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Gets cocoa day by day
Gets colder day by day
I hear Peter singing
I hear people singing
"Angel of the Morning"
Just give me anal in the morning
Just call me angel of the morning
"Back On The Chain Gang" (MP3)
...weeping costellos
...we've been cast out of
"Back On The Chain Gang" (MP3)
Back on the train again
Back on the chain gang
"Back On The Chain Gang" (MP3)
Bring me some money
And I'll see what they've done to you.
Bring me to my knees
When I see what they've done to you.
"Back On The Chain Gang" (MP3)
But I'll die as I stand here today
Knowing that deep in my heart
Therefore to ruin one day
Were making us fart
But I'll die as I stand here today
knowing that deep in my heart
they'll fall to ruin one day
for making us part
"Back On The Chain Gang" (MP3)
But I'll die as I stand here today
Knowing that deep in my heart
Therefore to rue and wonder
For making us part.
But I'll die as I stand here today
Knowing that deep in my heart
They'll fall to ruin one day
For making us part.
"Back On The Chain Gang" (MP3)
But as I stand here today
But I'll die as I stand here today.
"Back On The Chain Gang" (MP3)
If I was a bee
Force us to live like we do
Bring me some money
When I see what they've done to you.
The powers that be
Force us to live like we do
Bring me to my knees
When I see what they've done to you.
"Back On The Chain Gang" (MP3)
If I was a bee
The powers that be
"Back On The Chain Gang" (MP3)
Like a book in the Bible, was your heart
Like a break in the battle was your part
"Back On The Chain Gang" (MP3)
Like a break in the babble was your part.
Like a break in the battle was your part.
"Back On The Chain Gang" (MP3)
Now I'm back on the chain, yeah.
Oh, oh
Back on the chain gang.
Now I'm back on the train, yeah.
Oh, oh
Back on the chain gang.
"Back On The Chain Gang" (MP3)
To a place in the past we've been passed out of
To a place in the past we've been cast out of
"Back On the Chain Gang" (MP3)
Back on the Chevy
Back on the chain gang
"Back On the Chain Gang" (MP3)
Back on the shame game
Back on the chain gang
"Back On the Chain Gang" (MP3)
Back on the train, gang
Back on the chain gang
"Back on the Chain Gang" (MP3)
Battle of the chain gang
Back on the chain gang
"Back on the Chain Gang" (MP3)
Bring me some mayonnaise
Bring me to my knees
"Back on the Chain Gang" (MP3)
How does it feel?
The powers that be
"Back on the Chain Gang" (MP3)
The foam of the tea and the News of the World
The phone, the TV, and the news of the world
"Bad Boys Get Spanked" (MP3)
That's the kind of thing that whores are made out of.
That's the kind of thing that whores are made out of.
That's the kind of stuff that boys are made out of.
That's the kind of stuff that girls are made out of.
"Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)" (MP3)
Don't use my arms
Don't use my legs
Don't use my style
Don't use my senses
Don't use my fingers
Don't use my, my, my---their connection.
Gonna use my arms
Gonna use my legs
Gonna use my style
Gonna use my side step
Gonna use my fingers
Gonna use my, my, my imagination.
"Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)" (MP3)
Gonna use my arms
Gonna use my legs
Gonna use my style
Gonna use my saucy
Gonna use my fingers
Gonna use my, my, my imagination.
Gonna use my arms
Gonna use my legs
Gonna use my style
Gonna use my side step
Gonna use my fingers
Gonna use my, my, my imagination.
'Cause I got a magazine
'Cause I'm gonna make you see
Been dino, Dieter Leenin
or
Been died and, detour leaning
or
Been died and, detour leaning
Been driving, Detroit leaning
Been dinin' on ditalini
Been driving, Detroit leaning
Been diving, Dettoleening
Been driving, Detroit leaning
From 'Dettol', the UK proprietary cleansing product brand.
Been diving, detour leaning
or
Been diving, Dieter Leenin
Been driving, Detroit leaning
Been driving, ditalino
Been driving, Detroit leaning
"Ditalino" is an Italian word that means something naughty.
Been driving, teats are leaning.
Been driving, Detroit leaning.
Ben driving, Tits a leaning
Been driving, Detroit leaning
Bin-diving, teeter-leaning.
Been driving, Detroit leaning
Data leaning
Detroit learning
Don Pardo, I'm gonna use it
Got bottle, I'm gonna use it
Don't use my Census
Gon' use my sidestep
Goddess in pocket
Got brass in pocket.
