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Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Become a, come a, come a, come a comedian
Original Lyrics:
Karma, karma, karma, karma chameleon
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Become a, come a, come a, come a, come a chameleon
Original Lyrics:
Karma, karma, karma, karma, karma chameleon
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Came-, came-, came-, came-
Came-, Camelia
Came-, Camelia
Original Lyrics:
Karma, karma, karma, karma
Karma chameleon.
Karma chameleon.
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Caramel caramel caramel caramel caramel comedian
Original Lyrics:
Karma karma karma karma karma chameleon
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Carmen, Carmen, Carmen, Carmen, Carmen Sandiego
Original Lyrics:
Karma, Karma, Karma, Karma, Karma Chameleon
Carmen Sandiego is the name of a CD-ROM franchise.
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Caramel chameleon
or
Carnal chameleon
or
Carnal chameleon
Original Lyrics:
Karma chameleon
You must pronounce caramel "KAR-mull" to get it, otherwise you won't.
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cut a live pine tree
and decorate it red and green
and decorate it red and green
or
Dere go dem dreams
or
let go and dream
or
Colors were like me dreams ...
Wet golden dreams. Wet golden dreams.
Wet golden dreams. Wet golden dreams.
or
Colors were like me dreams ...
Wet golden dreams. Wet golden dreams.
Wet golden dreams. Wet golden dreams.
Original Lyrics:
Colors were like my dreams ...
Red, gold and green. Red, gold and green
Red, gold and green. Red, gold and green
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Colors were like my dreams
Rare, golden dreams.
Rare, golden dreams.
Original Lyrics:
Colors were like my dreams
Red, gold and green.
Red, gold and green.
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Coma coma coma coma coma comedian
Original Lyrics:
Karma karma karma karma karma chameleon
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Coma to me, Leon.
Original Lyrics:
Karma chameleon
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Come a, come a, come a, come a, come a Camelia.
Original Lyrics:
Karma, karma, karma, karma, karma chameleon
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Come a, come a, come a, come a, come a ca here Leanne.
Original Lyrics:
Karma Karma Karma Karma, Karma Chameleon
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Come on to me, Leanne.
Original Lyrics:
Karma Chameleon
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Come on, come on, come on, Amelia
You come on now
You come on now
You come on now
You come on now
Original Lyrics:
Karma,karma, karma chameleon
You come and go
You come and go
You come and go
You come and go
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on show me your gun.
You commando, you commando
You commando, you commando
Original Lyrics:
Karma, karma, karma, karma, karma kameleon.
You come and go, you come and go
You come and go, you come and go
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, Camelia.
Original Lyrics:
Karma, Karma, Karma, Karma, Karma Chameleon
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on
Come on Camelia.
Come on Camelia.
Original Lyrics:
Karma, karma, karma, karma
Karma chameleon.
Karma chameleon.
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Come on, come on, come on, come on
Come on, comedian!
Come on, comedian!
Original Lyrics:
Karma, karma, karma, karma,
Karma chameleon.
Karma chameleon.
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Come unto me, Leon.
Original Lyrics:
Karma Chameleon
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Come unto to me, Leon.
Original Lyrics:
Karma chameleon
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Come-a come-a come-a come-a Come unto me Leon
Original Lyrics:
Karma karma karma karma Karma Chameleon
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Come-a, Come-a, Come-a, Come-a
Come-a to me, Leon.
Come-a to me, Leon.
Original Lyrics:
Come-a, come-a, come-a, come-a
Karma chameleon.
Karma chameleon.
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Come-a, come-a, come-a, come-a ka-me-di-a
Original Lyrics:
Karma, Karma, Karma, Karma Chameleon
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Comma comma comma comma comma chameleon
you commando, you commando
you commando, you commando
Original Lyrics:
Karma karma karma karma karma chameleon
you come and go, you come and go
you come and go, you come and go
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Comma, comma, comma, comma, comma and period
Original Lyrics:
Karma, Karma, Karma, Karma, Karma Chameleon
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Comment comment comment comment comment on me Leanne
Original Lyrics:
Karma karma karma karma Karma Chameleon
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Common common common common common chameleon
or
Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, Chameleon
or
Comma, comma, comma, comma, comma, chameleon
or
Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, Chameleon
or
Comma, comma, comma, comma, comma, chameleon
Original Lyrics:
Karma, karma, karma, karma, Karma Chameleon
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Corny, corny, corny, corny, corny chameleon
Original Lyrics:
Karma, karma, karma, karma, karma chameleon
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Desert loving in your eyes
Original Lyrics:
There's a loving in your eyes all the way
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Every day is like survival
You're my lover, Not my rifle.
