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1970s
Bill Withers', "Lean on Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
We don't need somebody named Reba
Original Lyrics:
We all need somebody to lean on
Manfred Mann's Earth Band's, "Blinded By The Light"
Misheard Lyrics:
Revved up like a doucher of the runners of the night
Original Lyrics:
Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night.
 
1980s
The Police's, "King of Pain"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's a dancer that's frozen and I want to fall.
Original Lyrics:
There's a dead salmon frozen in a waterfall.
Weird Al Yankovic's, "Eat It"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just evil
Original Lyrics:
Just eat it
 
1990s
Madonna's, "Drowned World (Substitute for Love)"
Misheard Lyrics:
I traded fate for love without a second fall
It all became a city game, something cannot be bought
(later)
Driving 'round the world
Looking for a whore
Original Lyrics:
I traded fame for love without a second thought
It all became a silly game, some things cannot be bought
(later)
Traveled 'round the world
Looking for a home
Radiohead's, "The Bends"
Misheard Lyrics:
They brought in the CIA
The tanks and a hundred marines
To blow me away, to help me escape
Original Lyrics:
They brought in the CIA
The tanks and the whole marines
To blow me away, to blow me sky high.
Smashing Pumpkins', "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"
Misheard Lyrics:
Nothing bloodied and alone
Original Lyrics:
Nothing but an animal
Snap!'s, "Rhythm Is a Dancer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Rhythm is a dancer, it's a souls companion.
You can feel it everywhere.
Original Lyrics:
Rhythm is a dancer, it's a soul's companion.
People feel it everywhere.
Snap!'s, "Rhythm Is a Dancer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Rhythm....
You can feel it, you can feel it...
Original Lyrics:
Rhythm....
You can feel it, people feel it...
Tori Amos', "Professional Widow"
Misheard Lyrics:
Soggy bread
Original Lyrics:
It's gotta be big
 
