Misheard lyrics (also called mondegreens) occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song. These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics, which is called parody. For more information about the misheard lyrics available on this site, please read our FAQ.
1980s | |
Bon Jovi's, "Livin' on a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics: Baby is love gay? So gay.
Original Lyrics: Baby, it's okay
Someday |
Bon Jovi's, "Livin' on a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics: Gina must have died of old age
Original Lyrics: Gina works the diner all day
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Bon Jovi's, "Livin' on a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics: Gina works despite her old age
Original Lyrics: Gina works the diner all day
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Bon Jovi's, "Livin' on a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics: Gina works the diner all day
Working for a man, she brings on her bed For love - for love Original Lyrics: Gina works the diner all day
Working for her man, she brings home her pay For love - for love |
Bon Jovi's, "Livin' on a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics: Give it all a breath
Original Lyrics: Livin' on a prayer
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Bon Jovi's, "Livin' on a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics: It doesn't make a difference if I loose my sock
Original Lyrics: It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not
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Bon Jovi's, "Livin' on a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics: Jango was battered all day.
Original Lyrics: Gina works the diner all day.
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Bon Jovi's, "Livin' on a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics: Livin' on a crater
Original Lyrics: Livin' on a prayer
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Bon Jovi's, "Livin' on a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh oh, shaggin' on a chair
Original Lyrics: Oh oh, livin' on a prayer
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Bon Jovi's, "Livin' on a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, Mickey Mouse swears
Original Lyrics: Oh, livin' on a prayer
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Bon Jovi's, "Livin' on a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, live in an eclair
Original Lyrics: Oh, livin' on a prayer
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Bon Jovi's, "Livin' on a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, we're halfway there
Oh, livin' on a prairie Take my hand and we'll make it I swear Oh, livin' on a prairie Original Lyrics: Oh, we're halfway there
Oh, livin' on a prayer Take my hand and we'll make it I swear Oh, livin' on a prayer |
Bon Jovi's, "Livin' on a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, we're halfway there
Oh, standing on a highway Original Lyrics: Oh, we're halfway there
Oh, livin' on a prayer |
Bon Jovi's, "Livin' on a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, we're head waiting
Oh, livin' on a prayer Original Lyrics: Oh, we're halfway there
Oh, livin' on a prayer |
Bon Jovi's, "Livin' on a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics: Onion's been on strike
Original Lyrics: Union's been on strike
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Bon Jovi's, "Livin' on a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics: Oooh, I'm living on a square
Original Lyrics: Oooh, living on a prayer
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Bon Jovi's, "Livin' on a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics: Take my hand and swing it in the air
or Take my hand and swing it on the air Original Lyrics: Take my hand and we'll make it, I swear
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Bon Jovi's, "Livin' on a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics: Take my hand and we're naked I swear
Ohhh oh, livin' on a brick Original Lyrics: Take my hand and we'll make it I swear
Ohhh oh, livin' on a prayer |
Bon Jovi's, "Livin' on a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics: Tommy used to work on the dots,
You've been on strike Original Lyrics: Tommy used to work on the docks
Unions been on strike |
Bon Jovi's, "Livin' on a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics: Woah oh, shagging on a chair
Original Lyrics: Woah oh, living on a prayer
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Bon Jovi's, "Livin' on a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics: Workin' for the man, she brings to her bed for love
Original Lyrics: Workin' for the man, she brings home her pay for love
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Bon Jovi's, "Livin' on a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics: You live for the fiber, that's all that you've got.
Original Lyrics: You live for the fight when that's all that you've got.
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Prince's, "Little Red Corvette"
Misheard Lyrics: Girl, you got an ass like Andre Agassi
Original Lyrics: Girl, you got an ass like I've never seen
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1990s | |
Rod Stewart's, "Rhythm of My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: When the ocean meets the sky, I'll be 7
OR When the ocean meets the sky, I'll be a sandman Original Lyrics: Where the ocean meets the sky, I'll be sailing
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2000s | |
Linkin Park's, "Points of Authority"
Misheard Lyrics: Four sixteen
Original Lyrics: Forfeit the game
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Linkin Park's, "Pushing Me Away"
Misheard Lyrics: The sacrifice is farting in the light
Original Lyrics: The sacrifice of hiding in a lie
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Linkin Park's, "Runaway"
Misheard Lyrics: I feed on declarations,
Under a sky of dust. Original Lyrics: Graffiti decorations
Under the sky of dust |
Linkin Park's, "Runaway"
Misheard Lyrics: The greedy decorations
Underneath a sky of dust Original Lyrics: Graffiti decorations
Under a sky of dust |
Linkin Park's, "With You"
Misheard Lyrics: Was Promise VAIO face!
