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1960s
Ray Charles', "Georgia on My Mind"
Misheard Lyrics:
Keeps dojo on my mind
Original Lyrics:
Keeps Georgia on my mind
Tom Lehrer's, "Smut"
Misheard Lyrics:
As the judge remarked the day that he acquitted my entortance
Original Lyrics:
As the judge remarked the day that he acquitted my Aunt Hortense
Tom Lehrer's, "Smut"
Misheard Lyrics:
S'mores are tortures used by debauchers
Original Lyrics:
Stories of tortures used by debauchers
 
1970s
Carol Douglas', "Doctor's Orders"
Misheard Lyrics:
11 spoonfuls to be taken
Original Lyrics:
A lovin' spoonful to be taken
Earth, Wind & Fire's, "Saturday Nite"
Misheard Lyrics:
Participate in the eagle race
Original Lyrics:
Participate in the ego race
Elton John's, "Love Lies Bleeding"
Misheard Lyrics:
On my feet and in my hands
Original Lyrics:
Love lies bleeding in my hand.
Gene Cotton's, "You've Got Me Runnin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lost and lonely without a car
Original Lyrics:
Lost and lonely without a cause
Jethro Tull's, "Locomotive Breath"
Misheard Lyrics:
Headlong to his debt
Original Lyrics:
Headlong to his death
KC and the Sunshine Band's, "I Like to Do It"
Misheard Lyrics:
Chicken dance
Original Lyrics:
Shake it down
Mott the Hoople's, "All the Way from Memphis"
Misheard Lyrics:
But you're still on the double
Original Lyrics:
But you're still on the dole
Mott the Hoople's, "All the Way from Memphis"
Misheard Lyrics:
But you're still on the toilet
Original Lyrics:
But you're still on the dole
Queen's, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Misheard Lyrics:
If I'm not back again please die tomorrow...
Original Lyrics:
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow..
 
1980s
Air Supply's, "Lonely Is the Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can make it through the day, I can make it okay
Original Lyrics:
I can make it through the day, I can fake it okay
Anita Baker's, "Caught Up in the Rapture"
Misheard Lyrics:
Nothing else can go there
or
Nothing else can go bare
Original Lyrics:
Nothing else can compare
Carly Simon's, "Coming Around Again"
Misheard Lyrics:
You fix the coaster
Original Lyrics:
You fix the toaster
Janet Jackson's, "Control"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll call my own shop
Original Lyrics:
I'll call my own shots
Menudo's, "Hold Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like a girl's shoe
Original Lyrics:
Like a girl should
Michael Jackson's, "Man in the Mirror"
Misheard Lyrics:
And no message could prevent any killer
Original Lyrics:
And no message could have been any clearer
Michael Jackson's, "Man in the Mirror"
Misheard Lyrics:
And no messmidge could have been any clearer
Original Lyrics:
And no message could have been any clearer
Michael Jackson's, "Man in the Mirror"
Misheard Lyrics:
And no meth labs gonna mend any quiver
Original Lyrics:
And no message could have been any clearer
Michael Jackson's, "Man in the Mirror"
Misheard Lyrics:
And no moustache could offend any kipper
Original Lyrics:
And no message could have been any clearer
Michael Jackson's, "Man in the Mirror"
Misheard Lyrics:
And no moustache gonna bend any clipper
Original Lyrics:
And no message could have been any clearer
Michael Jackson's, "Man in the Mirror"
Misheard Lyrics:
And nothing could have been any clibber
Original Lyrics:
And no message could have been any clearer
Michael Jackson's, "Man in the Mirror"
Misheard Lyrics:
As I turned up my collar bone, my favorite winter coat
Original Lyrics:
As I turned up my collar on, my favorite winter coat
Michael Jackson's, "Man in the Mirror"
Misheard Lyrics:
I spotted something red in the mirror
Original Lyrics:
And no message could have been any clearer
Michael Jackson's, "Man in the Mirror"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm asking him to change his shades
Original Lyrics:
I'm asking him to change his ways
Michael Jackson's, "Man in the Mirror"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm stalking up the man in the mirror
I'm asking him for crazy shades
Original Lyrics:
I'm starting with the man in the mirror
I'm asking him to change his ways
Michael Jackson's, "Man in the Mirror"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm stuck with the man in the mirror.
I'm asking him to change his face.
Original Lyrics:
I'm starting with the man in the mirror.
I'm asking him to change his ways.
Ray Parker, Jr.'s, "Jamie"
Misheard Lyrics:
She used to be my boo
Original Lyrics:
She used to be my girl
Sade's, "The Sweetest Taboo"
Misheard Lyrics:
If I'm Italian, if I'm Italian now
Original Lyrics:
If I tell you, if I tell you now
Sheila E.'s, "A Love Bizarre"
Misheard Lyrics:
The moon of our love
Original Lyrics:
The moon up above
Starship's, "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
And we can build this dream together,
Stanley's gone forever
Original Lyrics:
And we can build this dream together,
Standing strong forever
Starship's, "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lookin' in your eyes I see a pair of eyes
Original Lyrics:
Lookin' in your eyes I see a paradise
Starship's, "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
Stanley's gone forever
Original Lyrics:
Standing strong forever
Starship's, "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take it to the good tubs, see it through the bathtubs
Original Lyrics:
Take it to the good times, see it through the bad times
Starship's, "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
The M.C. went crazy
Original Lyrics:
Let 'em say we're crazy
Starship's, "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
Then she went crazy, what do they know?
Original Lyrics:
Let 'em say we're crazy, what do they know?
 
1990s
Amy Grant's, "Every Heartbeat"
Misheard Lyrics:
Amy's heartbeat belongs to me
Original Lyrics:
Every heartbeat belongs to you
Gabrielle's, "Give Me a Little More Time"
Misheard Lyrics:
I need some makeup online
Original Lyrics:
I need to make up my mind
Marc Anthony's, "I Need to Know"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tell me, pretty girl
Original Lyrics:
Tell me, baby girl
Quad City DJ's', "C'mon and Ride It (the Train)"
Misheard Lyrics:
In the back of my Apollo
Original Lyrics:
In the back of my Impala
Simply Red's, "Never Never Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Real evolution
Original Lyrics:
Real revolution
Tool's, "Flood"
Misheard Lyrics:
I’m pompous, and all the way
Original Lyrics:
I'm helpless and I'm awake
Us3's, "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pump it, pump it
Original Lyrics:
Funky, funky
 
2000s
Joe's, "I Wanna Know"
Misheard Lyrics:
Baby, anything you say now, too
Original Lyrics:
Baby, anything you say I’ll do
 
misc
Misheard Lyrics:
I've established gras foie mois
Original Lyrics:
I establish ground for what
 
xmas
Frank Sinatra's, "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics:
Baseball friends who are dear to us
Gather near to us once more
Original Lyrics:
Faithful friends who are dear to us
Gather near to us once more
Frank Sinatra's, "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics:
Happy golden days of yours
Original Lyrics:
Happy golden days of yore
Frank Sinatra's, "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics:
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Make the Yule child gay
Original Lyrics:
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Make the Yuletide gay
Gene Autry's, "Here Comes Santa Claus"
Misheard Lyrics:
Write down Santa Claus' name
Original Lyrics:
Right down Santa Claus Lane

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