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1960s
Ray Charles', "Hit the Road Jack"
Misheard Lyrics:
Head to Coke Shack
And don’t you come back, momo
or
And don’t you come back, hobo
or
And don’t you come back, Mormon
or
And don’t you come back, woman
Original Lyrics:
Hit the road, Jack
And don’t you come back no more
The Rascals', "People Got to Be Free"
Misheard Lyrics:
E. Coil in the air just wanna be free
Original Lyrics:
People everywhere just wanna be free
The Rascals', "People Got to Be Free"
Misheard Lyrics:
E. Coli in the air just wanna be free
Original Lyrics:
People everywhere just wanna be free
 
1970s
Eagles', "New Kid in Town"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's a new kitten town
Original Lyrics:
There’s a new kid in town
Meat Loaf's, "Bat Out of Hell"
Misheard Lyrics:
Way down in the bayou tonight
Original Lyrics:
Way down in the valley tonight
Queen's, "We Are the Champions"
Misheard Lyrics:
Couldn't we just go bowling, bowling, bowling, bowling?
Original Lyrics:
And I need to go on and on and on and on
Queen's, "We Are the Champions"
Misheard Lyrics:
Got a pizza goin' on and on and on and on.
Original Lyrics:
And I need to go on and on and on and on
Ralph McTell's, "Streets of London"
Misheard Lyrics:
Easter lasts an hour
Original Lyrics:
Each tea lasts an hour
Ralph McTell's, "Streets of London"
Misheard Lyrics:
In the London Cafe
Original Lyrics:
In the all night cafe
The Hollies', "The Air That I Breathe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Making more with you
Original Lyrics:
Making love with you
The Michael Zager Band's, "Let’s All Chant"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh golly, my golly
or
Oh golly, by golly
Original Lyrics:
Your body, my body
War's, "Cisco Kid"
Misheard Lyrics:
Chased the gringo Vasla through the field
Original Lyrics:
Chased the gringo last night through the field
 
1980s
Kate Bush's, "Babooshka"
Misheard Lyrics:
A student here
Original Lyrics:
A pseudonym
Kate Bush's, "Running Up That Hill"
Misheard Lyrics:
E. Coli up that hill
Original Lyrics:
Been running up that hill
Run-DMC's, "It's Tricky"
Misheard Lyrics:
We drinkin', we rock around
We rock around the clock around just drinkin'
Original Lyrics:
It's tricky to rock a rhyme
To rock a rhyme that's right on time
It’s tricky
Siouxsie and the Banshees', "Hong Kong Garden"
Misheard Lyrics:
Horrible alligators in the air
Cymbals crashing everywhere
(later)
Confusion has a puzzling grace
or
The future has a puzzling grace
Original Lyrics:
Harmful elements in the air
Symbols clashing everywhere
(later)
Confucius has a puzzling grace
Steve Winwood's, "While You See a Chance"
Misheard Lyrics:
Strung out in a clear blue morning
Original Lyrics:
Stand up in a clear blue morning
The Cars', "Bye Bye Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll rage at some other guy
It's just a f***g alibi.
Original Lyrics:
Always it's some other guy
It's just a broken lullaby
The Police's, "King of Pain"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's a fossil that's trapped in a heartless wall
Original Lyrics:
There's a fossil that's trapped in a high cliff wall
USA for Africa's, "We are the World"
Misheard Lyrics:
We’re on the program
Original Lyrics:
We are the children
 
1990s
2 Unlimited's, "Let The Beat Control Your Body"
Misheard Lyrics:
So let my feet control your body!
Original Lyrics:
So let my beat control your body!
Korn's, "Freak On A Leash"
Misheard Lyrics:
Arching forward for me lay
Original Lyrics:
A cheap f**k for me to lay
Lenny Kravitz's, "American Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
A naked woman
Original Lyrics:
American woman
M People's, "Renaissance"
Misheard Lyrics:
I`m coming home, I'm coming to your heart
I`ll be your queen upon a door in your heart
I`ll make you scream and laugh with joy in your heart
I`ll bring you kids, a good morning too in your heart
I`ll bring a toll on home to you to your heart
There`ll be no black, there`ll be no white in your heart
There`ll be no wall, there`ll be no wall in your heart
I`ll bring you peace, I`ll bring you love to your heart
Original Lyrics:
I`m coming home, I'm coming to your house
I`ll be your queen upon a throne in your house
I`ll make you scream aloud with joy in your house
I`ll bring you gifts, cash, money too to your house
I`ll bring it all on home to you to your house
There`ll be no black, there`ll be no white in your house
There`ll be no war, there`ll be no war in your house
I`ll bring you peace, I`ll bring you love to your house
Nirvana's, "Come as You Are"
Misheard Lyrics:
Go ask your aunt
or
Go ask your uncle
Original Lyrics:
Come as you are
Pulp's, "Common People"
Misheard Lyrics:
Winter cracks above the shop
Cut your hair and get a job
Original Lyrics:
Rent a flat above a shop
Cut your hair and get a job
Sheryl Crow's, "Every Day Is a Winding Road"
Misheard Lyrics:
Every day is a step at a time
Original Lyrics:
Every day is a faded sign
TV Commercial's, "Uncle Ben's"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ni**a tonight, ni**a tonight, ni**a tonight!
Original Lyrics:
Make it tonight, make it tonight, make it tonight!
The Beautiful South's, "Good As Gold (Stupid As Mud)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Carry on with words, carry on with love
Carry on with cheating with anything above
I want my love, my joy, my laugh, my smile, my knees
Not in the star signs or how much you read
I want my sun-drenched, wind-swept, Ingrid Bergman's kids
Original Lyrics:
Carry on with work, carry on with love
Carry on with cheering, anything above
I want my love, my joy, my laugh, my smile, my needs
Not in the star signs or the palm that she reads
I want my sun-drenched, wind-swept Ingrid Bergman kiss
 