Original Lyrics: Was promised by your face
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My Chemical Romance's, "Helena"
Misheard Lyrics: Can we pretend?
Do weed again. We'll weed again, when both our cars collide. Original Lyrics: Can we pretend
To leave again? We'll meet again, when both our cars collide. |
My Chemical Romance's, "Helena"
Misheard Lyrics: Can you kill me?
Are you near me? Can we pretend to please be near, Please be near! I want my suicide!!! Original Lyrics: Can you hear me?
Are you near me? Can we pretend to leave and then We'll meet again When both our cars collide? |
My Chemical Romance's, "Helena"
Misheard Lyrics: Just like the Hershey's dying to get in me again.
Original Lyrics: Just like the hearse, you die to get in again.
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My Chemical Romance's, "Helena"
Misheard Lyrics: Strike to incinerate
The limes of everyone you now! Original Lyrics: Strike to incinerate
The lives of everyone you know. |
My Chemical Romance's, "Helena"
Misheard Lyrics: We'll meet again
When both our cars tonight Original Lyrics: We'll meet again
When both our cars collide |
My Chemical Romance's, "Helena"
Misheard Lyrics: What's the worst that I could say,
You could really use some spray. Original Lyrics: What's the worst that I could say,
Things are better if I stay. |
My Chemical Romance's, "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)"
Misheard Lyrics: You said me like a book
But the pages are all toiletries Original Lyrics: You said you read me like a book
But the pages are all torn and frayed |
My Chemical Romance's, "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)"
Misheard Lyrics: You said you read me like a book,
But the pages all are toilet trained. Original Lyrics: You said you read me like a book,
But the pages all are torn and frayed |
My Chemical Romance's, "Thank You for the Venom"
Misheard Lyrics: Black is the kiss, the touch of the serpent son,
Of the mark in the sky that makes you run, And run, and run, and run. Original Lyrics: Black is the kiss, the touch of the serpent son,
It ain't the mark or the scar that makes you one, You one, you one, you one. |
My Chemical Romance's, "Thank You for the Venom"
Misheard Lyrics: Give me a better car, silly!
Original Lyrics: Give me a better cause to lead
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My Chemical Romance's, "Thank You for the Venom"
Misheard Lyrics: I keep a gun in the butt you gave me!!!
Original Lyrics: I keep a gun in the book you gave me!
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My Chemical Romance's, "The Ghost of You"
Misheard Lyrics: I've seen heads of the worlds
And the last thing I be You are turning into foam Turning into foam … For all the goons that are never gonna harm me For all the hosts that are never gonna catch me Original Lyrics: At the end of the world
Or the last thing I see You are never coming home Never coming home … And all the wounds that are ever gonna scar me For all the ghosts that are never gonna catch me |
My Chemical Romance's, "The Ghost of You"
Misheard Lyrics: If I'm nuts, we'd be together
Original Lyrics: If I died, we'd be together
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My Chemical Romance's, "To the End"
Misheard Lyrics: Let's celebrate the holy ghost of the dead
He's not nowhere, he's always looking at men Original Lyrics: This elevator only goes up to ten
He's not around, he's always looking at men |
My Chemical Romance's, "To the End"
Misheard Lyrics: This elevator only goes to the dead
He's not around, he's always looking at men Don't wanna boogie, he doesn't have many friends Original Lyrics: This elevator only goes up to ten
He's not around, he's always looking at men Down by the pool, he doesn't have many friends |
My Chemical Romance's, "To the End"
Misheard Lyrics: To the last parade
With a bloody steak And the choice you made To the end Original Lyrics: To the last parade
While the parties fade And the choice you made To the end |
My Chemical Romance's, "You Know What They Do to Guys Like Us in Prison"
Misheard Lyrics: Aahh, we're just stupid as God had made us
Original Lyrics: How we're just two men as God had made us
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My Chemical Romance's, "You Know What They Do to Guys Like Us in Prison"
Misheard Lyrics: Aahh, we're just stupid-ass diabetics
Original Lyrics: How we're just two men as God had made us
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My Chemical Romance's, "You Know What They Do to Guys Like Us in Prison"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm your mother, I'll say a prayer.
Original Lyrics: On your mother's eye, say a prayer.
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My Chemical Romance's, "You Know What They Do to Guys Like Us in Prison"
Misheard Lyrics: They make me do push-ups and track
Original Lyrics: They make me do push-ups in drag
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Sugababes', "Ugly"
Misheard Lyrics: I asked my parents if I was okay
They said, "You're more beautiful and passed away” Original Lyrics: I asked my parents if I was okay
They said, "You're more beautiful and that's the way” |