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1950s | |
Doris Day's, "Tea for Two"
Misheard Lyrics: Two for you and two for me
Original Lyrics: Tea for two and two for tea
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1960s | |
The Band's, "Chest Fever"
Misheard Lyrics: But just before she leaves, she will see
Original Lyrics: But just before she leaves, she receives
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The Four Tops', "7-Rooms of Gloom"
Misheard Lyrics: I live with Empty Nest
Original Lyrics: I live with emptiness
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The Four Tops', "Ask the Lonely"
Misheard Lyrics: Just ask Maloney
Original Lyrics: Just ask the lonely
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The Four Tops', "If I Were a Carpenter"
Misheard Lyrics: If I was the Carpenters
And you were Greg Brady Original Lyrics: If I were a carpenter
And you were a lady |
The Four Tops', "It's All in the Game"
Misheard Lyrics: You got worse
Original Lyrics: You have words
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The Four Tops', "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)"
Misheard Lyrics: And wake me when he's sober
Original Lyrics: And wake me when it's over
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The Four Tops', "You Keep Running Away"
Misheard Lyrics: But still you won't say
Original Lyrics: But still you won't stay
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1970s | |
ABBA's, "Dancing Queen"
Misheard Lyrics: Feel the heat from the summer heat
Original Lyrics: Feel the beat from the tambourine
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Abba's, "Gimme Gimme Gimme"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm watching my late charm in my flat all alone
Original Lyrics: Watching the late show in my flat all alone
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Bob Dylan's, "Idiot Wind"
Misheard Lyrics: Beware of leopards that change stripes
Original Lyrics: I ran into the fortune teller, who said beware of lightning that might strike
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Elton John's, "Border Song"
Misheard Lyrics: He's my brother, let us...let us live in heat.
Original Lyrics: He's my brother, let us...let us live in peace.
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Elton John's, "Step Into Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics: Step into reading
With permission free Original Lyrics: Step into Christmas
The admission's free |
Golden Earring's, "The Twilight Zone"
Misheard Lyrics: So you will come and go, when the bullet hits the bone
Original Lyrics: Soon you will come to know, when the bullet hits the bone
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Jim Ellis', "WKRP In Cincinnati (Closing Theme)"
Misheard Lyrics: Went to a bar till I got kicked right outta here
Stick around the world till I whacked a hole in 'er heart Was I? Good bartender I had a better hit here But then I wouldn't do it till I put a lovin' in her heart ...meow! Original Lyrics: Mad tooth bar chin-up, box zing outta her hair now
Still do the modern day whack-a-mole ditto-o-o What's that? Good bartender, I'da hat-beer 'n' head out I said I wouldn't do it if a poodle had a lid on |
Melanie's, "Brand New Key"
Misheard Lyrics: It almost seems that you're supporting me.
Original Lyrics: It almost seems like you're avoiding me.
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Paul McCartney's, "Maybe I'm Amazed"
Misheard Lyrics: Maybe I'm amazed at the way you poop me out of time
Original Lyrics: Maybe, I'm amazed at the way you pulled me out of time
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Ray Stevens', "The Streak"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't look it, though!
Original Lyrics: Don't look, Ethel!
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Simon & Garfunkel's, "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll take your paw when darkness comes
Original Lyrics: I'll take your part when darkness comes
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The Four Tops', "MacArthur Park (Part II)"
Misheard Lyrics: Used to be the one
Original Lyrics: You'll still be the one
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1980s | |
Enya's, "Cursum Perficio"
Misheard Lyrics: Why must you be a penis?
Original Lyrics: Post nubila, Phoebus
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Jesse Frederick's, "Everywhere You Look"
Misheard Lyrics: A line is waiting to pamper yourself
Original Lyrics: A light is waiting to carry you home
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Pet Shop Boys', "Always on My Mind"
Misheard Lyrics: You were always on Nightline
Original Lyrics: You were always on my mind
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The Pointer Sisters', "Automatic"
Misheard Lyrics: With its eggs in vision
Original Lyrics: With its X-ray vision
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1990s | |
C+C Music Factory's, "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"
Misheard Lyrics: Everybody chase her
Original Lyrics: Everybody dance now
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Go West's, "King of Wishful Thinking"
Misheard Lyrics: But I won't sh*t a chill for you
Original Lyrics: But I won't shed a tear for you
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Go West's, "King of Wishful Thinking"
Misheard Lyrics: I refuse to give into my bills, that's not how it's going to be
Original Lyrics: I refuse to give into my blues, that's not how it's going to be
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The Cure's, "Friday I'm in Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Thursday, watch the wetter instead.
Original Lyrics: Thursday, watch the walls instead.
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The Wallflowers', "One Headlight"
Misheard Lyrics: With one elephant
Original Lyrics: With one headlight
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2000s | |
Beck's, "Broken Train"
Misheard Lyrics: This is the real me ladies
You won't find yourselves in here Original Lyrics: This is the real me ladies
You won't find no shelter here |
Billie Joe Armstrong's, "Holiday"
Misheard Lyrics: Sneak up to the president cat-man
Push away is your punishment! Original Lyrics: Sieg Heil to the president gasmen
Bombs away is your punishment! |
Crossfade's, "Cold"
Misheard Lyrics: I never meant to be stone cold
Original Lyrics: I never meant to be so cold
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OSI's, "The Escape Artist"
Misheard Lyrics: Kayleigh McEnany
Original Lyrics: You can take your memory
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Uncle Kracker's, "Follow Me"
Misheard Lyrics: And swim 'til your parents takes a piss in the sea
Original Lyrics: And swim through your veins like a fish in the sea
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Weird Al Yankovic's, "White & Nerdy"
Misheard Lyrics: ...or do I like Bacall?
Original Lyrics: ...or do I like Picard?
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2010s | |
Lana Del Rey's, "Video Games"
Misheard Lyrics: He holds me in his big arse
Drunk and I am seeing stars, this is all I think of Watching all our friends fall in and out of old paws Original Lyrics: He holds me in his big arms
Drunk and I am seeing stars, this is all I think of Watching all our friends fall in and out of Old Paul's |
One Direction's, "What Makes You Beautiful"
Misheard Lyrics: Right now I'm milking a Jew and I can't believe
Original Lyrics: Right now I'm looking at you and I can't believe
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Young the Giant's, "Heat of the Summer"
Misheard Lyrics: Feel like it's been forever
Since I had my s*** together I just do what I wanna In the heat of December Original Lyrics: Feel like it's been forever
Since I had my s*** together I just do what I wanna In the heat of the summer |
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xmas | |
Celine Dion's, "Don't Save It All for Christmas Day"
Misheard Lyrics: People are buying
Original Lyrics: People are dying
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Coldplay's, "Christmas Lights"
Misheard Lyrics: Still waiting for the snowballs
Original Lyrics: Still waiting for the snow to fall
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John Lennon and Yoko Ono's, "Happy Xmas (War is Over)"
Misheard Lyrics: (Morning's over with a margin)
Original Lyrics: (War is over, if you want it)
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Judy Garland's, "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics: Happy golden days once more
Original Lyrics: Happy golden days of yore
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Weird Al Yankovic's, "The Night Santa Went Crazy"
Misheard Lyrics: He decided to vomit
Original Lyrics: He decided to bomb it
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