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.
This page contains all the misheard lyrics for Help Is On Its Way that have been submitted to this site and the old collection from inthe80s started in 1996.
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'Hang on', a Chinese voice did say.
'Hang on', a tiny voice did say.
'Hang on', tiny boys can say
Somewhere deep inside me there's a man.
'Hang on', a tiny voice did say
From somewhere deep inside the inner man.
Editor's note: the title does NOT have an apostrophe in it. "It's" is a contraction (for "it is" or "it has"); it does NOT show possession. The possessive form is "its", which NEVER uses an apostrophe.
Aids on
Hang on
The AIDS virus didn't exist when this song was made, so it's not plausible to have heard that when the song was new.
Foam underwear is so easy for me
Form a duet, let him sing melody.
Hang on
Delta's on its way.
Hang on
Help is on its way.
Hang up! Someone's on his way
Hang on! Help is on its way.
Hey la, hearkens on its way
Hang on, help is on its way
I'll be dead as fast as I can
I'll be there as fast as I can
Somewhere deep inside bein' a man.
From somewhere deep inside the inner man.
Somewhere deep inside bein' a man
From somewhere deep inside the inner man.
Somewhere deep inside me is a man.
From somewhere deep inside the inner man.
Hang on, Yankees on its way
or
Hang on, Mets are on their way
Hang on, help is on its way
The Yankees (AL) and Mets (NL) are both MLB teams based in New York City