You're my lover, Not my rifle.
Original Lyrics:
Every day is like survival
You're my lover, not my rival.
You're my lover, not my rival.
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Every day is like survival
You're my lover and I'm my rival.
You're my lover and I'm my rival.
Original Lyrics:
Every day is like survival
You're my lover, not my rival.
You're my lover, not my rival.
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Every day is like the bible
Original Lyrics:
Every day is like survival
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Every day is like tomorrow
I'm your lover, not your borough.
I'm your lover, not your borough.
Original Lyrics:
Every day is like survival
You're my lover, not my rival.
You're my lover, not my rival.
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everyday I read the bible
You're my lover not my bible
You're my lover not my bible
or
Every day is like tomorrow
You're my lover, not my bravo
You're my lover, not my bravo
or
Every day is like tomorrow
You're my lover, not my bravo
You're my lover, not my bravo
Original Lyrics:
Everyday is like survival
You're my lover not my rival
You're my lover not my rival
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Every day is like tomorrow
Original Lyrics:
Every day is like survival
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everyday is like Survivor.
Original Lyrics:
Everyday is like survival.
Editors note: Hopefully the person is referring to the band Survivor, and not the tv show, because this song was recorded in 1983 and the tv show Survivor didn't even come out until 2000. So if you referred to the TV show, that would clearly be an anachronism.
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Come-a Come-a Come-a Come Become a Camelia
or
Comma Chameleon
or
Come become, become, become, become a comedian
or
Come-a, come-a, come-a, come-a come-a with Leanne, She come with me, she come with me.
or
...Come a, Come a, Come a to me Leon.
or
Come On, Wheel Me In.
or
Come on to me Leon
or
Gobble, gobble, come here
or
Gobble, gobble, come here
Original Lyrics:
Karma, karma, karma, karma, karma, Chameleon
According to Boy George, "...it's about the terrible fear of alienation that people have the fear of standing up for one things. It's about trying to suck up to everybody... What we're saying in the song is, if you aren't true, then you get kharma - justice."
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Going, going, going, going, going bohemian
Original Lyrics:
Karma, Karma, Karma, Karma, Karma Chameleon
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
How to settle a contradiction
Original Lyrics:
How to sell a contradiction.
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a man who doesn't grow.
Original Lyrics:
I'm a man who doesn't know.
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a man who doesn't know
How to say the country diction.
How to say the country diction.
Original Lyrics:
I'm a man who doesn't know
How to sell the contradiction.
How to sell the contradiction.
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a man with air-conditioning.
Original Lyrics:
I'm a man without conviction.
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a man without a vision
I'm a man without a goal.
I'm a man without a goal.
Original Lyrics:
I'm a man without conviction
I'm a man who doesn't know.
I'm a man who doesn't know.
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a man without condition.
Original Lyrics:
I'm a man without conviction.
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a man without condition
I'm a man who doesn't love
How to sail a contradiction
You come and grow
You come and grow
I'm a man who doesn't love
How to sail a contradiction
You come and grow
You come and grow
Original Lyrics:
I'm a man without conviction
I'm a man who doesn't know
How to sell a contradiction
You come and go
You come and go
I'm a man who doesn't know
How to sell a contradiction
You come and go
You come and go
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a man without conviction
Armour man who does a gnome.
Armour man who does a gnome.
Original Lyrics:
I'm a man without conviction
I'm a man who doesn't know.
I'm a man who doesn't know.
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a man without conviction
I'm a man who doesn't know
How to sell a country diction.
I'm a man who doesn't know
How to sell a country diction.
Original Lyrics:
I'm a man without conviction
I'm a man who doesn't know
How to sell a contradiction.
I'm a man who doesn't know
How to sell a contradiction.
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a man without cornflake, son
Original Lyrics:
I'm a man without conviction
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a man, but now I'm women.
Original Lyrics:
I'm a man without conviction.
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a comedian.
Original Lyrics:
Karma, karma, karma, karma, karma chameleon
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm in love, without condition
Original Lyrics:
I'm a man without conviction.
