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This page contains all the misheard lyrics for The Heart Of Rock And Roll that have been submitted to this site and the old collection from inthe80s started in 1996.
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And from what I've seen I'm a leevo
And from what I've seen I believe 'em
And those oval shaped pears, I'll eat 'em.
Now the old boy may be barely breathing.
C.C., San Antone, liberty Town
Boston and Baton Rouge.
D.C., San Antone, and the liberty town
Boston and Baton Rouge.
D.C., San Antone, and the liberty town
Boxed in a bathroom.
D.C., San Antone, and the liberty town
Boston and Baton Rouge.
D.C., San Antone, every little bitty town, Boston in a bathroom
Tulsa, Austin, Oklahoma City, yellow San Francisco girls
D.C., San Antone, and the Liberty town, Boston and Baton Rouge
Tulsa, Austin, Oklahoma City, Seattle, San Francisco too
D.C., San Antone, every living thing town
D.C., San Antone, and the Liberty town
Knock me over make me barely breathin'.
Now the old boy maybe barely breathin'.
My viola made me bad at breathing.
Now the old boy may be barely breathing.
Now Oklahoma may be better breathin'
The old boy may be barely breathin'
Now the album may be badly beaten
Now the old boy may be barely breathin'
Now the album may be barely breathing.
Now the old boy may be barely breathing.
Now the elbow may be bad at breathing
Now the old boy may be barely breathing
Now the elbow may be barely breathin'.
The old boy may be barely breathin'.
Now the hobo may be barely breathing.
Now the old boy may be barely breathing.
Now the oboe may be bad at breathing
Now the ol' boy may be barely breathing
Now the oboe may be bad in Britton
But the heart of rock and roll is in Sweden.
Now the ol' boy may be barely breathin'
But the heart of rock and roll is still beating.
Now the oboe may be banned in Cleveland.
Now the old boy maybe barely breathin'.
Now the oboe may be barely breathin'.
Now the old boy may be barely breathin'.
Now the oboe may be barely breathing.
Now the old boy may be barely breathing.
Now the oboe may be barely breeding.
Now the old boy may be barely breathin'.
Now the oboe may be better breedin'
But the harder rock and roll, the harder rock and roll is defeatin'.
Now the old boy may be barely breathing
But the heart of rock and roll, the heart of rock and roll is still beatin'.
Now the oboe may be there to greet them
But the heart of rock and roll, heart of rock and roll is in Cleveland.
Now the old boy maybe barely breathin',
But the heart of rock and roll, heart of rock and roll's still beatin'.
Now the oboe may be there to greet them
But the heart of rock and roll, heart of rock and roll is the beat, yeah.
Now the old boy maybe barely breathin',
But the heart of rock and roll, heart of rock and roll's still beatin'.
Now the oboe may be there to greet them.
Now the old boy may be barely breathin'.
Now the ogre may be barely breathin'.
Now the old boy may be barely breathin'.
Now the ogre may be barely breathin'.
Now the old boy may be barely breathing.
Now the ol' bow may be barely reeling.
Now the old boy maybe barely breathing.
Now the ol' folks may be barely breathin',
But the heart of rock and roll is still beatin'
Now the ol' boy may be barely breathin',
But the heart of rock and roll is still beatin'
Now the old folks may be barely breathing.
Now the old boy may be barely breathing.
Now the old one may be better freedom.
Now the old boy may be barely breathin'.
Now the opera may be barely breathin'.
Now the old boy may be barely breathin'.
Now the ordinary bear is bear is breathin'.
Now the old boy maybe barely breathin'.
Now the poor boy may be badly beaten
Now the old boy may be barely breathin
T. C., San Antone, every little bitty town
Boston in a bathroom
Tulsa, Austin, Oklahoma City,
Yellow San Francisco girls
D. C., San Antone, and the Liberty Town
Boston and-a Baton Rouge
Tulsa, Austin, Oklahoma City,
Seattle, San Francisco too
The Omar may be there to greet 'em
The old boy may be barely breathing
The elbow is barely breathing.
Now the old boy may be barely breathin'.
The elbow may be bad for freedom.
The old boy may be barely breathin'.
The hard of rock 'n' roll is to beat 'em.
The heart of rock 'n' roll is still beating.
The harder I can roll is forbidden
The heart of rock and roll is still beatin'
The harder rock and roll is Tibetan.
The heart of rock and roll is still beating.
The heart of Rock 'n' Roll is in Cleveland.
The heart of Rock 'n' Roll is still beating.
The heart of Rock and Roll is Topeka.
The heart of Rock and Roll is still beating.
The heart of rock 'n' roll is da feet, yeah
The heart of rock 'n' roll is still beating.
The heart of rock 'n' roll is to be thin.
The heart of rock and roll is still beatin'.
The heart of rock 'n' roll is with pizza.
The heart of rock 'n' roll is still beating.
The heart of rock and roll Cathedral
The heart of rock and roll is still beatin'.
The heart of rock and roll has been eaten
or
The heart of rock and roll has been beaten
or
The heart of rock and roll was deleted
The heart of rock and roll is still beating
The heart of rock and roll is (in) Topeka.
The heart of rock 'n' roll is still beatin'.
The heart of rock and roll is Stebeetin.
The heart of rock and roll is still beating.
The heart of rock and roll is Tibetan
The heart of rock and roll is still beatin'
The heart of rock and roll is Topeka.
