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"Advice For The Young At Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
And with the hands of faith, I'll call your bluff.
Original Lyrics:
And with the hounds at bay, I'll call your bluff.
"Advice For The Young At Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
We got the whole wide world in our ass.
Original Lyrics:
We got the whole wide world in our hands.
"Badman's Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
In my hand there is a river
when I being back I belong
Original Lyrics:
In my head there's a mirror
when I am being bad I am being wrong
"Bloodletting Go"
Misheard Lyrics:
If I can't remember nothin'
Then the sun don't shine
And the grass don't grow.
Original Lyrics:
If I care for nothing
Then the sun don't shine
And the grass don't grow.
"Break It Down Again"
Misheard Lyrics:
Big bouncing babies bred and 'bout
To get a hellish life.
Original Lyrics:
Big bouncing babies, bread and butter
Can I have a slice?
"Break It Down Again"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hail to the crown
Original Lyrics:
Play to the crowd
"Break It Down Again"
Misheard Lyrics:
I touch little boys.
Original Lyrics:
Hot tips for the boys.
"Break It Down Again"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've touched other boys.
Original Lyrics:
Hot tips for the boys.
"Break It Down Again"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pay to the crown.
Original Lyrics:
Play to the crowd.
"Break It Down Again"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pray to the power.
Original Lyrics:
Play to the crowd.
"Break It Down Again"
Misheard Lyrics:
Rapin' clowns again
So those are my queens
And deez are my arze
Take it all like a man
I'm hung like a horse.
Original Lyrics:
Break it down, again
So those are my dreams
And these are my eyes
Stand tall like a man
Head strong like a horse.
"Break It Down Again"
Misheard Lyrics:
Stand tall like a man
Who's wrong like a horse.
Original Lyrics:
Stand tall like a man
Headstrong like a horse.
"Break It Down Again"
Misheard Lyrics:
Stand tall like a man
Get down like a horse.
Original Lyrics:
Stand tall like a man
Headstrong like a horse.
"Break It Down Again"
Misheard Lyrics:
When it's all your mischief.
Original Lyrics:
When it's all mixed up.
"Change"
Misheard Lyrics:
Change, you can change.
or
Change, Jews can't change.
or
Change, Jews can't change.
Original Lyrics:
Change, you can't change.
"Change"
Misheard Lyrics:
You walked into the room,
I just had to love.
Original Lyrics:
You walked into the room,
I just had to laugh.
"Closest Thing To Heaven"
Misheard Lyrics:
Evil countries that are making billions.
Original Lyrics:
Eat the countries that are making billions.
"Closest Thing To Heaven"
Misheard Lyrics:
Look the world right in the eye
Even the countries that are making billions
Scream 'As I'm on umpire!'
Save all the the clowns from all the startling of me!
Original Lyrics:
Look the world right in the eye
Eat the countries that are making billions
Sweet as homemade apple pie
Save the crumbs for the starving millions.
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Misheard Lyrics:
40 hands while the walls come tumbling down.
Original Lyrics:
Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down.
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Misheard Lyrics:
40 hangs while the walls come tumbling down.
Original Lyrics:
Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down.
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dancing on the left arena
Dancing on the men's arena
Everybody wants to rule the world
Original Lyrics:
Acting on your best behaviour
Turn your back on Mother Nature
Everybody wants to rule the world
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Misheard Lyrics:
Every buddy wants to mow the lawn.
Original Lyrics:
Everybody wants to rule the world.
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody want to do a squirrel.
Original Lyrics:
Everybody wants to rule the world.
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody wants to be that way.
Original Lyrics:
Everybody wants to rule the world.
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody wants to fool around.
Original Lyrics:
Everybody wants to rule the world.
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody wants to move around.
Original Lyrics:
Everybody wants to rule the world.
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody wants to move around
Original Lyrics:
Everybody wants to rule the world
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody wants to wear a bra.
Original Lyrics:
Everybody wants to rule the world.
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Misheard Lyrics:
Harried with a lacquered rission.
or
Buried with an apparition.
Original Lyrics:
Married with a lack of vision.
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can't stand these improvision
Staring with your lactate vision.
Original Lyrics:
I can't stand this indecision
Married with a lack of vision.
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can't stand this any longer.
Original Lyrics:
I can't stand this indecision.
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can't stand this indecision
Married with a mad cow vision
Original Lyrics:
I can't stand this indecision
Married with a lack of vision
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can't stand this indecision
Married with a black-eyed vision.
Original Lyrics:
I can't stand this indecision
Married with a lack of vision.
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can't stand this indecision
Married women lack our vision.
