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There are 23 misheard song lyrics for Paul Revere & the Raiders on amIright currently.
"Arizona"
Air is golden, take off your Indian shoes.
Arizona, take off your Indian shoes.
"Cherokee Reservation"
And all the things we made by hand are now a day's made in Japan
And all the beads we made by hand are nowadays made in Japan
Your feelin' bad vibrations found
Your feelin' bad vibrations frown
"Him or Me, What's It Gonna Be" (MP3)
But I know that it's not true,
I've seen the way he looks at you,
and I think you're gonna have the upper hand
But I know that it's not true,
I've seen the way he looks at you,
and I think you're gonna hang me up again
100 through and through
Hungry through and through
"Hungry"
With a real gone girl like you
With a real fine girl like you
You wanna know what movies have so
You wanna know what moves me so
"Indian Reservation"
Cherokee bright eyes
Cherokee tribe
"Indian Reservation"
Cherokee flight
Cherokee tribe
"Indian Reservation"
Cherokee people, Cherokee fly high.
Cherokee people, Cherokee tribe
"Indian Reservation"
Cherokee try high
Cherokee tribe
"Indian Reservation"
Elegant people
Cherokee people
"Indian Reservation"
Everyday people
Cherokee people
"Indian Reservation"
Japanese people
Cherokee people
"Indian Reservation"
Parakeet people, parakeet pride;
So proud to live, so proud to fly.
Cherokee people, Cherokee tribe;
So proud to live, so proud to die.
"Indian Reservation"
So proud to live, so proud you'd die
So proud to live, so proud to die
I always thought it was "So proud you'd die" until I saw it on a lyrics webpage
"Indian Reservation"
The Tomahawk and a foreign knife
The Tomahawk and a bow and knife
"Indian Reservation"
They took away our way of life
The tomahawk and the Bowie knife.
Took away our ways of life
The tomahawk and the bow and knife.
"Indian Reservation"
They took the whole idiot nation
They took the whole Indian nation
"Indian Reservation"
Tomahawk and Bowie knife
Tomahawk and bow and knife
"Indian Reservation"
Took away our maiden form
Took away our native tongue
"Kicks"
You'll have a pair of dice
You'll have to pay the price
"Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon"
Come on, Pooh
Come on through