Gonna make you skank, sooo reeet
Got new skank, so reet
Gonna make you, make you, make you melting
Gonna make you, make you, make you notice
Gonna make you, make you, make you modest.
Gonna make you, make you, make you notice.
Gonna make you, make you, make you money hey
Gonna make you, make you, make you notice
Gonna make you, make you, make you more tense
Gonna make you, make you, make you notice
Gonna make you, make you, make you motel
Gonna make you, make you, make you notice
Gonna make you, make you, make you multi-task
Gonna make you, make you, make you notice.
Gonna make you, make you, make you naughty
Gonna make you, make you, make you notice
Gonna make you, make you, make you nonsense
Gonna make you, make you, make you notice
Gonna make you, make you, make your mom tense.
Gonna make you, make you, make you notice.
Gonna make you, make you, make your motor dance.
Gonna make you, make you, make you notice.
Gonna make you, make you
Make you motels.
Gonna make you, make you
Make you notice.
Gonna use my a***.
Gonna use my arms.
Gonna use my arms,
gonna use my legs,
gonna use my style,
gonna use my sensei
Gonna use my arms
Gonna use my legs
Gonna use my style
Gonna use my sidestep.
Gonna use my arms
Gonna use my legs
Gonna use my style
Gonna use my sausage.
Gonna use my arms
Gonna use my legs
Gonna use my style
Gonna use my sidestep.
Gonna use my arse.
Gonna use my arms.
Gonna use my arse
Gonna use my legs
Gonna use my style
Gonna use my sausage
Gonna use my arms
Gonna use my legs
Gonna use my style
Gonna use my sidestep
Gonna use my fingers
When I use my my my masturbation.
Gonna use my fingers
Gonna use my my my imagination.
Not too dirty for this site, is it?
Gonna use my my my Virgination
Gonna use my my my imagination.
Gonna use my my my flagillation.
Gonna use my my my imagination.
Gonna use my sad self.
Gonna use my sidestep.
Gonna use my sassy.
Gonna use my sidestep.
Gonna use my satchel
Gonna use my side-step
Gonna use my sauces
Gonna use my sidestep
Gonna use my sausage
Gonna use my sidestep
Gonna use my sensei
Gonna use my sidestep
Gonna use my sexy.
Gonna use my sidestep.
Gonna use my shirttail
Gonna use my sidestep
Gonna use my sidestep
Gon' use my sidestep
Gonna use my senses
Gonna use my soft sell.
Gonna use my sidestep.
Gonna use my style,
Gonna use my sexy
Gonna use my style,
Gonna use my sidestep
Gonna use my style,
gonna use my sassy
gonna use my style,
gonna use my sidestep
Gonna use my style
Gonna use my senses.
Gonna use my style
Gonna use my sidestep.
Gonna use my sudsy.
Gonna use my side-step.
Gonna use my sunset.
Gonna use my side-step.
Gonna use my vagination.
Gonna use my imagination.
Gonna use my, my, my invagination
Gonna use my, my, my imagination
Gonna use my, my, my vagination.
Gonna use my, my, my imagination.
Gonna use my, my, my virgination.
Gonna use my, my, my imagination.
Gonna use my, my, my, resination.
Gonna use my, my, my, imagination.
Got Bible, I'm gonna use it.
Got bottle, I'm gonna use it.
Got a Bible, I'm gonna use it.
Got bottle, I'm gonna use it.
Got a music-act, Sw-eet
Got new skank, so reet
Got a muskat, so real
Got a new skank, so reet
Got a**, in pocket.
Got brass in pocket.
Got brass inculcate.
Got brass in pocket.
Got grass in pocket
Got brass in pocket
Got make up, can't miss a beat.
Got rhythm, I can't miss a beat.
Got new step, sa-weet
or
Got music, sareet
or
Got music, sareet
Got new skank, so reet
Got muskak, Sorryt's!
Got new skank, It's so reet
Got rhythm, I can't miss a beat
Got mousse-cake, so, sweet!
Got rhythm, I can't miss a beat
Got new skank, so reet.
Got rhythm, can't miss beat
Got muscat so green
Got suntan, I'm winkin' my tail
Got rhythm, can't miss a beat
Got new skank it's so reet
got somethin', I'm, winkin' at you
Got rhythm... I can't miss a beat
Got mousse-cake.... so, eat!
Got rhythm... I can't miss a beat
Got new skank.... so reet
Got rythmn, can't miss a beat
Got you, skank, sooo reet
Got suntan, and when can I tell.
