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Misheard Song Lyrics -> Artist -> H -> Hootie & The Blowfish
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There are 108 misheard song lyrics for Hootie & The Blowfish on amIright currently.
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"Drowning" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
About some fabric scents living in a s*** caca.
Original Lyrics:
About some fat racist living in Chicago.
"Drowning" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Tryin' to deal this ship-out heritage knotting.
Original Lyrics:
Tired of hearin' this s*** about heritage, not hate.
"Hannah Jane"
Misheard Lyrics:
You don't wanna see your son, no doubt.
Original Lyrics:
You don't wanna see the sun go down.
"Hold My Hand" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause I've gotta hammer you
'Cause I wanna run with you
'Cause I wanna run with you
Original Lyrics:
'Cause I've got a hand for you
'Cause I wanna run with you
'Cause I wanna run with you
"Hold My Hand" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
'cause I got it there for you
Original Lyrics:
'cause I got a hand for you
"Hold My Hand" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold my hat
Want you to hold my hat
Want you to hold my hat
Original Lyrics:
Hold my hand
Want you to hold my hand
Want you to hold my hand
"Hold My Hand" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I thought about your craft.
Original Lyrics:
I thought about your crimes.
"Hold My Hand" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I thought about your crap
Then I still love
And then I screamed out loud.
Then I still love
And then I screamed out loud.
Original Lyrics:
I thought about your crimes
Then I stood up
And then I screamed aloud.
Then I stood up
And then I screamed aloud.
"Hold My Hand"
Misheard Lyrics:
I thought about your problems, I thought about your crap
Original Lyrics:
I thought about your problems, I thought about your crime
"Hold My Hand" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I wanna love to pieces, to pieces, I can
Original Lyrics:
I wanna love you the best that, the best that I can
"Hold My Hand" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I wanna love you the Bandstand
The Bandstand I have
The Bandstand I have
Original Lyrics:
I wanna love you the best that
The best that I can
The best that I can
"Hold My Hand" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I wanna love you the blessid, the blessid I can
Original Lyrics:
I wanna love you the best that, the best that I can
"Hold My Hand" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I wanna love you
The bear said, the bear said, 'I can.'
The bear said, the bear said, 'I can.'
Original Lyrics:
I wanna love you
The best that, the best that I can.
The best that, the best that I can.
"Hold My Hand" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm gonna love you,
the bitch that, the bitch that I am
the bitch that, the bitch that I am
Original Lyrics:
I wanna love you,
the best that, the best that I can
the best that, the best that I can
"Hold My Hand" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Maybe we can chew the world
Original Lyrics:
Maybe we can't change the world
"Hold My Hand"
Misheard Lyrics:
With a little bees, and some honey
Original Lyrics:
With a little peace and some harmony
"Hold My Hand" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
With a little luck
or
With a little look
or
With a little look
Original Lyrics:
With a little love
"Hold My Hand"
Misheard Lyrics:
With a little peas and some hominy
Original Lyrics:
With a little peace and some harmony
"Hold My Hand" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Yes indeed, I saw her standing there
Your tail was down, your a** is red
The comb might hurt your hair
I said, 'You love and let me see you smile'.
Your tail was down, your a** is red
The comb might hurt your hair
I said, 'You love and let me see you smile'.
Original Lyrics:
Yesterday, I saw you standing there
Your head was down, your eyes were red
No comb had touched your hair
I said, 'Get up and let me see your smile'.
Your head was down, your eyes were red
No comb had touched your hair
I said, 'Get up and let me see your smile'.
"Hold My Hand" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
“A barber does your hair”
Original Lyrics:
No comb had touched your hair
"I Go Blind" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
What do you think that I look like?
Original Lyrics:
What do you think that life is like?
"I Will Wait"
Misheard Lyrics:
A n***er feels so much better.
Original Lyrics:
And make her feel so much better.
"I Will Wait"
Misheard Lyrics:
Needs to smell her pubic hair.
Original Lyrics:
Needs to smell her, touch her hair.
"I Will Wait"
Misheard Lyrics:
Needs to smell her underwear
Original Lyrics:
Needs to smell her, touch her hair
"Let Her Cry" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And if the sun comes up tomorrow, Letter "B."
Original Lyrics:
And if the sun comes up tomorrow, Let her be.
"Let Her Cry" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I just run my hands through her dock hand
Original Lyrics:
I just run my hands through her dark hair
"Let Her Cry" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I just run my hands, do what I dare.
Original Lyrics:
I just run my hands through her dark hair.
"Let Her Cry" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I just stood on my ass and cried
Original Lyrics:
I just sat on the couch and cried
"Let Her Cry" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I sat down on my couch and cried, yeah
Oh my Lord, please kill me.
