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Misheard Lyrics -> Song -> B -> Beds Are Burning
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 Beds Are Burning 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.
Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"
Misheard Lyrics:
A fowl will stare upon your toes.
or
A fall will stare the potty toes.
or
A fall will stare the potty toes.
Original Lyrics:
Four wheels scare the cockatoos.
Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"
Misheard Lyrics:
A fire will scare the cockatoos
Original Lyrics:
Four wheels scare the cockatoos
Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"
Misheard Lyrics:
Golden wrecks and boiling dissolves
Steam at 45 degrees.
Steam at 45 degrees.
Original Lyrics:
Holden wrecks and boiling diesels
Steam in 45 degrees.
Steam in 45 degrees.
Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"
Misheard Lyrics:
How can we dance when a hurkey's turning?
Original Lyrics:
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"
Misheard Lyrics:
How can we dance when a turkey's turning?
Original Lyrics:
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"
Misheard Lyrics:
How can we dance when our love is turning
How can we sleep when the bads are burning
The time has come to pay the pair
How can we sleep when the bads are burning
The time has come to pay the pair
Original Lyrics:
How can we dance when our earth is turning
How do we sleep while our beds are burning
The time has come to say fair's fair
How do we sleep while our beds are burning
The time has come to say fair's fair
Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"
Misheard Lyrics:
How can we dance when our love is turning?
Original Lyrics:
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"
Misheard Lyrics:
How can we dance while the dudes are burning?
Original Lyrics:
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"
Misheard Lyrics:
How can we dance with our herpes burning?
Original Lyrics:
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"
Misheard Lyrics:
How can we sleep when our legs are burning?
Original Lyrics:
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"
Misheard Lyrics:
How can we sleep when our pants are burning?
Original Lyrics:
How do we sleep when our beds are burning?
Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"
Misheard Lyrics:
How can we sleep while the babes are burning?
Original Lyrics:
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"
Misheard Lyrics:
How can you sleep while your bowels are churning?
Original Lyrics:
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"
Misheard Lyrics:
How can you think when your pants are burning?
Original Lyrics:
How do we sleep when our beds are burning?
Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"
Misheard Lyrics:
How could we dance when I heard keys turning?
Original Lyrics:
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"
Misheard Lyrics:
If I would suck a cockatoo
Original Lyrics:
Four wheels scare the cockatoos
Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"
Misheard Lyrics:
Our bags are packed
Original Lyrics:
A fact's a fact
Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"
Misheard Lyrics:
Out where the river broke
The bloodworth and the desert oak
Hold the Rex and butt the 'these alls'
Stealing forty five degrees.
The bloodworth and the desert oak
Hold the Rex and butt the 'these alls'
Stealing forty five degrees.
Original Lyrics:
Out where the river broke
The bloodwood and the desert oak
Holden wrecks and boiling diesels
Steam in forty five degrees.
The bloodwood and the desert oak
Holden wrecks and boiling diesels
Steam in forty five degrees.
Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"
Misheard Lyrics:
The bloodwood and the desert rose
Golden wrecks and boiling designs.
Golden wrecks and boiling designs.
Original Lyrics:
The bloodwood and the desert oak
Holden wrecks and boiling diesels.
Holden wrecks and boiling diesels.
Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"
Misheard Lyrics:
The time has come
The safe has failed
The safe has failed
Original Lyrics:
The time has come
to say fair's fair
to say fair's fair
Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"
Misheard Lyrics:
The time has come to save the bear
Original Lyrics:
The time has come to say fair's fair
Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"
Misheard Lyrics:
The time has come to save this sphere
Original Lyrics:
The time has come to say fair's fair
Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"
Misheard Lyrics:
The time has come, our bags are packed
Original Lyrics:
The time has come, a fact's a fact
Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"
Misheard Lyrics:
The time has come
To say fair well.
To say fair well.
Original Lyrics:
The time has come
To say fair's fair.
To say fair's fair.
Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"
Misheard Lyrics:
The western desert lives and breathes
To fortify the rains.
To fortify the rains.
Original Lyrics:
The western desert lives and breathes
In forty-five degrees.
In forty-five degrees.
Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"
Misheard Lyrics:
To pay the rent, dictatorship
Original Lyrics:
To pay the rent, to pay our share
Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"
Misheard Lyrics:
War will scare the power tools
Original Lyrics:
Four wheels scare the cockatoos
Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're gonna give me that
Original Lyrics:
We're gonna give it back
Midnight Oil's, "Beds are Burning"
Misheard Lyrics:
I was scared of PAW Patrol
Original Lyrics:
Four wheels scare the cockatoos
Midnight Oil's, "Beds are Burning"
Misheard Lyrics:
Out where the record broke
Original Lyrics:
Out where the river broke
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