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Misheard Song Lyrics -> Artist -> N -> Gary Numan
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There are 51 misheard song lyrics for Gary Numan on amIright currently.
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"1930s Rust"
Misheard Lyrics:
Now just shut your mouth
And don't spoil the view or nothing else for me.
And don't spoil the view or nothing else for me.
Original Lyrics:
Now just shut your mouth
This point of view appeals to me.
This point of view appeals to me.
"1930s Rust"
Misheard Lyrics:
The umpire don't believe.
Original Lyrics:
That I don't believe.
"Are 'Friends' Electric?" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't think I'm an alien, do you?
Original Lyrics:
I don't think it meant anything to you.
"Are 'Friends' Electric?" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I mean, my house burned down.
Original Lyrics:
Only, mine's broke down.
"Are 'Friends' Electric?" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
There's a man outside
And a local greyhound smoking a cigarette
And a local greyhound smoking a cigarette
Original Lyrics:
There's a man outside
In a long coat, grey hat, smoking a cigarette
In a long coat, grey hat, smoking a cigarette
"Cars" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And here in my car and now I'm starting to stink.
Original Lyrics:
And here in my car and now I'm starting to think.
The song is more audible in the Gary Numan and Fear Factory collaboration version found on the digipak of Fear Factory's 1998 album, Obsolete.
"Cars" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Beer in my car
Where the sewage flows out.
Where the sewage flows out.
Original Lyrics:
Here in my car
Where the image breaks down.
Where the image breaks down.
"Cars" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hearing my park
The engine breaks down.
The engine breaks down.
Original Lyrics:
Here in my car
The image breaks down.
The image breaks down.
"Cars" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Here in my car
The engine breaks down
The engine breaks down
Original Lyrics:
Here in my car
The image breaks down
The image breaks down
"Cars" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Here in my car I can not hear a thing
I can listen to you
In case we're sleeping four nights
In cars.
I can listen to you
In case we're sleeping four nights
In cars.
Original Lyrics:
Here in my car I can only receive
I can listen to you
It keeps me stable for days
In cars.
I can listen to you
It keeps me stable for days
In cars.
"Cars" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Here in my car I can only deceive
I can listen to you
And can be straight with four guys
In cars.
I can listen to you
And can be straight with four guys
In cars.
Original Lyrics:
Here in my car I can only receive
I can listen to you
It keeps me stable for days
In cars.
I can listen to you
It keeps me stable for days
In cars.
"Cars" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Here in my car I can only receive
I can listen to you
In case we staple four gays
In cars
I can listen to you
In case we staple four gays
In cars
Original Lyrics:
Here in my car I can only receive
I can listen to you
It keeps me stable for days
In cars
I can listen to you
It keeps me stable for days
In cars
"Cars" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Here in my car I feel safe as the vault.
Original Lyrics:
Here in my car I feel safest of all.
"Cars" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Here in my car I feel safest of all
I can play with my balls
It's the only way to live
In cars
I can play with my balls
It's the only way to live
In cars
Original Lyrics:
Here in my car I feel safest of all
I can lock all my doors
It's the only way to live
In cars
I can lock all my doors
It's the only way to live
In cars
"Cars" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Here in my car, I feel safe from all things
Original Lyrics:
Here in my car, I feel safest of all
"Cars" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Here in my car, I keep all these receipts
I can listen to you
In case stay for four nights
In cars.
I can listen to you
In case stay for four nights
In cars.
Original Lyrics:
Here in my car, I can only receive
I can listen to you
It keeps me stable for days
In cars.
I can listen to you
It keeps me stable for days
In cars.
"Cars" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Here in my car
I can only receive
I can listen to you
In case we staple fur dice
In cars.
I can only receive
I can listen to you
In case we staple fur dice
In cars.
Original Lyrics:
Here in my car
I can only receive
I can listen to you
It keeps me stable for days
In cars.
I can only receive
I can listen to you
It keeps me stable for days
In cars.
"Cars" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Here in my car
When the engine revs down.
When the engine revs down.
Original Lyrics:
Here in my car
Where the image breaks down.
Where the image breaks down.
"Cars" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I can listen to you in case mistaken for dice
Original Lyrics:
I can listen to you, it keeps me stable for days
"Cars" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I keeps me safe with four eyes
In cars.
In cars.
Original Lyrics:
It keeps me stable for days
In cars.
In cars.
"Cars" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I know I've started to think about leaving tonight
About how nothing seems right
About how nothing seems right
Original Lyrics:
I know I've started to think about leaving tonight
Although nothing seems right
Although nothing seems right
"Cars" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Someday we'll all live
In cars
In cars
Original Lyrics:
It's the only way to live
In cars
In cars
"Dance" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And I would die for you
And I cry, too
And I would sign a ring.
