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There are 70 misheard song lyrics for Dolly Parton on amIright currently.
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"9 To 5" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And the tides gonna turn
and it's all gonna blow you away!
and it's all gonna blow you away!
Original Lyrics:
And the tide's gonna turn,
and it's all gonna roll your way!
and it's all gonna roll your way!
"9 To 5" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I swear sometimes that Bernie's out to get me
Original Lyrics:
I swear sometimes that man is out to get me
"9 To 5" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I tumble outta bed and stumble to the kitchen
Pour myself a cup of foundation.
Pour myself a cup of foundation.
Original Lyrics:
I tumble outta bed and stumble to the kitchen
Pour myself a cup of ambition.
Pour myself a cup of ambition.
"9 To 5" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
It's enough to drive you crazy if you love it.
Original Lyrics:
It's enough to drive you crazy if you let it.
"9 To 5" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Nine to five, can't Darth Vader make a living?
Original Lyrics:
Nine to five, what a way to make a living.
"9 To 5" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
One step up on the postman's ladder.
Original Lyrics:
One step up on the boss man's ladder.
Sheena Easton had to rename her '9 To 5' song 'Morning Train' to avoid confusion with this one for America.
"9 To 5" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
One step up the postman's ladder
Original Lyrics:
You're just a step on the boss man's ladder
"9 to 5" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And they never get you cranky
Original Lyrics:
And they never give you credit
"9 to 5" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And they never get you ready
Original Lyrics:
And they never give you credit
"9 to 5" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
But the bus won't seem to let me
Original Lyrics:
But the boss won't seem to let me
"9 to 5" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Pour myself a cup of damn bitchin'
Original Lyrics:
Pour myself a cup of ambition
Editor's note: The proper rendering of the song title is with the numerals, not with the spelled-out numbers.
"9 to 5" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
They just lose your mind and they never give you credit.
Original Lyrics:
They just use your mind and they never give you credit.
"9 to 5" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
They just lose your mind and they never give you credit
Original Lyrics:
They just use your mind and they never give you credit
"9 to 5" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Tumble out of bed and stumble to the kitchen
Pour myself a cup of damn bithcin'.
Pour myself a cup of damn bithcin'.
Original Lyrics:
Tumble out of bed and stumble to the kitchen
Pour myself a cup of ambition.
Pour myself a cup of ambition.
"9 to 5" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
What a way to make it livid
Original Lyrics:
What a way to make a living
"9 to 5" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Work I-95
Original Lyrics:
Working 9 to 5
I-95 is an interstate highway running from Maine (at the Canadian Border) to Florida.
"9 to 5" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You spend your life putting money in his bonnet
Original Lyrics:
You spend your life putting money in his wallet
"9 to 5" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You would think that I would deserve a fat promotion.
Original Lyrics:
You would think that I would deserve a fair promotion.
"9 to 5" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You would think that I
Would deserve a fat promotion.
Would deserve a fat promotion.
Original Lyrics:
You would think that I
Would deserve a fair promotion.
Would deserve a fair promotion.
"Hard Candy Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll be fine and deadly
Original Lyrics:
I'll be fine and dandy
"Hard Candy Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics:
Maybe I could see Trump
Original Lyrics:
Maybe I could get drunk
"Hard Candy Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics:
Maybe I'll use some wheat
Original Lyrics:
Maybe I'll lose some weight
"He's Alive"
Misheard Lyrics:
Liked it, came from everywhere
Drove shadows around the room.
Drove shadows around the room.
Original Lyrics:
Light that came from everywhere
Drove shadows from the room.
Drove shadows from the room.
"Heartbreaker" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Thinking about what I shouldn't know
Original Lyrics:
Thinking about what I should have known
"Here You Come Again" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
All you gotta do is smile and smile.
Original Lyrics:
All you gotta do is smile that smile.
"Here You Come Again" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
All you gotta do is smile and smile
And I go on riding fences
And I go on riding fences
Original Lyrics:
All you gotta do is smile that smile
And there go all my defenses
And there go all my defenses
"Here You Come Again" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
All you gotta do is smile and smile
And they go on mighty fences
And they go on mighty fences
Original Lyrics:
All you gotta do is smile that smile
And there go all my defenses
And there go all my defenses
"Here You Come Again" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And filling out my census
Original Lyrics:
And filling up my senses
"Here You Come Again" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Lookin' better than a buddy has a right to
or
Lookin' better than anybody has a right to
or
Lookin' better than anybody has a right to
Original Lyrics:
Lookin' better than a body has a right to
"Here You Come Again" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Lookin' better than a buddy has a right to
Original Lyrics:
Lookin' better than a body has a right to
"Here You Come Again" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Messing up my mind, and filling out my census.
