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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 The Letter that have been submitted to this site and the old collection from inthe80s started in 1996. For more information about the misheard lyrics available on this site, please read our FAQ.

The Box Tops', "The Letter"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gimme a ticket for a narrow plane.
Original Lyrics:
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane.
The Box Tops', "The Letter"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gimme a ticket for the Aerobid
Ain't got time to take the fast lane.
Original Lyrics:
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain't got time to take the fast train.
The Box Tops', "The Letter"
Misheard Lyrics:
Give me a chicken for an aeroplane.
Original Lyrics:
Give me a ticket for an aeroplane.
Box Tops', "The Letter"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gonna take a bow-and-aeroplane.
Original Lyrics:
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane.
Joe Cocker's, "The Letter"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold your cigarette, my baby wants more.
Original Lyrics:
Can't you see, I gotta get back to my baby once more?
The Box Tops', "The Letter"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't care how much money I gotta send
Got to get back to my baby at ten.
Original Lyrics:
I don't care how much money I gotta spend
Got to get back to my baby again.
Joe Cocker's, "The Letter"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm calling whores
Original Lyrics:
I'm coming home
The Box Tops', "The Letter"
Misheard Lyrics:
Jenny thinks trick-or-treat's an aeroplane.
Original Lyrics:
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane.
The Box Tops', "The Letter"
Misheard Lyrics:
Listen Mr. Cat, you see I got to get back to my baby once more.
Original Lyrics:
Listen Mr. can't you see I got to get back to my baby once more.
The Box Tops', "The Letter"
Misheard Lyrics:
Listen Mr. Kent you see I got to get back to me baby once a more.
Original Lyrics:
Listen Mr. can't you see I got to get back to my baby once more.
The Box Tops', "The Letter"
Misheard Lyrics:
Listen Mr. Kent you see
I gotta get back to my baby once more
Original Lyrics:
Listen mister can't you see
I gotta get back to my baby once more
Box Tops', "The Letter"
Misheard Lyrics:
Listen mister, can't you see I got to get back to my baby wasn't home?
Original Lyrics:
Listen Mr., can't you see I got to get back to my baby once more?
Box Tops', "The Letter"
Misheard Lyrics:
My baby just root beer a letter.
Original Lyrics:
My baby just wrote me a letter.
Box Tops', "The Letter"
Misheard Lyrics:
My baby sister wrote me a letter.
Original Lyrics:
My baby just wrote me a letter.
The Box Tops', "The Letter"
Misheard Lyrics:
My baby sister wrote me a letter
Original Lyrics:
My baby she wrote me a letter
The Medallions', "The Letter"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sweet words of his mentality
or
Sweet words of hismitality
Original Lyrics:
Sweet words of pizmotality
Pizmotality was a word made up by the group's Vernon Green.

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