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1950s
Buddy Holly's, "Everyday"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everyday things are getting closer
Original Lyrics:
Everyday it’s a getting closer
 
1960s
Disney's 'Mary Poppins''s, "Feed The Birds"
Misheard Lyrics:
Feed the birds, puffins are back
Puffins, puffins, puffins are back.
Original Lyrics:
Feed the birds, tuppence a bag
Tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag.
 
1970s
America's, "Sister Golden Hair"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've been tutored hard to find
Original Lyrics:
I've been too, too hard to find
David Bowie's, "Moonage Daydream"
Misheard Lyrics:
You smoke a lot of pink monkey butt
Original Lyrics:
You're squawking like a pink monkey bird
James Taylor's, "Fire and Rain"
Misheard Lyrics:
I just can’t remember who’s Cindy too
Original Lyrics:
I just can’t remember who to send it to
John Denver's, "Annie's Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
You still watch the Simpsons
Original Lyrics:
You fill up my senses
King Harvest's, "Dancing in the Moonlight"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody hare is out of sight
Original Lyrics:
Everybody here is out of sight.
Loggins and Messina's, "Your Mama Don't Dance"
Misheard Lyrics:
Nobody's gonna dance
And nobody can rock and roll
Original Lyrics:
Your mama don't dance
And your daddy don't rock and roll
Player's, "Baby Come Back"
Misheard Lyrics:
Any kind of who can see
Original Lyrics:
Any kind of fool could see
Queen's, "Now I'm Here"
Misheard Lyrics:
Down in the jungle just losing my sleep
Original Lyrics:
Down in the dungeon with Peaches and me.
Queen's, "Now I'm Here"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just a blue man
Won't you make me live again
Original Lyrics:
Just a new man.
Yes, you made me live again.
Rare Earth's, "(I Know) I'm Losing You"
Misheard Lyrics:
I feel this faith
Original Lyrics:
I feel it's fading
Rupert Holmes', "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)"
Misheard Lyrics:
And though I'm nobody's porridge
Original Lyrics:
And though I'm nobody's poor wit
Yes', "Rondabout"
Misheard Lyrics:
In and around the lake Mountains come out of the sky and they stand there
Original Lyrics:
Here in the roundelay, Mothers come out of the sky - It's captured!
 
1980s
Air Supply's, "Even the Nights are Better"
Misheard Lyrics:
I just wore perfume
Original Lyrics:
I was so confused
Billy Ocean's, "Caribbean Queen"
Misheard Lyrics:
Caribou Twist
Original Lyrics:
Caribbean Queen
Buffalo Springfield's, "For What It’s Worth"
Misheard Lyrics:
The satellites being brought
Original Lyrics:
There’s battle lines being drawn
Chaka Khan's, "I Feel for You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Baby baby when I look in view
Original Lyrics:
Baby baby when I look at you
Chaka Khan's, "I Feel for You"
Misheard Lyrics:
I fear for you
Original Lyrics:
I feel for you
Crowded House's, "Don't Dream It's Over"
Misheard Lyrics:
Get to know the feeling of liberating anchovies
Original Lyrics:
Get to know the feeling of liberation and relief
Dan Hartman's, "We Are The Young"
Misheard Lyrics:
positive standard nation
Original Lyrics:
Positive stimulation
Eric Clapton's, "Forever Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bald Headed Man
Original Lyrics:
Forever man
Kenny Loggins', "Footloose"
Misheard Lyrics:
Now I've got a cousin Lewis
Footloose
Kick off your Sunday shoes
Original Lyrics:
Now I gotta cut loose
Footloose
Kick off your Sunday shoes
Kenny Loggins', "Footloose"
Misheard Lyrics:
Use your clues
Everybody play Blue's Clues
Original Lyrics:
Lose your blues
Every cut footloose
Kenny Loggins', "Heartlight"
Misheard Lyrics:
And I like the peaches
Original Lyrics:
And I like the peaceful
Klymaxx's, "I Miss You"
Misheard Lyrics:
I just can’t pull teeth
Original Lyrics:
I just can’t believe
Luciano Pavarotti's, "La Donna E Mobile"
Misheard Lyrics:
La Donna Immobile
Original Lyrics:
La Donna E Mobile
Miami Sound Machine's, "Bad Boy"
Misheard Lyrics:
You’re coming on the phone
Original Lyrics:
You call me on the phone
Michael Jackson's, "Beat It"
Misheard Lyrics:
Eat it
Eat it
No one wants to see you p*nis
Original Lyrics:
Beat it
Beat it
No one wants to be defeated
Police's, "Don't Stand So Close to Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dristan, Dristan so, Dristan so close to me
Original Lyrics:
Don't stand,
Don't stand so,
Don't stand so close to me.
The Cult's, "She Sells Sanctuary"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the head sister ate my backbone
Original Lyrics:
Oh those heads that turn, make my back burn
And those heads that turn, make my back, make my back burn.
The Police's, "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da"
Misheard Lyrics:
Do good good good for dad dad dad
Original Lyrics:
De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
 
