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There are 29 misheard song lyrics for XTC on amIright currently.
"Across This Antheap"
Ziggity zig-zag, just f***in'.
Ziggity zag. Hey, hey!
Ziggedy zig zag, just look at 'em.br> Ziggedy zag. Hey, hey!
"Ball And Chain"
Save us from the ball, Aunt Jane!
Save us from the ball and chain!
"Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead"
Who'll pray for peace and pumpkin bread?
Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead?
"Braniac's Daughter"
Braniac stoner
Braniac's daughter
"Church of Women"
And stop trying to diet'em on some wafers and wine
It's a myth we're in control.
And stop trying to diet 'em on wafers and wine
And some myth we're in control.
"Dear God"
Don't believe in that chunky stew
Don't believe that junk is true
"Heatwave"
She drowns herself when his semen's hardboiled.
She drowns herself in a sea of olive oil.
"I'm Merely A Man"
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.
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.
"Instant Tunes"
It's the Jews.
Instant tunes.
"It's Nearly Africa"
Steady uppercut
It's nearly Africa.
"Making Plans For Nigel"
I am only making plans for night, Jo.
I am only making plans for Nigel.
"Mayor Of Simpleton"
And I may be the the man of simple tongue.
And I may be the Mayor of Simpleton.
"No Language In Our Lungs"
I wrote a Madness instrumental,
but the words got in the way
I would have made this instrumental,
but the words got in the way
"Outside World"
She has sex while singing in her sauna.
She has six swans swimming in her sauna.
"Sacrificial Bonfire"
And the closest were dipped
Were all little man filets.
And the clothes that were draped
Was all that told man from ape.
"Science Friction"
It ain't the aliens at the foot of my bed
It's more the ants inside my head.
It ain't the aliens at the foot of my bed
It's more the ale inside my head.
"Senses Working Overtime"
I've got one, two, three, four, five
Santas working overtime.
I've got one, two, three, four, five
Senses working overtime.
"Senses Working Overtime"
One, two, three, four, five
Dentists working overtime
One, two, three, four, five
Senses working overtime
"Sgt. Rock (Is Going To Help Me)"
I'm a-listing all the chic gays.
I'm enlisting, overseas aid.
"Sgt. Rock (Is Going To Help Me)"
Sgt. Rock is going to Hell.
Sgt. Rock is going to help me.
"Ten Feet Tall"
I feel like I'm walkin' round a ten foot pole
I feel like I'm walkin' round ten feet tall
"That Wave"
I'm in Heaven
Dressed up in leather.
I'm in Heaven
Address: Cloud Eleven.
"The Meeting Place"
Cher and Joe collapsed on me.
Share a joke, the laugh's on me.
"The Meeting Place"
Pichu is a sacred place.
Meet you in the secret place.
"The Meeting Place"
Share a toga, laugh's on me.
Share a joke, laugh's on me.
"The Meeting Place"
Some of my beer
Someone might hear.
"The Meeting Place"
Suck on your bread
Smoke on your breath
"The Meeting Place"
We're flying in the frickin' woods.
From lying in the bracken wood.
"Tissue Tigers (The Arguers)"
I'll commend you to your balls
You see that rhino.
I've grown immune to your claws
Pussycat, I know.
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