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There are 39 misheard song lyrics for Melanie on amIright currently.
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Don't go to bed but I go pretty far
Don't go too fast but I go pretty far
I got a brand new brand of roller skates
I got a brand new pair of roller skates
I got a brand new pair of polar bears
I got a brand new pair of roller skates
I ride my bike,
I rollerskate,
don't drive no car
don't go to bed
but I go pretty far
I ride my bike,
I rollerskate,
don't drive no car
don't go too fast
but I go pretty far
I roller skated to your door in delight.
I roller skated to your door at daylight.
I think that we should get together in colonoscopy.
I think that we should get together and try them out you see.
I'm gonna get a tin can over
Never to 46!
I've got a brand new pair of roller skates
You've got a brand new key.
I've got a brand new bottle of Novocaine
or
I've got a brand new bottle of Solarcaine
I've got a brand new pair of roller skates
I've got a brand new game of no mistakes
I've got a brand new pair of roller skates
I've got a brand new pair of roller skates,
You've got a brand new key
I'll make a wish to get together and throw them out to sea
I've got a brand new pair of roller skates,
You've got a brand new key
I think that we should get together and try them on to see
It almost seems that you're supporting me.
It almost seems like you're avoiding me.
It almost seems that you're the boy for me.
It almost seems like you're avoiding me.
Oh, I got a brand new pair of roller skates
You got a brand new qi (pronounced 'chee')
Oh, I got a brand new pair of roller skates
You got a brand new key
Last line of the song ONLY. I agree she sings 'key' all of the other times.
Some people say I don't know right for a girl.
Some people say I done all right for a girl.
Some people say I don't know right for a girl
Some people say I done alright for a girl
You got a brand of briefs
You got a brand new key
"Getting Out"
Well I'm getting out and I feel like batter
Well I'm getting out and I feel a lot better
"God's Only Daughter"
And I see mine thoughtful in the morning
And I see my papa in the morning
"God's Only Daughter"
I'm God's only daughter
And the one nutty goes, it's harvest time.
I'm God's only daughter
And the one Daddy grows His garden on.
"God's Only Daughter"
With the side, it's my eyes in the morning
When the sun hits my eyes in the morning
"Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)" (MP3)
Lay down, Lay down,
Lay it all down, Let your whites perspire
Lay down, Lay down,
Lay it all down, Let your white bird smile up.
"Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)" (MP3)
Lay down, lay down
Lay it all down
Let your wife turn to Milo.
Lay down, lay down
Lay it all down
Let your white birds smile on.
"Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)" (MP3)
Let the white burns starter and the white bread sound
Let your white birds smile up at the ones who stand and frown
"Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)" (MP3)
Let your white bird smile up at the one who's dead and brown
Let your white birds smile up at the ones who stand and frown
"Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)" (MP3)
Let your white bird smile up
While the world's spinning 'round.
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown.
This has to be one of the most misquoted songs around. Melanie's voice in the chorus is not all that clear and the Edwin Hawkins Gospel Singers just about drown her out. Still, it's a great song.
"Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)" (MP3)
Let your white birds smile up at the one who’s sad and brown
Let your white birds smile up at the ones who stand and frown
"Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)" (MP3)
Let your white sperm fly up.
Let your white bird smile up.
"Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)" (MP3)
Let your wife burn a smile up
And the world will stay a frown.
Let your white bird smile up
At the ones who stand and frown.
"Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)" (MP3)
Let your wife turn scarlet
And one man frown.
Let your white bird smile up
At the ones who stand and frown.
"Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)" (MP3)
Neighbor neighbor
Lay down lay down
"Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)" (MP3)
We all bled inside each other's wombs
We all bled inside each other's wounds
"Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" (MP3)
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down,
Let your whites turn brighter and the world will set you free.
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down,
Let your white bird smile up at the ones who stand and frown.
"Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" (MP3)
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down,
Let your whites turn brighter
And the world will set you free.
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down,
Let your white bird smile up
At the ones who stand and frown.
"Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" (MP3)
Let the right turn show up
Let the white bird smile up
"Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" (MP3)
Let your diapers swallow
Let your white bird smile up
"Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" (MP3)
Way down, way down
Lay down, lay down
"Momma, Momma"
Momma, momma I feel you wheeled me wrong.
or
Momma, momma I feel you reared me wrong.
Momma, momma, I fear you reared me wrong.
"Pebbles In The Sand"
And it's gonna miss you, cosmical one
And it's gonna miss you 'cause we are one
"Pebbles In The Sand"
I sought the sea my soul
I taught the sea my song