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1960s | |
Status Quo's, "Pictures Of Matchstick Men"
Misheard Lyrics: You are the sky, you are this guy
Make the milkman cry when you lie Original Lyrics: You in the sky, you with this guy
You make me cry, you lie |
The Beatles', "Birthday"
Misheard Lyrics: Today's your birthday
Happy birthday to you or They say it's your birthday A big birthday to ya' Original Lyrics: You say it's your birthday
It's my birthday too, Yeah! |
The Who's, "I Can See for Miles"
Misheard Lyrics: I know you can see me...
Original Lyrics: I know you've deceived me...
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1970s | |
Carpenters', "Solitaire"
Misheard Lyrics: And salmonella's the only germ in town
Original Lyrics: And solitaire's the only game in town
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Elton John's, "Rocket Man"
Misheard Lyrics: And I'm gonna be high high high as a kite by Ben.
Original Lyrics: And I'll be high, -igh, -igh as a kite by then.
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Smokie's, "Living Next Door to Alice"
Misheard Lyrics: Twenty four years just waiting for a chance to tell her how I feel and maybe get a second dress
or Twenty four years just waiting for a chance to tell her how I feel and maybe get her second hand Original Lyrics: Twenty four years just waiting for a chance to tell her how I feel and maybe get a second glance.
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1980s | |
Huey Lewis And The News', "The Heart Of Rock And Roll"
Misheard Lyrics: The odor may be bad in Cleveland.
Original Lyrics: The ol' boy may be barely breathin'
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Pink Floyd's, "On the Turning Away"
Misheard Lyrics: On the turning away
From the pain and damned trouble Original Lyrics: On the turning away
From the pale and downtrodden |
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2000s | |
Fragma's, "Toca's Miracle"
Misheard Lyrics: And if you breathe on me, don't think my love's for free
I won't take nothing less than a deeper love Let me tell you, no, I need a miracle, I need a miracle It's not physical What I need for feeling you Original Lyrics: And if you believe in me, don't think my love's not for real
I won't take nothing less than a deeper love Let me tell you, you know, I need a miracle, I need a miracle It's more than physical What I need to feel from you |
Kelly Rowland's, "Stole"
Misheard Lyrics: She put her fingers in the ink prints
Original Lyrics: She put her fingers in the imprints
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My Chemical Romance's, "Cemetery Drive"
Misheard Lyrics: I had a vision of your kids, it made me so hard!
Original Lyrics: And the collision of your kiss that made it so hard.
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My Chemical Romance's, "Cemetery Drive"
Misheard Lyrics: Where the searchlights find us
Streaking by the mausoleum door Original Lyrics: Where the searchlights find us
Drinking by the mausoleum door |
My Chemical Romance's, "Dead!"
Misheard Lyrics: And in my honest consolation, this is a rapist operation
Original Lyrics: And in my honest observation, during this operation
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My Chemical Romance's, "Dead!"
Misheard Lyrics: And through my endless dance-ination
Original Lyrics: And in my honest observation
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My Chemical Romance's, "Dead!"
Misheard Lyrics: Isn't there anyone's soul that you can take?
Original Lyrics: Is that the most the both of you can give?
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My Chemical Romance's, "Dead!"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, dead! Lying in a hospital bed!
Original Lyrics: Oh, take me from the hospital bed
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My Chemical Romance's, "Dead!"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, think about the life's you'll owe me
Oh, take me from the ghost when you're dead! Original Lyrics: I think they never liked you anyway
Oh, take me from the hospital bed |
My Chemical Romance's, "Dead!"
Misheard Lyrics: One naked brownie,
It ain't tell me what you planned Original Lyrics: Wouldn't it be grand?
It ain't exactly what you planned |
My Chemical Romance's, "House of Wolves"
Misheard Lyrics: And as the blood runs down the walls,
But they are bitches think should rob them. Original Lyrics: And as the blood runs down the walls,
You see me creeping up these halls. |
My Chemical Romance's, "House of Wolves"
Misheard Lyrics: Tell me I'm a ninja, and take this to my grave
Original Lyrics: Tell me I'm an angel, take this to my grave
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My Chemical Romance's, "House of Wolves"
Misheard Lyrics: Well, I think I'm on a burning whale
Original Lyrics: Well, I think I'm gonna burn in hell
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My Chemical Romance's, "It's Not a Fashion Statement, It's a Deathwish"
Misheard Lyrics: Do you still like the dead?
