the ass
Jackson 5's, "I'll Be There"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll be back
Original Lyrics:
I'll be there
Jackson 5's, "I'll Be There"
Misheard Lyrics:
Togetherness, well it's all the laughter
Original Lyrics:
Togetherness, well it's all I'm after
Judy Collins', "Send in the Clowns"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just when I saw a flamingo
Original Lyrics:
Just when I stopped opening doors
Meat Loaf's, "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth"
Misheard Lyrics:
It was a hot summer night and my pizza's burning
Original Lyrics:
It was a hot summer night and the beach was burning
Nazareth 's, "Hair of the Dog "
Misheard Lyrics:
Red hot mama, long legged charmer
Original Lyrics:
Red hot mama, velvet charmer
Steely Dan's, "Reelin' In The Years"
Misheard Lyrics:
Are you reelin' in the yeast?
Stowin' away the thyme?
Are you gatherin' up the teas?
Have you had enough of mine?
Original Lyrics:
Are you reelin' in the years?
Stowin' away the time
Are you gatherin' up the tears?
Have you had enough of mine?
The Beatles', "Let It Be"
Misheard Lyrics:
There will be a cancer, let it be
Original Lyrics:
There will be an answer, let it be
The Hollies', "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sandy, the fireworks are hanging on,
We're leaving tonight
For me, this bored one's life is through
Original Lyrics:
Sandy, the fireworks are hailin' over Little Eden tonight
For me, this boardwalk life is through
 
1980s
Def Leppard's, "Armageddon It"
Misheard Lyrics:
The way you jangle your jewels while you're shaking it
Original Lyrics:
Yeah, you jangle your jewels when you shake it ya
Enya's, "Orinoco Flow"
Misheard Lyrics:
Say Vincent Vincent
Original Lyrics:
Sail away sail away
Genesis', "Invisible Touch"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's just a half pipe busy bottom toucher
Original Lyrics:
She seems to have an invisible touch, yeah.
Guess Who's, "Albert Flasher"
Misheard Lyrics:
I was a Berkshire Boner
Original Lyrics:
I was a workshop owner in the gulch for the people.
Jimmy Cliff's, "Shelter of Your Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Run for the shelter up your nose
Original Lyrics:
Run for the shelter of your love
Movie Scripts', "Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird"
Misheard Lyrics:
And Miss Finch would get him!
Original Lyrics:
And Miss Finch could get him!
Movie Scripts', "Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird"
Misheard Lyrics:
Why did the chicken not cross the road?
Original Lyrics:
Why does a chicken not cross the road?
U2's, "Where the Streets Have No Name"
Misheard Lyrics:
Where the steaks have no name
or
Where the stakes have no name
Original Lyrics:
Where the streets have no name
Misheard Lyrics:
I lived in some moss while I stood on my head
Original Lyrics:
I lifted some rocks, well I stood on my head.
Misheard Lyrics:
I met him in a swamp down in Day-Glo Bar
Original Lyrics:
I met him in a swamp down in Dagobah
 
1990s
Daft Punk's, "Around the World"
Misheard Lyrics:
Around the world around the Rudolf
Original Lyrics:
Around the world around the world
Def Leppard's, "Let's Get Rocked"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let's get, let's get, let's get, let's get f****ed
Original Lyrics:
Let's get, let's get, let's get, let's get rocked
Del Amitri's, "Roll to Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
The write down, the whoa!
Original Lyrics:
The right time, to roll to me.
Elton John's, "Daniel"
Misheard Lyrics:
Daniel is riding tonight on a plane.
Original Lyrics:
Daniel's travelling tonight on a plane.
Hootie And The Blowfish's, "Let Her Cry"
Misheard Lyrics:
I sat down on my couch and cried, yellin' "woman, please help me"
Original Lyrics:
I sat down on my couch and cried, yellin' 'Oh momma, please help me.'
Shawn Colvin's, "Every Little Thing (He) Does Is Magic"
Misheard Lyrics:
Now I know a lovely hymn goes on
Original Lyrics:
Now I know my love for him goes on
Smash Mouth's, "All Star"
Misheard Lyrics:
Talking like an ogre
Original Lyrics:
Wait ‘til you get older
Theme Song's, "Family Guy Theme"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lucky is a Family Guy
Lucky is a man who
Obviously can do
Everything that makes us do
F'ing crime
Original Lyrics:
Lucky there's a man who
Positively can do
All the things that make us
Laugh and cry!
Whitney Houston's, "Step by Step"
Misheard Lyrics:
Brick by brick
Original Lyrics:
Break by break
 
2000s
Avril Lavigne's, "Complicated"
Misheard Lyrics:
And you're talking to me, when I'm one
Original Lyrics:
And you're talking to me, one on one
Dream Theater's, "As I Am"
Misheard Lyrics:
To the Devil I demand
Original Lyrics:
To the doubtful I demand, take me as I am.
Flow's, "Go!!!"
Misheard Lyrics:
Only only Oreo
Original Lyrics:
Oli Oli Oli Oh
Korpiklaani's, "Väkirauta"
Misheard Lyrics:
Scheiße...
Original Lyrics:
Sai se [yhen vastahansa...]
Sean Kingston's, "Beautiful Girls"
Misheard Lyrics:
Shayaa, Sean Kingston
Original Lyrics:
J.R., Sean Kingston
The Ataris', "The Boys of Summer"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm on the road today
I saw a bad ass sticker on a Cadillac
Original Lyrics:
Out on the road today
I saw a Black Flag sticker on a Cadillac
The Corrs', "Breathless"
Misheard Lyrics:
Leave me senseless
Original Lyrics:
Leave me breathless
 
2010s
Daft Punk's, "Get Lucky"
Misheard Lyrics:
We're up a Mexican, Lucky
Original Lyrics:
We're up all night to get lucky
Future's, "You da Baddest"
Misheard Lyrics:
White, white, white, hold up, white
Original Lyrics:
Wait, wait, wait, hold up, wait
Gotye's, "Somebody That I Used to Know"
Misheard Lyrics:
some party by Ustinov
Original Lyrics:
Somebody I used to know
Muse's, "Thought Contagion"
Misheard Lyrics:
F***ing senators.
Original Lyrics:
Thought contagion.
Of Monsters and Men's, "Little Talks"
Misheard Lyrics:
Though the truth may buddy this,
Sh*t will carry on.
Barney's safe to shore.
Original Lyrics:
Though the truth may vary
This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore
Queens of The Stone Age's, "The Way You Used To Do"
Misheard Lyrics:
Jump like an ocelot
Original Lyrics:
Jump like an arsonist
Twenty One Pilots', "Holding On to You"
Misheard Lyrics:
out of time my friend
Original Lyrics:
Entertain my faith
Twenty One Pilots', "Stressed Out"
Misheard Lyrics:
When the man must sing us to sleep but now we're stressed out
Original Lyrics:
When our momma sang us to sleep but now we're stressed out.
 
country
Tammy Wynette's, "Stand By Your Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Stink by your man
Original Lyrics:
Stand by your man

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