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Misheard Song Lyrics -> Artist -> O -> Oingo Boingo
Misheard song lyrics (also called mondegreens) occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song. These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics, which is called parody. This page contains all the misheard lyrics for Oingo Boingo that have been submitted to this site and the old collection from inthe80s started in 1996. For more information about the misheard lyrics available on this site, please read our FAQ.
There are 32 misheard song lyrics for Oingo Boingo on amIright currently.
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"Can't See (Useless)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And I can't feel
Now in front of my face.
Now in front of my face.
Original Lyrics:
And I can't see
Now in front of my face.
Now in front of my face.
"Controller" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Faceless surgeons armed with raisins
Cut out our imaginations
It's a strange thing, deadly reason
Raisins cut with such precision.
Cut out our imaginations
It's a strange thing, deadly reason
Raisins cut with such precision.
Original Lyrics:
Faceless surgeons armed with razors
Cut out our imaginations
It's a strange thing, deadly reason
Razors cut with such precision.
Cut out our imaginations
It's a strange thing, deadly reason
Razors cut with such precision.
"Dead Man's Party" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Leave your bawdy Edsel at the door
Original Lyrics:
Leave your body and soul at the door
What the hell? I've heard Edsels called various things; "bawdy" certainly isn't one of them. Blame the line's meter: BOD-y AND-sull...and too many beers.
"Dead Man's Party" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Leave your body vessel at the door.
or
Leave your body axle at the door.
or
Leave your body axle at the door.
Original Lyrics:
Leave your body and soul at the door.
"Dead Man's Party" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Leave your body, ass #%@&, at the door
Original Lyrics:
Leave your body and soul at the door
"Dead Man's Party" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Since there's room for maybe just one more
Original Lyrics:
Says there's room for maybe just one more
"Grattitude" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I used to eat little girls like you for breakfast
Original Lyrics:
I used to eat little girls I knew for breakfast
It's originally from the Danny Elfman's solo album, but I didn't find it on the artist section.
"Insanity" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
On Sundays, I would rape you
So it would never stop.
So it would never stop.
Original Lyrics:
On Sundays, I would pray for you
So it would never stop.
So it would never stop.
"Just Another Day" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
It’s just another game
Original Lyrics:
It’s just another day
"Just Another Day" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
It’s just another game
Original Lyrics:
It’s just another day
"Little Girls" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
They don't care about my inflammations
They're not frightened by my revelations.
They're not frightened by my revelations.
Original Lyrics:
They don't care about my inclinations
They're not frightened by my revelations.
They're not frightened by my revelations.
"Little Girls" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
They don't care about my informations
They're not frightened by my revelations.
They're not frightened by my revelations.
Original Lyrics:
They don't care about my inclinations
They're not frightened by my revelations.
They're not frightened by my revelations.
"Little Girls" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
They don't care about my one-way mirror,
They're not frightened by my gold exterior
They're not frightened by my gold exterior
Original Lyrics:
They don't care if I'm a one-way mirror,
They're not frightened by my cold exterior
They're not frightened by my cold exterior
"Not My Slave" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
With service in my heart and joy in my mind.
Original Lyrics:
With sadness in my heart and joy in my mind.
"Only A Lad" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
He didn't mean to hit the foreman.
Original Lyrics:
He didn't mean to hit the poor man.
"Only A Lad" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Nobody could help
The little man had no gravity.
The little man had no gravity.
Original Lyrics:
Nobody could help
The little man had no gratitude.
The little man had no gratitude.
"Only A Lad" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
The scientists made him go astray
Original Lyrics:
Society has made him go astray
"Private Life" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I've got a tinzar
Hidden in the closet.
Hidden in the closet.
Original Lyrics:
The skeletons are
Hidden in the closet.
Hidden in the closet.
"Private Life" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I've got no problems,
no plastic bear
no plastic bear
Original Lyrics:
I've got no problems,
no cross to bear
no cross to bear
"Stay" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
If we get screwed one more night
If we hit the room one more night.
If we hit the room one more night.
Original Lyrics:
If we get through one more night
If we get through one more night.
If we get through one more night.
"Stay" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
If we get the room, one more night
Original Lyrics:
If we get through one more night
"Stay" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
If we get the rule, one more night.
Original Lyrics:
If we get through one more night...
"Stay" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
This is not a game show, with prizes at the door.
Original Lyrics:
This is not a cat show, with prizes at the door.
"Weird Science" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Elastic tubes and pots and pans
Original Lyrics:
Plastic tubes and pots and pans
"Weird Science" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Humma hah and humma han
Why don't people understand...?
Why don't people understand...?
Original Lyrics:
From my heart and from my hand
Why don't people understand...?
Why don't people understand...?
"Weird Science" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Pitchers from a magazine
Original Lyrics:
Pictures from a magazine
"Who Do You Want to Be" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Do you feel like a saint in otter's clothes
Original Lyrics:
Do you feel like a saint in artist's clothes
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