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Misheard Song Lyrics -> Artist -> K -> Nik Kershaw
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There are 50 misheard song lyrics for Nik Kershaw on amIright currently.
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"Billy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Billy wants his arm back.
Original Lyrics:
Billy wants it all now.
"Dancing Girls"
Misheard Lyrics:
Our hero sits when head in hands
And hard-on on his knees.
And hard-on on his knees.
Original Lyrics:
Our hero sits with head in hands
And heart upon his sleeve.
And heart upon his sleeve.
"Don Quixote"
Misheard Lyrics:
Coast to coast,
Wall to wall
Got to go,
Judy calls
Wall to wall
Got to go,
Judy calls
Original Lyrics:
Coast to coast,
Wall to wall
Got to go,
Duty calls
Wall to wall
Got to go,
Duty calls
"Don Quixote"
Misheard Lyrics:
Donkey horses
What do you say?
Are you brown?
Are you grey?
Or just crazy?
What do you say?
Are you brown?
Are you grey?
Or just crazy?
Original Lyrics:
Don Quixote
What do you say?
Are we proud?
Are we brave?
Or just crazy?
What do you say?
Are we proud?
Are we brave?
Or just crazy?
"Don Quixote"
Misheard Lyrics:
Donkey horses, what do you say?
Original Lyrics:
Don Quixote, what do you say?
"Don Quixote"
Misheard Lyrics:
Donkey hotel
What do you say?
What do you say?
Original Lyrics:
Don Quixote
What do you say?
What do you say?
"Don Quixote"
Misheard Lyrics:
common sense, is as good as the Cafe Honeymoon
Original Lyrics:
common sense, is as good as a cafe' on the moon
"Human Racing"
Misheard Lyrics:
Clothing in my empty spaces
Original Lyrics:
Closing in on empty spaces
"I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pinball man, power button, f*** you inside his head
Original Lyrics:
Pinball man, power glutton, vacuum inside his head
"I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Surgeon for the enemy
Original Lyrics:
Searching for an enemy
"Monkey Business"
Misheard Lyrics:
They point their jelousies and shake their heads.
Original Lyrics:
They point at Genesis and shake their head.
"Radio Musicola"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wheels blowing up
Wheels blowing up
From raids of Mullah Omar.
Wheels blowing up
From raids of Mullah Omar.
Original Lyrics:
We're growing up
We're growing up to
Radio Musicola
We're growing up to
Radio Musicola
"The Riddle"
Misheard Lyrics:
And his mind is a beacon in the bed of the night.
Original Lyrics:
And his mind is a beacon in the veil of the night.
"The Riddle"
Misheard Lyrics:
And his mind is a beagle in the red hot night.
Original Lyrics:
And his mind is a beacon in the veil of the night.
"The Riddle"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the slimeys are peakin' in the middle of the night.
Original Lyrics:
And his mind is a beacon in the veil of the night.
"The Riddle"
Misheard Lyrics:
And try for sins in Barcelona
or
And try for sins at Barnes & Noble
or
And try for sins at Barnes & Noble
Original Lyrics:
And try for sins and false alarms
"The Riddle"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bet you'll never, never find the riddle
Original Lyrics:
But he'll never, never fight over you.
"The Riddle"
Misheard Lyrics:
Blessings from Babylon town
Original Lyrics:
Blessings of Babylon time
"The Riddle"
Misheard Lyrics:
Here I dream by the river,
There's a hole in the ground
There's a hole in the ground
Original Lyrics:
Near a tree by a river there's a hole in the ground
"The Riddle"
Misheard Lyrics:
I got friends for us
Original Lyrics:
I got plans for us
"The Riddle"
Misheard Lyrics:
I got two strong norms.
Original Lyrics:
I got two strong arms.
"The Riddle"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've got two strong arms, blessings of 'Babylon 5'.
Original Lyrics:
I got two strong arms, blessings of Babylon, with time.
"The Riddle"
Misheard Lyrics:
In a dream by a riddle
There's a hole in the ground
There's a hole in the ground
Original Lyrics:
Near a tree by a river
There's a hole in the ground
There's a hole in the ground
"The Riddle"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mirror dreams by a river
there's a hole in the ground
and a hole and a baron
goes around and round
there's a hole in the ground
and a hole and a baron
goes around and round
Original Lyrics:
Near a tree by a river
there's a hole in the ground
where an old man of aran
goes around and around
there's a hole in the ground
where an old man of aran
goes around and around
"The Riddle"
Misheard Lyrics:
Near a tree by a river, there's a hole in the ground
Where an old man, a baron, goes around and round.
And his mind, he's a-peaking in the bale of the night
For a strange kind of fashion, there's a wrong and right.
Don't ever, never fight over you.
Where an old man, a baron, goes around and round.
And his mind, he's a-peaking in the bale of the night
For a strange kind of fashion, there's a wrong and right.
Don't ever, never fight over you.
Original Lyrics:
Near a tree by a river, there's a hole in the ground
Where an old man of Aran goes around and around.
And his mind is a beacon in the veil of the night
For a strange kind of fashion
There's a wrong and a right.
But he'll never, never fight over you.
Where an old man of Aran goes around and around.
And his mind is a beacon in the veil of the night
For a strange kind of fashion
There's a wrong and a right.
