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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!).


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Roy Orbison's, "Only The Lonely"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Only baloney
The Real Lyrics:
Only the lonely
The Story: It's actually one my wife misheard lyrics, but she doesn't web surf looking for dumb stuff like I do. - Submitted by: Rick Karrasch
Roy Orbison's, "Only The Lonely"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Phoney baloney
The Real Lyrics:
Only the lonely
The Story: As a kid in the 50's, my mother used the phrase "phoney baloney'" much as "B.S." is used today. Every time I heard the song I actually thought Roy Orbison was singing "phoney baloney" - Submitted by: Randy Krohn
Roy Orbison's, "Only the Lonely"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Odie Cologne
The Real Lyrics:
Only the lonely
The Story: I first got a copy of this classic record when my cousin gave me her old 45s--I was about three years old then. I used to play it on my Close-n-Play phonograph--remember those?--and I'd walk around singing 'Odie Cologne' to that, despite the fact that the label clearly said "Only the Lonely"! Odie Cologne was the skunk character in the King Leonardo cartoon, which shows you where my head was at back then...I was REALLY warped by bad TV cartoons...LOL! - Submitted by: Mark Speck
Roy Orbison's, "Pretty Woman"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Dirty woman
The Real Lyrics:
Pretty woman
The Story: As with other misheard lyrics, I would sign this one when the song played on the radio, and a family member would correct me. I guess 'dirty woman' would sound sexist in today's climate. - Submitted by: Doug Montgomery
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