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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 Roy Orbison 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 66 misheard song lyrics for Roy Orbison on amIright currently.

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"(Say) You're My Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
With your big eyes, full lips,
Magic bones,
And ev'rything about you, girl.
Original Lyrics:
With your big eyes, full lips,
High cheek bones,
And ev'rything about you, girl.
"Blue Angel" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hobo angel
Original Lyrics:
Oh blue angel
"Blue Bayou" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm blue by you
Original Lyrics:
On blue bayou
"Blue Bayou" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm going back Sunday
Original Lyrics:
I'm going back someday
"Borne On The Wind"
Misheard Lyrics:
Borne on the whim.
Original Lyrics:
Born on the wind.
"Breakin' Up is Breakin' My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
No dented mess
Original Lyrics:
No tenderness
"California Blue" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Dallas on the moon dreaming all alone
Nothing else to do
Dallas on the moon Everyday I pray I'll be on my way
Saving love for you
Dallas on the moon
Original Lyrics:
California blue dreaming all alone
Nothing else to do California blue
Everyday I pray I'll be on my way
Saving love for you
California blue
"Candy Man" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Come on, shudder
Original Lyrics:
Come on, sugar
"Crying" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
As you stunk to say hello
Original Lyrics:
As you stopped to say hello
"Dream Baby" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Green green baby
or
Dream dream baby
Original Lyrics:
Sweet dream baby
"Falling" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
It wasn't you
Original Lyrics:
It wasn't true
"Goodnight"
Misheard Lyrics:
My lonely woman child
Original Lyrics:
My lovely woman child
"I Drove All Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
Could taste your sweet kisses
Your arms 'open mud'.
Original Lyrics:
Could taste your sweet kisses
Your arms open wide.
"I Drove All Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
I drove all night, crapped in your room.
Original Lyrics:
I drove all night, crept in your room.
"I'm Hurtin'" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And the paid beguine
Original Lyrics:
And the pain began
"In Dreams" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm the coloured man who brings the sand in.
Original Lyrics:
The candy coloured clown they call the sandman.
"It's Over" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Setting suns before they fall
Hiccup to you that's all, that's all.
Original Lyrics:
Setting suns before they fall
Echo to you that's all, that's all.
"Love Hurts"
Misheard Lyrics:
The first love scars
The Earth and Mars.
Original Lyrics:
Love hurts, love scars,
Love wounds, and mars.
"Léah" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hey, Leon, Leon
Original Lyrics:
Hey, Léah, Léah
"Mean Woman Blues" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Well, I got a woman beaning she can be
Original Lyrics:
Well, I got a woman mean as she can be
"Mystery Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's a Listerine girl.
Original Lyrics:
She's a mystery girl.
"Oh, Pretty Woman" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Come do me, baby
Original Lyrics:
Come to me, baby
"Oh, Pretty Woman" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Dirty woman
Original Lyrics:
Pretty woman
"Oh, Pretty Woman" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't believe you, you lost a tooth.
Original Lyrics:
I don't believe you, you're not the truth.
"Oh, Pretty Woman" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't believe you, you must be true.
Original Lyrics:
I don't believe you, you're not the truth.
"Oh, Pretty Woman" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Maybe tomorrow night we'll mate.
Original Lyrics:
There'll be tomorrow night, but wait.
"Oh, Pretty Woman" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Pretty lemon
Original Lyrics:
Pretty woman
"Oh, Pretty Woman" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Pretty walnut, rolling down the street
Original Lyrics:
Pretty woman, walking down the street
"Oh, Pretty Woman" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Pretty woman, I caught a hell bug, see?
Original Lyrics:
Pretty woman, I couldn't help but see
"Oh, Pretty Woman" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Pretty woman, I kinda like the beat.
Original Lyrics:
Pretty woman, the kind I'd like to meet.
"Oh, Pretty Woman" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Pretty woman, and I like your feet.
Original Lyrics:
Pretty woman, the kind I'd like to meet.
