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1960s
Simon & Garfunkel's, "Scarborough Fair/Canticle"
Misheard Lyrics:
(A soldier creams and Polish is a femme,)
Then she'll be a true glove of mind.
Original Lyrics:
(A soldier cleans and polishes a gun,)
Then she'll be a true love of mine.
Simon & Garfunkel's, "Scarborough Fair/Canticle"
Misheard Lyrics:
A soldier creams and Polish is a femme,
Then she'll be a true glove of mind.
Original Lyrics:
(A soldier cleans and polishes a gun)
Then she'll be a true love of mine.
Simon & Garfunkel's, "Scarborough Fair/Canticle"
Misheard Lyrics:
Are you going to clobber a bear?
Original Lyrics:
Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
Simon & Garfunkel's, "Scarborough Fair/Canticle"
Misheard Lyrics:
Parsley Sedge Roads, merry in time
Original Lyrics:
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Simon & Garfunkel's, "Scarborough Fair/Canticle"
Misheard Lyrics:
Remember me to underman's lair
Original Lyrics:
Remember me to one who lives there
Simon & Garfunkel's, "Scarborough Fair/Canticle"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tell her to make me a chamomile shirt
or
Tell her to make me a Camembert shirt
or
Tell her to make me a camel hair shirt.
Original Lyrics:
Tell her to make me a cambric shirt.
 
1970s
Black Sabbath's, "Never Say Die"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sunday's satisfaction, Monday's home and dry
Tuesday's on the doorstep, Wednesday is a lie
Original Lyrics:
Sunday's satisfaction, Monday's home and dry
Truth is on the doorstep, welcome in the lie
Bob Marley's, "Stir It Up"
Misheard Lyrics:
Stereo
Original Lyrics:
Stir it up
Bob Marley's, "Three Little Birds"
Misheard Lyrics:
Green little birds
Original Lyrics:
three little birds
Cockerel Chorus', "Nice One Cyril"
Misheard Lyrics:
Nine one zero, Nine one one
Original Lyrics:
Nice one Cyril, nice one son
Elton John's, "Honky Cat"
Misheard Lyrics:
And, oh, the change is going to do me girl
Original Lyrics:
And, oh, the change is going to do me good
Hues Corporation's, "Rock The Boat"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ever since our voyage of love began,
Your bush has thrilled me like the rush of the wind
Original Lyrics:
Ever since our voyage of love began,
Your touch has thrilled me like the rush of the wind
Queen's, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Misheard Lyrics:
Llama, just killed a man
Original Lyrics:
Mama, just killed a man
Queen's, "Spread Your Wings"
Misheard Lyrics:
Save me was low, just watching the show
Over and over a damn
Original Lyrics:
Sammy was low, just watching the show
Over and over again
Queen's, "Spread Your Wings"
Misheard Lyrics:
Save me was low, just watching the show
Over and over the dead
Original Lyrics:
Sammy was low, just watching the show
Over and over again
Stephen Stills', "Love the One You're With"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the eagle flies with a gun.
Original Lyrics:
And the eagle flies with the dove.
Stephen Stills', "Love the One You're With"
Misheard Lyrics:
Carry off
Original Lyrics:
You're a boy
The Beach Boys', "Fun Fun Fun"
Misheard Lyrics:
‘Til her daddy takes her beagle away
Original Lyrics:
‘Til her daddy takes the T-Bird away
 
1980s
ABBA's, "Under Attack"
Misheard Lyrics:
I hardly dare to think of what could happen
Where I'd be if I felt under attack
I'm being taken
Original Lyrics:
I hardly dare to think of what could happen
Where I'd be if I fell
Under attack, I'm being taken
Bon Jovi's, "Livin' On A Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ohhhh, easy on the bear!
Original Lyrics:
Ohhhh, livin’ on a prayer
Commercial's, "Greyhound Bus Lines"
Misheard Lyrics:
Go Greyhound
And leave the drive into us
Original Lyrics:
Go Greyhound
And leave the driving to us
Queen's, "A Kind of Magic"
Misheard Lyrics:
They'll build a bridge inside your mind
It's jealousy the doors of time
Original Lyrics:
The bell that rings inside your mind
Is challenging the doors of time
Queen's, "Scandal"
Misheard Lyrics:
They'll hear me breathing, we'll say for God sakes
Over and over and over a damn
Original Lyrics:
They'll hear me pleading, we'll say for God sakes
Over and over and over again
Queen's, "Scandal"
Misheard Lyrics:
They'll hear me breathing, we'll say for God sakes
Over and over and over the dead
Original Lyrics:
They'll hear me pleading, we'll say for God sakes
Over and over and over again
Rick Astley's, "Never Gonna Give You Up"
Misheard Lyrics:
We've boned each other for so long
You must be naked, but
You're too shy, display it
Original Lyrics:
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching, but
You're too shy to say it
Talking Heads', "Once In A Lifetime"
Misheard Lyrics:
Into the poo again, out of the muddy storm
Original Lyrics:
Into the blue again, after the money's gone
The Insatiables', "Black and White"
Misheard Lyrics:
She dreams in the arm
He dreams in black and white
Original Lyrics:
She dreams in neon
He dreams in black and white
 
