Misheard Lyrics -> Song -> B -> Baba O Riley
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The Who's, "Baba O Riley"
Misheard Lyrics:
Before we go on a boulder.
Original Lyrics:
Before we get much older.
The Who's, "Baba O' Riley"
Misheard Lyrics:
As I retake my hand
The tribe of softballs land
The tribe of softballs land
Original Lyrics:
Sally, take my hand
Travel south crossland
Travel south crossland
The Who's, "Baba O' Riley"
Misheard Lyrics:
Out here in the fields
I f*** for my meals.
I f*** for my meals.
Original Lyrics:
Out here in the fields
I fought for my meals.
I fought for my meals.
The Who's, "Baba O' Riley"
Misheard Lyrics:
Out here in the fields
I farm for my meals.
I farm for my meals.
Original Lyrics:
Out here in the fields
I fight for my meals.
I fight for my meals.
[Editor's note: Anyone who believes that the correct lyrics are 'I farm for their meals' are sadly mistaken. The misheard lyrics may make better sense, but Roger Daltrey clearly sings 'I fight for my meals'. Sorry to anyone who thinks otherwise.]
The Who's, "Baba O' Riley"
Misheard Lyrics:
Out here in the fields
I farm for my meals.
I farm for my meals.
Original Lyrics:
Out here in the fields
I fight for my meals.
I fight for my meals.
The Who's, "Baba O'Riley"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't cry, don't raise your eye
It's only t**** twistin'.
It's only t**** twistin'.
Original Lyrics:
Don't cry, don't raise your eye
It's only teenage wasteland.
It's only teenage wasteland.
The Who's, "Baba O'Riley"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't need to be Bohemian.
Original Lyrics:
I don't need to be forgiven.
The Who's, "Baba O'Riley"
Misheard Lyrics:
Out here in the fields,
Alfalfa 'round me
Alfalfa 'round me
Original Lyrics:
Out here in the fields,
I fight for my meals
I fight for my meals
The Who's, "Baba O'Riley"
Misheard Lyrics:
Out here in the fields, I fight for my meals
I get my back into my kneebends
I get my back into my kneebends
Original Lyrics:
Out here in the fields, I fight for my meals
I get my back into my living.
I get my back into my living.
The Who's, "Baba O'riley"
Misheard Lyrics:
As I retake my hand
The tribe of softballs land.
or
As I retake my hand
The tribal softballs land.
The tribe of softballs land.
or
As I retake my hand
The tribal softballs land.
Original Lyrics:
Sally, take my hand
Travel south crossland.
Travel south crossland.
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