Original Lyrics:
I can't stand this indecision
Married with a lack of vision.
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Misheard Lyrics:
Say that you'll never, never, never, never need it
One big headlong Waborita.
Original Lyrics:
Say that you'll never, never, never, never need it
One big headline, why believe it?
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Misheard Lyrics:
So glad we've almost made it
So sad they had to fake it.
Original Lyrics:
So glad we've almost made it
So sad they had to fade it.
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's a rumour that I won't find you
Original Lyrics:
There's a room where the light won't find you
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Misheard Lyrics:
Turn your back, another favor.
Original Lyrics:
Turn your back on Mother Nature.
"Falling Down"
Misheard Lyrics:
As the sqawl's spinning 'round
as the ship runs aground.
Original Lyrics:
Is this world spinning 'round?
Has this ship run aground?
"Head Over Heels"
Misheard Lyrics:
And dream that I'm adopted.
Original Lyrics:
And dreaming I'm a doctor.
"Head Over Heels"
Misheard Lyrics:
And thinking I'm adopted.
Original Lyrics:
And dreaming I'm a doctor.
"Head Over Heels"
Misheard Lyrics:
And this is my holy moment.
Original Lyrics:
And this is my four leaf clover.
"Head Over Heels"
Misheard Lyrics:
But seditious eyes can't race against the child in your fate
Go and escape my attention.
Original Lyrics:
But traditions I can trace against the child in your face
Won't escape my attention.
"Head Over Heels"
Misheard Lyrics:
Doubting adds glamour, what should I believe in?
Original Lyrics:
Nothing gets done when you feel like a baby.
Sung in the background in the middle of the second verse.
"Head Over Heels"
Misheard Lyrics:
I made a pyre, I'm watching it burn.
Original Lyrics:
I've made a fire and watching it burn.
"Head Over Heels"
Misheard Lyrics:
I want the TV with you alone
or
I want the TV with you, hello
or
I want the TV with ULO.
Original Lyrics:
I wanted to be with you alone.
"Head Over Heels"
Misheard Lyrics:
I wanted TV with you alone.
Original Lyrics:
I wanted to be with you alone.
"Head Over Heels"
Misheard Lyrics:
I wanted to be with you alone
And talk about the weapons.
Original Lyrics:
I wanted to be with you alone
And talk about the weather.
"Head Over Heels"
Misheard Lyrics:
I watched TV with your life.
Original Lyrics:
I wanted to be with you alone.
"Head Over Heels"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm lost in admiration, dude, I need you this much.
Original Lyrics:
I'm lost in admiration, could I need you this much?
"Head Over Heels"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm made of fire and watching it snow
or
I'm made of flour and watching it blow
or
I made a flower and what can it show?
Original Lyrics:
I made a fire and watching it burn.
"Head Over Heels"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's a hard to be a man when there's a girl in your head
Original Lyrics:
It's hard to be a man when there's a gun in your hand
"Head Over Heels"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's fun to be a man when there's a gum in your hair.
Original Lyrics:
It's hard to be a man when there's a gun in your hand.
"Head Over Heels"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's fun to be a man when there's a knot in your hair.
Original Lyrics:
It's hard to be a man when there's a gun in your hand.
"Head Over Heels"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's hard to be a man when there's a gnome in your head.
Original Lyrics:
It's hard to be a man when there's a gun in your hand.
"Head Over Heels"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's hard to be a man when there's a note in your head.
Original Lyrics:
It's hard to be a man when there's a gun in your hand.
"Head Over Heels"
Misheard Lyrics:
My Mother and my Father used to meet me below
And dreaming I'm adopted
Original Lyrics:
My mother and my brothers used to breathe in clean in air
And dreaming I'm a doctor
"Head Over Heels"
Misheard Lyrics:
My mother and my brothers used to beat me in bed
And scream that I'm adopted
Original Lyrics:
My mother and my brothers used to breathing clean air
And dreaming I'm a doctor
"Head Over Heels"
Misheard Lyrics:
My mother and my brothers used to breathing clean air
And dreaming I'm adopted
Original Lyrics:
My mother and my brothers used to breathe in clean air
And dreaming I'm a doctor
"Head Over Heels"
Misheard Lyrics:
My mother and my brothers used to really clean air
And dream that I'm adopted.
Original Lyrics:
My mother and my brothers used to breathe in clean air
And dreamin' I'm a doctor.
"Head Over Heels"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh I feel full.
Original Lyrics:
Oh I feel so...
"Head Over Heels"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sod off, you're putrid.
Original Lyrics:
Thought of your future.
