Misheard Lyrics -> New Entries for July 14, 2008
Misheard lyrics (also called mondegreens) occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song. These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics, which is called parody. For more information about the misheard lyrics available on this site, please read our FAQ.
1960s | |
Beach Boys', "Surfin' U.S.A."
Misheard Lyrics: Serve a U.S.A.
Original Lyrics: Surfin' U.S.A.
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The Beach Boys', "Fun, Fun, Fun"
Misheard Lyrics: And she'll have fun, fun, fun
'Til her daddy takes her Jeep away. Original Lyrics: And she'll have fun, fun, fun
'Til her daddy takes the T-Bird away. |
The Beatles', "Helter Skelter"
Misheard Lyrics: Help is gonna come
Original Lyrics: Helter Skelter
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1970s | |
Chicago's, "If You Leave Me Now"
Misheard Lyrics: When tomorrow comes and we'll both feel better
The things we said today Original Lyrics: When tomorrow comes and we'll both regret
The things we said today. |
David Bowie's, "Suffragette City"
Misheard Lyrics: Something gets in it.
Original Lyrics: Suffragette city
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Maureen McGovern's, "Different Worlds (Theme from 'Angie')"
Misheard Lyrics: Love is sweet, love is kind.
Original Lyrics: Love it seeks, love it finds.
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Paul McCartney & Wings', "Band on the Run"
Misheard Lyrics: Well the undertaker drew a heavy sight seeing no one left a gun
And the bell was ringing in the village square with the rabbits on the run. or Well the undertaker drew a heavy sight seeing no one left a gun And the bell was ringing in the village square; we're the rabbits on the run. Original Lyrics: Well, the undertaker drew a heavy sigh seeing no one else had come
And a bell was ringing in the village square for the rabbits on the run. |
Rick Derringer's, "Rock And Roll Hoochie Coo"
Misheard Lyrics: Small town p**** gonna do it to you.
Original Lyrics: Come on a little closer, gonna do it to you.
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Roger Whittaker's, "Durham Town"
Misheard Lyrics: I want to leave from Narrow Town.
Original Lyrics: I want to leave ol' Durham Town.
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Steely Dan's, "The Fez"
Misheard Lyrics: Never gonna do it with active enzymes.
Original Lyrics: Never gonna do it without your fez on.
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Van Halen's, "Dance The Night Away"
Misheard Lyrics: Movin' with style and ease.
Original Lyrics: Fooled me with her style and ease.
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1980s | |
Bonnie Tyler's, "Total Eclipse Of The Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: We're livin' like a power cable givin' off sparks.
Original Lyrics: I'm livin' in a powder keg and givin' off sparks.
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Cast of 'Fame''s, "Desdemona"
Misheard Lyrics: Dance a moment
Original Lyrics: Desdemona
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Def Leppard's, "Rocket"
Misheard Lyrics: Rockin'...In...Seattle with Lee & Lou
Original Lyrics: Rocket! Yeah! Satellite of love
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Elton John's, "Kiss The Bride"
Misheard Lyrics: But we would fill all the rooms with parafin
For that was one of the things we did. Original Lyrics: But if the groom would have known, he would have a fit
About his wife and the things we did. |
Radio Commercial's, "Ben Franklin"
Misheard Lyrics: Where quality is right and wrong.
Original Lyrics: Where quality is right at home.
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Radio Commercial's, "Hardee's"
Misheard Lyrics: Hardee's biscuits with clear OJ
Original Lyrics: Hardee's biscuits with pure OJ
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The Cast of 'Cats''s, "Macavity The Mystery Cat"
Misheard Lyrics: My cavity, my cavity, there's no one like my cavity.
Original Lyrics: Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity.
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1990s | |
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics: Big paradise, put up a f***ing lot.
Original Lyrics: They paved paradise, put up a parking lot.
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Deadeye Dick's, "New Age Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: Larry Moe
Original Lyrics: Mary Moon
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Disturbed's, "Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics: Hell: it just isn't hot enough
Burn me alive inside Heaven: my life's not hard enough Take everything away. Original Lyrics: Living just isn't hard enough
Burn me alive inside Living my life's not hard enough You take everything away. |
Gin Blossoms', "Hey, Jealousy"
Misheard Lyrics: You can see, I'm no sheep for driving.
Original Lyrics: You can see, I'm in no shape for driving.
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Hootie and the Blowfish's, "Let Her Cry"
Misheard Lyrics: She says, "Dan's the one Iove the most, but Stan's not far behind."
Original Lyrics: She says, "Dad's the one I love the most, but Stipe's not far behind."