Oh my Lord, please kill me.
Original Lyrics:
I sat down on my couch and cried, yellin'
'Oh momma, please help me.'
'Oh momma, please help me.'
"Let Her Cry" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I sat down on my couch and cried, yellin' "woman, please help me"
Original Lyrics:
I sat down on my couch and cried, yellin' 'Oh momma, please help me.'
"Let Her Cry" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I sat down on my couch in 'Dracula'
War for love, please will be
Won't you hold my hand?'
War for love, please will be
Won't you hold my hand?'
Original Lyrics:
I sat down on my couch and cried
Yelling, 'Oh, mama, please help me!
Won't you hold my hand?'
Yelling, 'Oh, mama, please help me!
Won't you hold my hand?'
"Let Her Cry" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I say that I don't care
I just rub my hands, do what I can
And I pray to God, you gotta help me find a way.
I just rub my hands, do what I can
And I pray to God, you gotta help me find a way.
Original Lyrics:
I say that I don't care
I just run my hands through her dark hair
And I pray to God, you gotta help me fly away.
I just run my hands through her dark hair
And I pray to God, you gotta help me fly away.
"Let Her Cry" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I say that I don't care
I just run my hands through her Dockers
and I pray to God you gotta help me find a way
I just run my hands through her Dockers
and I pray to God you gotta help me find a way
Original Lyrics:
I say that I don't care
I just run my hands through her dark hair
and I pray to God you gotta help me fly away
I just run my hands through her dark hair
and I pray to God you gotta help me fly away
"Let Her Cry" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Let her cry, if the tears fall down like rain
Let her sing, "Abba Deebey Dahbie dain".
Let her sing, "Abba Deebey Dahbie dain".
Original Lyrics:
Let her cry, if the tears fall down like rain
Let her sing, if it eases all her pain.
Let her sing, if it eases all her pain.
"Let Her Cry"
Misheard Lyrics:
She said Dad's the one I love the most
But Stipe's not far behind
But Stipe's not far behind
Original Lyrics:
She said Dar's the one I love the most
But Stipe's not far behind.
But Stipe's not far behind.
"Let Her Cry" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
She said there's the one I love the most
And time's not far behind.
And time's not far behind.
Original Lyrics:
She says Dad's the one I love the most
And Stipe's not far behind.
And Stipe's not far behind.
Editor's note: For some reason, this line has been disputed. I think "Dad's the one I love the most..." is correct.
"Let Her Cry"
Misheard Lyrics:
She said there's the one I love the most
And Schnapps not far behind.
And Schnapps not far behind.
Original Lyrics:
She said Dad's the one I love the most
But Stipe's not far behind.
But Stipe's not far behind.
"Let Her Cry" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
She says Dad's the one I love the most
And Stipe's not far behind.
And Stipe's not far behind.
Original Lyrics:
She says Dar's the one I love the most
And Stipe's not far behind.
And Stipe's not far behind.
"Let Her Cry" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
She says Dad's the one I love the most
Lestat's not far behind.
Lestat's not far behind.
Original Lyrics:
She says Dad's the one I love the most
And Stipe's not far behind.
And Stipe's not far behind.
"Let Her Cry" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
She says Dar's the one I love the most...
Original Lyrics:
She says Dad's the one I love the most
"Let Her Cry" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
She says Dare's the one I love the most
And Stipe's not far behind.
And Stipe's not far behind.
Original Lyrics:
She says Dad's the one I love the most
And Stipe's not far behind.
And Stipe's not far behind.
"Let Her Cry"
Misheard Lyrics:
She says hello my lamppost
Original Lyrics:
She sits alone by the lamppost
"Let Her Cry" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
She says that's the one I love the most,
and Stipe's not far behind
and Stipe's not far behind
Original Lyrics:
She says Dad's the one I love the most
And Stipe's not far behind.
And Stipe's not far behind.
"Let Her Cry" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
She says that's the one I love the most
These times not far behind.
These times not far behind.
Original Lyrics:
She says Dad's the one I love the most
But Stipe's not far behind.
But Stipe's not far behind.
I saw that this was still being debated... ("But Stipe's not far behind). Those are the correct lyrics for that line -- on the Hootie and the Blowfish website, the lyrics posted there are the same ("But Stipe's not far behind"). Most likely 'she' is talking about Michael Stipe, lead singer for R-E-M. So, she loves her dad but Michael Stipe's not far behind in that category.
"Let Her Cry" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
She says there's the one I love the most,
Michael Stipe's not far behind
Michael Stipe's not far behind
Original Lyrics:
She says, 'Dad's the one I love the most
But Stipe's not far behind.'
But Stipe's not far behind.'
"Let Her Cry" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
She says, "Dan's the one Iove the most, but Stan's not far behind."