Original Lyrics:
You're messing up my mind, and filling up my senses.
"Here You Come Again" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You're messing up my mind, and filling out my sentences.
Original Lyrics:
You're messing up my mind, and filling up my senses.
"I Will Always Love You" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And Daria will always love you
Original Lyrics:
And I will always love you
"I Will Always Love You" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And die will always love you
Original Lyrics:
And I will always love you
"I Will Always Love You" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Been asleep, been awake
Original Lyrics:
Bittersweet memories
"I Will Always Love You" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Bittersweet melodies
Original Lyrics:
Bittersweet memories
"I Will Always Love You" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Each step of L.A.
Original Lyrics:
Each step of the way
"I Will Always Love You" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh I do wish you'd join
Original Lyrics:
Oh I do with you joy
"I Will Always Love You" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh I do wish you’d join
Original Lyrics:
Oh I do wish you joy
"I'll Make Your Bed"
Misheard Lyrics:
You'll work for nothing and I'll make your bed.
Original Lyrics:
You'll want for nothing and I'll make your bed.
"It's All Wrong But It's All Right" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
In your sexy lovin' eyes
or
And in your sexy love life
or
In your sexy love thighs
or
And in your sexy love life
or
In your sexy love thighs
Original Lyrics:
Tell me sexy lovin' lines.
"It's All Wrong But It's All Right" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
We may be wrong, we may be right.
Original Lyrics:
It may be wrong when we make love.
"It's All Wrong but It's All Right" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Could I use your phone a while
Original Lyrics:
Could I use you for a while
"Jolene"
Misheard Lyrics:
Arlene, Arlene, Arlene, Arlene
Original Lyrics:
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
"Jolene"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dolly, Dolly, Dolly, Dolly
Original Lyrics:
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
"Jolene"
Misheard Lyrics:
Joe lean, Joe lean, Joe lean, Joe lean
Original Lyrics:
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
"Jolene"
Misheard Lyrics:
Marlin
Original Lyrics:
Jolene
"Jolene"
Misheard Lyrics:
Police, police, police, police
Original Lyrics:
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
"Love Is Like A Butterfly" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Love is like a butterfly
A sultan's gentle acid high
The Motorola mooses love
A light green satin thing.
or
Love is like a butterfly
A sultan's general's alibi
The Motorola mooses love
A light green satin thing.
A sultan's gentle acid high
The Motorola mooses love
A light green satin thing.
or
Love is like a butterfly
A sultan's general's alibi
The Motorola mooses love
A light green satin thing.
Original Lyrics:
Love is like a butterfly
As soft and gentle as a sigh
It's multi-colored moods of love
Are like it's satin wings.
As soft and gentle as a sigh
It's multi-colored moods of love
Are like it's satin wings.
"Me and Little Andy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Giddy up Charlie horse don't take a pill.
Original Lyrics:
Giddy up rocky horse down to the mill.
"Me and Little Andy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Giddy up Charlie horse, going to the moon
Original Lyrics:
Giddy up trotty horse, going to the mill
"Me and Little Andy"
Misheard Lyrics:
God knew little Andy would be lonesome with a bone
Original Lyrics:
God knew little Andy would be lonesome with her gone
"Me and Little Andy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sandy in the bit 'o coat and just a ragged dress
Original Lyrics:
Standing in the bitter cold in just a ragged dress
"Release Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Please, policeman, let me go.
Original Lyrics:
Please release me and let me go.
This song is a 'standard' covered and/or arranged by many other artists, including Bobby Darin and Def Leppard.
"Tennessee Homesick Blues" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Eatin' grits and gravy and country ham,
Go to church on Sunday, with dinner on at Gram's
Go to church on Sunday, with dinner on at Gram's
Original Lyrics:
Eatin' grits and gravy and country ham,
Go to church on Sunday, with dinner on the ground
Go to church on Sunday, with dinner on the ground
"Tennessee Homesick Blues" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Tonight I'd sleep in my old pillow bed
Original Lyrics:
Tonight I'd sleep in my old feather bed
"Think About Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
You've been on Nightline
Original Lyrics:
You've been on my mind
Nightline is an ABC News late night program hosted by Ted Koppel
"Think About Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
You've been overnight
Original Lyrics:
You've been on my mind
"Two Doors Down"
Misheard Lyrics:
Kukla, Fran and Ollie are having a party.
Original Lyrics:
Two doors down they're laughing and drinkin', and having a party.
Kukla, Fran and Ollie were two puppets and a woman who had a children's show on public television.
"Two Doors Down"
Misheard Lyrics:
Two whores down
Original Lyrics:
Two doors down
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