2000s
Clay Aiken's, "Solitaire"
Misheard Lyrics:
And salmonella’s the only germ in town
Original Lyrics:
And solitaire’s the only game in town
Empire of the Sun's, "Walking on a Dream"
Misheard Lyrics:
You’s a thriller
Original Lyrics:
Is it real now
Kelly Rowland's, "Stole"
Misheard Lyrics:
Since he walked through that swimming pool, whoa
He's all over prime time news
(Later)
He was gay
OR
He had a game
Original Lyrics:
Since he walked through that classroom door
He's all over prime time news
(Later)
He had game
Linkin Park's, "In the End"
Misheard Lyrics:
Didn't look out below
Watch the taco go out the window
Original Lyrics:
Didn't look out below
Watch the time go right out the window
Linkin Park's, "In the End"
Misheard Lyrics:
I tried so hard and got so far
But in the end, it's got even fatter
Original Lyrics:
I tried so hard and got so far
But in the end, it doesn't even matter
Linkin Park's, "In the End"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've pudding my trust in you
Original Lyrics:
I've put my trust in you
Linkin Park's, "In the End"
Misheard Lyrics:
Keep that in mind that Lasagna's rhyme
Original Lyrics:
Keep that in mind that I designed this rhyme
Linkin Park's, "In the End"
Misheard Lyrics:
Keep that in mind, I designed this ride
To explain in two-time
Original Lyrics:
Keep that in mind, I designed this rhyme
To explain in due time
Madonna's, "American Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm digging on this ice-cream
This metaphysic's sheet is pope
And if all this can make me mope
You know I'm just as high
Original Lyrics:
I'm digging on the isotopes
This metaphysic's shit is dope
And if all this can give me hope
You know I'm satisfied
My Chemical Romance's, "Give 'Em Hell, Kid"
Misheard Lyrics:
And we better lock the school
Original Lyrics:
Can we settle up the score?
My Chemical Romance's, "Give 'Em Hell, Kid"
Misheard Lyrics:
The Doberman bit me walking down the street
And the Batman touched my hole
Original Lyrics:
Well don't I look pretty walking down the street
In the best damn dress I own?
My Chemical Romance's, "Hang 'Em High"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't stop if I fall into the bed.
Original Lyrics:
Don't stop if I fall and don't look back.
My Chemical Romance's, "The Ghost of You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Alright, I get it, she's a hunk
Original Lyrics:
Alright, give up, get down
Pink's, "So What?"
Misheard Lyrics:
I got my rock moose
Original Lyrics:
I got my rock moves
Sum 41's, "Fat Lip"
Misheard Lyrics:
I’m sick of always hearing not to rage
Original Lyrics:
I'm sick of always hearing act your age
 
2010s
Carly Rae Jepsen's, "Everywhere You Look"
Misheard Lyrics:
A buyer’s waiting to selling your home
Original Lyrics:
A light is waiting to carry you home
Carly Rae Jepsen's, "Everywhere You Look"
Misheard Lyrics:
I had to hold on to
Original Lyrics:
A hand to hold on to
Carly Rae Jepsen's, "Everywhere You Look"
Misheard Lyrics:
The mucus, the People’s Choice and even PPV
Original Lyrics:
The milkman, the paperboy and evening TV
Jack Stauber's, "Trust Flower"
Misheard Lyrics:
Chemicals wash them guilty shores
She knows that locks are freaks with light like your toaster crumb
Original Lyrics:
Chemicals wash on guilty shores
She knows that locks are frequent like your toaster crumbs
Portugal. The Man's, "Feel It Still"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a faggot just for kids
Original Lyrics:
I'm a rebel just for kicks
 
misc
Emmy Meli's, "I Am Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
I am anything I own
Original Lyrics:
I am anything I want

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