Misheard Song Lyrics -> Artist -> S -> Simple Minds
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There are 54 misheard song lyrics for Simple Minds on amIright currently.
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"Alive & Kicking"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ah ya ya ki ki
Original Lyrics:
Alive and kicking
"Alive & Kicking"
Misheard Lyrics:
I bought a ticket
Original Lyrics:
Alive & kicking
"Alive & Kicking"
Misheard Lyrics:
I like good stinky.
Original Lyrics:
Alive and kicking
"Alive & Kicking"
Misheard Lyrics:
I love a d***head.
Original Lyrics:
Alive and kicking
"Alive & Kicking"
Misheard Lyrics:
Our love is kicking!
Original Lyrics:
Alive & kicking
"Alive And Kicking"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ay! Ay! Ay! Kinky!
Original Lyrics:
Alive And Kicking!
"Alive And Kicking"
Misheard Lyrics:
Have I been kinky?
Original Lyrics:
Alive and kicking
"Alive And Kicking"
Misheard Lyrics:
I am the Dickie.
Original Lyrics:
Alive and kicking
"Alive And Kicking"
Misheard Lyrics:
I like good stinky.
or
I like fried chicken
or
Our love is kinky
or
I like it kinky
or
I lie and kinky
or
I lie and kinky
Original Lyrics:
Alive and kicking
"Alive And Kicking"
Misheard Lyrics:
I like Van Gicking.
Original Lyrics:
Alive and kicking
"Alive And Kicking"
Misheard Lyrics:
I like the kicking
or
A lie in kicking
or
A lie in kicking
Original Lyrics:
Alive and kicking
"Alive And Kicking"
Misheard Lyrics:
I like to kick it.
Original Lyrics:
Alive and kicking
"Alive And Kicking"
Misheard Lyrics:
I love a chicken.
Original Lyrics:
Alive and kicking
"Alive And Kicking"
Misheard Lyrics:
Love is love is barbeque chicken.
Original Lyrics:
Love is love is alive and kicking.
"Alive and Kicking"
Misheard Lyrics:
I like Fried Chicken
or
Our Love is Kinky
or
I like it kinky
or
I lie and kinky
or
I lie and kinky
Original Lyrics:
Alive and Kicking
"Alive and Kicking"
Misheard Lyrics:
I like it kinky
Original Lyrics:
Alive and kicking
"Alive and Kicking"
Misheard Lyrics:
I love a chicken
Original Lyrics:
Alive and kicking
"Alive and Kicking"
Misheard Lyrics:
I love my kitchen,
stay until you love it,
love it.
I love my kitchen
stay until you love it,
love it.
I love my kitchen
Original Lyrics:
Alive and kicking.
Stay until you love is,
love is.
Alive and kicking
Stay until you love is,
love is.
Alive and kicking
"Alive and Kicking"
Misheard Lyrics:
I love my knickers!
Original Lyrics:
Alive and kicking!
"Alive and Kicking"
Misheard Lyrics:
Our love in Peking
Original Lyrics:
Alive and kicking
"Alive and Kicking"
Misheard Lyrics:
You lift me up like a crystal cup
'till I can't see
'till I can't see
Original Lyrics:
You lift me up to the crucial top
so I can see
so I can see
"Alive and Kicking"
Misheard Lyrics:
You turn me on, you lift me up
And like the Swedish Cup, I'd share with you.
And like the Swedish Cup, I'd share with you.
Original Lyrics:
You turn me on, you lift me up
And like the sweetest cup I'd share with you.
And like the sweetest cup I'd share with you.
"All The Things She Said"
Misheard Lyrics:
No need to hear you with your fist-full of lies.
Original Lyrics:
Oh, to be near you in the first morning light.
"All The Things She Said"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take me to the streets where the vampires run.
Original Lyrics:
Take me to the streets where the bonfires burn.
"All The Things She Said"
Misheard Lyrics:
When a whale comes and goes
You know I'll still be waiting.
You know I'll still be waiting.
Original Lyrics:
If freedom comes and goes
You know I'll still be waiting.
You know I'll still be waiting.
"Belfast Child"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sweet surrender
Life goes on.
Life goes on.
Original Lyrics:
The streets are empty
Life goes on.
Life goes on.
"Belfast Child"
Misheard Lyrics:
When my love set me
Meet me down by the gallow tree.
Meet me down by the gallow tree.
Original Lyrics:
When my love said to me
'Meet me down by the gallow tree'.
'Meet me down by the gallow tree'.
"Book Of Brilliant Things"
Misheard Lyrics:
Thank you for the trust, meow!
