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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 Was (Not Was) 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 25 misheard song lyrics for Was (Not Was) on amIright currently.

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"Hello Operator" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hello, operator, I'll be dead on the police.
Original Lyrics:
Hello, operator, I mean dad, I mean police.
"Out Come The Freaks" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Woodward squeaks and out come the freaks.
Original Lyrics:
Woodwork squeaks and out come the freaks.
John Taylor adds: "Woodward is a street in Detroit where shady ladies and other night people hung out."
"Out Come The Freaks" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Woodwork squeaks and out comes cold train.
Original Lyrics:
Woodwork squeaks and out comes Coltrane.
"Shake Your Head"
Misheard Lyrics:
You can't make missions out of mud
Original Lyrics:
You can't make missiles out of mud
"Spy in the House of Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Stop! in the House of Love
Original Lyrics:
Spy in the House of Love
"Walk The Dinosaur" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Get on up, get on the floor
Everyone do the dinosaur.
Original Lyrics:
Open the door, get on the floor
Everybody walk the dinosaur.
"Walk The Dinosaur" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I met her in a cave, with a painting of the Lord.
Original Lyrics:
I met you in a cave, you were painting buffalo.
"Walk The Dinosaur" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Okolokowokey on the floor
Everybody walk the dinosaur.
Original Lyrics:
Open the door, get on the floor
Everybody walk the dinosaur.
"Walk The Dinosaur" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Open the door, get on the floor,
Everybody wants to be a dinosaur.
Original Lyrics:
Open the door, get on the floor,
Everybody walk the dinosaur.
"Walk The Dinosaur" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Open the door, get on the floor
Everybody f**k the dinosaur.
Original Lyrics:
Open the door, get on the floor
Everybody walk the dinosaur.
"Walk The Dinosaur" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Open the door, get on the floor
Everybody want the dinosaur.
Original Lyrics:
Open the door, get on the floor
Everybody walk the dinosaur.
"Walk The Dinosaur" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Open the door, get on the floor
Everybody wants a dinosaur.
Original Lyrics:
Open the door, get on the floor
Everybody walk the dinosaur.
"Walk The Dinosaur" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Open your bum, make love once more
Everybody smoke my giant coke.
Original Lyrics:
Open the door, get on the floor
Everybody walk the dinosaur.
"Walk The Dinosaur" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Slap, slap, smoke my big cackol-ocka-bong.
Original Lyrics:
Boom, boom, acka-lacka-lacka boom.
"Walk The Dinosaur" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
The sun was spitting fire, the sky as cool as ice
I felt a little tired so I watched my appetite
Original Lyrics:
The sun was spitting fire, the sky as cool as ice
I felt a little tired so I watched Miami Vice
"Walk The Dinosaur" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
The world was so brand new
It was nothing like we know.
Original Lyrics:
I lit a cigarette
Picked up a monkey skull to go.
"Walk The Dinosaur" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
The world was so brand new
There was nowhere else to go.
Original Lyrics:
I lit a cigarette
Picked up a monkey skull to go.
"Walk the Dinosaur" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Barney, the purple dinosaur
Original Lyrics:
Everybody walk the dinosaur
Editor's Note: This song came out a few years BEFORE Barny the Purple Dinosaur began his television series, so this might be far-reaching as a mishearing.
"Walk the Dinosaur" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Boom boom, chug-a-lug-a-lug-a-boom
Original Lyrics:
Boom boom, acka lacka lacka boom
"Walk the Dinosaur" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Boom, boom! Shag a yak, a boom, boom.
Original Lyrics:
Boom, Boom! Acka lacka boom, boom.
"Walk the Dinosaur" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Boom, boom, how do you like a like a boom?
Original Lyrics:
Boom, boom, acka lacka lacka boom
"Walk the Dinosaur" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody looks like dinosaurs
Original Lyrics:
Everybody walk the dinosaur
"Walk the Dinosaur" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
On the door, get on the floor
Everybody wants a dinosaur
Original Lyrics:
Open the door, get on the floor
Everybody walk the dinosaur.
I will forever hear that in my entire life.
"Walk the Dinosaur" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Open the door, get on the floor
Everybody do the dinosaur.
Original Lyrics:
Open the door, get on the floor
Everybody walk the dinosaur.
"Walk the Dinosaur" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Willy Wonka wants a dinosaur
or
Willy Wonka loves a dinosaur
Original Lyrics:
Everybody walk the dinosaur

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Out Come The Freaks
Out Come The Freaks
The Collection
The Collection
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What Up, Dog?
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