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Misheard lyrics (also called mondegreens) occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song. These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics, which is called parody. This page contains all the misheard lyrics for American Girl that have been submitted to this site and the old collection from inthe80s started in 1996. For more information about the misheard lyrics available on this site, please read our FAQ.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers', "American Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
After all, it was a great big world
With lots of faces to run to.
With lots of faces to run to.
Original Lyrics:
After all, it was a great big world
With lots of places to run to.
With lots of places to run to.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers', "American Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
And if she ever stopped trying.
Original Lyrics:
And if she had to die trying.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers', "American Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
God is so painful.
Original Lyrics:
God, it's so painful.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers', "American Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
Microwaves crashing on the beach.
Original Lyrics:
Like waves crashing on the beach.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers', "American Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
She couldn't ever thinking that there was a little old life somewhere else
After all, it was a great big world
With lots of places to run to
Yeah, and if she had the doubt
Trying she, had one little promise she was gonna keep.
After all, it was a great big world
With lots of places to run to
Yeah, and if she had the doubt
Trying she, had one little promise she was gonna keep.
Original Lyrics:
She couldn't help thinking there was a little more to life somewhere else
After all it was a great big world
With lots of places to run to
And if she had to die trying
She had one little promise she was gonna keep.
After all it was a great big world
With lots of places to run to
And if she had to die trying
She had one little promise she was gonna keep.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers', "American Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
She couldn't help thinkin' that that was a little boy like you, somewhere else.
or
She couldn't help thinkin' that death was a little boy like you, somewhere else.
or
She couldn't help thinkin' that death was a little boy like you, somewhere else.
Original Lyrics:
She couldn't help thinkin' that there was a little more to life, somewhere else.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers', "American Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
She couldn't help thinkin' that there was a little Bud Lite
Somewhere else.
Somewhere else.
Original Lyrics:
She couldn't help thinkin' that there was a little more to life
Somewhere else.
Somewhere else.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers', "American Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
She stood alone on a bag of meat.
or
She stood alone and she barked at me.
or
She stood alone and she barked at me.
Original Lyrics:
She stood alone on the balcony.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers', "American Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
She stood alone on the back of me.
Original Lyrics:
She stood alone on the balcony.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers', "American Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
She was an American girl
Raised on politics.
Raised on politics.
Original Lyrics:
She was an American girl
Raised on promises.
Raised on promises.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers', "American Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
She was an American girl
Raised out in Providence.
Raised out in Providence.
Original Lyrics:
She was an American girl
Raised on promises.
Raised on promises.
Trisha Yearwood's, "American Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's tied up naked in her daddy's world.
Original Lyrics:
She's tryin' to make it in her daddy's world.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers', "American Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sheila, American girl
Original Lyrics:
She was an American girl
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers', "American Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
Well it was kind of cold at night
She stood alone on a bed of nails
Yeah she caught all the cars roll by, it was like hollywood
Like waves crashing on the beach.
She stood alone on a bed of nails
Yeah she caught all the cars roll by, it was like hollywood
Like waves crashing on the beach.
Original Lyrics:
Well it was kind of cold that night
She stood alone on a balcony
Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by out on 441
Like waves crashing on the beach.
She stood alone on a balcony
Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by out on 441
Like waves crashing on the beach.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers', "American Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
Well it was kind of cold at night
She studded it all on the bark of name
Yeah she caught all the cars roll by, out on 441
Like waves crashing on the beach.
She studded it all on the bark of name
Yeah she caught all the cars roll by, out on 441
Like waves crashing on the beach.
Original Lyrics:
Well it was kind of cold that night
She stood alone on a balcony
Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by out on 441
Like waves crashing on the beach.
She stood alone on a balcony
Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by out on 441
Like waves crashing on the beach.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers', "American Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
Yeah, she could hear the cars roll back
An old folk thought it was
Like waves crashin' on the beach.
An old folk thought it was
Like waves crashin' on the beach.
Original Lyrics:
Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by
Out on 441
Like waves crashin' on the beach.
Out on 441
Like waves crashin' on the beach.
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