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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 Woman 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.
Lenny Kravitz's, "American Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
A manly woman, stay away from me.
Original Lyrics:
American woman, stay away from me.
Lenny Kravitz's, "American Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
A naked woman, stay away from me.
Original Lyrics:
American woman, stay away from me.
The Guess Who's, "American Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
American woman gonna measure mine.
Original Lyrics:
American woman gonna mess your mind.
The Guess Who's, "American Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
American woman, mama let me pee-pee
Original Lyrics:
American woman, mama let me be-e
The Guess Who's, "American Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
American woman, mama set me free
Original Lyrics:
American woman, mama let me be
Lenny Kravitz's, "American Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
Buttered nights can hypnotize
Spock will murder someone else's fries.
Spock will murder someone else's fries.
Original Lyrics:
Coloured lights can hypnotize
Sparkle someone else's eyes.
Sparkle someone else's eyes.
The Guess Who's, "American Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
Coloured lights can hit the tires
Sparkle someone else's eyes.
Sparkle someone else's eyes.
Original Lyrics:
Coloured lights can hypnotize
Sparkle someone else's eyes.
Sparkle someone else's eyes.
Lenny Kravitz's, "American Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't come aiming for my door
Original Lyrics:
Don't come hangin' around my door
Lenny Kravitz's, "American Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don’t go coming like a dork
Original Lyrics:
Don’t go comin’ ‘round my door
The Guess Who's, "American Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
Goodbye, American woman
Goodbye, American s***.
Goodbye, American s***.
Original Lyrics:
Goodbye, American woman
Goodbye, American chick.
Goodbye, American chick.
The Guess Who's, "American Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't need your ghetto machines
Original Lyrics:
I don't need your ghetto scene
The Guess Who's, "American Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't need your war machines,
I don't need your kerosene
I don't need your kerosene
Original Lyrics:
I don't need your war machines,
I don't need your ghetto scene
I don't need your ghetto scene
The Guess Who's, "American Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't need your war regimes
Original Lyrics:
I don't need your war machines
This song was covered in 1999 by Lenny Kravitz, who says "war machines" very clearly. The mondegreen is for the original Guess Who version.
Lenny Kravitz's, "American Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't wanna see your shovel no more
Original Lyrics:
I don't want to see your shadow no more
Lenny Kravitz's, "American Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don’t wanna see your facial tone
Original Lyrics:
I don’t wanna see your face no more
Lenny Kravitz's, "American Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
I got more mutton things to do
Than spend my time goin' on with you.
Than spend my time goin' on with you.
Original Lyrics:
I got more important things to do
Than spend my time growin' old with you.
Than spend my time growin' old with you.
Lenny Kravitz's, "American Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
Marijuana, stay away from weed.
Original Lyrics:
American woman, stay away from me.
Lenny Kravitz's, "American Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
Nair woman, get away
Original Lyrics:
Now woman, get away
Lenny Kravitz's, "American Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
Naked Woman, stay away from me.
Naked woman, mama let me be
Naked woman, mama let me be
Original Lyrics:
American Woman, stay away from me.
American woman, mama let me be
American woman, mama let me be
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