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 Hurricane that have been submitted to this site and the old collection from inthe80s started in 1996.
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An all-right jury agreed.
And the all-white jury agreed.
And all Nigeria grieved.
And the all-white jury agreed.
And so Billy calls the cops
And so Patty calls the cops
And the cops are puttin' the 'scuse to him
Lookin' for someone to blame.
or
And the cops are puttin' the goose to him
Lookin' for someone to blame.
or
And the cops are puttin' the goose to him
Lookin' for someone to blame.
The cops are puttin' the screws to him
lookin' for someone to blame
And the cops pull over excuse me I'm
Lookin' for someone to blame.
The cops are puttin' the screws to him
Lookin' for someone to blame.
Enter Paterson in time from the upper hall
Enter Patty Valentine from the upper hall
This song takes place at the Lafayette Grill in Paterson, NJ, so the misheard lyrics make sense.
Here comes the story of the Burger King
The man the authorities came to play
Here comes the story of the hurricane
The man the authorities came to blame
The Click's, "Hurricane"
Hurricane, but you can call me scrurricane
Scrurricane, I know that I must be the man.
Hurricane, but you can call me sluricane
Sluricane, enough to start an engine mayne.
If you're black you might as well not shown up on the street
'Less you wanna drive a heap.
If you're black you might as well not show up on the street
'Less you wanna draw the heat.
In a rumor or less
To the room where I’m blessed
In the old Nigerian greed.
And the all white jury agreed.
That's the story of a parakeet.
That's the story of the hurricane.
There is a fire inside of this haunted riot about to explode into flames
There is a fire inside of this heart, and a riot about to explode into flames
Three bodies lying in the Spanish Sea
Three bodies lying there does Patty see
Tom Petty comes in from the upper hall
and:
And Tom Petty calls the cops
Enter Patty Valentine from the upper hall
and:
And so Patty calls the cops
We're going slowly to the Burger King
Here comes the story of the hurricane
While Rubin sits like Gudda in a ten foot cell
An innocent man in a living Hell.
While Rueben sits like Buddha in a ten foot cell
An innocent man in a living Hell.
You're the fattest thing i've ever done
you're the finest thing i've ever done