Original Lyrics:
She says, "Dad's the one I love the most, but Stipe's not far behind."
"Let Her Cry"
Misheard Lyrics:
She says, "There’s the one I love the most
But the Schnapp’s not far behind"
But the Schnapp’s not far behind"
Original Lyrics:
She said Dar's the one I love the most
But Stipe's not far behind.
But Stipe's not far behind.
"Let Her Cry" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
She sits alone violin
Original Lyrics:
She sits alone by a lamppost
"Let Her Cry" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
She sits along my lamppost
Trying to find a cutlet escaped her mind
Trying to find a cutlet escaped her mind
Original Lyrics:
She sits alone by a lamppost
Trying to find a thought that's escaped her mind
Trying to find a thought that's escaped her mind
"Let Her Cry" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
She sits on a Lambo
Original Lyrics:
She sits alone by a lamppost.
"Let Her Cry" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
She sits on my lamppost.
Original Lyrics:
She sits alone by a lamppost.
"Let Her Cry"
Misheard Lyrics:
She sits on my lamppost
Trying to find a father's escape to mine
She says, 'There's the one I love the most
But the snot's right far behind.'
Trying to find a father's escape to mine
She says, 'There's the one I love the most
But the snot's right far behind.'
Original Lyrics:
She sits alone by the lamppost
Trying to find a thought that's escaped her mind
She says, 'Dad's the one I love the most
But Stipe's not far behind.'
Trying to find a thought that's escaped her mind
She says, 'Dad's the one I love the most
But Stipe's not far behind.'
"Old Man & Me (When I Get to Heaven)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
In a boy filled with pain
Original Lyrics:
In a voice filled with pain
"Old Man And Me (When I Get To Heaven)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
He said the sun will never hurt 'til you're a hundred-and-one.
Original Lyrics:
He said the sun will never hurt you, never harmed anyone.
"Old Man And Me (When I Get to Heaven)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
In a boy filled with pain
Original Lyrics:
In a voice filled with pain
"Only Wanna Be With You"
Misheard Lyrics:
He took his wife to Little League.
Original Lyrics:
He took his wife to Italy.
"Only Wanna Be With You"
Misheard Lyrics:
I said Atlanta's great
Original Lyrics:
I said that line is great
"Only Wanna Be With You"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm such a baby, here,
Endorphins make me cry.
Endorphins make me cry.
Original Lyrics:
I'm such a baby, yeah,
The Dolphins make me cry.
The Dolphins make me cry.
"Only Wanna Be With You"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm such a baby, yeah,
Endorphins make me cry
Endorphins make me cry
Original Lyrics:
I'm such a baby, yeah,
The Dolphins make me cry
The Dolphins make me cry
"Only Wanna Be With You"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm such a baby
Even endorphins make me cry.
Even endorphins make me cry.
Original Lyrics:
I'm such a baby
The Dolphins make me cry.
The Dolphins make me cry.
"Only Wanna Be With You"
Misheard Lyrics:
In a family of four
Original Lyrics:
You can call me your fool.
"Only Wanna Be With You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let me tell you what I've been through.
I only wanna be with you.
I only wanna be with you.
Original Lyrics:
Yeah, I'm tangled up in blue.
I only wanna be with you.
I only wanna be with you.
"Only Wanna Be With You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Polly wanna be with you.
Original Lyrics:
I only wanna be with you.
"Only Wanna Be With You" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Put on a little building, ten-dollar fence
I say that lie is great, you ask me what it, If I...
Said I showed a men they pray, took his wife to a little bay
She'd been havin' a million bucks, and when she died, it came to me.
It came after me I'm looking.
I say that lie is great, you ask me what it, If I...
Said I showed a men they pray, took his wife to a little bay
She'd been havin' a million bucks, and when she died, it came to me.
It came after me I'm looking.
Original Lyrics:
Put on a little Dylan, sitting on a fence
I say that line is great, you ask me what it meant by:
'Said I shot a man named Gray, took his wife to Italy
She inherited a million bucks, and when she died, it came to me.
I can't help it if I'm lucky.'
I say that line is great, you ask me what it meant by:
'Said I shot a man named Gray, took his wife to Italy
She inherited a million bucks, and when she died, it came to me.
I can't help it if I'm lucky.'
"Only Wanna Be With You" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Put on a little village,
and no offense
and no offense
Original Lyrics:
Put on a little Dylan,
sittin' on a fence
sittin' on a fence
"Only Wanna Be With You" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Said I shot a man in gray
Original Lyrics:
Said I shot a man named Gray
"Only Wanna Be With You" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Said I shot a man named Gray,
that had whacked a little old lady
that had whacked a little old lady
Original Lyrics:
Said I shot a man named Gray,
took his wife to Italy
took his wife to Italy
"Only Wanna Be With You" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Sittin' on a little building,
Sittin' on a fence
You're a catastrophe,
You ask me what I meant
Said, 'Shot a man in Cree.'
