Operation Ivy

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This page contains a list of the songs that have stories about their misheard lyrics submitted.

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!).

Operation Ivy album at Amazon.com

Operation Ivy's, "Artifical Life"

The Misheard Lyrics:

Ours is the life in the market place

The Real Lyrics:

Artificial life in the market place

The Story: My brother lent me an Operation Ivy CD which I played in my car for about a year....then I started to question some of what I thought the lyrics were. I wondered why they would be saying that they loved the life in the market place. - Submitted by: Me

Operation Ivy's, "Take Warning"

The Misheard Lyrics:

Ted Gordon, Ted Gordon

The Real Lyrics:

Take Warning, Take Warning

The Story: I actually didn't mishear it this way, though Jesse's singing can occasionally be indecipherable (though he's a lyrical genius). Credit for this one goes to an ex of mine who used to see opiv all the time, but only had the album as a dubbed tape. For years, she thought those were the lyrics. Of course, this is the same girl who was once driving down the road with friends in her pink Bug, saw another pink car and said, 'I wish I had a pink car...' so do with this what you will... - Submitted by: Dave Johnson

There are more Operation Ivy misheard lyrics available.

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