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Song names are sorted by first letter, excluding A and The. This is sorted by song title only, not by song title and performer. So if two different performers preformed the same song, you'll see misheard lyrics for both on the same page (provided the song title was spelt the same both times, and misheard lyrics have been submitted for both!).


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Del Amitri's, "Roll To Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
The Right time, the wrong means
The Real Lyrics:
The Right Time to Roll to me.
The Story: Came out when I was only 11. My dad told me it was Hootie and the Blowfish, way off! - Submitted by: David
Del Amitri's, "Roll To Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
The right time to roll over me.
The Real Lyrics:
The right time to roll to me.
The Story: The producers put the song to an episode of America's Funniest Home Videos. It had footage of people being rolled over, thus the confusion. - Submitted by: Michael Lewis
Del Amitri's, "Roll To Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
The right time, the wrong amoeba
The Real Lyrics:
The right time to roll to me.
The Story: We used to always sing this song on road trips to and from college. And our friend Shari, one day, happened to be singing louder than the rest of us. That's when we caught her. 'What did you just sing?' 'The Wrong Amoeba,' she answered. 'Shari, you know the song is called Roll To Me, why the h*** would you say 'amoeba', and what the hell does that even mean??' The best we could get out of her, 'Uhh, I dunno.' - Submitted by: Jason Karkut
Del Amitri's, "Roll to Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
The right time, the wrong me
The Real Lyrics:
The right time to roll to me
The Story: A co-worker told me a long story about this song 'the right time, the wrong me.' I just figured that was the lyric. When I found out the right lyric, I was disappointed: the mis-hear is actually more insightful than the right one. Oh well! - Submitted by: Becky
Del Amitri's, "Roll to Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
The right time, the wrong me
The Real Lyrics:
The right time to roll to me
The Story: Went into Sam Goody and asked the salesperson if he knew the song the right time, the wrong me. He looked at me like I had three heads. So I started singing it to him. He still didn't know. - Submitted by: Dan
Del Amitri's, "When You Were Young"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Look at the food you have been
The Real Lyrics:
Look at the fool you have been
The Story: Once again, why we mishear "fool" as "food" - Submitted by: Cody Finke

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