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1950s
Dean Martin's, "That’s Amore"
Misheard Lyrics:
When you walk and you drink
Original Lyrics:
When you walk in a dream
 
1960s
The Hollies', "Searchin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
Got a diaper
Original Lyrics:
Gonna find her
The Youngbloods', "Get Together"
Misheard Lyrics:
Come on, Eatontown
Original Lyrics:
Come on people now
 
1970s
Aerosmith's, "Sweet Emotion"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can't say maybe
Original Lyrics:
I can't say, baby
Black Sabbath's, "Paranoid"
Misheard Lyrics:
Spanish little woman
Original Lyrics:
Finished with my woman
Elton John and Kiki Dee's, "Don’t Go Breaking My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
But when I was found, I wasn’t found
Original Lyrics:
But when I was down, I was your clown
Elton John's, "Philadelphia Freedom"
Misheard Lyrics:
Be my Keystone mama, daddy never had
Original Lyrics:
Gave me a piece of mind
My daddy never had.
Elvis Costello's, "Oliver's Army"
Misheard Lyrics:
There was a Czech born Charlie
He didn't crack a smile
Original Lyrics:
There was a Checkpoint Charlie
He didn't crack a smile
Gordon Lightfoot's, "Carefree Highway"
Misheard Lyrics:
Every highway
Original Lyrics:
Carefree highway
Lynyrd Skynyrd's, "Sweet Home Alabama"
Misheard Lyrics:
Street side Alabama
Original Lyrics:
Sweet Home Alabama
Mac Davis', "One Hell of a Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's one hell of a woman
Young, strong and tanned
Original Lyrics:
She's one hell of a woman
Young, strong and tame
Rezillos', "Top of the Pops"
Misheard Lyrics:
Stop scratching for your headlice
Original Lyrics:
the stock market for your hi-fi
Rikki Lee Jones', "Chuck E’s in Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
How come he don’t come pee up here with me
Original Lyrics:
How come he don’t come PLP with me
Sonny Curtis', "Love Is All Around"
Misheard Lyrics:
You can pack a towel
Original Lyrics:
You can have the time
The Grass Roots', "Temptation Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics:
But she lets me drown every time
Original Lyrics:
But she lets me down every time
 
1980s
Aerosmith's, "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Buddhism likes a lady
Original Lyrics:
Dude looks like a lady
Billy Ocean's, "Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, marry me please!
Original Lyrics:
Caribbean queen
Def Leppard's, "Hysteria"
Misheard Lyrics:
I get some silicone
Original Lyrics:
I get hysterical
Journey's, "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)"
Misheard Lyrics:
One night we'll remind you
Original Lyrics:
One night will remind you
Kylie Minogue's, "Hand on Your Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
Do you like to talk about forever?
But most people never get the chance
They wanna lose our love together
They'll find a new romance
Original Lyrics:
They like to talk about forever
But most people never get the chance
Do you wanna lose our love together
To find a new romance?
Thompson Twins', "King for a Day"
Misheard Lyrics:
If I ate cake for just one day
Original Lyrics:
If I was king for just one day
 
1990s
Eiffel 65's, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)"
Misheard Lyrics:
I will bleed I will die.
Original Lyrics:
Da ba dee da ba dee ba da die.
Hole's, "Celebrity Skin"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, make me older
Original Lyrics:
Oh, make me over
Metallica's, "King Nothing"
Misheard Lyrics:
Then it all trashes out
Original Lyrics:
Then it all crashes down
Michael Jackson's, "Earth Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
What about older things that you said they weren't again
Original Lyrics:
What about all the things that you said we were to again
Sting's, "Love Is Stronger Than Justice"
Misheard Lyrics:
Love is a big, fat river of blood
Original Lyrics:
Love is a big fat river in flood.
The Black Crowes', "Hard to Handle"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hey, little thing, lemon-lime, chi-calico,
So Mama, I so oh, de henna now, less around.
Original Lyrics:
Hey, little thing, let me light your candle
'Cause Mama, I'm sure hard to handle now, gets around.
The Divine Comedy's, "Generation Sex"
Misheard Lyrics:
Generation sex injects the sperm of birds into the heads of field-mice
Original Lyrics:
Generation sex injects the sperm of worms into the eggs of field-mice
 