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'ma I'ma I'ma I'ma Comedian
Original Lyrics:
Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Is there loving in your eyes all the way?
Original Lyrics:
Desert loving in your eyes all the way
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Kama, Kama, Kama, Kama, come make a million.
Original Lyrics:
Karma, karma, karma, karma, karma, chameleon.
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Karma, karma, karma, karma,karma chameleon
Original Lyrics:
Come on come on come on come on come on Camelia(R)
Don't look at the sun.
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Khana-khana-khana-khana-khanacademy
You learn your math you learn your maaath
You learn your math you learn your maaath
Original Lyrics:
Karma, karma, karma, karma, karma chameleon
You come and go you come and goooo
You come and go you come and goooo
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Les gold and green (2)
Original Lyrics:
Red gold and green (2)
Les: the shortened form of Leslie or Lesley
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Love is so feezy so color so like my dreams,
Ray golden dreams, ray golden dreams
Ray golden dreams, ray golden dreams
Original Lyrics:
Loving would be easy if your colors were like my dreams
Red, gold, and green. Red, gold, and green
Red, gold, and green. Red, gold, and green
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lovin' would be easy if you don't realize my dream
Original Lyrics:
Loving would be easy if your colors were like my dreams
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lovin' would be easy if you would come and so light my dreams.
Red golden dreams. Red golden dreams.
Red golden dreams. Red golden dreams.
Original Lyrics:
Lovin' would be easy if your colors were like my dreams.
Red, gold and green. Red, gold and green.
Red, gold and green. Red, gold and green.
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lovin' would be easy if your colours were like my dreams.
Where's Golders Green,
Where's Golders Green?
Where's Golders Green,
Where's Golders Green?
Original Lyrics:
Lovin' would be easy if your colours were like my dreams.
Red, gold and green.
Red, gold and green.
Red, gold and green.
Red, gold and green.
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lovin' would be easy if your colours were like my jeans.
Wear golden jeans,
Wear golden jeans..
Wear golden jeans,
Wear golden jeans..
Original Lyrics:
Lovin' would be easy if your colours were like my dreams.
Red, gold and green.
Red, gold and green.
Red, gold and green.
Red, gold and green.
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Loving would be easy if you caramelised my dreams.
Original Lyrics:
Loving would be easy if your colors were like my dreams.
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Loving would be easy if you color shallacked my dreams.
Original Lyrics:
Loving would be easy if your colors were like my dreams.
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Loving would be easy if you colostocized my dreams.
Original Lyrics:
Loving would be easy if your colors were like my dreams.
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Loving would be easy if you fellas would like my dreams.
Original Lyrics:
Loving would be easy if your colours were like my dreams.
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Loving would be easy if you'd color my anal beads,
Red, gold, and green, red, gold, and green.
Red, gold, and green, red, gold, and green.
Original Lyrics:
Loving would be easy if your colors were like my dreams,
Red, gold, and green, red, gold, and green.
Red, gold, and green, red, gold, and green.
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Loving would be easy if your brothers would like my penis
Original Lyrics:
Loving would be easy if your colors were like my dreams
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Loving would be easy if your colors were like my dreams
Them golden dreams, wet golden dreams
Them golden dreams, wet golden dreams
Original Lyrics:
Loving would be easy if your colors were like my dreams
Red, gold, and green. Red, gold, and green
Red, gold, and green. Red, gold, and green
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Record and breathe
Original Lyrics:
Red, gold and green
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Red-Golden bees Red-Golden bees
Original Lyrics:
Red, gold and green
Red, gold and green
Red, gold and green
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Red-golden dream
Original Lyrics:
Red, gold, and green
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
This no can be
This no can be
This no can be
Original Lyrics:
Red, gold and green
Red, gold and green
Red, gold and green
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
When you go you come forever
Original Lyrics:
When you go you're gone forever
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
With golden dreams
With golden dreams
With golden dreams
Original Lyrics:
Red, gold and green
Red, gold and green
Red, gold and green
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
With golden wheat.
With golden wheat
With golden wheat
Original Lyrics:
Red, gold and green.
Red, gold and green
Red, gold and green
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're my lover,
not my rifle
not my rifle
Original Lyrics:
You're my lover,
not my rival
not my rival
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're my lover, and not my bible
Original Lyrics:
You're my lover, and not my rival
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're my lover, not my Bible.
Original Lyrics:
You're my lover, not my rival.
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