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1960s
Theme Songs', "Speed Racer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Adventure's waitin', just a hack.
Original Lyrics:
Adventure's waitin' just ahead.
 
1970s
ABBA's, "Eagle"
Misheard Lyrics:
I saw good friends sweep by my land
Original Lyrics:
As all good friends we talk all night
Commercial's, "Lite-Brite"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lite Bright, you can beam up the starr-r-arzz, -
All the things you can do, makin' things w' Lite Brite
Original Lyrics:
Lite-Brite, making things with light.
What a sight, making things with Lite-Brite
 
1980s
James Taylor's, "Never Die Young"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, dear f***, oh, dear f***, oh, dear f***, oh, dear f***, oh, dear f***, oh, dear f***...
Original Lyrics:
Hold them up, hold them up, hold them up, hold them up, hold them up, hold them up...
Talking Heads', "Once in a Lifetime"
Misheard Lyrics:
Here come the Christians
Original Lyrics:
Here comes the twister
 
1990s
Air Supply's, "Goodbye"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's nothing left to say, but Goo Bars
Original Lyrics:
There's nothing lef to say, but goodbye
Air Supply's, "Goodbye"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's nothing left to say, but Goo Bars
Original Lyrics:
There's nothing left to say, but goodbye
Air Supply's, "Goodbye"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's nothing left to try
No, it's gonna hurt us both
There's no other way than to say Goo Bars
Original Lyrics:
There's nothing left to try
Though it's gonna hurt us both
There's no other way than to say goodbye
Blur's, "Girls And Boys"
Misheard Lyrics:
Girls who are boys who are boys who are girls
Who treat boys like they're girls who treat girls like they're boys
Original Lyrics:
Girls who want boys who like boys to be girls
Who do boys like they're girls who do girls like they're boys
Bon Jovi's, "It's My Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't bend, don't break, Bill, don't back down
Original Lyrics:
Don't bend, don't break, baby, don't back down
Bruce Springsteen's, "Streets of Philadelphia"
Misheard Lyrics:
I was bruised and battered, I couldn't tear off the felt
Original Lyrics:
I was bruised and battered, I couldn't tell what I felt
Erasure's, "Always"
Misheard Lyrics:
When it's cold outside, a hero in vain
OR
When it's cold outside, a hero in my vein
Original Lyrics:
When it's cold outside, am I here in vain?
Offspring's, "Original Prankster"
Misheard Lyrics:
That's what the Mennonites say
Original Lyrics:
That's what the main man say.
Misheard Lyrics:
What a mighty gunman
Original Lyrics:
What a mighty good man
Selena's, "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mi corazón, sé lo que sé (honey, I know what I know)
Original Lyrics:
Mi corazón se enloquece (My heart goes crazy)
The Bucketheads', "The Bomb"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lisa's swirling through my mind
OR Jesus swirling through my mind
OR
Sweet sounds swirling through my mind
Original Lyrics:
Street sounds swirling through my mind
Whitney Houston's, "It's Not Right But It's Okay"
Misheard Lyrics:
Fred, I knew when your boys went out to eat
Original Lyrics:
Friday night you and your boys went out to eat
 
