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"Art For Art's Sake" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Art for art's sake, Mummy, for God's sake!
Original Lyrics:
Art for art's sake, Money for God's sake.
"Art for Art's Sake" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Art for art's sake
Money for cod steaks
Money for cod steaks
Original Lyrics:
Art for art's sake
Money for God's sake
Money for God's sake
"Don't Hang Up"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm masturbating my woman.
Original Lyrics:
All mass-debating my woman.
"Donna" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh diamonds, you make me stand up
Original Lyrics:
Oh Donna, you make me stand up
"Dreadlock Holiday" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't like your make-up
oh no,I love her
oh no,I love her
Original Lyrics:
Don't like Jamaica
oh no, I love her
oh no, I love her
"Dreadlock Holiday" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't you pee on me, b****.
Original Lyrics:
Don't you queer on me pitch.
"Dreadlock Holiday" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't you be on the bitch
or
Don't you pee on the pitch
or
Don't you pee on the pitch
Original Lyrics:
Don't you queer on me pitch
"Dreadlock Holiday" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't you queen on me, b****!
Original Lyrics:
Don't you queer on me pitch.
"Dreadlock Holiday" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't you squeal on me, b****
Original Lyrics:
Don't you q**** on me pitch
"Dreadlock Holiday" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't like Brigitta
Original Lyrics:
I don't like cricket
"Dreadlock Holiday" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't like cricket, I love it.
Original Lyrics:
I don't like reggae, I love it.
"Dreadlock Holiday" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't like drinking, I love it!
Original Lyrics:
I don't like reggae, I love it.
"Dreadlock Holiday" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't like reggae
I loath it.
I loath it.
Original Lyrics:
I don't like reggae
I love it.
I love it.
"Dreadlock Holiday" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I said I don't like kick it
Original Lyrics:
I said I don't like cricket
"Dreadlock Holiday" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I was walking down the street
Concentrating on Trucking Rights.
Concentrating on Trucking Rights.
Original Lyrics:
I was walking down the street
Concentrating on trucking right.
Concentrating on trucking right.
"Dreadlock Holiday" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm from Jamaica
OK, I love it.
OK, I love it.
Original Lyrics:
Don't like Jamaica
Oh no, I love her.
Oh no, I love her.
"Dreadlock Holiday" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
It was a present from Madonna.
Original Lyrics:
It was a present from me mother.
"Dreadlock Holiday" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Once you walk through my world.
You got to show some respect.
You got to show some respect.
Original Lyrics:
Don't you walk through my words.
You got to show some respect.
You got to show some respect.
"Dreadlock Holiday" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Would you like something holluh? (meant to be 'hollow')
Original Lyrics:
Would you like something harder?
"Dreadlock Holiday" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Would you like something hotter?
Original Lyrics:
Would you like something harder?
"Hotel" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
We ate up half the pentagon
Original Lyrics:
We ate up half the pemmican
"I Wanna Rule the World"
Misheard Lyrics:
I wanna be a bus
I wanna be a big bus
I wanna bus the world around
I wanna be the biggest bus that ever bussed the world around
I wanna be a big bus
I wanna bus the world around
I wanna be the biggest bus that ever bussed the world around
Original Lyrics:
I wanna be a boss
I wanna be a big boss
I wanna boss the world around
I wanna be the biggest boss that ever bossed the world around
I wanna be a big boss
I wanna boss the world around
I wanna be the biggest boss that ever bossed the world around
"I'm Mandy Fly Me" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I've often heard her tingle
Original Lyrics:
I've often heard her jingle
"I'm Mandy Fly Me" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
It's never stuck a cord
Original Lyrics:
It's never struck a chord
"I'm Not In Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And just because I drug you up
Don't get me wrong, don't think you've got it made
Don't get me wrong, don't think you've got it made
Original Lyrics:
And just because I call you up
Don't get me wrong, don't think you've got it made
Don't get me wrong, don't think you've got it made
"I'm Not In Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Be quiet! Requesting quiet!
Original Lyrics:
Don't cry, big boys don't cry.
"I'm Not In Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Be quiet, be poised and quiet
or
Be fine, be moist and quiet.
or
Be fine, be moist and quiet.
Original Lyrics:
Don't cry, big boys don't cry.
"I'm Not In Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't tell your friends about the tubulars
Original Lyrics:
Don't tell your friends about the two of us
"I'm Not In Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm not a glove, so do forget it
It's just a silly phase I'm going through.
It's just a silly phase I'm going through.
Original Lyrics:
I'm not in love, so do forget it
It's just a silly phase I'm going through.
It's just a silly phase I'm going through.