Got rhythm, can't miss a beat
Got new skank, it's so reet
Got somethin', I'm winkin at you.
Got something -- I'm winking at you.
Got something -- I wink and I tell.
Got something, I wink and I tell.
Got something, I'm winking at you.
Gun buddle, I am gonna us it
Got bottle, I am gonna used it
Gun powder, I'm gonna use it.
Got bottle, I'm gonna use it.
Guy is my sexy
Gonna use my sidestep
I feel inventive.
I'm feeling mental.
I got hands on my arms.
I gotta have some of your...
I gotta have some of your intention, give in to me
I gotta have some of your attention, give it to me
I wink and I tell
I'm winking at you
I'm gonna make a scene nobody else here,
no one like me
I'm gonna make you see nobody else here,
no one like me
Intentions, of feeling myself
Intentions, I feel inventive
Make you, make you muffins
Make you, make you notice
Scott a moose cake
Soreet
Goff-nano
Got new skank
It's so reet
Got somethin'.
Sorry
or
So real
So reet
'Reet'= British slang for 'righteous'.
The tension I feel in my tail.
Intension, I feel inventive.
W*nk and I'll tell.
I'm winking at you
When can I do it?
I'm winking at you
When can I tell?
I'm winkin' at you.
"Brass in Pocket (I'm Special)" (MP3)
Gonna make you, make you, make you money
Gonna make you, make you, make you notice
"Brass in Pocket (I'm Special)" (MP3)
Gonna use my arse.
Gonna use my arms.
"Brass in Pocket (I'm Special)" (MP3)
Got brats in pocket
Got bottle; I've gotta use it
Got brass in pocket
Got bottle; I'm gonna use it
Barnes & Noble
Got bottle
God bless I found you
Got brass in pocket
Godfather, I got music
Got bottle, I'm gonna use it
Gonna bake you, bake you, bake you lettuce
Gonna make you, make you, make you notice.
Gonna make you, make you, make you mountains
Gonna make you, make you, make you notice
Gonna use my, my, my evaporation
Gonna use my, my, my imagination
Got brass in pocket
Got Bardot, I'm gonna use it
In tension, I feel it mountin'
Gonna make you, make you, make you more tense
Got motion, with strained emotion
Been divin', deeter-leanin'
No reason, just seems so prepared
...
Gonna use my art
Gonna use my legs
Gonna use my style
Gonna use my suds-save
Gonna use my fingers
Gonna use my, my, my allegin'-ation
...
I gotta have some ill attention given to me
Got rhythm, I can't miss a beat
Got new scat - so reet
Got something - I wink and I tell
Got brass in pocket
Got bottle, I'm gonna use it
Intention, I feel inventive
Gonna make you, make you, make you notice
Got motion, restrained emotion
Been driving, Detroit leaning
No reason, just seems so pleasing
...
Gonna use my arms
Gonna use my legs
Gonna use my style
Gonna use my side step
Gonna use my fingers
Gonna use my, my, my imagination
...
I gotta have some of your attention - give it to me
Got rhythm, I can't miss a beat
Got new skank - so reet
Got something - I'm winking at you
I like that Chrissie Hynde in the 1970s was environmentally-savvy enough to re-use her washing rinse water!
Got breasts in pocket
Got brass in pocket
Got newscake so reet
Got new skank, so reet
Got rhythm, can't miss a beat
Got muskank, sa-weet (sweet)
Got somethin' who we can retell
Got rhythm, can't miss a beat
Got new skank, it's so reet
Got somethin', I'm winkin' at you.
Not having the Internet available at the time, I guessed that "muskank" was some kind of perfume...or maybe a sexual term I'd never heard!
I'm spacious (spacious)
I'm special (special)
Scotch-Brite in pocket
Got brass in pocket
Scotch-Brite is a 3M brand of sponge. I guess it makes sense since Chrissie Hynde was working as a waitress in a diner in the music video.
"Cuban Slide"
I've been down the superstore
Up and down I swoop and stalk
"Don't Get Me Wrong" (MP3)
But let's not stay so long.
But let's not say 'so long.'
"Don't Get Me Wrong" (MP3)
Don't get me robbed.
Don't get me wrong.
