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There are 35 misheard song lyrics for Split Enz on amIright currently.
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"129"
And the whole thing reaks of cheapy cheese.
And the whole thing reaks of cheap striptease.
"Famous People"
Fame up the speed boat
Famous people
"Hard Act To Follow" (MP3)
You're a hard a** to f***.
You're a hard act to follow.
"History Never Repeats" (MP3)
History, never repeats
I save myself, before I go to school
History, never repeats
I tell myself, before I go to sleep
I can't chew.
Look at you
I don't know why sometimes I can't fight it.
I don't know why sometimes I get frightened.
I don't know why sometimes I get five cents.
I don't know why sometimes I get frightened.
I don't know why sometimes I get fried eggs.
I don't know why sometimes I get frightened.
Look at you, you're a badger.
Look at you, you're a pageant.
When do you go? I get no answer.
Where do you go? I get no answer.
You can’t chew
Look at you
You're always out to get some manners.
You're always out, it gets on my nerves.
It should be possible I know to see you with ostrich
It should be possible I know to see you without stress
Boromir
Poor old me
As in Boromir, a character from the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
Had my period walkin' down the street
I see red, I see red, I see red.
When my baby's walking down the street
I see red, I see red, I see red.
How could someone naked walk around free?
How could someone wicked walk around free?
Hurt my penis walking down the street....I see red I see red I see red
When my baby's walking down the street....I see red I see red I see red
When my baby's walking down the street
Fozzie Bear, Fozzie Bear, Fozzie Bear
When my baby's walking down the street
I see red, I see red, I see red.
When my baby's walking down the street
Hussy rear, hussy rear, hussy rear!
When my baby's walking down the street
I see red! I see red! I see red!
"Message to My Girl" (MP3)
I can spend the rest of my life here in the sand
I can't spend the rest of my life buried in the sand
Please delete my previous submission - I had the lyrics around the wrong way! Thanks, Davo
"Message to My Girl" (MP3)
I can spend the rest of my life reminiscing
I can't spend the rest of my life buried in the sand
"Message to My Girl" (MP3)
I can't spend the rest of my life buried in the sand
I can spend the rest of my life here in the sand
Too many syllables in the original lyric
"Message to My Girl" (MP3)
No more empty cell phone sessions
No more empty self possession
However, cell phones weren't in wide use when this song was made!
"Message to My Girl" (MP3)
This is where God had a bath.
Visions swept under the mat.
"My Mistake"
One by one I counted on those happy yesterdays
One by one I counted all those happiest of days
Love is a race I buy to.
or
Love is a race combined too.
Love is a race won by two.
"Six Months In A Leaky Boat" (MP3)
I acknowledge all your tears
...will acknowledge no frontier
"Six Months In A Leaky Boat" (MP3)
Spending all my savings
Spirit of a sailor
"Six Months In A Leaky Boat" (MP3)
Temple Square
Tempers flare
"Six Months In A Leaky Boat" (MP3)
There's a world to explore,
past the towel back on shore
There's a world to explore.
Tales to tell back on shore
"Six Months in a Leaky Boat" (MP3)
Hey you tell your mother
or
Hey you tear your rudder
Aotearoa
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