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1960s
Misheard Lyrics:
Get up in the morning saving for bris, so that every mouth can be fed.
Original Lyrics:
Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, Sir.
The Beatles', "A Hard Day's Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
I should be sleeping like a wasp
Original Lyrics:
I should be sleeping like a log
The Doors', "Touch Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
What was that brothel that you made?
Original Lyrics:
What was that promise that you made?
The Four Seasons', "Rag Doll"
Misheard Lyrics:
Prego
or
Ragu
Original Lyrics:
Rag doll
The Rolling Stones', "The Last Time"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's too much pay and too much sorrow
Original Lyrics:
It's too much pain and too much sorrow
 
1970s
Jennifer Warnes', "I Know a Heartache When I See One"
Misheard Lyrics:
You can find me out working in the sun
Original Lyrics:
You can find me out walking in the sun
Sex Pistols', "New York"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody knows it's coming to this, and...
Original Lyrics:
Everybody knows Japan is a dish pan.
The Undertones', "(She's a) Runaround"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's a wonder ride
Original Lyrics:
She's a runaround
The Who's, "See Me, Feel Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
I get excitement at the beat
Original Lyrics:
I get excitement at your feet
 
1980s
AC/DC's, "Dirty Deeds (Done Dirt Cheap)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dirty deeds from dirty butt cheeks
Don't forget to wipe them butt cheeks
Original Lyrics:
Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap.
Black Lace's, "Agadoo"
Misheard Lyrics:
And when I said to the girl, "Come on and teach me to sway"
She left her husband to me, "Yes come tonight to the bay."
The lovely peach in the sky
The moon of Kaua'i
Around eclipse's sorrow
Well I'll be singing this song
Original Lyrics:
And when I went to the girl, come on and teach me to sway
She laughed and whispered to me, yes come tonight to the bay
The lovely beach and the sky
The moon of Hawaii
The rum calypso sarong
We'll all be singing this song
Bon Jovi's, "Livin' on a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, oh we're hand waving
...
Living on a prayer
Gina thinks of running away
She cries in her bed on Christmas
Original Lyrics:
Oh, oh we're halfway there
...
Living on a prayer
Gina thinks of running away
She cries in her bed, Tommy whispers
Bon Jovi's, "Livin' on a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics:
She cries in the night-time at Christmas, "Baby it's O.K., someday".
Original Lyrics:
She cries in the night, Tommy whispers, "Baby it's O.K., someday".
Bruce Springsteen's, "Born in the USA"
Misheard Lyrics:
I was bombed in the USA
Original Lyrics:
I was born in the USA
Depeche Mode's, "Photographic"
Misheard Lyrics:
White nights
Original Lyrics:
Bright lights
Diana Ross', "Upside Down"
Misheard Lyrics:
I know you got your animal appeal
...
I'm crazy to think you all mine
...
That's the borderline
Original Lyrics:
I know you got charm and appeal
...
I'm crazy to think you are mine
...
That's the bottom line
Eric Clapton's, "It's in the Way That You Use It"
Misheard Lyrics:
Freedom will show
Original Lyrics:
Feelings will show
Megadeth's, "Holy Wars"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bill Paxton
With two kilos of granite
Original Lyrics:
Fill the cracks in
With judicial granite.
Men at Work's, "Down Under"
Misheard Lyrics:
Where men are slow and much younger
Original Lyrics:
Where beer does flow and men chunder
Queen's, "The Invisible Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm an innocent man
Original Lyrics:
I'm the invisible man
 