Original Lyrics: Lay still like the dead
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My Chemical Romance's, "It's Not a Fashion Statement, It's a Deathwish"
Misheard Lyrics: I will avenge my girlfriend
Original Lyrics: I will avenge my ghost with
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My Chemical Romance's, "It's Not a Fashion Statement, It's a Deathwish"
Misheard Lyrics: You still walk the dead
Original Lyrics: Lay still like the dead
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My Chemical Romance's, "The Jetset Life Is Gonna Kill You"
Misheard Lyrics: Alright, I get it, she's a hunk
Original Lyrics: Alright, give up, get down
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My Chemical Romance's, "The Sharpest Lives"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause I love all the boys
And away with the boys in the band Original Lyrics: 'Cause I love all the poison,
Away with the boys in the band |
My Chemical Romance's, "The Sharpest Lives"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause I love all the boys
And away with the boys in the van … So why don't you blow me, or kiss me around the nose? Original Lyrics: 'Cause I love all the poison
Away with the boys in the band … So why don't you blow me one kiss before she goes? |
My Chemical Romance's, "The Sharpest Lives"
Misheard Lyrics: Drop the tiger and laugh at the blood on your hands, Romeo
Original Lyrics: Drop the dagger and lather the blood on your hands, Romeo
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My Chemical Romance's, "The Sharpest Lives"
Misheard Lyrics: I love all the boys, and the way with the boys in the band
Original Lyrics: I love all the poison, away with the boys in the band
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My Chemical Romance's, "The Sharpest Lives"
Misheard Lyrics: So why don't you blow me, or kiss me while she goes
Original Lyrics: So why don't you blow me a kiss before she goes
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My Chemical Romance's, "The Sharpest Lives"
Misheard Lyrics: So why don't you blow me
Or kiss me as we go? Original Lyrics: So why don't you blow me
A kiss before she goes? |
My Chemical Romance's, "The Sharpest Lives"
Misheard Lyrics: So you can live like the centi-pentipede
Original Lyrics: So you can leave like the sane abandoned me
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My Chemical Romance's, "This Is How I Disappear"
Misheard Lyrics: And without you is how I diss a beer
Original Lyrics: And without you is how I disappear
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My Chemical Romance's, "Welcome to the Black Parade"
Misheard Lyrics: A woman sends you reeling from decimated dreams
Your misery and hate will kill us all Original Lyrics: A world that sends you reeling from decimated dreams
Your misery and hate will kill us all |
My Chemical Romance's, "Welcome to the Black Parade"
Misheard Lyrics: And though you're son of God, believe me
Original Lyrics: And though you're dead and gone, believe me
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My Chemical Romance's, "Welcome to the Black Parade"
Misheard Lyrics: And though your synagogue will leave me
Original Lyrics: And though you're dead and gone believe me
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My Chemical Romance's, "Welcome to the Black Parade"
Misheard Lyrics: And through it all, the rise and fall,
The bondage in the streets. Original Lyrics: And through it all, the rise and fall,
The bodies in the streets. |
My Chemical Romance's, "Welcome to the Black Parade"
Misheard Lyrics: And while that sends you reeling from decimated dreams
Your misery and hate will kill us all Original Lyrics: A world that sends you reeling from decimated dreams
Your misery and hate will kill us all |
My Chemical Romance's, "Welcome to the Black Parade"
Misheard Lyrics: Because one day, I'll leave you, a bathtub,
To leaf you in the summer, to join the Black Parade. Original Lyrics: Because one day, I'll leave you, a phantom,
To lead you in the summer, to join the Black Parade. |
My Chemical Romance's, "Welcome to the Black Parade"
Misheard Lyrics: Disappointed boyfriends have no fears
Original Lyrics: Disappointed faces of your peers
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My Chemical Romance's, "Welcome to the Black Parade"
Misheard Lyrics: Eukaryotes
Original Lyrics: We'll carry on
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My Chemical Romance's, "Welcome to the Black Parade"
Misheard Lyrics: I kissed a man, not a hero
I kissed a boy when he sang this song Original Lyrics: I'm just a man, I'm not a hero
Just a boy who had to sing this song |
My Chemical Romance's, "Welcome to the Black Parade"
Misheard Lyrics: Take a loaf of meat, 'cause I could not carry on
Original Lyrics: Take a look at me, 'cause I could not care at all
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My Chemical Romance's, "Welcome to the Black Parade"
Misheard Lyrics: Till we're drunk! Another late night
Original Lyrics: Do or die, you'll never make me
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My Chemical Romance's, "Welcome to the Black Parade"
Misheard Lyrics: You're really weirdo, aren't you?
Original Lyrics: Your weary widow marches on
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Old Crow Medicine Show's, "Wagon Wheel"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey, Maserati
Original Lyrics: Hey, mama, rock me
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Uncle Kracker ft. Dobie Gray's, "Drift Away"
Misheard Lyrics: I want you to know I believe in your Son
Original Lyrics: I want you to know I believe in your song
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2010s | |
Ellie Goulding's, "Lights"
Misheard Lyrics: You shart me when I’m alone
Original Lyrics: You shine it when I’m alone
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