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"Across This Antheap" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Ziggity zig-zag, just f***in'.
Ziggity zag. Hey, hey!
Ziggity zag. Hey, hey!
Original Lyrics:
Ziggedy zig zag, just look at 'em
Ziggedy zag. Hey, hey!
Ziggedy zag. Hey, hey!
"Ball And Chain" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Save us from the ball, Aunt Jane!
Original Lyrics:
Save us from the ball and chain!
"Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Who'll pray for peace and pumpkin bread?
Original Lyrics:
Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead?
"Braniac's Daughter"
Misheard Lyrics:
Braniac stoner
Original Lyrics:
Braniac's daughter
"Church of Women"
Misheard Lyrics:
And stop trying to diet'em on some wafers and wine
It's a myth we're in control.
It's a myth we're in control.
Original Lyrics:
And stop trying to diet 'em on wafers and wine
And some myth we're in control.
And some myth we're in control.
"Cross Wires"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everything's disposable, everything's gravy
Original Lyrics:
Everything is buzz buzz, everything is beep beep
"Dear God" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't believe in that chunky stew
Original Lyrics:
Don't believe that junk is true
"Dear God" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Still believe in that Chunky Soup
Original Lyrics:
Still believing that junk is true
"Don't Lose Your Temper" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
There's a girl who's a girl
Original Lyrics:
Little girl, Little girl
"Earn Enough for Us" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Found a house that won't repair itself
With its windows cracking
And a roof held together with a hose
With its windows cracking
And a roof held together with a hose
Original Lyrics:
Found a house that won't repair itself
With its windows cracking
And a roof held together with holes
With its windows cracking
And a roof held together with holes
"Earn Enough for Us" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I've been praying all the week through
At home and working on the bus
I've been praying I can keep you
And to earn enough for us
I can't take humiliation
Hurtful comments on the bus
I'm just praying by the weekend
I can earn enough for us
At home and working on the bus
I've been praying I can keep you
And to earn enough for us
I can't take humiliation
Hurtful comments on the bus
I'm just praying by the weekend
I can earn enough for us
Original Lyrics:
I've been praying all the week through
At home, at work, and on the bus
I've been praying I can keep you
And to earn enough for us
I can take humiliation
And hurtful comments from the boss
I'm just praying by the weekend
I can earn enough for us
At home, at work, and on the bus
I've been praying I can keep you
And to earn enough for us
I can take humiliation
And hurtful comments from the boss
I'm just praying by the weekend
I can earn enough for us
"Earn Enough for Us" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
So you're saying that we're gonna be three
Now a father's what I'll be
Don't get me wrong I'm so proud
That the belt's already tight
Now a father's what I'll be
Don't get me wrong I'm so proud
That the belt's already tight
Original Lyrics:
So you're saying that we're going to be three
Now, a father's what I'll be
Don't get me wrong I'm so proud
But the belt's already tight
Now, a father's what I'll be
Don't get me wrong I'm so proud
But the belt's already tight
"Generals and Majors" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Generals and Majors are hard
Original Lyrics:
Generals and Majors ah ah
"Heatwave"
Misheard Lyrics:
She drowns herself when his semen's hardboiled.
Original Lyrics:
She drowns herself in a sea of olive oil.
"I'm Merely A Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
That with logic and love we'll have power enough
To respond to our cellphones for lifting humanity higher
Higher
And you know it's true.
To respond to our cellphones for lifting humanity higher
Higher
And you know it's true.
Original Lyrics:
That with logic and love we'll have power enough
To raise consciousness up and for lifting humanity higher
Higher
And you know it's true.
To raise consciousness up and for lifting humanity higher
Higher
And you know it's true.
"Instant Tunes"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's the Jews.
Original Lyrics:
Instant tunes.
"Making Plans For Nigel" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
He has his future in a British tea
Original Lyrics:
He has his future in a British steel
"Making Plans For Nigel" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I am only making plans for night, Jo.
Original Lyrics:
I am only making plans for Nigel.
"Making Plans for Nigel" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And if young Nigel says he's happy
He must be happy
He must be happy
He must be happy in his world
He must be happy
He must be happy
He must be happy in his world
Original Lyrics:
And if young Nigel says he's happy
He must be happy
He must be happy
He must be happy in his work
He must be happy
He must be happy
He must be happy in his work
"Mayor Of Simpleton" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And I may be the the man of simple tongue.
Original Lyrics:
And I may be the Mayor of Simpleton.
"No Language In Our Lungs" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I wrote a Madness instrumental,
but the words got in the way
but the words got in the way
Original Lyrics:
I would have made this instrumental,
but the words got in the way
but the words got in the way
"Outside World" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
She has sex while singing in her sauna.