1990s
Alanis Morissette's, "Univited"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like any heart handed woman
Original Lyrics:
Like any hot blooded woman
Bon Jovi's, "Something For The Pain"
Misheard Lyrics:
Happiness, it's been no frenemy
But forever after ain't what it's all cracked up to be
Yeah, I had a taste, you were my fantasy
But I almost lost my face when I hit reality
I don't need no voodoo to tell me what to do
Original Lyrics:
Happiness, it's been no friend to me
But forever after ain't what it's all cracked up to be
Yeah, I had a taste, you were my fantasy
But I almost lost my faith when I hit reality
I don't need no Guru to tell me what to do
Disney’s “Goof Troop”'s, "Theme From Disney’s “Goof Troop”"
Misheard Lyrics:
Get on to the Goof Troop!
Where we’ll always sit together
Original Lyrics:
Report to the Goof Troop!
And we’ll always stick together
Everlast's, "What It's Like"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mary got restless
or
Mary got breastless
Original Lyrics:
Mary got pregnant
George Michael's, "Freedom '90"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sometimes the clothes do not make demands
Original Lyrics:
Sometimes the clothes do not make the man
Red Hot Chili Peppers', "Give It Away"
Misheard Lyrics:
Confined to slide up in Loaiza
Original Lyrics:
Confide wisely, you'll be the wiser.
Sheryl Crow's, "All I Wanna Do"
Misheard Lyrics:
Until the sun comes up, selling monocles full of art
Original Lyrics:
Until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Boulevard
Sheryl Crow's, "My Favorite Mistake"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's so perfect to me
or
It's so perfect for me
Original Lyrics:
It's the perfect ending
Spice Girls', "Mama"
Misheard Lyrics:
So now, I see through your lies
(Later)
Every little thing you said and did was wrong for me
(Later)
But now, I shouldn't know why, why you were misunderstood
Original Lyrics:
So now, I see through your eyes
(Later)
Every little thing you said and did was right for me
(Later)
But now, I'm sure I know why, why you were misunderstood
Suede's, "Metal Mickey"
Misheard Lyrics:
She sells farts, she sells sweets
OR
She sells farts, she sells greed
OR
She's so hard, she's so greedy
OR
She smells cars, she smells feet
OR
She sells cars, she sells feet
Original Lyrics:
She sells hearts, she sells meat
Technotronic's, "Move That Body"
Misheard Lyrics:
Raise your hands up in the end
Original Lyrics:
Raise your hands up in the air
Technotronic's, "Rockin' Over the Beat"
Misheard Lyrics:
YMCA music
Original Lyrics:
YMCO music
Technotronic's, "Work"
Misheard Lyrics:
Come on, it's a moose-a
Original Lyrics:
Come on, it's a mover
 
2000s
Commercial's, "Kay Jewelers"
Misheard Lyrics:
Every kid begins with Kay
Original Lyrics:
Every kiss begins with Kay
Our Lady Peace's, "Innocent"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tina's losing faith in her chinos
Original Lyrics:
Tina's losing faith in what she knows
The Script's, "Before the Worst"
Misheard Lyrics:
You and I for life
Original Lyrics:
You were mine for life
 
country
Lorrie Morgan's, "Watch Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
But this time, baby, I'm good as gold.
Original Lyrics:
But this time, baby, I'm good as gone.
Rosa Linn's, "Snap"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's June 22nd
My husband and father
Original Lyrics:
Since June 22nd
My heart's been on fire
Rosa Linn's, "Snap"
Misheard Lyrics:
Snap in one, two, where are you?
Original Lyrics:
Snapping one, two, where are you?
 
misc
Cast of the Wizard of Oz's, "Lullaby League and the Lollipop Guild"
Misheard Lyrics:
We represent the llama by league
Original Lyrics:
We represent the lullaby league
Commercial 's, "Very Local "
Misheard Lyrics:
Nobody loves a liquid doo
Original Lyrics:
Nobody does it like we do
Disney's 'Peter Pan''s, "What Makes the Red Man Red"
Misheard Lyrics:
Think of Batman pooping snakes
Original Lyrics:
What makes the red man red
 
xmas
Alison Moyet's, "The Coventry Carol"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bye-bye, lumi, lumay
Original Lyrics:
Bye-bye, lully, lulay
Bryan Adams', "Christmas Time"
Misheard Lyrics:
We've waited all 30 years
Original Lyrics:
We've waited all through the year
Johnny Mathis', "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"
Misheard Lyrics:
They'll be telling ghost stories
Original Lyrics:
There'll be scary ghost stories
Trans-Siberian Orchestra's, "Christmas Canon"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a snipe
Original Lyrics:
On this night
Vince Vance and the Valiants', "All I Want for Christmas is You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Jingle bells on strings
Original Lyrics:
Silver bells on strings
Wee Sing's, "What Child Is This?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Haste, haste to bring him love
Original Lyrics:
Haste, haste to bring him laud
Wizzard's, "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't you lock the doors,
You know that sweet Santa's balls are on the way
Original Lyrics:
Don't you lock the doors,
You know that sweet Santa Claus is on the way
Wizzard's, "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday"
Misheard Lyrics:
Well I wish it could be Hitler everyday
Original Lyrics:
Well I wish it could be Christmas everyday

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