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Misheard Song Lyrics -> Artist -> R -> Johnny Rivers
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 Johnny Rivers 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 77 misheard song lyrics for Johnny Rivers on amIright currently.
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"Baby I Need Your Lovin'" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
'cause I'm salami
Original Lyrics:
'cause I'm so lonely
"Help Me Rhonda" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody help everybody
Original Lyrics:
Help me, Rhonda, help, help me, Rhonda
"Help Me Rhonda" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Help me Honda, help, help me Honda
Get around to my heart.
Get around to my heart.
Original Lyrics:
Help me, Rhonda, help, help me, Rhonda
Get her out of my heart.
Get her out of my heart.
"Maybelline" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Cadillac lookin' like stainless steel
Original Lyrics:
Cadillac lookin' like it's sittin' still
"Memphis" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
But she always plays RuPaul
Original Lyrics:
But she always plays the part
"Memphis" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Her home is on the south side, high upon a ridge
Just a half a mile from the Mississippi Riv. (er)
Just a half a mile from the Mississippi Riv. (er)
Original Lyrics:
Her home is on the south side, high upon a ridge
Just a half a mile from the Mississippi bridge
Just a half a mile from the Mississippi bridge
"Memphis" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Long distance infiltration
Original Lyrics:
Long distance information
"Memphis" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Missus Information, give me Memphis Tennessee
Original Lyrics:
Long distance information, give me Memphis Tennessee
"Memphis" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
My uncle took the message in heroic Ottawa.
Original Lyrics:
My uncle took the message and he wrote it on a wall.
"Midnight Special" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I recommend light special shine a light on me,
I recommend light special shine a tender lovely light on me
I recommend light special shine a tender lovely light on me
Original Lyrics:
Let the midnight special shine a light me
let the midnight special shine its ever loving light on me
let the midnight special shine its ever loving light on me
"Poor Side Of Town" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
It's hard to find nice things
On a four-sided cow.
On a four-sided cow.
Original Lyrics:
It's hard to find nice things
On the poor side of town.
On the poor side of town.
"Poor Side Of Town" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
It's hard to find nice things
On a four-sided town.
On a four-sided town.
Original Lyrics:
It's hard to find nice things
On the poor side of town.
On the poor side of town.
"Poor Side Of Town" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
On the far side of town
Original Lyrics:
On the poor side of town
"Poor Side Of Town" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Together we can make it, maybe,
on the four-sided town.
on the four-sided town.
Original Lyrics:
Together we can make it, baby,
from the poor side of town.
from the poor side of town.
"Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I wanna hump her but my junk's too small
Original Lyrics:
I wanna holler but the joint's too small
"Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Something with it's got a hold on me too
I've got the rockin' ammonia and the boogie woogie poo
I've got the rockin' ammonia and the boogie woogie poo
Original Lyrics:
Young man rhythm's got a hold of me too
I got the rockin' pneumonia and the boogie woogie flu
I got the rockin' pneumonia and the boogie woogie flu
"Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I wanna sneeze her
Original Lyrics:
I wanna squeeze her
"Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I've got the rockin' and rollin' and the Boogie Woogie Blues
or
I've got the rockin' to stone you and my Boogie Woogie shoes
or
I've got the rockin' to stone you and my Boogie Woogie shoes
Original Lyrics:
I've got the Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu.
"Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Rock-and-roll boogies and the boogie woogie blues
Original Lyrics:
Rockin' pneumonia and the boogie woogie flu.
"Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Rocket on the moon and the Boogie Woogie Flute
Original Lyrics:
Rockin' pneumonia and the boogie woogie flu
"Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Rockin' and rollin' with the boogie woogie blues
Original Lyrics:
Rockin' pneumonia and the boogie woogie flu
"Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Walkin' pneumonia and the boogie woogie blues.
Original Lyrics:
Rockin' pneumonia and the boogie woogie flu.
"Secret Agent Man" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
A pretty face can't hide an even mine.
Original Lyrics:
A pretty face can hide an evil mind.
"Secret Agent Man" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
A pretty face can't hide, and even mine.
Original Lyrics:
A pretty face can hide an evil mind.
"Secret Agent Man" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
A pretty face can't hide, even mine.
Original Lyrics:
A pretty face can hide an evil mind.
"Secret Agent Man" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
A pretty face can't hide, uneven mine.
Original Lyrics:
A pretty face can hide an evil mind.
"Secret Agent Man" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Ah no you let the wrong word slip
While kissing Pervez's lips.