And the memory shine.
And the memory shine.
Original Lyrics:
Thank you for the voice, the eyes
And the memory chants.
And the memory chants.
I could never figure out what Jim says after the first verse in the live In The City of Light version which is very different from this one and the lyrics are unavailable :(
"Carnival (Shelter In A Suitcase)"
Misheard Lyrics:
S*** in the suitcase
or
Share the suitcase
or
Share the suitcase
Original Lyrics:
Shelter in their suitcase
"Disconnected"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sometime I can see the world by staring
Through your dirty, misty eyes.
Through your dirty, misty eyes.
Original Lyrics:
Sometimes I can see the world by staring
Through your dark and misty eyes.
Through your dark and misty eyes.
"Don't You (Forget About Me)?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Slow change may pull us apart
When will that get into your heart, baby?
When will that get into your heart, baby?
Original Lyrics:
Slow change may pull us apart
When the light gets into your heart, baby?
When the light gets into your heart, baby?
"Don't You (Forget About Me)"
Misheard Lyrics:
I won't harm you or touch your dimensions.
Original Lyrics:
I won't harm you or touch your defenses.
"Don't You (Forget About Me)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Love's strange, so we learn to part.
Original Lyrics:
Love's strange so real in the dark.
"Don't You Forget About Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't you try and pretend
If not you will, win in the end.
If not you will, win in the end.
Original Lyrics:
Don't you try and pretend
It's my feeling we'll win in the end.
It's my feeling we'll win in the end.
"Don't You Forget About Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll be alone, dancing, you know it will be me
Original Lyrics:
I'll be alone, dancing, you know it baby
"Don't You Forget About Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Slow chain may pull us apart,
When I'm back and in your heart, baby
When I'm back and in your heart, baby
Original Lyrics:
Slow change may pull us apart,
When the light gets into your heart, baby
When the light gets into your heart, baby
"Glittering Prize"
Misheard Lyrics:
We can remember the attraction of pain.
Original Lyrics:
We can remember attraction of fame.
"Promised You A Miracle"
Misheard Lyrics:
I promised you, America.
Original Lyrics:
I promised you a miracle.
"Promised You A Miracle"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pay homage to America
Original Lyrics:
Promised you a miracle
"Promised You A Miracle"
Misheard Lyrics:
Promised you America.
Original Lyrics:
Promised you a miracle.
"Promised You A Miracle"
Misheard Lyrics:
Promised you a miracle
Guinea pigs are guinea pigs.
Guinea pigs are guinea pigs.
Original Lyrics:
Promised you a miracle
Belief is a beauty thing.
Belief is a beauty thing.
"Sanctify Yourself"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sacrifice, sacrify yourself.
Original Lyrics:
Sanctify, sanctify yourself.
"Sanctify Yourself"
Misheard Lyrics:
Say goodbye, say goodbye yourself.
Original Lyrics:
Sanctify, sanctify yourself.
"Sanctify Yourself"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sweet murgles of straight circumstances.
Original Lyrics:
Sweet miracles and strange circumstances.
"Sanctify Yourself"
Misheard Lyrics:
Where's the fire bell?
Original Lyrics:
Sanctify yourself.
"Scar"
Misheard Lyrics:
Traveling crew, talks back to you
Fire, fire
Sand in my ass
Car passenger, spit at the wheel
Split kiss of dead.
Fire, fire
Sand in my ass
Car passenger, spit at the wheel
Split kiss of dead.
Original Lyrics:
Traveling through, flashback to you
Fire, fire
Sun in my eyes
Car passenger, fate at the wheel
Quick kiss of death.
Fire, fire
Sun in my eyes
Car passenger, fate at the wheel
Quick kiss of death.
"This Fear Of Gods"
Misheard Lyrics:
Boys are falling, boys across the air.
Fear of fast, I'm squirming right now
Fatso, fatso, fatso, fatso.
Fear of fast, I'm squirming right now
Fatso, fatso, fatso, fatso.
Original Lyrics:
Some boys are calling, boys are crying
Fear is fast, I’m turning white now
Faster, faster, faster, faster.
Fear is fast, I’m turning white now
Faster, faster, faster, faster.
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The Best of Simple Minds album at Amazon.com
Black and White 050505 album at Amazon.com
New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) album at Amazon.com
Sparkle in the Rain album at Amazon.com
Glittering Prize: Simple Minds 81/92 album at Amazon.com
Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call album at Amazon.com
Once Upon a Time album at Amazon.com
Cry album at Amazon.com
Street Fighting Years album at Amazon.com
Neon Lights album at Amazon.com
