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1960s
The Grass Roots', "Let's Live for Today"
Misheard Lyrics:
To gimme southern lovin'
Original Lyrics:
To gimme some lovin'
The Mamas and the Papas', "California Dreamin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
All the weeds turned brown
Original Lyrics:
All the leaves are brown
The Skip-Jacks', "(Meet) The Flintstones"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let’s ride with the family down the street
Through the courtesy of friends we’ll meet
Original Lyrics:
Let's ride with the family down the street
Through the courtesy of Fred's two feet
 
1970s
ABBA's, "Happy New Year"
Misheard Lyrics:
Avenue pier
Original Lyrics:
Happy New Year
Barry White's, "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up"
Misheard Lyrics:
QuickChek ain't my s***
Original Lyrics:
Quittin' ain't my shtick
Bee Gees', "Too Much Heaven"
Misheard Lyrics:
Nobody's gets too much hair in their arm pits..
Original Lyrics:
Nobody gets too much heaven no more
It's..
Carly Simon's, "You're So Vain"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're so great
Original Lyrics:
You're so vain
Cat Stevens', "Wild World"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ooh, baby, baby, it's a wallop
Original Lyrics:
Ooh, baby, baby, it's a wild world
Elton John's, "Daniel"
Misheard Lyrics:
Devon, you're a star
Original Lyrics:
Daniel, you're a star
Elton John's, "Daniel"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can see the red tail lights heading this way
Original Lyrics:
I can see the red tail lights heading to Spain
Elton John's, "Daniel"
Misheard Lyrics:
Must be the clouds in the sky
Original Lyrics:
Must be the clouds in my eyes
Elton John's, "Daniel"
Misheard Lyrics:
My sister is pretty
Original Lyrics:
They say Spain is pretty
Jimmy Buffett's, "Cheeseburger in Paradise"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm just a Transformer in Paradise
Original Lyrics:
I'm just a cheeseburger in Paradise
John Denver's, "Annie's Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
You fell from the staircase
Original Lyrics:
You fill up my senses
Jose Feliciano's, "Chico and the Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
You can see the Monday sun if you shine
Original Lyrics:
You can see the morning sun if you try
Loggins and Messina's, "Danny's Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm so in love with your honky
Original Lyrics:
I'm so in love with your honey
Marshall Tucker Band's, "Heard It In A Love Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
dirty little love song ten feet long
Original Lyrics:
Heard it in a love song cant be wrong
Marvin Gaye's, "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Fistful of Hercules
Original Lyrics:
Fish full of mercury
Marvin Gaye's, "What's Going On"
Misheard Lyrics:
Motherf***er
Original Lyrics:
Mama, mama
Player's, "Baby Come Back"
Misheard Lyrics:
You can leave it all on me
Original Lyrics:
You can blame it all on me
 
1980s
Christopher Cross', "Never Be the Same"
Misheard Lyrics:
It was Goofy
Original Lyrics:
It was good for me
Christopher Cross', "Ride Like the Wind"
Misheard Lyrics:
And I've got a lonely goat
Original Lyrics:
And I've got a long way to go
Jeffrey Osborne's, "On the Wings of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Puffin' above the clouds
Original Lyrics:
Up and above the clouds
Jeffrey Osborne's, "Stay with Me Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics:
Please be mine for life
Original Lyrics:
Please be mine tonight
Jeffrey Osborne's, "You Should Be Mine (The Woo Woo Song)"
Misheard Lyrics:
You got to mortify my love
Original Lyrics:
You got to fortify my love
John Lennon's, "(Just Like) Starting Over"
Misheard Lyrics:
Alone again
Original Lyrics:
In love again
John Lennon's, "Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can hardly distress
Original Lyrics:
I can hardly express
Montell Jordan's, "Get it On Tonite"
Misheard Lyrics:
Now she's trying some ice cubes
Original Lyrics:
Now she's trying to ice you
Musical Youth's, "Pass the Dutchie"
Misheard Lyrics:
False seduction on the left-hand side
Original Lyrics:
Pass the Dutchie 'pon the left-hand side
Tears For Fears', "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
Misheard Lyrics:
So sad they had to fit it
Original Lyrics:
So sad they had to fade it
The Jets', "You Got it All"
Misheard Lyrics:
Then like a Ray-O-Vac
Original Lyrics:
Then like a ray of light
 
1990s
Elton John's, "Believe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Without one
Original Lyrics:
Without love
Lisa Stansfield's, "All Around the World"
Misheard Lyrics:
We've spent too much time
Original Lyrics:
Wasting too much time
Ricky Martin's, "She's All I Ever Had"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's the way she sets me free
Original Lyrics:
It's the way she makes me feel
Tonic's, "If You Could Only See"
Misheard Lyrics:
And you got your revelations
Original Lyrics:
And you got your manipulations
Usher's, "You Make Me Wanna..."
Misheard Lyrics:
Start a boomerang that shoots at you
Original Lyrics:
Start a new relationship with you
 
2000s
At The Drive-In's, "Catacombs"
Misheard Lyrics:
What’s that sound? Stop that crying.
Original Lyrics:
What’s that sound? Caskets floating.
At the Drive-In's, "Enfilade"
Misheard Lyrics:
She kept her clothes on and you get real excited.
Original Lyrics:
They kept a close eye on your get-well incentive.
Pink's, "So What?"
Misheard Lyrics:
I wanna start to bite
Original Lyrics:
I wanna start a fight
Ricky Martin's, "She Bangs"
Misheard Lyrics:
G-Day, G-Day
Original Lyrics:
She bangs, she bangs
Shakira's, "Whenever, Wherever"
Misheard Lyrics:
Europa, Granada
Original Lyrics:
There over, here under
Slipknot's, "Psychosocial"
Misheard Lyrics:
Undone, it has begun
Original Lyrics:
I'm done, it has begun
Train's, "Meet Virginia"
Misheard Lyrics:
She only gets colicky at midnight
Original Lyrics:
She only drinks coffee at midnight
 
country
Beck's, "Loser"
Misheard Lyrics:
So I'm sleeping head to toe
Original Lyrics:
Soy un perdedor
Tenille Arts', "Somebody Like That"
Misheard Lyrics:
A couple diamond ring falls
Original Lyrics:
A couple diamond ring thoughts
 
misc
Traditional's, "Auld Lang Syne"
Misheard Lyrics:
Always time
Original Lyrics:
Auld Lang Syne
 
xmas
Traditional's, "Deck the Halls"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hand the new year lens and glasses
Original Lyrics:
Hail the new, ye lads and lasses
Traditional's, "Deck the Halls"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sing the joyous song together
La-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la
He controls the wind and weather
La-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Original Lyrics:
Sing we joyous, all together
Fa-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la
Heedless of the wind and weather
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Traditional's, "Deck the Halls"
Misheard Lyrics:
Stroll the H and you'll die Carol
Original Lyrics:
Troll the ancient Yuletide carol.
Traditional's, "Deck the Halls"
Misheard Lyrics:
While I tell all, you'll die treasure
Original Lyrics:
While I tell of Yuletide treasure

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