"Head Over Heels"
Misheard Lyrics:
Some things happen when your hang over heals.
Original Lyrics:
Something's happened, and I'm head over heels.
"Head Over Heels"
Misheard Lyrics:
Something slapped me, and I'm head over heels
Original Lyrics:
Something's happened, and I'm head over heels
"Head Over Heels"
Misheard Lyrics:
Something's happened and I'm fed up with you.
Original Lyrics:
Something's happened, and I'm head over heels.
"Head Over Heels"
Misheard Lyrics:
This is my fault from being cloned, but...
Original Lyrics:
This is my 4 leaf clover.
"Head Over Heels"
Misheard Lyrics:
This is my holy sofa.
Original Lyrics:
This is my four leaf clover.
"Head Over Heels"
Misheard Lyrics:
We've rumpled in the pasture
Original Lyrics:
With one foot in the past now
"Head Over Heels"
Misheard Lyrics:
With one pudding, don't fast
Now, just how long will it last?
Original Lyrics:
With one foot in the past
Now just how long will it last?
"Head Over Heels"
Misheard Lyrics:
You keep your distance with a sister of touch.
Original Lyrics:
You keep your distance with a system of touch.
"Head Over Heels"
Misheard Lyrics:
You, keep your distance, you're a sister of touch.
Original Lyrics:
You keep your distance with a system of touch.
"I Believe"
Misheard Lyrics:
In the Nightime, In the Storm, In a Casino
Casino Spanish Eyes
Original Lyrics:
In the night time, In a storm, in a gazebo
I could see those Spanish Eyes.
"Listen"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mama lemme take ya like I hope ya say.
or
'Rock Me, Amadeus', when I hope you sing
Original Lyrics:
Cumple anos chica, no hay que preocuparse
"Mad World"
Misheard Lyrics:
Went to kill them with a temperature.
Original Lyrics:
Made to feel the way that every child should.
"Mad World"
Misheard Lyrics:
Went to school and it was very marvelous
No-one knew me, no-one knew me.
Original Lyrics:
Went to school and I was very nervous
No-one knew me, no-one knew me.
"Mother's Talk"
Misheard Lyrics:
Following in the footsteps of a funeral pyre
You were paid not to listen, now your a*** is on fire.
Original Lyrics:
Following in the footsteps of a funeral pyre
You were paid not to listen, now your house is on fire.
"Mother's Talk"
Misheard Lyrics:
My picture's gone with a change in the weather
We can, we can work it out.
Original Lyrics:
My features form with a change in the weather
Weekend, we can work it out.
"Mothers Talk"
Misheard Lyrics:
My b**ches fall with a change in the weather
Others never talk about it.
or
My features fall with a change in the weather
Mothers never talk about it.
Original Lyrics:
My features form with a change in the weather
Mothers never talk about it.
"Pale Shelter"
Misheard Lyrics:
And now you're not right on this painting
When all I want is B.S. in the break of night
Original Lyrics:
And I can't operate on this failure
When all I want to be is completely in command
"Pale Shelter"
Misheard Lyrics:
When all I want to be is
Completely gone mad.
Original Lyrics:
When all I want to be is
Completely in command.
"Pale Shelter"
Misheard Lyrics:
You don't give enough
You give me cold pants
And knockin' on the radar despite her
When all I want to be is freakin' a man.
Original Lyrics:
You don't give me love
You give me cold hands
And I can't operate on this failure
When all I want to be is completely in command.
"Raoul And The Kings Of Spain"
Misheard Lyrics:
To turn the clock and do it again.
Original Lyrics:
To turn this loss into a gain.
"Secrets"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're just a flicker of a flame.
Original Lyrics:
With just a flicker of a flame.
"Shout"
Misheard Lyrics:
And when you take 'em down you're gone.
Original Lyrics:
And when you've taken down your guard.
"Shout"
Misheard Lyrics:
And when you take a dump, you cry.
Original Lyrics:
And when you've taken down your guard.
"Shout"
Misheard Lyrics:
And when you take and doubt your God.
Original Lyrics:
And when you've taken down your guard.
"Shout"
Misheard Lyrics:
Day gave new life
Original Lyrics:
They gave you life.
