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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
Bon Jovi's, "Livin' on a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gina works despite her old age
Original Lyrics:
Gina works the diner all day
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
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
Bon Jovi's, "Livin' on a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Jango was battered all day.
Original Lyrics:
Gina works the diner all day.
Bon Jovi's, "Livin' on a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Livin' on a crater
Original Lyrics:
Livin' on a prayer
Bon Jovi's, "Livin' on a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh oh, shaggin' on a chair
Original Lyrics:
Oh oh, livin' on a prayer
Bon Jovi's, "Livin' on a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, Mickey Mouse swears
Original Lyrics:
Oh, livin' on a prayer
Bon Jovi's, "Livin' on a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, live in an eclair
Original Lyrics:
Oh, livin' on a prayer
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
Bon Jovi's, "Livin' on a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oooh, I'm living on a square
Original Lyrics:
Oooh, living on a prayer
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
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
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
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.
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
 
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
 
2000s
Linkin Park's, "Points of Authority"
Misheard Lyrics:
Four sixteen
Original Lyrics:
Forfeit the game
Linkin Park's, "Pushing Me Away"
Misheard Lyrics:
The sacrifice is farting in the light
Original Lyrics:
The sacrifice of hiding in a lie
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
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.
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
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!
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
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
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
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.
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
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”

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