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Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton's, "Those Were The Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
3 hours at the old rat race.
Original Lyrics:
Gee, our old La Salle ran great.
Carroll O' Connor & Jean Stapleton's, "Those Were The Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
And you know when you were dead?
Girls with girls and men more mare.
Mister, we could use a man like Private Hoover again
Original Lyrics:
And you knew who you were then.
Girls were girls and men were men.
Mister we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again
Carroll O' Connor & Jean Stapleton's, "Those Were The Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
Boil the weakling millipede
Songs that made the hip hooray
Guys like Gus, we had it made
Those were the days
And you know when you were dead?
Girls were girls and men more mare.
Mister we could use a mammoth trifle two-fer again
Didn't need no Wealth & Steaks
Everybody talked this way
G. R. O. LaSalle Redgrave
Those were the days
Original Lyrics:
Boy the way Glen Miller played,
songs that made the hit parade,
guys like us we had it made,
those were the days,
and you know where you were then,
girls were girls and men were men,
mister we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again,
didn't need no welfare states
everybody pulled his weight,
gee our old Lasalle ran great,
those were the days
Carroll O' Connor & Jean Stapleton's, "Those Were The Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
Boiler weaklet Miller played.
or
Boy, the week that Miller played.
Original Lyrics:
Boy, the way Glenn Miller played.
Carroll O' Connor & Jean Stapleton's, "Those Were The Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
Boy do weed Glen mellowplay
Original Lyrics:
Boy the way Glenn Miller played
Jean Stapleton and Carroll O'Connor's, "Those Were The Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
Boy the wee king millipede
Songs that made the hit parade
I guess we all just had it made
Those were the days
And you knew what you work end
Girls were girls and mehworwen
Mister we can use a man like urbu you for rockin'
Didn't need no welfare steaks
Everybody pulled his weight
Gee our old grow sour red grapes
Those were the days.
Original Lyrics:
Boy, the way Glen Miller played
Songs that made the Hit Parade
Guys like us, we had it made
Those were the days
And you know where you were then
Girls were girls and men were men
Mister, we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again
Didn't need no welfare states
Everybody pulled his weight
Gee, our old LaSalle ran great
Those were the days.
Carroll O' Connor & Jean Stapleton's, "Those Were The Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
Buy the winklin' milliplane
Gee our old less souring grapes.
Original Lyrics:
Boy the way Glen Miller played
Gee our old LaSalle ran great.
Carroll O' Connor & Jean Stapleton's, "Those Were The Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody Talked this Way
G. R. O. LaSalle Redgrave
Those were the days
Original Lyrics:
Everybody pulled his Weight
Gee, our old LaSalle ran great
Those were the days
Carroll O' Connor & Jean Stapleton's, "Those Were The Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
G. Arola Sal Rangrade
Original Lyrics:
Gee, our ol' La Salle ran great
Carroll O'Connor & Jean Stapleton's, "Those Were The Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
G. R. O. LaSalle Redgrave
Original Lyrics:
Gee, our old LaSalle ran great.
Carroll O' Connor & Jean Stapleton's, "Those Were The Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
G.R.O. The sal was great those were the days
Original Lyrics:
Gee Our old lesall ran great those were the days
Carroll O' Connor & Jean Stapleton's, "Those Were The Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gee a roll and salad, great!
Original Lyrics:
Gee our old Lasalle ran great
Carroll O' Connor & Jean Stapleton's, "Those Were The Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gee our whole salad's sold by weight
Original Lyrics:
Gee our old LaSalle ran great
Carroll O'Connor & Jean Stapleton's, "Those Were The Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gee we're old, let's salivate.
Original Lyrics:
Gee, our old LaSalle ran great.
Carroll O'Connor & Jean Stapleton's, "Those Were The Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gee, a roll, a sour grape.
Original Lyrics:
Gee our old LaSalle ran great.
Carroll O' Connor & Jean Stapleton's, "Those Were The Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gee, we all disinagrate
Original Lyrics:
Gee our old LaSalle ran great
Carroll O' Connor & Jean Stapleton's, "Those Were The Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gee, we're old and souring grapes
Original Lyrics:
Gee, our old Lasalle ran great
Carroll O'Connor & Jean Stapleton's, "Those Were The Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
Giorola sow red brate.
Original Lyrics:
Gee our old LaSalle ran great.
Cream's, "Those Were The Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
Golden cymbals flying a mockery of sound
Original Lyrics:
Golden cymbals flying on ocarina sounds
Carroll O'Connor & Jean Stapleton's, "Those Were The Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mister we could use a man like Harvey Pooh Maracan
We were all old salad grapes.
Original Lyrics:
Mister we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again
Gee our old LaSalle ran great.
Carroll O' Connor & Jean Stapleton's, "Those Were The Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mister we could use a man like her to prove we're all gay
or
Mister we could use a man like her to prove we're all dead
or
Mister we could use a man like her to prove we're all dead
Original Lyrics:
Mister, we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again
Carroll O' Connor & Jean Stapleton's, "Those Were The Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
Songs that made the hip hooray
Mister we could use a mammoth trifle two-fer again
Original Lyrics:
Songs that made the hit parade
Mister we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again
Mary Hopkin's, "Those Were The Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
Think of all the great things we could do.
Original Lyrics:
And dreamed of all the great things we could do.
Mary Hopkin's, "Those Were The Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
Those were the days I ran.
Original Lyrics:
Those were the days, my friend.
Mary Hopkin's, "Those Were The Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
We fight on avenues.
Original Lyrics:
We'd fight and never lose.
Mary Hopkin's, "Those Were The Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
We lit the lightning fuse
We'd fight the Navaloos.
Original Lyrics:
We'd live the life we choose
We'd fight and never lose.
Mary Hopkin's, "Those Were The Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
We'd fight an 'averlooge'.
Original Lyrics:
We'd fight and never lose.
Mary Hopkin's, "Those Were The Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
We'd live in lightning shoes
Original Lyrics:
We'd live the life we choose
Jean Stapleton and Carroll O'Connor's, "Those Were the Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
Boy, the old weak milliplede.
Original Lyrics:
Boy, the way Glen Miller played.
Carroll O'Connor & Jean Stapleton's, "Those Were the Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
Buy the wiglet milliplaide
[Later]
Gee, are all the shower at rate?
Original Lyrics:
Boy the way Glen Miller played
[Later]
Gee, our old LaSalle ran great.
It seems that a lot of people must have misheard these and written in about them. I noticed in the later episodes, they made a point of enunciating more.
Cream's, "Those Were the Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
Golden cymbals flying a mockery of sound
Original Lyrics:
Golden cymbals flying on ocarina sounds

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