But he'll never, never fight over you.
"The Riddle"
Misheard Lyrics:
Near a tree by a river
There's a hole in the ground
Where a gnome in a barrow
Goes around and around
There's a hole in the ground
Where a gnome in a barrow
Goes around and around
Original Lyrics:
Near a tree by a river
There's a hole in the ground
Where an old man of Aran
Goes around and around
There's a hole in the ground
Where an old man of Aran
Goes around and around
"The Riddle"
Misheard Lyrics:
Near a tree by a river
There's a hole in the ground
Where an old man called Alan
Goes around and around.
There's a hole in the ground
Where an old man called Alan
Goes around and around.
Original Lyrics:
Near a tree by a river
There's a hole in the ground
Where an old man of Aran
Goes around and around
There's a hole in the ground
Where an old man of Aran
Goes around and around
"The Riddle"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's a tree by a river.
There's a mole in the ground
Where a gnome and a baron go around and around.
In his mind there is bacon in the bed on the night.
For a strange kind of fashion, there's a wrong and a right.
Though they'll never, never find the will.
There's a mole in the ground
Where a gnome and a baron go around and around.
In his mind there is bacon in the bed on the night.
For a strange kind of fashion, there's a wrong and a right.
Though they'll never, never find the will.
Original Lyrics:
Near a tree by a river,
There's a hole in the ground
Where an old man of Aran goes around and around.
And his mind is a beacon in the veil of the night
For a strange kind of fashion
There's a wrong and a right.
But he'll never, never fight over you.
There's a hole in the ground
Where an old man of Aran goes around and around.
And his mind is a beacon in the veil of the night
For a strange kind of fashion
There's a wrong and a right.
But he'll never, never fight over you.
"The Riddle"
Misheard Lyrics:
Where an old man in barrel
Goes around and around.
Goes around and around.
Original Lyrics:
Where an old man of Aran
Goes around and around.
Goes around and around.
"When A Heart Beats"
Misheard Lyrics:
Last train for material record deals
Original Lyrics:
Last train for material refugees
"When a Heart Beats"
Misheard Lyrics:
We speak and turn the key
Original Lyrics:
We seek eternity
"Wide Boy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Exceeding sense, exceeding sense
Original Lyrics:
Exceed excess, exceed excess
"Wide Boy"
Misheard Lyrics:
He got no sex but he got money.
Original Lyrics:
He got no sense but he got money.
"Wide Boy"
Misheard Lyrics:
He no big deal, he just a white boy
Original Lyrics:
He no big deal, he just a wide boy
"Wouldn't It Be Good?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Brasses all wins, green a rose for there.
Original Lyrics:
The grass is always greener over there.
"Wouldn't It Be Good?"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't wanna be here for long
Original Lyrics:
I don't wanna be here no more
"Wouldn't It Be Good?"
Misheard Lyrics:
I got it back, you don't know how bad I got it.
Original Lyrics:
I got it bad, you don't know how bad I got it.
"Wouldn't It Be Good?"
Misheard Lyrics:
My bolt on spirit is frozen to the core.
Original Lyrics:
My broken spirit is frozen to the core.
"Wouldn't It Be Good?"
Misheard Lyrics:
My bolt-on spirit is frozen to the core.
Original Lyrics:
My broken spirit is frozen to the core.
"Wouldn't It Be Good?"
Misheard Lyrics:
My broken spear is frozen to the cork
Original Lyrics:
My broken spirit is frozen to the core
"Wouldn't It Be Good?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Woman would be good to be in new shoes
Original Lyrics:
Wouldn't it be good to be in your shoes?
"Wouldn't It Be Good?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wouldn't it be good
To be a Martian?
To be a Martian?
Original Lyrics:
Wouldn't it be good
To be in your shoes?
To be in your shoes?
"Wouldn't It Be Good?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wouldn't it be good to be in U2?
Original Lyrics:
Wouldn't it be good to be in your shoes?
"Wouldn't It Be Good?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wouldn't it be good to beat the Russians.
Original Lyrics:
Wouldn't it be good to be in your shoes?
"Wouldn't It Be Good"
Misheard Lyrics:
Even if it wasn't just one day
Original Lyrics:
Even if it was for just one day
"Wouldn't It Be Good"
Misheard Lyrics:
Grass is always green and roses red.
Original Lyrics:
The grass is always greener over there.
"Wouldn't It Be Good"
Misheard Lyrics:
The cobra's biting
Through each and every nanofiber
Through each and every nanofiber
Original Lyrics:
The cold is biting
Through each and every nerve and fiber
Through each and every nerve and fiber
"Wouldn't It Be Good"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wouldn't it be good
if we could wear shorts every day
if we could wear shorts every day
Original Lyrics:
Wouldn't it be good
if we could wish ourselves away
if we could wish ourselves away
"Wouldn't It Be Good"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wouldn't it be good to be in Marshalls?
Original Lyrics:
Wouldn't it be good to be in your shoes?
"Wouldn't It Be Good"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wouldn't it be good to be in Yorkshire
The grass is always greener over there
The grass is always greener over there
Original Lyrics:
Wouldn't it be good to be on your side
The grass is always greener over there
The grass is always greener over there
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