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Amy, did you hear about this one?
Andy, did you hear about this one?
Andy are you goofin on Elvis St. Peter
or
Andy are you goofin on Elvis street, baby?
or
Andy are you goofin on Elm Street baby?
or
Andy are you goofin on Elm Street baby?
Andy are you goofin on Elvis? Hey, baby
Andy are you goofin' on Elmer's glue, baby?
Hey Andy are you goofin' on Elvis, Hey, Baby?
Andy are you goofing on Elvis, St. Cruger?
Andy are you goofing on Elvis, hey, baby?
R.E.M's,
"Man On The Moon"
Andy are you goofing on LSD, baby?
Andy are you goofing on Elvis, hey baby?
Andy are you puking on Elvis
or
Andy are you groovin on Elvis?
or
Andy are you groovin on Elvis?
Andy are you goofing on Elvis
Andy, are you good friend of Elvis, hey Baby?
Andy, are you goofing on Elvis, hey baby?
Andy, are you goofing on Elm Street, baby?
Andy, are you goofing on Elvis, hey baby?
Andy, are you goofing on Elmer's safe glue
Andy, are you goofing on Elvis, hey baby
Annie are you golfin' on Elvis sayin'
'Baby, are we loose in touch?'
Hey Andy are you goofing on Elvis?
Hey Baby are we losin' touch?
Annie, did you hear about the swan?
Andy, did you hear about this one?
Bought the limo in the game of Life
Mot the Hoople and the Game of Life
Each of us troubled by the horrible ass
Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp
Edith was troubled by a horrible a**.
Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp.
Egypt was struggled by the horrible a**.
Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp.
Egypt was troubled by the horrible ass,
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp,
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Here's a little edge for the never-believer, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Here's a little goat for the offering, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Here's a little agit for the never-believer, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Here's a little ghost for the offering, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Here's a little legend for the never-believer
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Here's a little agit for the never-believer
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Editor's note: Is "agit" even a word? If so, what does it mean?
Here's a little wedgy for the never believer
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Here's a little agit for the never-believer
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Hey Annie did you hear about this one?
Hey Andy, did you hear about this one?
If you believe there's nothing out there to see
Nothing but jewels
If you believe there's nothing up their sleeve
Then nothing is cool
If you believe there's nothing up that street, nothing that's cool.
or
If you believe there's nothing up that street, nothing at school.
If you believe there's nothing up their sleeve, then nothing is cool.
If you believe there's nothing up there to see, and nothing to do
If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve, then nothing is cool
R.E.M's,
"Man On The Moon"
If you believe there's nothing up there to see, then nothing is cool.
If you believe there's nothing up their sleeve, then nothing is cool.
If you believe
There's nothing up in space.
If you believe
There's nothing up their sleeve.
R.E.M's,
"Man On The Moon"
If you believed they put a flan on the moon
If you believed they put a man on the moon
Marbles and the game of life
Mott the Hoople and the game of life
Martin Kahoon, boy and the game of life
Mot the Hoople and the game of life
Martin Luther wrote the Game of Life
Mott the Hoople and the game of Life
Martin Luther, the game of life
Mott the Hoople and the game of life.
Martin the moon boy, we gave him a ride.
Mott the Hoople and the Game of Life
Monday morning in the game of life.
Mott the Hoople and the game of life.
Mr. Charles Darwin had the balls to ask
Mr. Charles Darwin had the gall to ask
Mr. Charles Darwin had to go up and ask
Mr. Charles Darwin had the gall to ask
Mr. Charles Darwin left it all to pass.
Mr. Charles Darwin had the gall to ask.
Mr. Fred Blassie in a breathless mess
Mr. Fred Blassie in a breakfast mess
Newton got beaned by the apple wood
Newton got beaned by the apple good
Newton got beat by the apple rule
Newton got beaned by the apple good
R.E.M's,
"Man On The Moon"
Newton got mean by the apple bush.
Oedipus troubled by the horrible asp.
Mr Charles Darwin had to gnaw on the mast.
Newton got beaned by the apple good.
Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp.
Mr Charles Darwin had the gall to ask.
Not fully twenty-one, checkers and chess
Monopoly, twenty-one, checkers, and chess
Not only twenty, won Checkers and Chess
Monopoly, twenty-one, checkers and chess
Nothing beats twenty-one, checkers in chess.
Monopoly, Twenty-One, Checkers and Chess
Tell me, are you locked in the park?
Tell me, are you locked in the punch?
There's not really twenty-one checkers in chess.
Monopoly, twenty-one, checkers and chess.
R.E.M's,
"Man On The Moon"
They put a man on the phone
or
They put a man on the roof
or
They put a man on the roof
They put a man on the moon
This here Charles Darwin had the balls to ask.
or
At least Charles Darwin had the gall to ask.
Mr. Charles Darwin had the gall to ask.
Vodka Moon came alive, yeah yeah yeah
Andy Kaufman in a wrestling match, yeah yeah yeah
Napoli 21 and the checkers of chess
Mott The Hoople and the game of life, yeah yeah yeah
Andy Kaufman in the wrestling match, yeah yeah yeah
Monopoly, 21, checkers and chess
Bambi, did you hear about this one?
Andy, did you hear about this one?
If you're relieved
If they believed
Let's meet Tristan, let's meet Chris
Let's play Twister, let's play Risk
Monotony, 21, jackets and chest
Monopoly, 21, checkers and chess
Andy did you you hear about Miss Swan?
Andy did you hear about this one?
Angie, did you hear about this one?
or
Eddie, did you hear about this one?
Andy, did you hear about this one?
Anybody goofing on errors?
Andy, are you goofing on Elvis?
Here's a little adage for the never-believer
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Here's a little agit for the never-believer
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Here's a truck stop instead of St. Peter
Mr. Andy Kauffman in the water heater
Here's a truck stop instead of Saint Peter
Mr. Andy Kauffman has gone wrestling.
If you believe there's nothing up their sleeve, then nothing is cool.
If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve, then nothing is cool.
R.E.M's,
"Man on the Moon"
If you believe there's nothing up there to see, nothing at all
If you believe there's nothing up their sleeve, then nothing is cool.
If you believe, there's nothing out there asleep, or nothing at school
If you believe, there's nothing up his sleeve, then nothing is cool
If you're in the east
They put a man on the move
Man on the move
If you believed
They put a man on the moon
Man on the moon
If you're really in
If they believed
If you’re in Philly
If you believed
Philly is shorthand for Philadelphia
Martin Luther and the game of Life
Mott the Hoople and the game of life
Martin Luther plays the Game of Life
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Indian coughing in the wrestling match
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mott the Hoople and the Game of Life
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Andy Kaufman in the wrestling match
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mr. Charles Darwin had a horrible past
Mr. Charles Darwin had the gall to ask
Mr. Charles Darwin wore a normal mask.
Mr. Charles Darwin had the gall to ask.
Not really twenty-one checkers in chess
Monopoly, twenty-one, checkers and chess
There's only 21 checkers in chess
Monopoly, 21, checkers and chess
Wendy Kaufman and the wrestling match
Andy Kaufman in the wrestling match
Wendy Kaufman was the famous "Snapple Lady" in advertising in the early 1990s.