1990s
Alanis Morissette's, "Head Over Feet"
Misheard Lyrics:
You've already got me over
Original Lyrics:
You've already won me over
Backstreet Boys', "I Want It That Way"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tell me why, ain't nothing but a hard egg
Original Lyrics:
Tell me why, ain't nothing but a heartache
Black Crowes', "She Talks to Angels"
Misheard Lyrics:
Yeah she talks to Angie
Original Lyrics:
She says she talks to angels
Bon Jovi's, "Bed of Roses"
Misheard Lyrics:
As I still watch movies
They won't make of me while I'm there
(Later)
Still I remember the time when it's time to get you
Original Lyrics:
As I dream about movies
They won't make of me when I'm dead
(Later)
Still I run out of time or it's hard to get through
Cedarmont Kids', "Ring Around the Rosey"
Misheard Lyrics:
Action, action
Original Lyrics:
Ashes, ashes
Diana King's, "I Say A Little Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics:
The devil will part, oh how I love you
Original Lyrics:
We never will part, oh how I'll love you
Hercules Soundtrack's, "Go the Distance"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll be there Sunday, if I can be strong
Original Lyrics:
I'll be there someday, if I can be strong
Jon Bon Jovi's, "Blaze of Glory"
Misheard Lyrics:
You ask me if I've known love and what it's like
A sing-song in the rain
Original Lyrics:
You ask me if I've known love and what it's like
To sing songs in the rain
Misheard Lyrics:
The whole system sucks, Daddy
or
The whole system sucks, Debbie
Pee in the shower, come into delight
You tell me I'm wrong
Boy, you'd better prove your point
Original Lyrics:
The whole system sucks, damn it
Peek in the shadow, come into the light
You tell me I'm wrong
Then you better prove you're right
Queen's, "I Can't Live with You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Passions scream and holler
Doing what I gotta do, yeah
Original Lyrics:
Passions screaming hotter
Doing what we gotta do, yeah
Queen's, "I Can't Live with You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Passions scream and holler
Doing what you gonna do, yeah
Original Lyrics:
Passions screaming hotter
Doing what we gotta do, yeah
Queen's, "I Can't Live with You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Passions scream and holler
Doing what you gotta do, yeah
Original Lyrics:
Passions screaming hotter
Doing what we gotta do, yeah
R.E.M.'s, "What's The Frequency, Kenneth?"
Misheard Lyrics:
You wore a shirt of violent dreams, uh-huh
Original Lyrics:
You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh
Warren G's, "I Shot the Sheriff "
Misheard Lyrics:
That is a big problem for Warren
I shot the sheriff
Original Lyrics:
All I could think about was war and
I shot the sheriff
 
2000s
Misheard Lyrics:
And I'll wear you like a dress
Original Lyrics:
And the way you like to dress
Linkin Park's, "Breaking the Habit"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm raping the Hobbits tonight.
Original Lyrics:
I'm breaking the habit tonight.
Savage Garden's, "I Knew I Loved You"
Misheard Lyrics:
I knew I loved you before I made juice
Original Lyrics:
I knew I loved you before I met you
 
2010s
AWOLNATION's, "Sail"
Misheard Lyrics:
Blame it on my 80's glee baby
Original Lyrics:
Blame it on my ADD baby
Avicii's, "Wake Me Up"
Misheard Lyrics:
Got a half eaten heart
Original Lyrics:
Guided by a beating heart
Rihanna's, "Love on the Brain"
Misheard Lyrics:
So you can put me down
And f*** me against the wall
Original Lyrics:
So you can put me together
And throw me against the wall
Sia feat. Sean Paul's, "Cheap Thrills"
Misheard Lyrics:
I won't take pills
Original Lyrics:
I love cheap thrills
 
misc
Dua Lipa's, "Dance the Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause every romance shakes in advance
Original Lyrics:
'Cause every romance shakes and it bends
Dua Lipa's, "Dance the Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
stupid look on my vest
Original Lyrics:
still be lookin' my best

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