"Don't Get Me Wrong" (MP3)
Icy neon lights
I see neon lights
"Don't Get Me Wrong" (MP3)
That go off when you fart
That go off when you smile
"Don't Get Me Wrong" (MP3)
That go off when you're smart
That go off when you smile
"Don't Get Me Wrong" (MP3)
Whenever you were a guy
Whenever you walk by
"Don’t Get Me Wrong" (MP3)
I seem to realize
I see neon lights
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
Happy golden days of yours
Happy golden days of yore
"Human"
And I cry when in vain
And I cry when in pain
"Human"
I'm not made of store
I'm not made of stone
"Human"
Now the baggage has come
Now the damage is done
Lady beside you
or
Lay there beside you.
Let me inside you.
I've heard it's blind
I've heard it's lined
I've heard it's why
or
I've heard he's blind
or
I've heard it's slime
or
I've heard it's lime
I've heard it's lined
Into your womb
Into your room
Let me decide
Let me inside you
Each day grabs by
Each day drags by
When mommy comes again
or
When Molly comes again
or
When Murray comes again
or
When Mary comes again
or
When Monet comes again
When morning comes again
"I'll Stand By You" (MP3)
And I'll never assault you
And I'll never desert you
"I'll Stand By You" (MP3)
And I'll never deserve you
And I'll never desert you
"I'll Stand By You" (MP3)
And I'll never insult you
And I'll never desert you
"I'll Stand By You" (MP3)
And I'll never preserve you
And I'll never desert you
"I'll Stand By You" (MP3)
And I'll never reserve you
And I'll never desert you
"I'll Stand By You" (MP3)
Hey, what you got to hide?
I get angry, too
Well, I'm alive like you.
Hey, what you got to hide?
I get angry, too
Well, I'm a lot like you.
"I'll Stand By You" (MP3)
Let me see you through
'cause I've seen the dark tattoo
Let me see you through
'cause I've seen the dark side too
"I'll Stand By You" (MP3)
Oksana Baiul, Oksan, Baiul
I'll stand by you, I'll stand by you.
"I'll Stand By You" (MP3)
So if you're my cap man
So if you're mad, get mad.
"I'll Stand By You" (MP3)
Take me to your darkest flowers
Take me to your darkest hours
"I'll Stand by You" (MP3)
And I'll never deserve you
And I'll never desert you
Kid, my lonely kid
Kid, my only kid
You never out go
You never outgrow
You think it’s long
You think it’s wrong
"Legalise Me"
I want the legal right to pee-ee.
I want the legal right to be me.
Oh it's good, good, good Like greasy fried dough
Oh, it's good, good, good Like Brigitte Bardot
I know the correct lyric is "Brigitte Bardot", but I still hear - and sing - it as "greasy fried dough".
Now the reason we fear
Now the reason we're here
Talk to me Barney
Talk to me darling
"Middle Of The Road" (MP3)
I'm not the kind I used to be
I've got to get up thirty-three, baby.
or
I'm not the kind I used to be
I've got to get the third degree, baby.
I'm not the kind I used to be
I've got a kid, I'm thirty-three, baby!
"Middle Of The Road" (MP3)
I'm not the kind I used to be
I've got to get up early, see baby?
I'm not the kind I used to be
I got a kid, I'm 33, baby.
"Middle Of The Road" (MP3)
I'm standin' in the middle of life with my pains behind me
I'm standin' in the middle of life with my past behind me
"Middle Of The Road" (MP3)
I'm standing in the middle of life with my pants behind me.
I'm standing in the middle of life with my past behind me.
Editor's note: I have confirmed that the correct word is "past", not pants, plans, or pains. Besides, "past" makes most sense in context.
"Middle Of The Road" (MP3)
I'm standing in the middle of life with my pants behind me
I'm standing in the middle of life with my past behind me
"Middle Of The Road" (MP3)
I'm standing in the middle of the road
With my pains behind me.
I'm standing in the middle of the life
With my past behind me.
"Middle Of The Road" (MP3)
Standing in the middle of love
With my pants behind me.
Standing in the middle of life
With my past behind me.
"Middle Of The Road" (MP3)
With my hands behind me
With my past behind me
"Middle of the Road" (MP3)
Dropping the bum on my street
Dropping the bomb on my street.
"Middle of the Road" (MP3)
Get in the room
Get in the road
Actually, shouldn't it be "Get ON the road"?
"Middle of the Road" (MP3)
I'm not the girl I used to be
I got a kid
I'm thirty-three, baby
I'm not the kind I used to be
I've got a kid
I'm thirty-three, baby!