The heart of rock and roll is still beating.
The heart of rock and roll is convenient.
The heart of rock and roll is still beatin'.
The heart of rock and roll is in Cleveland.
The heart of rock and roll is still beating.
The heart of rock and roll is defeated
or
The heart of rock and roll is in Cleveland
or
The heart of rock and roll is in Cleveland
The heart of rock and roll is still beatin'
This is not misheard, this is what they actually sang in a version recorded in Cleveland. All the Northeast Ohio radio stations play this version of the song. There seems to be several versions of this song doctored like this, there's another with Toronto and Montreal at the end as well.
The heart of rock and roll is in Sweden
The heart of rock and roll is still beatin'
The heart of rock and roll is the beat, and...
The heart of rock and roll is still beatin'
The heart of rock and roll is the beat, yeah.
The heart of rock 'n' roll is still beating.
The heart of rock and roll is to beat them.
The heart of rock and roll is still beatin'.
The heart of rock and rolls is tur-beatin'.
the heart of rock and roll is still beating.
The oboe may be bad at rhythm
The ol' boy may be barely breathin'
The oboe may be barely breathin'
The old boy may be barely breathing
The odor may be bad in Cleveland.
The ol' boy may be barely breathin'
The odor may be bad in Cleveland
The old boy may be barely breathin'
The old one may be there to greet them.
Now the old boy may be barely breathin'.
They say the harder rock and roll is to be them.
They say the heart of rock and roll is still beatin'.
They say the heart of rock 'n' roll is in Cleveland
In Cleveland
Detroit
Uh, heart of rock 'n' roll.
But the heart of rock and roll is still beating
In Cleveland
Detroit
Uh, heart of rock 'n' roll.
They say the heart of rock and rock is a-beatin'.
They say the heart of rock and roll is still beatin'.
They say the heart of rock and roll is Topeka
And from what I've seen, I'll be leavin'
Now the Oval may be there in Cleveland,
But the heart of rock and roll, heart of rock and roll is Topeka.
They say the heart of rock and roll is a-beatin'
and from what I see I believe 'em.
Now the old boy maybe barely breathin',
but the heart of rock and roll, heart of rock and roll is still beatin'.
They say the heart of rock and roll is a-bleedin'
and from what I see I believe 'em.
Now the opera may be barely breathin',
but the heart of rock and roll
heart of rock and roll's still bleedin'
They say the heart of rock and roll is a-beatin'
and from what I see I believe 'em.
Now the old boy maybe barely breathin',
but the heart of rock and roll
heart of rock and roll's still beatin'
They say the heart of rock and roll is defeated
And from what I've seen, I believe 'em.
They say the heart of rock and roll is still beatin'
And from what I see I believe 'em.
They say the heart of rock and roll is defeatin'
And from what I've seen, I believe 'em.
They say the heart of rock and roll is a-beatin'
And from what I've seen, I believe 'em.
They say the heart of rock and roll is defeatin'
They say the heart of rock and roll is still beatin'.
They say the heart of rock and roll is forbidden.
They say the heart of rock and roll is still beating.
They say the heart of rock and roll is forbidden
And from what I'm saying, I'll be leaving
Now the hobo made me bell and breathin'
But the heart of rock and roll's Mr. Beedton
They say the heart of rock and roll is still beating
And from what I've seen I believe 'em
Now the old boy may be barely breathing
But the heart of rock and roll is still beating
They say the heart of rock and roll is illegal
They say the heart of rock and roll is still beating
Editor's note: For consistency, please write the title as "The Heart Of Rock And Roll" (no ampersands or apostrophes please).
They say the heart of rock and roll is in Cleveland.
They say the heart of rock and roll is still beating.
They say the heart of rock and roll is in Cleveland
They say the heart of rock and roll is still beating
They say the heart of rock and roll is the beating
And from what I've seen, I believe 'em
Now the oboe may be barely breathing
But the heart of rock and roll, heart of rock and roll is the beating.
They say the heart of rock and roll is still beating
And from what I've seen, I believe 'em
Now the old boy may be barely breathing
But the heart of rock and roll, heart of rock and roll is still beating.
Though the oboe may be there to greet 'em
Now the old boy may be barely breathing
Where else can you do a hot familiar thing
All at a quarter-to-three?
Where else can you do a half-a-million things
All at a quarter-to-three?
And from what I say, "¡Ay Arriba!"
And from what I've seen, I believe 'em
Ballet, Hollywood in the Sunset Strip
L.A., Hollywood and the Sunset Strip
But the harder I can roll is forbidden
But the heart of rock and roll is still beating
DC sand intone and the liberty town
Boston and eat some stew
D.C., San Antone, and the liberty town
Boston and Baton Rouge.
Here in Hollywood at the Sunset Strip
L.A., Hollywood and the Sunset Strip
Now the locals may be barely breathing
Now the old boy may be barely breathing
Now the oboe may be there to greet them
Now the old boy maybe barely breathin'.
Now the oboe my be barely breathing.
Now the old boy may be barely breathing.
Now the odor may be barely breathing
Now the old boy may be barely breathing
Put the heart of rock and roll
Heart of rock and roll into Cleveland
But the heart of rock and roll
Heart of rock and roll is still beating
The harder rock and roll is forbidden
The heart of rock and roll is still beatin'
The opera may be better breeding
The old boy may be barely breathing
They say the heart of rock and roll is a beagle
They say the heart of rock and roll is still beating