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Joshua Kadison's, "Beau's All Night Radio Love Line"
Misheard Lyrics: Tango in the sheets of a hotel bed
Original Lyrics: Tangled in the sheets of a hotel bed
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Metallica's, "Enter Sandman"
Misheard Lyrics: Eggs Delight
Enter night. Original Lyrics: Exit light
Enter night. |
Oasis', "Champagne Supernova "
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause people believe
That they've got to get away from the sun But you and I go back in time The world's still spinning around, we don't know why. Original Lyrics: 'Cause we don't believe
That they're gonna get away from the summer But you and I will never die The world's still spinning around, we don't know why. |
Rage Against The Machine's, "Snakecharmer"
Misheard Lyrics: Your friend is a frog
That disappears when your wee-wee's erect. Original Lyrics: Your friendship is a fog
That disappears when the wind redirects. |
Sisters Of Mercy's, "Vision Thing"
Misheard Lyrics: Twenty-five horses in the room next door
Original Lyrics: Twenty-five w****s in the room next door
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Smashing Pumpkins', "X.Y.U."
Misheard Lyrics: She didn't want a bee, she didn't want a NO
She couldn't run away 'cause she was crazy She gave her mother milk, she saw a lady break And in the air it hung that she was the lady. Original Lyrics: She didn't wanna be, she didn't wanna know
She couldn't run away 'cause she was crazy She gave it all away, she saw her baby break And in the air it hung that she was dull razors. |
Soundgarden's, "Rusty Cage"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm gonna rape my rusty cage.
Original Lyrics: I'm gonna break my rusty cage.
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2000s | |
Breaking Benjamin's, "Blow Me Away"
Misheard Lyrics: It's time to run.
Original Lyrics: It's time to roll.
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Britney Spears', "Piece Of Me"
Misheard Lyrics: You want a piece of biff.
Original Lyrics: You want a piece of me.
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Fall Out Boy's, "Sugar, Were Going Down"
Misheard Lyrics: Watching youtube from the closet
Original Lyrics: I'm watching you two from the closet.
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Filter's, "Take A Picture"
Misheard Lyrics: Waco my airplane
Waco my airplane Original Lyrics: Awake on my airplane
Awake on my airplane |
Free Soda's, "I'm Not On Drugs"
Misheard Lyrics: I am not a cup of coffee.
Original Lyrics: I am not your kind of dope fiend.
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Guillemots', "Get Over it"
Misheard Lyrics: I want you like a matey.
Original Lyrics: I want you like I'm eighteen.
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Isreal Kamakawiwo'ole's, "Somewhere Over The Rainbow What A Wonderful World"
Misheard Lyrics: I see friends shaking a**es, "How do you do?"
Original Lyrics: I see friends shaking hands, saying "How do you do?"
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Lacuna Coil's, "Swamped"
Misheard Lyrics: When you're cut, you peel.
Original Lyrics: When you're taught through feelings
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Lacuna Coil's, "Swamped"
Misheard Lyrics: When you're touched, you feel.
Original Lyrics: When you're taught through feelings
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Muse's, "Supermassive Black Hole"
Misheard Lyrics: Super Magic Butthole
Original Lyrics: Supermassive Black Hole
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Nelly Furtado's, "Turn Off The Light"
Misheard Lyrics: And I should probably, probably, probably
Know, know, know When I see all my dreams. Original Lyrics: Follow me, follow me, follow me
Down, down, down, down 'Til you see all my dreams. |
Panic At The Disco's, "That Green Gentlemen (Things Have Changed)"
Misheard Lyrics: I never said I hate the city
I never said I'd date the town. Original Lyrics: I never said I’d leave the city
I never said I’d leave this town. |
Rob Thomas', "Lonely No More"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't wanna be lonely no more
I don't wanna have to pay for this I don't wanna no the lover at my door Just another holly on my list. Original Lyrics: I don't wanna be lonely no more
I don't wanna have to pay for this I don't wanna no the lover at my door Just another heartache on my list. |
Shakira's, "Objection (Tango)"
Misheard Lyrics: Next to her cheeks of let cone, I lack many more.
Original Lyrics: Next to her cheap silicon, I look minimal.
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Sting's, "Desert Rose"
Misheard Lyrics: This spaceship moves in the logic of all my dreams.
Original Lyrics: This way she moves in the logic of all my dreams.
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Sublime's, "Wrong Way"
Misheard Lyrics: Annie's twelve years and tomorrow she'll be a w****.
Original Lyrics: Annie's twelve years old, in two more she'll be a w****.
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Timbaland's, "Way I Are"
Misheard Lyrics: Baby girl
When you're naked, I want you dead, want you dead - yeah. Original Lyrics: Baby girl
When I make it, I want you there, want you there - yeah. |
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christian | |
Marty Haugen's, "All Are Welcome"
Misheard Lyrics: Let us build a house where junkies dewll.
Original Lyrics: Let us build a house where love can dwell.
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Kim Carnes', "Bette Davis Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics: Hot the bathtub just to please you
She's precocious And she knows just what it takes to make a crow blush She got credit cards stand off sighs She's got better days besides All the boys think she's a spaz She's got better days besides. Original Lyrics: All the better just to please you
She's precocious And she knows just what it takes to make a pro blush She got Greta Garbo stand off sighs She's got Bette Davis eyes All the boys think she's a spy She's got Bette Davis eyes. |
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