1990s
Ace of Base's, "Beautiful Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
It’s a cubicle life
Original Lyrics:
It’s a beautiful life
Britney Spears', "Toxic"
Misheard Lyrics:
You’re toxic, I’m slipping under
Original Lyrics:
Your toxic blood slipping under
Commercial's, "David's Bridal"
Misheard Lyrics:
You'll love David's Bible
Original Lyrics:
You'll love David's Bridal
Gang Starr's, "Step in the Arena"
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause you'd rather be just suspected of malt liquor
Original Lyrics:
'Cause you'd rather be just a spectator, an onlooker
Jennifer Lopez's, "Waiting for Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics:
Alone in Ma Bell
Original Lyrics:
Alone in my bed
Mark Morrison's, "Return Of The Mack"
Misheard Lyrics:
Katana, my man Fontana, my man
Original Lyrics:
Return of the Mack
Nobuo Uematsu's, "One-Winged Angel"
Misheard Lyrics:
Xbox, Jim Carrey
See a bear, feta cheese
Original Lyrics:
Estuans interius
Ira Vehementi
Pulp's, "Disco 2000"
Misheard Lyrics:
When we’re all fully clothed
Original Lyrics:
When we’re all fully grown
Ricky Martin's, "Livin' La Vida Loca"
Misheard Lyrics:
Millipede ioca
Original Lyrics:
Livin' La Vida Loca
Spin Doctors', "Two Princes"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wanna buy me pliers
Original Lyrics:
Wanna buy me flowers
 
2000s
DMX's, "Party Up (Up in here)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cowgirl make me lose my mind, up in here, up in here
Original Lyrics:
Y'all gonna make me lose my mind, up in here, up in here.
Katy Perry's, "I Kissed a Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
The taste of her cherry Shasta
Original Lyrics:
The taste of her cherry ChapStick
 
2010s
Halestorm's, "Do Not Disturb"
Misheard Lyrics:
Do like the Serbs
Original Lyrics:
Do not disturb
Halestorm's, "Do Not Disturb"
Misheard Lyrics:
Do like the stars
Original Lyrics:
Do not disturb
Jon Pardi's, "Dirt On My Boots"
Misheard Lyrics:
Got a little dirt on my boobs
Original Lyrics:
Got a little dirt on my boots
Little Mix ft. Sean Paul's, "Hair"
Misheard Lyrics:
Well, he was just a dick in our new wig
Original Lyrics:
Well, he was just a dick and I knew it
Zayn's, "Pillowtalk"
Misheard Lyrics:
At least I was young
Original Lyrics:
And it's our war zone
 
xmas
Traditional's, "Jingle Bells"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one whore soapin' Sleigh
Original Lyrics:
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh

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