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Misheard Lyrics -> New Entries for December 29, 2020
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1960s | |
Mamas and the Papas', "California Dreamin'"
Misheard Lyrics: All that leaves are bras
And the sky is great Original Lyrics: All the leaves are brown
And the sky is gray. |
The Beach Boys', "Surfer Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: Little surfer little whirl
Original Lyrics: Little surfer, little one
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1970s | |
Commodores', "Brick House"
Misheard Lyrics: She's a slick mouse
Original Lyrics: She's a brick house
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Commodores', "Just to Be Close to You"
Misheard Lyrics: That I was a worrywart
Original Lyrics: That I was a lonely man
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Commodores', "Machine Gun"
Misheard Lyrics: This you must respect
Original Lyrics: This you must expect
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Commodores', "Still"
Misheard Lyrics: Two people lost in a store
Original Lyrics: Two people lost in a storm
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Commodores', "Too Hot ta Trot"
Misheard Lyrics: In the stranger's way
Original Lyrics: In the strangest way
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Commodores', "Too Hot ta Trot"
Misheard Lyrics: Then we can be more than just prayers
Original Lyrics: That we can be more than just friends
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Fleetwood Mac's, "Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win)"
Misheard Lyrics: Yeah, yeah!
Original Lyrics: Rihannon
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Marvin Gaye's, "What's Going On"
Misheard Lyrics: Faggot lines and faggot signs
Original Lyrics: Picket lines and picket signs
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The Doobie Brothers', "China Grove"
Misheard Lyrics: Whoa, oh (whoa, oh)
Johnny Go! Original Lyrics: Whoa, oh (whoa, oh)
China Grove |
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The Doobie Brothers', "Listen to the Music"
Misheard Lyrics: Some are healthy, some are sick
Original Lyrics: Some are happy, some are sad
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The Hollies', "Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)"
Misheard Lyrics: Get it on
Original Lyrics: Had it all [repeat to fade]
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1980s | |
Bobby Brown's, "My Prerogative"
Misheard Lyrics: All these strained relationships
Original Lyrics: All these strange relationships.
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Bobby Brown's, "My Prerogative"
Misheard Lyrics: Hating girls is how I live
Original Lyrics: Getting girls is how I live
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Commodores', "Old-Fashion Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Softly in rides of love she screams to me
Original Lyrics: Softly in rhymes of love she sings to me
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Commodores', "Wonderland"
Misheard Lyrics: Come into this water raft of mine
Original Lyrics: Come into this wonderland of mine
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Guns N' Roses', "Paradise City"
Misheard Lyrics: Take me down to the Appetite City
Original Lyrics: Take me down to the Paradise City
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Lionel Richie's, "All Night Long"
Misheard Lyrics: We're going to party, Come on and fiesta forever
Original Lyrics: We're going to party, Karamu, Fiesta forever
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Nu Shooz's, "I Can't Wait"
Misheard Lyrics: Baby, I-I-I can't live
Original Lyrics: Baby, I-I-I can't wait
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Wham!'s, "Last Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics: This year, to save me frontiers
I'll give it to someone special Original Lyrics: This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special |
Whodini's, "Freaks Come Out At Night"
Misheard Lyrics: The Flintstones on at 9
Original Lyrics: The freaks come out at night.
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1990s | |
Bobby Brown's, "Humpin' Around"
Misheard Lyrics: Ain't nobody up in your room
Original Lyrics: Ain't nobody humping around
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Harvey Danger's, "Flagpole Sitta"
Misheard Lyrics: And I don't even own MTV
Original Lyrics: And I don't even own a TV
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Lighthouse Family's, "Lifted"
Misheard Lyrics: We could be ripped off
Original Lyrics: We could be lifted
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Marcy Playground's, "Sex and Candy"
Misheard Lyrics: Like distant memories
Original Lyrics: Like disco lemonade
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Pearl Jam's, "Not For You"
Misheard Lyrics: All that's sacred comes from you
Dedication's not even true Original Lyrics: All that's sacred comes from youth
Dedications naive and true |
Pearl Jam's, "Not for You"
Misheard Lyrics: This is all for you.
Original Lyrics: This is not for you.
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The Verve's, "Bitter Sweet Symphony"
Misheard Lyrics: I can't pick my nose
Original Lyrics: I can't change my mold
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The Verve's, "The Drugs Don't Work"
Misheard Lyrics: Now the drums don't work
Original Lyrics: Now the drugs don't work
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Tonic's, "If You Could Only See"
Misheard Lyrics: Why I feel this late
Original Lyrics: Why I feel this way
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2000s | |
ATC's, "Around the World (La La La La La)"
Misheard Lyrics: And everybody's staying
Original Lyrics: And everybody's singing
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Anastacia's, "I'm Outta Love"
Misheard Lyrics: And get me out of Missouri
Original Lyrics: And let me out this misery
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Baby Bash featuring Frankie J's, "Suga Suga"
Misheard Lyrics: Suga suga how you get so high
Original Lyrics: Suga suga how you get so fly
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Britney Spears', "Toxic"
Misheard Lyrics: Your traffic jam slipping under
Original Lyrics: Your toxic gun slipping under
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Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics: They paved paradise and put up a f***ing lot
Original Lyrics: They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
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Girls Aloud's, "Sound Of The Underground"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm still an electric night
Original Lyrics: Out to the electric night
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Nickelback's, "If Today Was Your Last Day"
Misheard Lyrics: Would you leave obituaries in the past?
Original Lyrics: Would you leave old pictures in the past?
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Will Young's, "All Time Love"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause if everything were plain failing
Oh, tell me what would there be left to resolve Original Lyrics: 'Cause if everything were plain sailing
Oh, tell me what would there be left to exalt |
Zombie Nation's, "Kernkraft 400"
Misheard Lyrics: Copy
Copy Copy Copy machine Original Lyrics: Zombie
Zombie Zombie Zombie Nation |
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2010s | |
Glee Cast's, "Empire State of Mind"
Misheard Lyrics: The beats will make you feel brand-new
These lights will spy you Original Lyrics: These streets will make you feel brand-new
Big lights will inspire you |
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xmas | |
Cliff Richard's, "Mistletoe & Wine"
Misheard Lyrics: A time for hating and biting to cease
Original Lyrics: A time for hating and fighting to cease
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Darlene Love's, "All Alone on Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics: Where we're lost in hot snow
Original Lyrics: Where do the lonely hearts go
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