"Oh, Pretty Woman" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Pretty woman, cantaloupe to meet.
Original Lyrics:
Pretty woman, kind I'd like to meet.
"Oh, Pretty Woman" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Pretty woman, lick my leg.
Original Lyrics:
Pretty woman, look my way.
"Oh, Pretty Woman" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Pretty woman
A candle at her feet
Original Lyrics:
Pretty woman
The kind I'd like to meet
"Oh, Pretty Woman" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Pretty woman
A candle on her feet.
Original Lyrics:
Pretty woman
The kind I'd like to meet.
"Oh, Pretty Woman" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Pretty woman
Kinda light like me.
Original Lyrics:
Pretty woman
The kind I'd like to meet.
"Oh, Pretty Woman" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Pretty women
Something good to eat
Original Lyrics:
Pretty woman
The kind I'd like to meet.
"Oh, Pretty Woman" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Willy Wonka
Original Lyrics:
Pretty woman
Editor's note: This song came out in 1964, the same year that Roald Dahl released the book "Charlie & The Chocolate Factory." So it might make sense for someone to mishear the song this way.
"Only The Lonely" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't eat baloney.
Original Lyrics:
Only the lonely
"Only The Lonely" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Holy Baloney
Original Lyrics:
Only the lonely
"Only The Lonely" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Holy Maloney
Original Lyrics:
Only the lonely
"Only The Lonely" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Odie Cologne
Original Lyrics:
Only the lonely
"Only The Lonely" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Only baloney
Original Lyrics:
Only the lonely
"Only The Lonely" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Only bologna.
Original Lyrics:
Only the lonely.
"Only The Lonely" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Phoney baloney
Original Lyrics:
Only the lonely
"Only the Lonely" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Dum-dum-dum-dummy-walk
Original Lyrics:
Dum-dum-dum-dumdy-doo-wah
"Only the Lonely" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Phony baloney
Original Lyrics:
Only the lonely
"Only the Lonely" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Tony Baloney knows the way I feel tonight,
Original Lyrics:
Only the lonely know the way I feel tonight,
"Only the Lonely" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Tony Baloney
Original Lyrics:
Only the lonely
"Pretty Paper"
Misheard Lyrics:
Feeling ape now
Original Lyrics:
Pretty paper
"Pretty Paper"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pretty baker, pretty ribbons of you
Original Lyrics:
Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue
"Pretty Paper"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pretty pepper
Original Lyrics:
Pretty paper
"Pretty Paper"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pretty pretzels, too right, I love you.
Original Lyrics:
Pretty pencils, to write, 'I love you'.
"Pretty Paper"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pretty ribbons of you
Original Lyrics:
Pretty ribbons of blue
"Pretty Paper"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pretty rivers of blue
Original Lyrics:
Pretty ribbons of blue
"Ride Away"
Misheard Lyrics:
Highway the highway
Original Lyrics:
I ride the highway
"Running Scared" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
That's a nacho
Original Lyrics:
That he might show
"Shahdaroba"
Misheard Lyrics:
John the Robot
Original Lyrics:
Shahdaroba
"She's A Mystery To Me" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Darkness falls and sh**
Will take me by the hand.
Original Lyrics:
Darkness falls and she
Will take me by the hand.
"The Comedians" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a paladin that's breaking.
Original Lyrics:
I'm up while the dawn is breaking.
"The Crowd" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I go out with a clown
Original Lyrics:
I go out with the crowd
"Twinkle Toes"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's tough to f*** it
Original Lyrics:
It's tough to forget
"Working For The Man" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Forget about Joey Mann and the water can
Original Lyrics:
Forget about your women and the water can
"Working for the Man" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Lookin' for the man
Original Lyrics:
Workin' for the man
"You Got It" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Anything unique, you got it.
Original Lyrics:
Anything you need, you got it.
"You Got It" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Every time I look into your lovin' ass
Original Lyrics:
Every time I look into your loving eyes

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