"Middle of the Road" (MP3)
In the middle of the road
Kids say the darndest things
In the middle of the road
You see the darndest things
"Middle of the Road" (MP3)
Like fat guys heavy mountain joops to the city
Like fat guys driving 'round in Jeeps through the city
"Middle of the Road" (MP3)
Like frakka shakka rak and keys to the city
Like fat guys driving 'round in jeeps through the city
"My City Was Gone"
But my favorite song
But my family was gone
"My City Was Gone"
But my vanity has gone
or
But my batteries have gone
But my family has gone
"My City Was Gone"
From Seneca to Cuyahoga. Balls!
From Seneca to Cuyahoga Falls
"My City Was Gone"
I said, "Ay, oh, way to go, Ohio."
I said, "Ay, oh, where did you go, Ohio?"
"My City Was Gone"
I went back to Mullholland
I went back to Ohio
"My City Was Gone"
I went back to Ohio
But my CD was gone
I went back to Ohio
But my city was gone
"My City Was Gone"
I went back to Ohio
But my singing was gone
I went back to Ohio
But my city was gone
"My City Was Gone"
Sometimes it's disappeared
South Howard had disappeared
"My City Was Gone"
There was no damn town
There was no downtown
"My City Was Gone"
There was no dumb blonde
There was no downtown
"Mystery Acheivement" (MP3)
Mystery cheese man
Don't breed down my back
I got no donkeys on this plain I signed them away
I mean what the heck
Mystery acheivement
Don't breathe down my neck
I got no trophies on display I signed them away
I mean what the heck
"Mystery Achievement" (MP3)
I just wanna get on board and do the Cupid slide
I just wanna get on board and do the Cuban slide
"Mystery Achievement" (MP3)
Misery achievement
Mystery achievement
"Mystery Achievement" (MP3)
Mister G Man
Mystery achievement
"Mystery Achievement" (MP3)
Mister Jeeves
Mystery achievement
"Mystery Achievement" (MP3)
Misty cheeks
Mystery achievement
"Mystery Achievement" (MP3)
Mr. Cheese Man
or
Listerine achievement
Mystery achievement
"Mystery Achievement" (MP3)
Mystery cheese man
Mystery achievement
"Mystery Achievement" (MP3)
Mystery s*** men
Mystery achievement
"Mystery Achievement" (MP3)
Mystery treatment
Mystery achievement
"Mystery Achievement" (MP3)
Mystery treatment
Mystery achievement
"Night in My Veins" (MP3)
In the last line
In the lamp-light
"Passionate Kisses"
Pass the knishes.
Passionate kisses
'Cause I’m a president
'Cause I’m precious
Moving through the Cleveland beat
Moving through the Cleveland heat
Now how would the dock and Mr. Stress-boat strayes
(Precious)
Trapped in a world that they never made
But not me baby, I'm too precious
(Yeah) F*** off.
Now Howard the Duck and Mr. Stress both stayed
(Precious)
Trapped in a world that they never made
But not me baby, I'm too precious
I had to f*** off.
Show me the meaning of the world
Show me the meaning of the word
Show me the meaning of the world
Show me the meaning of the word
Welcome to the Himalayas.
Welcome to the human race.
Welcome to the human ace
Welcome to the human race
"Stop Your Sobbing" (MP3)
Gotta stop sobbing at home
or
Gotta stop sobbing alone
Gotta stop sobbing now
"Stop Your Sobbing" (MP3)
Gotta stop solving now
Gotta stop sobbing now
"Stop Your Sobbing" (MP3)
Gotta stop stepping out.
Gotta stop sobbing now.
"Stop Your Sobbing" (MP3)
Gotta stop stuffing the hole.
Gotta stop sobbing now.
"Stop Your Sobbing" (MP3)
Gotta stop sucking that wood
Gotta stop sobbing now
"Stop Your Sobbing" (MP3)
Gotta stop surfing now
Gotta stop sobbing now
"Stop Your Sobbing" (MP3)
Slob, slob slobbing yaw
Gotta stop sobbing now
I go to the park and I play lacrosse with the birds.
I go to the park with a bag of crumbs for the birds.
"Time The Avenger"
Like tiny avenger
Like time, the avenger
"Walk Like A Panther"
Fly like a Beagle
Growl like a line out of Africa
Leap like a sermon straight from the C
To keep up with me
You got to Walk like a Panda tonight.
Fly like an Eagle
Prowl like a lion in Africa
Leap like a salmon home from the sea
To keep up with me
You got to walk like a panther tonight
"You Know Who Your Friends Are"
They took the sulfur from your pocket space and burned it.
They took the sofa from your parking space and burned it.