Sittin' on a fence
You're a catastrophe,
You ask me what I meant
Said, 'Shot a man in Cree.'
Original Lyrics:
Put on a little Dylan
Sitting on a fence
I say that line is great
You ask me what I meant by
Said, 'I shot a man named Gray.'
Sitting on a fence
I say that line is great
You ask me what I meant by
Said, 'I shot a man named Gray.'
"Only Wanna Be With You" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Sometimes you're crazy and I wonder why
I'm such a baby, yeah, the dolphins make me crap.
I'm such a baby, yeah, the dolphins make me crap.
Original Lyrics:
Sometimes you're crazy and you wonder why
I'm such a baby, yeah, the Dolphins make me cry.
I'm such a baby, yeah, the Dolphins make me cry.
"Only Wanna Be With You" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Sometimes you're crazy and you wonder why
I'm such a baby yeah the dog can make me cry
I'm such a baby yeah the dog can make me cry
Original Lyrics:
Sometimes you're crazy and you wonder why
I'm such a baby yeah the Dolphins make me cry
I'm such a baby yeah the Dolphins make me cry
"Only Wanna Be With You" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
The doorman makes me cry.
Original Lyrics:
The Dolphins make me cry.
"Only Wanna Be With You" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Took his wife to Little League
Original Lyrics:
Took his wife to Italy
"Only Wanna Be With You" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Trip to Little Italy
Original Lyrics:
Took his wife to Italy
"Only Wanna Be With You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Yeah I'm tangled up in poo.
I only wanna be with you.
I only wanna be with you.
Original Lyrics:
Yeah I'm tangled up in blue.
I only wanna be with you.
I only wanna be with you.
"Only Wanna Be With You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Yeah I'm tangled up in you.
I only wanna be with you.
I only wanna be with you.
Original Lyrics:
Yeah I'm tangled up in blue.
I only wanna be with you.
I only wanna be with you.
"Only Wanna Be With You" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You can call me a fool
Original Lyrics:
You can call me your fool
"Only Wanna Be With You"
Misheard Lyrics:
You can call me awful.
Original Lyrics:
You can call me your fool.
"Only Wanna Be with You" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm such a baby bear, the dolphins make me cry
Original Lyrics:
I'm such a baby, yeah, the dolphins make me cry
"Only Wanna Be with You" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm such a baby, 'cause the doggies make me cry
Original Lyrics:
I'm such a baby, 'cause the dolphins make me cry
"Only Wanna Be with You"
Misheard Lyrics:
In a family of four
Original Lyrics:
You can call me your fool
"Only Wanna Be with You" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You are only awful
Original Lyrics:
You can call me your fool
"Only Wanna Be with You" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You can call me Arthur
Original Lyrics:
You can call me your fool
"Running From An Angel"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't let me get toes in the mouth
Original Lyrics:
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth
"State Your Peace"
Misheard Lyrics:
State your peace, go insane.
Original Lyrics:
State your peace, go ahead and say it.
"Time"
Misheard Lyrics:
And I am gonna cover up the rain
Original Lyrics:
Dying for the color of a rag
"Time"
Misheard Lyrics:
Can you treat me by tomorrow
Original Lyrics:
Can you teach me 'bout tomorrow
"Time"
Misheard Lyrics:
Children killing in the street
And I am but a color of the wind.
or
Children killing in the street
Dying for the color of a rag.
And I am but a color of the wind.
or
Children killing in the street
Dying for the color of a rag.
Original Lyrics:
Children killing in the street
Dying for the color of red.
Dying for the color of red.
"Time"
Misheard Lyrics:
Talk about curious, dying for a rag
He's just wasting, wasting, wasting time.
He's just wasting, wasting, wasting time.
Original Lyrics:
Time without courage, time without fear
Is just wasting, wasting, wasting time.
Is just wasting, wasting, wasting time.
"Time"
Misheard Lyrics:
The way to just strip me babe,
Strip me babe.
Strip me babe.
Original Lyrics:
The wind just stripped me bare
Stripped me bare.
Stripped me bare.
"Time"
Misheard Lyrics:
Time, why you promise me?
Original Lyrics:
Time, why you punish me?
"Time"
Misheard Lyrics:
You left me hiding
Original Lyrics:
You left me crying
"Time"
Misheard Lyrics:
You watch me when I'm 3
Original Lyrics:
You wash away my dreams
"Tucker's Town" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Then he smiled with great release
Original Lyrics:
Then he smiled with great relief
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