"Shout"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'd really love to break your arm
Original Lyrics:
I'd really love to break your heart
"Shout"
Misheard Lyrics:
In Viking times, you shouldn't have to sell your soul
Original Lyrics:
In violent times, you shouldn't have to sell your soul
"Shout"
Misheard Lyrics:
Shock, shock ready or not
Original Lyrics:
Shout, shout let it all out
"Shout"
Misheard Lyrics:
Shout, shout ready or not
Original Lyrics:
Shout, shout let it all out
"Shout"
Misheard Lyrics:
Shout, shout, let it all out
Beer is something we can't do without
Original Lyrics:
Shout, shout, let it all out
These are the things I can do without
"Shout"
Misheard Lyrics:
Shout, shout, let it all out
Bees are the things we can do without
Original Lyrics:
Shout, shout, let it all out
These are the things I can do without
"Shout"
Misheard Lyrics:
Shout, shout, ride it on out.
Original Lyrics:
Shout, shout, let it all out.
"Shout"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sprouts, sprouts, let them all out
Original Lyrics:
Shout, shout, let it all out
"Shout"
Misheard Lyrics:
They gave you life
And in return, you gave them help.
Original Lyrics:
They gave you life
And in return, you gave them hell.
"Shout"
Misheard Lyrics:
They took you for a working ball.
Original Lyrics:
They took you for a working boy.
"Shout"
Misheard Lyrics:
They took you for a world and more
Original Lyrics:
They took you for a woorking boy
"Shout"
Misheard Lyrics:
They took you for a wrecking ball.
Original Lyrics:
They took you for a working boy.
"Shout"
Misheard Lyrics:
They took you from a world come born
Original Lyrics:
They took you for a working boy
"Shout"
Misheard Lyrics:
Write it all out!
Original Lyrics:
Let it all out!
"Sketches Of Pain"
Misheard Lyrics:
Despite the dark
Original Lyrics:
In spite of the dark
"Sketches Of Pain"
Misheard Lyrics:
Got my claim.
Original Lyrics:
God might claim.
"Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the policy to breathe.
Original Lyrics:
And the politics of greed.
"Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
As the headline says, your a jew
Original Lyrics:
As the headline says, you're free to choose
"Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
As the headline says
'Your preacher chews.'
Original Lyrics:
As the headline says
'You're free to choose.'
"Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Could you be, could you be squeaky clean?
Smashing it up while on the scene.
Original Lyrics:
Could you be, could you be squeaky clean?
And smash any hope of democracy.
"Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cuchu-ci, cuchu-ci squeaky clean
And smash any hope of a magazine
Original Lyrics:
Could you be, could you be squeaky clean
And smash any hope of democracy
"Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Feel the pea
Original Lyrics:
Feel the pain
"Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sailing the seas of love.
Original Lyrics:
Sowing the seeds of love.
"Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sewing machine of love
Original Lyrics:
Sowing the seeds of love
"Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
So nice to eat, so masturbate.
Original Lyrics:
So nice to eat, so nice to taste.
"Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Some find the need to masturbate.
Original Lyrics:
So nice to eat, so nice to taste.
"Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sometimes you feed the master page
Original Lyrics:
So nice to eat, so nice to taste
"Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sowing the seeds.
An empty need.
And the policies agreed.
Original Lyrics:
Sowing the seeds.
An end to need,
and the politics of greed.
"Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Stormy in the seas of love
Original Lyrics:
Sowing the seeds of love
"Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
The love trade rides from coast to coast.
Original Lyrics:
The love train rides from coast to coast.
"Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
There goes Kuwait.
Original Lyrics:
Food go to waste
"Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Time to read all your words.
Original Lyrics:
Time to eat all your words.
"Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
We chase the man we love the most.
Original Lyrics:
D.J.'s the man we love the most.
"Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
We choose the man we love the most.
Original Lyrics:
D.J.'s the man we love the most.
"Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
You go to waste.
Sometimes you eat,
you masturbate.
Original Lyrics:
Food goes to waste.
So nice to eat,
so nice to taste.
"Standing On The Corner Of The Third World"
Misheard Lyrics:
Holy white, the hippie town
Original Lyrics:
Holy white we'll paint the town.
"Standing On The Corner Of The Third World"
Misheard Lyrics:
Standing on the corner of the third world
I'll do Batman, I'll do Batman.
Original Lyrics:
Standing on the corner of the Third World
Of the Third World, of the Third World.
"Watch Me Bleed"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm Gumby, green forever.
Original Lyrics:
Watch me bleed, bleed forever.
"Woman In Chains"
Misheard Lyrics:
Minestrone
Original Lyrics:
Men of Stone
"Woman In Chains"
Misheard Lyrics:
Salt freedom
or
Salt free, man!
Original Lyrics:
So free her.
"Woman In Chains"
Misheard Lyrics:
Woman in chair
Original Lyrics:
Woman in chains
"Woman In Chains"
Misheard Lyrics:
Woman, you've changed.
Original Lyrics:
Woman in chains

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