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1960s
Chad & Jeremy's, "A Summer Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
Fleas
or
Fleece
Original Lyrics:
Trees
 
1970s
ABBA's, "Chiquitita"
Misheard Lyrics:
Chiquitita, you and I know
How the holidays come and they go
And the scars they're leaving
You'll be dancing once again in the paper trail
Original Lyrics:
Chiquitita, you and I know
How the heartaches come and they go
And the scars they're leaving
You'll be dancing once again and the pain will end
ABBA's, "Take a Chance on Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take a chance on me
(Come on, come on and rape me)
Take a chance on me
Original Lyrics:
Take a chance on me
(Come on, give me a break will you?)
Take a chance on me
ABBA's, "Take a Chance on Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
You say that I waste my time,
But I can't get you off my mind
You know I can't Lego, 'cause I love you so
Original Lyrics:
You say that I waste my time,
But I can't get you off my mind
No, I can't let go, 'cause I love you so
ABBA's, "Take a Chance on Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
You say that I waste my time,
But I can't get you off my mind
You know that I can't Lego, 'cause I love you so
Original Lyrics:
You say that I waste my time,
But I can't get you off my mind
No, I can't let go, 'cause I love you so
Bread's, "Make It with You"
Misheard Lyrics:
A baby climbing on rainbows
Original Lyrics:
I may be climbing on rainbows
Elton John's, "Don't Let The Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can't find, or draw a dramatic line
Original Lyrics:
I can't find, oh, the right romantic line
Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Close the door and left me blind, idle eye
Original Lyrics:
Closed the door and left me blinded by the light
Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Close the door and let me fly, my, my
Original Lyrics:
Closed the door and left me blinded by the light
Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can't lie in no more of your darkness
Original Lyrics:
I can't light no more of your darkness
Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can't lie... no more Augie Dogness
Original Lyrics:
I can't light no more of your darkness
Elton John's, "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics:
And someone saved my life tonight, shit the bed
Original Lyrics:
And someone saved my life tonight, sugar bear
Elton John's, "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics:
Prima Donna rocked you when you should've been there
...
You nearly had me roped and tied,
Audubon, hypnotized
Original Lyrics:
Prima Donna lord you really should've been there
...
You nearly had me roped and tied,
Altar-bound, hypnotized
Elton John's, "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics:
Someone saved my life tonight, should have they?
Original Lyrics:
Someone saved my life tonight, sugar bear.
Elton John's, "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics:
Someone shaved my wife tonight
Original Lyrics:
Someone saved my life tonight
Elton John's, "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics:
Someone shaved my wife tonight, shaved her bare
Original Lyrics:
Someone saved my life tonight, sugar bear
Elton John's, "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics:
They're coming in the morning
Where they're drunk to take me home
Original Lyrics:
They're coming in the morning
With a truck to take me home
Elton John's, "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics:
You nearly had your own tongue tied
Original Lyrics:
You nearly had me roped and tied
Looking Glass', "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne"
Misheard Lyrics:
Almost fully grown
And worryin' the whys
Original Lyrics:
Almost fully grown
And worldly wise
Lynyrd Skynyrd's, "Sweet Home Alabama"
Misheard Lyrics:
In Birmingham they robbed the governor
Original Lyrics:
In Birmingham they loved the governor
Queen's, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Misheard Lyrics:
No one really matters
Original Lyrics:
Nothing really matters
Steely Dan's, "Don't Take Me Alive"
Misheard Lyrics:
Honey-boo, keep her son
Original Lyrics:
I'm a book-keeper's son
Sylvester's, "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mickey D
Original Lyrics:
Make me feel
The Cars', "Just What I Needed"
Misheard Lyrics:
I guess you're just a Beatle
Original Lyrics:
I guess you're just what I needed
The Hollies', "The Air That I Breathe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sometimes all I need is a ba-a-ad dream
Original Lyrics:
Sometimes all I need is the air that I breathe
Thin Lizzy's, "The Boys Are Back in Town"
Misheard Lyrics:
The boys of Jacksonville
Original Lyrics:
The boys are back in town
 
