Uncle John's Band

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Grateful Dead's, "Uncle John's Band"

Misheard Lyrics:

G** d*** will I declare
Have you seen the light?

Original Lyrics:

God d*a*m*n well I declare
Have you seen the like?

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Grateful Dead's, "Uncle John's Band"

Misheard Lyrics:

I live in a silver mine and I call it big, it's true.

Original Lyrics:

I live in a silver mine and I call it beggar's tomb.

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Grateful Dead's, "Uncle John's Band"

Misheard Lyrics:

It's the same story the poor don't eat

Original Lyrics:

It's the same story the crow told me

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Grateful Dead's, "Uncle John's Band"

Misheard Lyrics:

Their b***s were big as cannonballs.

Original Lyrics:

There walls are built of cannonballs.

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Grateful Dead's, "Uncle John's Band"

Misheard Lyrics:

There was a lilt of cannibals.

Original Lyrics:

Their walls are built of cannonballs.

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Grateful Dead's, "Uncle John's Band"

Misheard Lyrics:

There was a milt of connonballs
Whose motto is 'Don't tread on me'.

Original Lyrics:

Their walls are built of cannonballs
Their motto is 'Don't tread on me'.

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