While kissing Pervez's lips.
Original Lyrics:
Ah no you let the wrong word slip
While kissing persuasive lips.
While kissing persuasive lips.
"Secret Agent Man" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Ah-so, he won't live to see tomorrow.
Original Lyrics:
Odds are he won't live to see tomorrow.
"Secret Agent Man" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Al's a man who leads a life of danger.
Original Lyrics:
There's a man who leads a life of danger.
"Secret Agent Man" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Although you let the robbers slip by kissing persuasive lips
Original Lyrics:
Although you let the wrong words slip by kissing persuasive lips
"Secret Agent Man" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Although you let the wrong word slip by kissing faithless lips.
Original Lyrics:
Although you let the wrong words slip by kissing persuasive lips.
"Secret Agent Man" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Bales a man who leads a life of danger
Original Lyrics:
There's a man who leads a life of danger
"Secret Agent Man" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
He's a secret, Asian man
A secret, Asian man.
A secret, Asian man.
Original Lyrics:
Secret agent man
Secret agent man.
Secret agent man.
"Secret Agent Man" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hell's a man who leads a life of danger
Original Lyrics:
There's a man who leads a life of danger.
"Secret Agent Man" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Odd Job, you won't live to see tomorrow.
Original Lyrics:
Odds are you won't live to see tomorrow.
"Secret Agent Man" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Odd Job, you won't live to see tomorrow
Original Lyrics:
Odds are you won't live to see tomorrow
"Secret Agent Man" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Secret Asian Man, Secret Asian Man
They've given you a number, and taken away your hand.
They've given you a number, and taken away your hand.
Original Lyrics:
Secret Agent Man, Secret Agent man
They've given you a number, and taken away you name.
They've given you a number, and taken away you name.
"Secret Agent Man" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Secret Asian man
Secret Asian man
They've given you a number and taken away your name.
Secret Asian man
They've given you a number and taken away your name.
Original Lyrics:
Secret agent man
Secret agent man
They've given you a number and taken away your name.
Secret agent man
They've given you a number and taken away your name.
"Secret Agent Man" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Secret agent man
Secret agent man
They're giving you a llama
And that's what I can say.
Secret agent man
They're giving you a llama
And that's what I can say.
Original Lyrics:
Secret agent man
Secret agent man
They're giving you a number
And taking away your name.
Secret agent man
They're giving you a number
And taking away your name.
"Secret Agent Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Secret agin' man!
Original Lyrics:
Secret agent man
Agin', like in aging.
"Secret Agent Man" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Secret aging man
or
Secret asian man
or
Secret asian man
Original Lyrics:
Secret agent man
The Capitol Steps, a band composed of Congressional staffers that sings parody songs, actually did a version called "Secret Asian Man" in reference to the Democratic fundraising scandals of the mid-90s.
I also believe this was one of the first succesful TV theme songs to chart on the Billboard Top 40 lists.
I also believe this was one of the first succesful TV theme songs to chart on the Billboard Top 40 lists.
"Secret Agent Man" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
There's a man who leads a life of danger
To everyone he meets he's Brendan Fraser.
To everyone he meets he's Brendan Fraser.
Original Lyrics:
There's a man who leads a life of danger
To everyone he meets he stays a stranger.
To everyone he meets he stays a stranger.
"Secret Agent Man" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Uh-oh you let the robbers slip while kissing persuasive lips.
Original Lyrics:
Although you let the wrong words slip by kissing persuasive lips
"Seventh Son" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
The one they call the setting sun
Original Lyrics:
The one they call the seventh son
"Seventh Son" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You'll always be my summer sun
Original Lyrics:
You'll always be my seventh son
"Summer Rain" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And the shoebox kept on playin'
Original Lyrics:
And the jukebox kept on playin'
"Summer Rain" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Driftin' home, caught by a ghost dream.
Original Lyrics:
Driftin' home, caught by a gulf stream.
"Summer Rain" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
She wants to live in Milwaukee
Original Lyrics:
She wants to live in the Rockies
"Summer Rain" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Submarine taps at my window
Original Lyrics:
Summer rain taps at my window
"Swayin' to the Music (Slow Dancin')" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Rest of the world so far away in smog
Original Lyrics:
Rest of the world so far away and small
"Tracks of My Tears"
Misheard Lyrics:
I hate you
or
Hey Jude
or
Hey Jude
Original Lyrics:
I need you
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