"I'm Not In Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
It hides a Nestle's stain that's lyin' there
Original Lyrics:
It hides a nasty stain that's lyin' there
"I'm Not In Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
It hides a mistake that's lying there.
Original Lyrics:
It hides a messy stain that's lying there.
"I'm Not In Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Quiet, requesting quiet
Original Lyrics:
Big boys don't cry.
"I'm Not In Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Be moist and quiet
or
Requesting quiet
or
Requesting quiet
Original Lyrics:
Big boys don't cry
"I'm Not in Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Be quiet, requesting Clive
Original Lyrics:
Be quiet, big boys don't cry
"I'm Not in Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't tell your friends about the tour bus
Original Lyrics:
Don't tell your friends about the two of us
"I'm Not in Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
It hangs in essence babe it's lying there
Original Lyrics:
It hides a nasty stain that's lyin' there
"I'm Not in Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Requesting quiet
Original Lyrics:
Big boys don't cry
I can't be the first person to mishear this !
"I'm Not in Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
be quiet, request in quad, request in quad…
Original Lyrics:
Be quiet, big boys don’t cry, big boys don’t cry…
"Life Is A Minestrone" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Life is a minestrone
Served up with promise and cheese.
Served up with promise and cheese.
Original Lyrics:
Life is a minestrone
Served up with Parmesan cheese.
Served up with Parmesan cheese.
Given the clever nature of the band's lyrics, perhaps one explanation is as likely as the other :-)
"Life Is a Minestrone" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Life is a minestrone
Served up performance and cheese
Served up performance and cheese
Original Lyrics:
Life is a minestrone
Served up with Parmesan cheese
Served up with Parmesan cheese
"Life Is a Minestrone" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Life is a minestrone
Served up with bombers and cheese.
Served up with bombers and cheese.
Original Lyrics:
Life is a minestrone
Served up with Parmesan cheese.
Served up with Parmesan cheese.
"Life Is a Minestrone" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Life is a minestrone
Served up with farmers and cheese
Confusing Carl 'n' Sandra
Suspended in deep freeze
Served up with farmers and cheese
Confusing Carl 'n' Sandra
Suspended in deep freeze
Original Lyrics:
Life is a minestrone
Served up with Parmesan cheese
Death is a cold Lasagne
Suspended in deep freeze
Served up with Parmesan cheese
Death is a cold Lasagne
Suspended in deep freeze
"Load Up"
Misheard Lyrics:
Load up, load up, load up your rubber bullets.
Original Lyrics:
Load up, load up, load up for the summer.
"People in Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
People in love play city games
Original Lyrics:
People in love play silly games
"Rubber Bullets" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
He said, "Blood will flow;
Here Padre, Padre you talk to your balls"
Here Padre, Padre you talk to your balls"
Original Lyrics:
He said, "Blood will flow;
Here Padre, Padre you talk to your boys"
Here Padre, Padre you talk to your boys"
"Rubber Bullets" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold up, hold up, hold up for Ugga Bully.
Original Lyrics:
Load up, load up, load up with rubber bullets.
"Rubber Bullets" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Load up with rubber bullies
Original Lyrics:
Load up with rubber bullets
"Rubber Bullets" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Rhoda Rhoda Rhoda we're running out of bullets.
Original Lyrics:
Load up, load up, load up with rubber bullets.
"Rubber Bullets" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Sergeant Baker started talkin'
With a ballpoint in his hand.
With a ballpoint in his hand.
Original Lyrics:
Sergeant Baker started talkin'
With a bullhorn in his hand.
With a bullhorn in his hand.
"Rubber Bullets" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Sergeant-Major started talkin'
With a bullhorn in his hand.
With a bullhorn in his hand.
Original Lyrics:
Sergeant Baker started talkin'
With a ballpoint in his hand.
With a ballpoint in his hand.
"Rubber Bullets" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
We all got balls for brains
My son's got balls and chains
My son's got balls and chains
Original Lyrics:
We all got balls and brains
But some's got balls and chains
But some's got balls and chains
"Silly Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't rely on crumpets croonin'.
Original Lyrics:
Don't rely on Crosby's croonin'.
"The Things We Do For Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
A compromise would surely help the situation Agree to disagree but disagree with thought.
Original Lyrics:
A compromise would surely help the situation Agree to disagree but disagree to part
"The Things We Do For Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And you're looking for the answer in Orion.
Original Lyrics:
And you're looking for the answer in her eyes.
"The Things We Do For Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And you're looking for the answer in the Right
or
And you're looking for the answer in a rise
or
And you're looking for the answer in a rise
Original Lyrics:
And you're looking for the answer in her eyes
"The Things We Do For Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And you're looking for the ants are in her eyes.
Original Lyrics:
And you're looking for the answer in her eyes.
"The Things We Do For Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Communication is the problem to be answered.