2000s
Aerosmith's, "Jaded"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mama, baby blue
Original Lyrics:
My my baby blue
Avril Lavigne's, "I'm with You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Won't you take me by the hand,
Take me somewhere nude?
Original Lyrics:
Won't you take me by the hand,
Take me somewhere new?
Bruce Springsteen's, "The Rising"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hip urban winds fill my arms tonight
Original Lyrics:
Your burning wind fills my arms tonight
Cast of Between the Lions', "Surfin’ the Web"
Misheard Lyrics:
We’re searchin’ the web
Original Lyrics:
We’re surfin’ the web
Cast of Between the Lions', "When Two Vowels Go Walking"
Misheard Lyrics:
The first one does a copy
or
The first one doesn’t copy
Original Lyrics:
The first one does the talking
Iron Maiden's, "Ghost of the Navigator"
Misheard Lyrics:
I see the ghosts of alligators
Original Lyrics:
I see the ghosts of navigators
Kelly Clarkson's, "Behind These Hazel Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics:
Here I am, was again
or
Here I am, was a hen
or
Here I am, once a hen
Original Lyrics:
Here I am, once again
Moby's, "We Are All Made of Stars"
Misheard Lyrics:
People that go to heaven
Original Lyrics:
People that come together
Razorlight's, "America"
Misheard Lyrics:
What a drag it is, the sh*t I'm in
or
What a drag it is, the ship I'm in
Original Lyrics:
What a drag it is, the shape I'm in
Red Hot Chili Peppers', "Snow (Hey Oh)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Privately divided by a world so underwear
And there's nowhere to go
Original Lyrics:
Privately divided by a world so undecided
And there's nowhere to go
Sash!'s, "Just Around The Hill"
Misheard Lyrics:
That the mountain's too hard
Original Lyrics:
That the mountain's too high
 
2010s
Ariana Grande's, "Into You"
Misheard Lyrics:
The damage is frozen
Original Lyrics:
The temperature's rising
Of Monsters and Men's, "Little Talk"
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause though the truth may vary this,
Sh*t will kill you, bodies sail to shore
Original Lyrics:
'Cause though the truth may vary
This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore
 
country
Alabama's, "Mountain Music"
Misheard Lyrics:
Playin’ paintball
Original Lyrics:
Playin’ baseball
Dixie Chicks', "Cowboy Take Me Away"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hobo take me away
Original Lyrics:
Cowboy take me away
Roger Miller's, "England Swings"
Misheard Lyrics:
Penguin swings like a penguin do
Original Lyrics:
England swings like a pendulum do
Shania Twain's, "Don't Be Stupid"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're so complicated to have on my shoulder when I read my mail
Original Lyrics:
You're so complicated, you hang over my shoulder when I read my mail
The Judds', "Love Can Build a Bridge"
Misheard Lyrics:
Love can build a bridge between your heart and mouth
or
Love can build a bridge between your heart and mind
Love can build a bridge
Don't you think it's time, don't you think it's time?
I would whisper love so loudly every art could understand
That love and only love can enjoy the tribal man
Original Lyrics:
Love can build a bridge between your heart and mine
Love can build a bridge
Don't you think it's time, don't you think it's time?
I would whisper love so loudly every heart could understand
That love and only love can join the tribes of man
 
misc
Harry Styles', "As It Was"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't wanna talk whose moment it was
Original Lyrics:
I don't wanna talk about who's doing it first
OneRepublic's, "I Ain't Worried"
Misheard Lyrics:
Swimmin’ in the flesh
Original Lyrics:
Swimmin' in the floods
Misheard Lyrics:
But is anyone at the body shop
Original Lyrics:
Daddy's getting hot at the body shop
Traditional's, "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like a spider dream.
Original Lyrics:
Life is but a dream.

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