Original Lyrics:
She has six swans swimming in her sauna.
"Sacrificial Bonfire" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And the closest were dipped
Were all little man filets.
Were all little man filets.
Original Lyrics:
And the clothes that were draped
Was all that told man from ape.
Was all that told man from ape.
"Science Friction"
Misheard Lyrics:
He put it way that way
I don't know much except I love you
I don't know much except I love you
Original Lyrics:
Hey put away that ray
How do you Martians say "I love you"?
How do you Martians say "I love you"?
"Science Friction"
Misheard Lyrics:
It ain't the aliens at the foot of my bed
It's more the ants inside my head.
It's more the ants inside my head.
Original Lyrics:
It ain't the aliens at the foot of my bed
It's more the ale inside my head.
It's more the ale inside my head.
"Senses Working Overtime" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Censors working overtime
Original Lyrics:
Senses working overtime
"Senses Working Overtime" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I've got one, two, three, four, five
Santas working overtime.
Santas working overtime.
Original Lyrics:
I've got one, two, three, four, five
Senses working overtime.
Senses working overtime.
"Senses Working Overtime" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
One, two, three, four, five
Dentists working overtime
Dentists working overtime
Original Lyrics:
One, two, three, four, five
Senses working overtime
Senses working overtime
"Senses Working Overtime" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
One, two, three, four, five
Septics working overtime
Septics working overtime
Original Lyrics:
One, two, three, four, five
Senses working overtime
Senses working overtime
"Senses Working Overtime" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
One, two, three, four, five
Sisters working overtime
Sisters working overtime
Original Lyrics:
One, two, three, four, five
Senses working overtime
Senses working overtime
"Senses Working Overtime" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
One, two, three, four, five
Six is working overtime
Six is working overtime
Original Lyrics:
I've got one, two, three, four, five
Senses working overtime.
Senses working overtime.
"Senses Working Overtime" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Since she’s working overtime
Original Lyrics:
Senses working overtime
"Senses Working Overtime" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Trying to taste the difference 'tween eleven and nine
Original Lyrics:
Trying to taste the difference 'tween a lemon and a lime
"Senses Working Overtime" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Turds and treasure
Original Lyrics:
Dirt and treasure
"Sgt. Rock (Is Going To Help Me)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a-listing all the chic gays.
Original Lyrics:
I'm enlisting, overseas aid.
"Sgt. Rock (Is Going To Help Me)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Sgt. Rock is going to Hell.
Original Lyrics:
Sgt. Rock is going to help me.
"Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Sgt. Rock is going to Hell. BING!!
Original Lyrics:
Sgt. Rock is going to help me
"Ten Feet Tall" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I feel like I'm walkin' round a ten foot pole
Original Lyrics:
I feel like I'm walkin' round ten feet tall
"That Wave"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm in Heaven
Dressed up in leather.
Dressed up in leather.
Original Lyrics:
I'm in Heaven
Address: Cloud Eleven.
Address: Cloud Eleven.
"The Mayer of Simpleton"
Misheard Lyrics:
And I may be the mayor of Singleton
Original Lyrics:
And I may be the mayor of Simpleton
"The Meeting Place" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Cher and Joe collapsed on me.
Original Lyrics:
Share a joke, the laugh's on me.
"The Meeting Place" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Pichu is a sacred place.
Original Lyrics:
Meet you in the secret place.
"The Meeting Place" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Share a toga, laugh's on me.
Original Lyrics:
Share a joke, laugh's on me.
"The Meeting Place" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
We're flying in the frickin' woods.
Original Lyrics:
From lying in the bracken wood.
"Tissue Tigers (The Arguers)"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll commend you to your balls
You see that rhino.
You see that rhino.
Original Lyrics:
I've grown immune to your claws
Pussycat, I know.
Pussycat, I know.
"Towers of London" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Towers of London
When they had billed you
Did you watch over the men you found?
Towers of London
When they had billed you
Victorious jail found in somebody's house
When they had billed you
Did you watch over the men you found?
Towers of London
When they had billed you
Victorious jail found in somebody's house
Original Lyrics:
Towers of London, when they had built you
Did you watch over the men who fell?
Towers of London, when they had built you
Victoria's gem, found in somebody's hell
Did you watch over the men who fell?
Towers of London, when they had built you
Victoria's gem, found in somebody's hell
"Wake Up"
Misheard Lyrics:
Who cares - you wrote the note
Who cares - you light a smoke
Who cares - you light a smoke
Original Lyrics:
Who cares - you wrote the note
Who cares - you might have spoke
Who cares - you might have spoke
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