1980s
ABBA's, "Lay All Your Love on Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've had a few little love affairs
They didn't last very long and aching really scares.
Original Lyrics:
I've had a few little love affairs
They didn't last Very long and they've been pretty scarce.
Don Henley's, "The Boys of Summer"
Misheard Lyrics:
I saw a Jack Black sticker on a Cadillac
Original Lyrics:
I saw a dead head sticker on a Cadillac
Eurythmics', "Love Is a Stranger"
Misheard Lyrics:
And I want to, and I want to
And I want to suck this circumcision
Original Lyrics:
And I want you, and I want you
And I want you so it's an obsession
Glass Tiger's, "My Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
So far from my homeland
So far from my asshole
Original Lyrics:
So far from my homeland
So far from my soul
Nena's, "99 Red Balloons"
Misheard Lyrics:
99 reddened boobs go by
Original Lyrics:
99 red balloons go by
Patrice Rushen's, "Forget-Me-Nots"
Misheard Lyrics:
Surgeon General
Original Lyrics:
Sending me forget-me-nots
Sheena Easton's, "Morning Train (9 to 5)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Amazingly bull fight
Original Lyrics:
Amazingly full of fight
 
1990s
Deacon Blue's, "Twist And Shout"
Misheard Lyrics:
So Miss April, half the things you say don't seem as certain as in harmony
Original Lyrics:
So it's April and the things you say don't seem as certain as on Hogmanay
Honeyz's, "End of the Line"
Misheard Lyrics:
Do you think that by treating me cruel
That some oil will disappear?
or
Do you think that by treating me cool
That some oil will disappear?
Original Lyrics:
Do you think that by treating me cruel
That somehow I'll disappear?
Jennifer Paige's, "Crush"
Misheard Lyrics:
Not like coffee every time we touch
Original Lyrics:
Not like I faint every time we touch
REM's, "Stand"
Misheard Lyrics:
Think about tourettes and wonder why you have it now
Original Lyrics:
Think about direction
Wonder why you haven't before.
Stone Roses', "Elephant Stone"
Misheard Lyrics:
Kids in the cotton clouds
Original Lyrics:
Kiss in the cotton clouds
Stone Roses', "Made Of Stone"
Misheard Lyrics:
When the streets are cold and lonely
And the cops say all baloney
Original Lyrics:
When the streets are cold and lonely
And the cars they burn below me
Travis', "Turn"
Misheard Lyrics:
I watch the moon, it's a big balloon
Original Lyrics:
And what's the moon? A big balloon
Will Smith's, "Men in Black"
Misheard Lyrics:
Here comes the ladybug
Original Lyrics:
Here come the men in black
 
2000s
Evanescence's, "Going Under"
Misheard Lyrics:
16 thousand moles I hide
Original Lyrics:
Fifty thousand tears I've cried
Kelly Clarkson's, "A Moment Like This"
Misheard Lyrics:
For that bowl of Special K
Original Lyrics:
For that one special kiss
Sean Paul's, "Get Busy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Elect Tricksy Dick
Original Lyrics:
Electricity
 
2010s
Dua Lipa's, "Levitating"
Misheard Lyrics:
I have a date
Original Lyrics:
I'm levitating
FUN.'s, "Some Nights"
Misheard Lyrics:
I listen to my sister and
About the condom she tore off
And I look into my nephews eyes
Man you won't believe
The most amazing things
That can come from____
Some terrible lies
Original Lyrics:
My heart is breaking for my sister
And the con that she called "love".
And when I look into my nephews eyes,
Man you won't believe
The most amazing things
That can come from____
Some terrible nights
Florence and the Machine's, "Ship to Wreck"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dreamt of a great white shark swimming in the bed
Original Lyrics:
Dredging of great white sharks swimming in the bed
JLS's, "She Makes Me Wanna"
Misheard Lyrics:
Something 'bout her turns me into a wild goose
Original Lyrics:
Something 'bout her turns me into a wild beast
Vance Joy's, "Riptide"
Misheard Lyrics:
cum monster
Original Lyrics:
come unstuck
 
misc
Taylor Swift's, "Karma"
Misheard Lyrics:
Karma's a relaxing thought
Poncho en fiesta por you it's not?
Original Lyrics:
Karma's a relaxing thought
Aren't you envious that for you it's not?

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