2000s
Evanescence's, "All That I'm Living For"
Misheard Lyrics:
Knock on that stupid door
Original Lyrics:
Lock the last open door
Evanescence's, "All That I'm Living For"
Misheard Lyrics:
Should I run through that stupid door
Original Lyrics:
Should I lock the last open door
Evanescence's, "All That I'm Living For"
Misheard Lyrics:
The moose are gaining on me
Original Lyrics:
My ghosts are gaining on me
Evanescence's, "Call Me When You're Sober"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't grind me
If you loved me, you would be here, Whitney
You want me, Kong fighting me
Make up your mic
Original Lyrics:
Don't cry to me
If you loved me, you would be here with me
You want me, come find me
Make up your mind
Evanescence's, "Call Me When You're Sober"
Misheard Lyrics:
How could I have burned your meat pies?
How could I?
I'll give you mine!
Original Lyrics:
How could I have burned paradise?
How could I?
You were never mine
Evanescence's, "Call Me When You're Sober"
Misheard Lyrics:
If you loved me, you would be here, Whitney
Original Lyrics:
If you loved me, you would be here with me
Evanescence's, "Call Me When You're Sober"
Misheard Lyrics:
Must be exhausting to lose your Rogaine
Original Lyrics:
Must be exhausting to lose your own game
Evanescence's, "Call Me When You're Sober"
Misheard Lyrics:
You never call me when you're sober.
You only wanted girls it's over, it's over.
Original Lyrics:
You never call me when you're sober.
You only want it 'cause it's over, it's over.
Evanescence's, "Cloud Nine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Beg my broken heart to pee.
Original Lyrics:
Beg my broken heart to beat.
Evanescence's, "Cloud Nine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Break my broken heart to be
Original Lyrics:
Beg my broken heart to beat
Evanescence's, "Lithium"
Misheard Lyrics:
I want to smash my face on the dashboard
Original Lyrics:
Always find my place upon the ashes
Evanescence's, "Lithium"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lithium, don't want to stay another night sober
Original Lyrics:
Lithium, I wanna stay in love with my sorrow
Evanescence's, "The Only One"
Misheard Lyrics:
Never run, you stupid slave
Original Lyrics:
Never understood this life
Linkin Park's, "Crawling"
Misheard Lyrics:
Beer is how I cope, consuming what is veal.
Original Lyrics:
Fear is how I fall, confusing what is real.
Linkin Park's, "Crawling"
Misheard Lyrics:
Calling in my spirit
Yeah, here we go, Mario
Spears is what I fall on
While listening to The Beatles
Original Lyrics:
Crawling in my skin
These wounds they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real
Linkin Park's, "Crawling"
Misheard Lyrics:
Confusing what is wheel
Original Lyrics:
Confusing what is real
Linkin Park's, "Crawling"
Misheard Lyrics:
Crawling in my s***
Original Lyrics:
Crawling in my skin
Linkin Park's, "Crawling"
Misheard Lyrics:
Crawling in my scenes
This wounds, they're in radio
Original Lyrics:
Crawling in my skin
These wounds they will not heal
Linkin Park's, "Crawling"
Misheard Lyrics:
Crawling in my sin, these wounds they will not heal.
Original Lyrics:
Crawling in my skin, these wounds they will not heal.
Linkin Park's, "Crawling"
Misheard Lyrics:
Crawling in my skin. I really want a burrito.
Original Lyrics:
Crawling in my skin. These wounds they will not heal.
Linkin Park's, "Crawling"
Misheard Lyrics:
Crying in my sleep
These wounds they will not E-O
Original Lyrics:
Crawling in my skin
These wounds they will not heal
Linkin Park's, "Crawling"
Misheard Lyrics:
Discomfort, in the sea has pulled itself upon me
Original Lyrics:
Discomfort, endlessly has pulled itself upon me
Linkin Park's, "Crawling"
Misheard Lyrics:
Feeling's how I fall
Original Lyrics:
Fear is how I fall
Linkin Park's, "Crawling"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can't seem to find my Mary Jane.
I'm f***in' up again
Original Lyrics:
I can't seem to find myself again
My walls are closin' in
Linkin Park's, "Crawling"
Misheard Lyrics:
I donned a sense condensed, I'm convinced
That there's just too much pressure to take.
Original Lyrics:
Without a sense of confidence, I'm convinced
That there's just too much pressure to take.
Linkin Park's, "Crawling"
Misheard Lyrics:
These worms they will not eat us
Original Lyrics:
These wounds they will not heal
Linkin Park's, "Crawling"
Misheard Lyrics:
These wounds they finding Nemo
Original Lyrics:
These wounds they will not heal
Linkin Park's, "Crawling"
Misheard Lyrics:
Without a sense of confidence, Uncle Bence
Said there's just too much pressure to take.
Original Lyrics:
Without a sense of confidence, I'm convinced
That there's just too much pressure to take.
 
2010s
Evanescence's, "My Heart Is Broken"
Misheard Lyrics:
To change, open your heart to the lies
I denied it all so wrong, for so long
To sacrifice, Goo Bars!
Original Lyrics:
Change, open your eyes to the light
I denied it all so long, oh, so long
Say goodbye, goodbye
Evanescence's, "My Heart Is Broken"
Misheard Lyrics:
To change, open your heart to the lies
I denied it all so wrong, for so long
To say goodnight, Goo Bars!
Original Lyrics:
Change, open your eyes to the light
I denied it all so long, oh, so long
Say goodbye, goodbye
 
xmas
Gene Autry's, "Frosty the Snowman"
Misheard Lyrics:
Down to the villains
Original Lyrics:
Down to the village
Gene Autry's, "Frosty the Snowman"
Misheard Lyrics:
There must have been some magic in that oat some happy found
Original Lyrics:
There must have been some magic in that old silk hat they found
Gene Autry's, "Frosty the Snowman"
Misheard Lyrics:
With a corncob pipe and a butt and nose
Original Lyrics:
With a corncob pipe and a button nose

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