Original Lyrics:
Communication is the problem to the answer.
"The Things We Do For Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Communication is the problem to the answered.
Original Lyrics:
Communication is the problem to be answered.
"The Things We Do For Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm walkin' in the rain and the snow and there's nowhere to go
Original Lyrics:
Like walkin' in the rain and the snow and there's nowhere to go
"The Things We Do For Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Like walkin' in the rain and the snow
Where there's nowhere to go
And you're feelin' like a part of you is dyin'
And you're lookin' for the answer in Orion
Where there's nowhere to go
And you're feelin' like a part of you is dyin'
And you're lookin' for the answer in Orion
Original Lyrics:
Like walkin' in the rain and the snow
Where there's nowhere to go
And you're feelin' like a part of you is dyin'
And you're lookin' for the answer in her eyes
Where there's nowhere to go
And you're feelin' like a part of you is dyin'
And you're lookin' for the answer in her eyes
"The Things We Do For Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Take me to the ball.
Will you take me to the ball?
Will you take me to the ball?
Original Lyrics:
The things we do for love.
Oh, the things we do for love!
Oh, the things we do for love!
"The Things We Do For Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
The things we coo-coo love.
Original Lyrics:
The things we do for love.
"The Things We Do For Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Too many broken parts have fallen in the river.
Original Lyrics:
Too many broken hearts have fallen in the river.
"The Things We Do For Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Too many porpoise causing problems in the river.
Original Lyrics:
Too many broken hearts have fallen in the river.
"The Things We Do For Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You lay your Betsy
Then you pay the price.
Then you pay the price.
Original Lyrics:
You lay your bets
And then you pay the price.
And then you pay the price.
"The Things We Do For Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You lay your Betsy, then you paint the price.
Original Lyrics:
You lay your bets, and then you pay the price.
"The Things We Do For Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You think you're gonna break up
Then she says she lost her make-up.
Then she says she lost her make-up.
Original Lyrics:
You think you're gonna break up
Then she says she wants to make up.
Then she says she wants to make up.
"The Things We Do for Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And you're looking for the answer in your mind
Original Lyrics:
And you're looking for the answer in your eyes
"The Things We Do for Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And you're looking for the answer when you're right
Original Lyrics:
And you're looking for the answer in your eyes
"The Things We Do for Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Communication is the problem to the a**hole
Original Lyrics:
Communication is the problem to the answer
"The Things We Do for Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll compromise with Charlie Helper's situation
Original Lyrics:
A compromise would surely help the situation
"The Things We Do for Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
It’s just the proper minds
Original Lyrics:
It’s just a compromise
"The Things We Do for Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
The things with coo coo love
Original Lyrics:
The things we do for love.
"The Things We Do for Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
The weather's turned and all the lives are damned
Original Lyrics:
The weather's turned and all the lines are down
"The Things We Do for Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Too many Brooklyn gods have fallen in the river
Original Lyrics:
Too many broken hearts have fallen in the river
"The Things We Do for Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Too many broken parts have fallen in the river
Original Lyrics:
Too many broken hearts have fallen in the river
"The Things We Do for Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Too many brown cahoots have fallen in the river.
Original Lyrics:
Too many broken hearts have fallen in the river.
"The Things We Do for Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Too many problems have fallen in the river
Original Lyrics:
Too many broken hearts have fallen in the river
"The Things We Do for Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
When you're feeling like a part of you is Diane
Original Lyrics:
When you're feeling like a part of you is dying
"The Things We Do for Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
When you're feeling like a part of you is Dian
Original Lyrics:
When you're feeling like a part of you is dying
"The Things We Do for Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
When you're feeling like a part of you is Dian
Original Lyrics:
When you're feeling like a part of you is dying
"The Things We Do for Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
When you're feeling like apologies are dying
Original Lyrics:
When you're feeling like a part of you is dying
"The Wall Street Shuffle" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, how would you
Original Lyrics:
Oh, Howard Hughes
"The Wall Street Shuffle" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Ol' Howard Hughes
Original Lyrics:
Oh, Howard Hughes
"The Worst Band in the World" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
If God would play guitar with Valentino on the drums Then we'd be nothing more than a bunch of gutter bums
Original Lyrics:
If Garbo played guitar with Valentino on the drums Then we'd be nothing more than a bunch of dharma bums
"Wall Street Shuffle"
Misheard Lyrics:
They wind up on skip rope
Original Lyrics:
They wind up on Skid Row
"Wall Street Shuffle"
Misheard Lyrics:
You wheel and deal
But you're living on Elm Street.
But you're living on Elm Street.
Original Lyrics:
You wheel and deal
But you're living on instinct.
But you're living on instinct.
Elm Street is the Dallas street where John F Kennedy was gunned down in 1963.
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