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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 Nashville Cats 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.
Lovin' Spoonful's, "Nashville Cats"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ice cream cats
Play wild as mountain dew.
Play wild as mountain dew.
Original Lyrics:
Nashville cats
Play wild as mountain dew.
Play wild as mountain dew.
Lovin' Spoonful's, "Nashville Cats"
Misheard Lyrics:
Nashville Cats got a working four by two..
Original Lyrics:
Nashville Cats get work before they're two.
Lovin' Spoonful's, "Nashville Cats"
Misheard Lyrics:
Nashville Cats, it's worth performing, too
or
Nashville Cats, it worked a poor man, too.
or
Nashville Cats, it worked a poor man, too.
Original Lyrics:
Nashville Cats get work before they're two.
Lovin' Spoonful's, "Nashville Cats"
Misheard Lyrics:
Nashville Cats, they loves Mountain Dew
Original Lyrics:
Nashville Cats, play wild as mountain dew
Lovin' Spoonful's, "Nashville Cats"
Misheard Lyrics:
Nashville Cats, they wogs Mountain Dew .
Original Lyrics:
Nashville Cats, play wild as mountain dew.
Lovin' Spoonful's, "Nashville Cats"
Misheard Lyrics:
Nashville cats are strangers to clean water
Nashville cats go wild on mountain dew
Nashville cats, been playin' with sixteen babies
Nashville cats get to work at half past two
Nashville cats go wild on mountain dew
Nashville cats, been playin' with sixteen babies
Nashville cats get to work at half past two
Original Lyrics:
Nashville cats play clean as country water
Nashville cats play wild as mountain dew
Nashville cats, been playin' since they's babies
Nashville cats get work before they're two
Nashville cats play wild as mountain dew
Nashville cats, been playin' since they's babies
Nashville cats get work before they're two
Lovin' Spoonful's, "Nashville Cats"
Misheard Lyrics:
Nashville cats play clean's country waters
Nashville cats play mom's mountain dew
Nashville cats play mom's mountain dew
Original Lyrics:
Nashville cats play clean as country waters
Nashville cats play wild as mountain dew
Nashville cats play wild as mountain dew
Lovin' Spoonful's, "Nashville Cats"
Misheard Lyrics:
Nashville cats, they clean the country water
Nashville cats, they pour the Mountain Dew
Nashville cats, they pour the Mountain Dew
Original Lyrics:
Nashville cats play clean as country water
Nashville cats play wild as mountain dew
Nashville cats play wild as mountain dew
Lovin' Spoonful's, "Nashville Cats"
Misheard Lyrics:
National cats play clean as country water
National cats play wild as mountain dew.
National cats play wild as mountain dew.
Original Lyrics:
Nashville cats play clean as country water
Nashville cats play wild as mountain dew.
Nashville cats play wild as mountain dew.
Lovin' Spoonful's, "Nashville Cats"
Misheard Lyrics:
Nice clean cats
Play wild as mountain dew.
Play wild as mountain dew.
Original Lyrics:
Nashville cats
Play wild as mountain dew.
Play wild as mountain dew.
Lovin' Spoonful's, "Nashville Cats"
Misheard Lyrics:
They's wild as mountain dew.
Original Lyrics:
Nashville cats
Play wild as mountain dew.
Play wild as mountain dew.
I must say, had I suggested this to the group when they composed it, I'm confident they would have adopted it instead; "Play" is fine enough indeed, but 'They's' fits right in with a more South'n colloquial grammar
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