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1960s
Buchanan Brothers', "Medicine Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Common cold
Original Lyrics:
Come close
Buchanan Brothers', "Medicine Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
On the bed, make you glad, medicine man
Original Lyrics:
I'm the bad, make you glad, medicine man
Del Shannon's, "Hats Off to Larry"
Misheard Lyrics:
This makes some strings
Original Lyrics:
This may sound strange
Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor's, "Green Acres"
Misheard Lyrics:
I just adore a Ben House blue
Original Lyrics:
I just adore a penthouse view.
Eva Gabor & Eddie Albert's, "Green Acres"
Misheard Lyrics:
Green Acres is the place to be
Foreign living is the life for me
Lambs spreading out so far and wild
Keep my hat and give me that countryside
Original Lyrics:
Green Acres is the place to be
Farm living is the life for me
Land spreading out so far and wide
Keep Manhattan, just give me that countryside
Jefferson Airplane's, "White Rabbit"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pee your pants!
Original Lyrics:
Feed your head!
Joe Cocker's, "With a Little Help From My Friends"
Misheard Lyrics:
Do you meet everybody?
Original Lyrics:
Do you need anybody?
Lou Christie's, "Lightnin' Strikes"
Misheard Lyrics:
1990 again
Original Lyrics:
Lightnin' strikin' again
Stevie Wonder's, "My Cherie Amour"
Misheard Lyrics:
Heart whispers you were mine.
Original Lyrics:
How I wish that you were mine.
 
1970s
Bay City Rollers', "I Only Wanna Be with You"
Misheard Lyrics:
And asked me if I'd disco dance
Original Lyrics:
And asked me if I'd care to dance
Diana Ross', "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
Misheard Lyrics:
When he was awake
Original Lyrics:
When he was away
Dire Straits', "Sultans of Swing"
Misheard Lyrics:
We're the subject
We're the subject of swing
Original Lyrics:
We're the sultans
We're the sultans of swing
Elton John and Kiki Dee's, "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
But right from the start, I gave you my car
Original Lyrics:
But right from the start, I gave you my heart
Elton John and Kiki Dee's, "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
But when I was down, how was your crown?
Original Lyrics:
But when I was down, I was your clown
Elton John and Kiki Dee's, "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, I think we'll get naked
Original Lyrics:
Oh, I think we can make it
England Dan and John Ford Coley's, "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm not talkin' 'bout Fred Willard
Original Lyrics:
I'm not talkin' 'bout movin' in
Gary Wright's, "Dream Weaver"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dream Beaver
Original Lyrics:
Dream Weaver
Jefferson Starship's, "Miracles"
Misheard Lyrics:
If only you're bullied like I'm bullied
Original Lyrics:
If only you believe like I believe
The Chi-Lites', "Oh Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
Old gold
Original Lyrics:
Oh girl
 
1980s
Billy Joel's, "The Downeaster Alexa"
Misheard Lyrics:
I got pills to take
Original Lyrics:
I got bills to pay
Bryan Adams', "Summer of '69"
Misheard Lyrics:
Banning the Summer of '69
Original Lyrics:
Back in the summer of '69
Misheard Lyrics:
The Darth took lightsaber, Star Wars swingin' high
Original Lyrics:
That man took the stage, his towel was swingin' high
Juice Newton's, "Queen of Hearts"
Misheard Lyrics:
Laying out another lifetime
Original Lyrics:
Laying out another lie
Scandal's, "The Warrior"
Misheard Lyrics:
Animal star
Original Lyrics:
Animal style
Stryper's, "Honestly"
Misheard Lyrics:
I will be afraid
Original Lyrics:
I will be a friend
Taylor Dayne's, "Tell it To My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
Emotion overboard
Original Lyrics:
Emotion overload
 
1990s
Celine Dion's, "If You Asked Me To"
Misheard Lyrics:
And let you in my mind forever
Original Lyrics:
And let you in my life forever
Collective Soul's, "The World I Know"
Misheard Lyrics:
'cause it's the woman I know
Original Lyrics:
'cause it's the world I know
Collective Soul's, "The World I Know"
Misheard Lyrics:
'cause it's the woman I love
Original Lyrics:
'cause it's the world I know
Commercial's, "Pepto-Bismol"
Misheard Lyrics:
Nachos, tacos, immigration
Original Lyrics:
Nausea, heartburn, indigestion
Elton John's, "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Can you feel the love of life?
Original Lyrics:
Can you feel the love tonight?
Goo Goo Dolls', "Iris"
Misheard Lyrics:
When everything feels like a Luby's
Original Lyrics:
When everything feels like the movies
Green Day's, "Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Another turnip, Boy. A fork stuck in the root
Original Lyrics:
Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road
Jane Child's, "Don't Wanna Fall in Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
You make the night feel good
Original Lyrics:
You make the knife feel good
Madonna's, "Take a Bow"
Misheard Lyrics:
Think about
Original Lyrics:
Take a bow
Movie Scripts', "Madeline"
Misheard Lyrics:
In an old house in Dallas that was covered in time
Original Lyrics:
In an old house in Paris that was covered in vines
Pato Banton's, "Baby Come Back"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bring back my senses!
Original Lyrics:
Bring back me sensi
Pato Banton's, "Baby Come Back"
Misheard Lyrics:
This is the first time, my dear, today that you have blown away
Original Lyrics:
This is the first time until today that you have run away
Styx's, "Show Me the Way"
Misheard Lyrics:
And if I see a light shining near
Original Lyrics:
And if I see a light, should I believe?
The Rembrandts', "I'll Be There for You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like I've been bad before
Original Lyrics:
Like I've been there before
 
2000s
Crazy Town's, "Butterfly"
Misheard Lyrics:
Something that I won't drive
Original Lyrics:
Something that I won't try
Demon Hunter's, "I Play Dead"
Misheard Lyrics:
I won't, I won't leave without you
Original Lyrics:
I won't, I won't leave without a trace
Fall Out Boy's, "Sugar, We're Goin' Down"
Misheard Lyrics:
I know we got Comcast
Original Lyrics:
A loaded God complex
Godsmack's, "Voodoo"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hoodoo, hoodoo
or
Doo-doo, doo-doo
Original Lyrics:
Voodoo, voodoo
Goo Goo Dolls', "Better Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the one Pooh child
Original Lyrics:
And the one poor child
Kimberly Locke's, "8th World Wonder"
Misheard Lyrics:
Seven days and seven nights of thong songs
Original Lyrics:
Seven days and seven nights of thunder
Nelly's, "Pimp Juice"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pink juice
Original Lyrics:
Pimp Juice
Sisqo's, "Thong Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dong-dong-dong-dong-dong
Original Lyrics:
Thong-thong-thong-thong-thong
Theme Songs', "The Spectacular Spider-Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Living on an egg, buying crime, spinning webs.
Original Lyrics:
Living on the edge, fighting crime, spinning webs.
 
2010s
Lady Gaga's, "Alice"
Misheard Lyrics:
My name, Les Dennis
Original Lyrics:
My name, is Alice

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