And I cry, too
And I would sign a ring.
Original Lyrics:
And I would die for you
And I cry, too
And I would sing the rain.
And I cry, too
And I would sing the rain.
"Don't Be A Dummy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dope your dummy.
Original Lyrics:
Don't be a dummy.
Used in an advert for Lee Cooper jeans in the UK in 1979 as well as hitting the lower reaches of the UK Top 40 in the same year.
"Down In The Park" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Down in the park
Where the madmen make their machines
And play `kill-by-numbers'
Down in the park with a francophile.
Where the madmen make their machines
And play `kill-by-numbers'
Down in the park with a francophile.
Original Lyrics:
Down in the park
Where the Machmen meet the machines
And play `kill-by-numbers'
Down in the park with a friend called `Five'.
Where the Machmen meet the machines
And play `kill-by-numbers'
Down in the park with a friend called `Five'.
"Down In The Park" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Down in the park with the jaundice,
Dead, dead, dead until the sun cries morning
Dead, dead, dead until the sun cries morning
Original Lyrics:
Down in the park where the chant is
'Death, Death, Death' until the sun cries morning
'Death, Death, Death' until the sun cries morning
"Down In The Park" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Down in the park
Where the madmen meet with machetes
Play 'kill-nine-one day'
Down in the park with friends of mine.
Where the madmen meet with machetes
Play 'kill-nine-one day'
Down in the park with friends of mine.
Original Lyrics:
Down in the park
Where the Machmen meet the machines
And play 'kill-by-numbers'
Down in the park with a friend called 'Five'.
Where the Machmen meet the machines
And play 'kill-by-numbers'
Down in the park with a friend called 'Five'.
"I Can't Breathe"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm scared to wake up and taste ice cream.
Original Lyrics:
I'm scared to wake up in case I scream.
"I Can't Breathe"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm so afraid of cornbread
Original Lyrics:
I'm so afraid, I can't breathe
"I Can't Stop"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can't stop it, I can't stop piddling.
Original Lyrics:
I can't stop it, I can't stop it again.
"In A Dark Place" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Sometimes I call out for you
And sometimes I'm a creep.
And sometimes I'm a creep.
Original Lyrics:
Sometimes I call out for you
And sometimes I'm afraid.
And sometimes I'm afraid.
"In A Dark Place" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Sometimes I pull out for you
And sometimes I'm afraid.
And sometimes I'm afraid.
Original Lyrics:
Sometimes I call out for you
And sometimes I'm afraid.
And sometimes I'm afraid.
"It Must Have Been Years"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't you sit in the lighthouse
Original Lyrics:
Don't you see they're not like us
"Music For Chameleons" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
At 4 o'clock, we land
And I'll weigh your bag for you.
And I'll weigh your bag for you.
Original Lyrics:
At 4 o'clock, we land
And I'll wave my flag for you.
And I'll wave my flag for you.
"My Shadow In Vain"
Misheard Lyrics:
I close up my brain and an elephant dies.
Original Lyrics:
I close up my brain and another friend dies.
"My Shadow In Vain"
Misheard Lyrics:
I close up my brain and another fart dies.
Original Lyrics:
I close up my brain and another friend dies.
"Remind Me to Smile" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Remind me to smile
And I'll be your friend
And I'll be your friend
Original Lyrics:
Remind me to smile
You know, the "old friends" line
You know, the "old friends" line
"Telekon" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You are the Real One
You are the Real One
You are the Real One
Original Lyrics:
You end on reel one
You end on reel one
You end on reel one
"This Is My House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I pinch a roll of your face.
Original Lyrics:
My picture of your face
"Tribal"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't like this, new wanker.
Original Lyrics:
I don't like this, new anger.
This lyric is on another Gary Numan song, 'Call Out the Dogs', but the misheard lyric is more prominent in this song.
"Tribal"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't like this, new wanker.
Original Lyrics:
I don't like this, new anger.
This song shares the same chorus with another Numan song, 'Call Out the Dogs'.
"War Games" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll lose it all up sleeve.
Original Lyrics:
I'll love it all and sleep.
"War Songs" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I lick the Darlek like you're supposed to.
Original Lyrics:
I like the dancer like you're supposed to.
"War Songs" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I like my something but I'm barely alive
(OR)
I like myself and but I'm barely alive
(OR)
I like myself and but I'm barely alive
Original Lyrics:
I like my sunbed but it burns me alive
"War Songs" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Will you remember when Spot lies down
Original Lyrics:
Will you remember when the sparkle dies down
"We Take Mystery" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Caught Bill Gates, letters like D.E.B.
Original Lyrics:
Confiscate letters like D.E.B.
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