2000s
Avril Lavigne's, "Nobody's Fool"
Misheard Lyrics:
I might've fallin' for that when I was fourteen
In a little morph brain.
Original Lyrics:
I might've fallen for that when I was fourteen
And a little more green.
Avril Lavigne's, "Nobody's Fool"
Misheard Lyrics:
I might've fallin' for that when I was fourteen
With a little morphine.
Original Lyrics:
I might've fallen for that when I was fourteen
And a little more green.
Cast of Between the Lions', "Read a Book Today"
Misheard Lyrics:
Come on and feel your boobs today!
Original Lyrics:
Come on and read a book today!
Cast of Between the Lions', "The Big Bad Duck"
Misheard Lyrics:
He's the big ass duck!
Original Lyrics:
He's the big bad duck!
Evanescence's, "Bring Me to Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
All this time, I can't believe under the sea
Cat in the dark, Bat-toad was there in front of me
(Later)
Without a toes, without a noise, without a sow
Don't let me dive here
There must be some Timon
Original Lyrics:
All this time, I can't believe I couldn't see
Kept in the dark, but you were there in front of me
(Later)
Without a thought, without a voice, without a soul
Don't let me die here
There must be something more
Full Devil Jacket's, "Blue Green Day"
Misheard Lyrics:
And you're face to face
It's a good enough face at the bottom
Original Lyrics:
And you face the face
That you could not face at the bottom
Full Devil Jacket's, "Stain"
Misheard Lyrics:
Slowing down the motion
Original Lyrics:
Flowing down the mountain
Green Day's, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't know where it does
But it's home to me, and I wore cologne
Original Lyrics:
Don't know where it goes
But it's home to me, and I walk alone
Green Day's, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics:
I ate a horrible toad
Original Lyrics:
I walk a lonely road
Green Day's, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics:
I walk the line, I walk the line
Original Lyrics:
I walk alone, I walk alone
Green Day's, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics:
I wear cologne, I wear cologne.
Original Lyrics:
I walk alone, I walk alone.
Green Day's, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mike's shadow's the only one that walks beside me
Mike's shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Original Lyrics:
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Green Day's, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics:
My shadow ark's the only thing that's bleeding
Original Lyrics:
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Green Day's, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics:
My shattered vase's the one that walks beside me
My swallowed heart's the only thing I'm eating
Original Lyrics:
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Green Day's, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sometimes I wish a Brother Bear will find me
Original Lyrics:
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
Green Day's, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sometimes I wish a horny bear will find me
Original Lyrics:
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
Green Day's, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sometimes I wish a hungry bear would find me
Original Lyrics:
Sometimes I wish someone out there would find me
Green Day's, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sometimes I wish a mother bear will find me
Original Lyrics:
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
Green Day's, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sometimes I wish a mother bear would find me.
Original Lyrics:
Sometimes I wish someone out there would find me.
Green Day's, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sometimes I wish a mother bear would find me
Too late, I walk alone
Original Lyrics:
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
Till then I walk alone
Green Day's, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sometimes I wish a polar bear will find me
Original Lyrics:
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
Green Day's, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sometimes I wish a water bear would find me
Original Lyrics:
Sometimes I wish someone out there would find me
Green Day's, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sometimes I wish an angry bear would find me.
Original Lyrics:
Sometimes I wish someone out there would find me.
Green Day's, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sometimes I wish some one-eyed bear will find me
Original Lyrics:
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
Green Day's, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sometimes I wish someone would pillow fight me.
Original Lyrics:
Sometimes I wish someone out there would find me.
Green Day's, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sometimes I wish someone would pillow fight me
Till then I wear cologne
Original Lyrics:
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
Till then I walk alone
Green Day's, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sometimes, I wish a woolly bear will find me
Original Lyrics:
Sometimes, I wish someone out there will find me
Green Day's, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sometimes, I wish some Mother Bear would find me
Original Lyrics:
Sometimes, I wish someone out there would find me
Green Day's, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics:
Till then, I walk a lawn.
Original Lyrics:
Till then, I walk alone.
Green Day's, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics:
Till then, I walk the road
Original Lyrics:
Till then, I walk alone
Green Day's, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics:
To know I'm still alive and I wore cologne
I wore cologne, I wore cologne
Original Lyrics:
To know I'm still alive and I walk alone
I walk alone, I walk alone
Shaggy's, "It Wasn't Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
(There was a bee)
or
(There was a leaf)
or
(There was a Jeep)
Original Lyrics:
(It wasn't me)
TV Theme Song's, "Ben 10"
Misheard Lyrics:
He'll never stop till he gains that pay
Original Lyrics:
He'll never stop till he makes them pay
U2's, "Vertigo"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can fear
Original Lyrics:
I can feel
 
2010s
Evanescence's, "Made of Stone"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm all-la-la-love for you, baby
Original Lyrics:
I'm all out of love for you, baby
Green Day's, "Stay the Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've got to know if you're the one that get away
Even though it was never meant to play
Original Lyrics:
I got to know if you're the one that got away
Even though it was never meant to be
Linkin Park's, "Waiting for the End"
Misheard Lyrics:
So many things were left unsaid,
It's hard to let it go
Original Lyrics:
So many things were left unsaid,
It's hard to let you go
Linkin Park's, "Waiting for the End"
Misheard Lyrics:
This was never meant to last, I wish you was here so
Original Lyrics:
This was never meant to last, I wish it wasn't so
Royal Blood's, "Sleep"
Misheard Lyrics:
I just can't help myself
Thinkin' you're with someone else
Said to let go
I don't wanna see
I read the one inside
You said I'd be your ride
Lift the nylon
I don't wanna sleep
Original Lyrics:
I just can't help myself
Thinking you're with someone else
Sick to the bone
I don't wanna sleep
I read the warning sign
You said I'd be alright
Left on my own
I don't wanna sleep
 
misc
Linkin Park's, "Lost"
Misheard Lyrics:
I try to keep this faint in sight, but I will never be all right
Original Lyrics:
I try to keep this pain inside, but I will never be alright

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