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 Refugee that have been submitted to this site and the old collection from inthe80s started in 1996.
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Don't ask a little like a nephew team
Don't have to live like a refugee
Don't hate the little Affro refuges.
Don't have to live like a refugee.
Don't have to leave like a referee
Don't have to live like a refugee
Don't have to live life in effigy.
Don't have to live like a refugee.
Don't have to live like a deputy.
Don't have to live like a refugee.
Don't have to live like a rat and cheese
Don't have to live like a refugee
Don't mess around with the love machine.
Baby, you don't have to live like a refugee.
I'm sure a lot of other lovers still hurt
I'm sure a lot of other lovers been burned
It's okay to live like a refugee
or
Don't have a liver like a refugee
Don't have to live like a refugee
It's one of those things you gotta feel to betray
It's one of those things you gotta feel to be true
Little Latin refugee
Don't have to live like a refugee
Love is a little like a refugee
Don't mess around with the refugee.
No ya don't have to live like a refugee
Don't have to live like a refugee.
Somewhere, somehow, somebody must get
Kicked you around, son
Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have
Kicked you around some
You don't act a little like a refugee
Don't act a little like a refugee
You don't have to live like a refugee
Don't have to live like a refugee
You don't have to live like an SUV.
You don't have to live like a refugee.
You don't have to live like you wrecked your jeans.
You don't have to live like a refugee.
You say you don't have to live like a refugee.
Don't have to live like a refugee.
You see, you don't have to live like a refugee.
Don't have to live like a refugee.