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The Vapors', "Turning Japanese"
Misheard Lyrics:
...psyched lone ranger
Original Lyrics:
...cyclone ranger
The Vapors', "Turning Japanese"
Misheard Lyrics:
Burning calories
I think I'm burning calories
I really think so.
I think I'm burning calories
I really think so.
Original Lyrics:
Turning Japanese
I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so.
I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so.
The Vapors', "Turning Japanese"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dirty Japaneseah, it's a dirty Japanesah.
Original Lyrics:
Turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese.
The Vapors', "Turning Japanese"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody buzz me like a psycho-ranger.
Original Lyrics:
Everyone avoids me like a Cyclone Ranger.
The Vapors', "Turning Japanese"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everyone around me is a Toto stranger
Original Lyrics:
Everyone around me is a total stranger
The Vapors', "Turning Japanese"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everyone around me is a psyched Lone Ranger.
Original Lyrics:
Everyone avoids me like a Cyclone ranger.
The Vapors', "Turning Japanese"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everyone avoids me like I'm psycho danger
Original Lyrics:
Everyone avoids me like a Cyclone ranger.
The Vapors', "Turning Japanese"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everyone avoids me like a psyched lone ranger.
Original Lyrics:
Everyone avoids me like a Cyclone Ranger.
Editor's note: This line seems to be a disputed lyric. Some lyrics sites give this line as "cyclone ranger", and others as "psyched lone ranger". Until I see the liner notes of the album, or a member of the group enunciates the lyric, I'm leaving this one as it is.
The Vapors', "Turning Japanese"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everyone avoids me like a psycho ranger.
Original Lyrics:
Everyone avoids me like a Cyclone ranger.
The Vapors', "Turning Japanese"
Misheard Lyrics:
I cut your picture
Original Lyrics:
I got your picture
The Vapors', "Turning Japanese"
Misheard Lyrics:
I like a million of them all over myself.
Original Lyrics:
I'd like a million of them all 'round my cell.
The Vapors', "Turning Japanese"
Misheard Lyrics:
I really kissed her
Original Lyrics:
I really think so
The Vapors', "Turning Japanese"
Misheard Lyrics:
I think I'm Johnny Japanese-o
Think I'm Johnny Japanese-o
I really think so.
Think I'm Johnny Japanese-o
I really think so.
Original Lyrics:
I think I'm turning Japanese
I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so.
I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so.
The Vapors', "Turning Japanese"
Misheard Lyrics:
I think I'm Tony Japaneza,
I think I'm Tony Japaneza, with a gemstone
I think I'm Tony Japaneza, with a gemstone
Original Lyrics:
I think I'm turning Japanese,
I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so
I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so
The Vapors', "Turning Japanese"
Misheard Lyrics:
I think I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, all with a Ginsu.
Original Lyrics:
I think I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so
The Vapors', "Turning Japanese"
Misheard Lyrics:
I touch your picture
Original Lyrics:
I got your picture
The Vapors', "Turning Japanese"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'd like a million of you all to myself
or
I'd like a million of you over my cell.
or
I'd like a million of you over my cell.
Original Lyrics:
I'd like a million of them all 'round my cell.
The Vapors', "Turning Japanese"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm Carrie Fisher
Original Lyrics:
I got your picture
The Vapors', "Turning Japanese"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm Chubby Checker knees, I think I'm Chubby Checker knees, a man needs insoles
Original Lyrics:
I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so
The Vapors', "Turning Japanese"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a dirty Japanese, I'm a dirty Japanese, I really think so.
Original Lyrics:
I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so.
The Vapors', "Turning Japanese"
Misheard Lyrics:
Journey Japanita with a Journey Japanita and a Flintstone.
Original Lyrics:
Turning Japanese, I think I’m turning Japanese, I really think so.
Vapors', "Turning Japanese"
Misheard Lyrics:
Killing Condoleeza, I think I'm killing Condoleeza
Original Lyrics:
Turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese.
Vapors', "Turning Japanese"
Misheard Lyrics:
No you know what when it's dark.
Original Lyrics:
No you no wonder it's dark.
Vapors', "Turning Japanese"
Misheard Lyrics:
No you, no wonder. It's dark....
Original Lyrics:
No you, no wonder it's dark.
The Vapors', "Turning Japanese"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, Jakarta!
Your hair is brown.
Your hair is brown.
Original Lyrics:
It is in colour
Your hair is brown.
Your hair is brown.
Jakarta is the capital city of Indonesia.
Vapors', "Turning Japanese"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sony's Japanese-a, I said that Sony's Japanese-a.
Original Lyrics:
I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese.
The Vapors', "Turning Japanese"
Misheard Lyrics:
Turning Japanese,
I think I'm turning Japanese.
What an insult!
I think I'm turning Japanese.
What an insult!
Original Lyrics:
Turning Japanese,
I think I'm turning Japanese.
I really think so!
I think I'm turning Japanese.
I really think so!
The Vapors', "Turning Japanese"
Misheard Lyrics:
Turning Japanese
Ah, yes I'm turning Japanese
All with a Ginsu Ginsu Ginsu Ginsu.
Ah, yes I'm turning Japanese
All with a Ginsu Ginsu Ginsu Ginsu.
Original Lyrics:
Turning Japanese
I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so think so think so think so.
I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so think so think so think so.
The Vapors', "Turning Japanese"
Misheard Lyrics:
Turning Japanese
I think I'm turning Japanese
With the Flinstones.
I think I'm turning Japanese
With the Flinstones.
Original Lyrics:
Turning Japanese
I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so.
I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so.
The Vapors', "Turning Japanese"
Misheard Lyrics:
You wrote "I Love You"
I love me, too.
I love me, too.
Original Lyrics:
You wrote "I Love You"
I wrote "Me Too".
I wrote "Me Too".
The Vapors', "Turning Japanese"
Misheard Lyrics:
You wrote I love you
I rub you too
I rub you too
Original Lyrics:
You wrote "I love you"
I wrote "me too"
I wrote "me too"
The Vapors', "Turning Japanese"
Misheard Lyrics:
Your eyes are hazel
And soft as clowns.
And soft as clowns.
Original Lyrics:
Your eyes are hazel
And soft as clouds.
And soft as clouds.
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