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1960s
Chaim Topol's, "If I Were A Rich Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
All day long, I'd bite 'em on the bum
Original Lyrics:
All day long, I'd biddy, biddy, boom.
Dion's, "Abraham, Martin and John"
Misheard Lyrics:
Has anybody here
Seen my old friend, Apeman?
Original Lyrics:
Has anybody here
Seen my old friend, Abraham?
John Fred & His Playboy Band's, "Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Keep on wearing your grease lips
Original Lyrics:
keep on wearing your bracelets
Lovin' Spoonful's, "Nashville Cats"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ice cream cats
Play wild as mountain dew.
Original Lyrics:
Nashville cats
Play wild as mountain dew.
Simon And Garfunkel's, "Scarborough Fair"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tell her to make me a camel hair shirt.
Original Lyrics:
Tell her to make me a cambric shirt.
The Left Banke's, "Walk Away Renee"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just walk away Renee
You won't see me in a Winnebago
Original Lyrics:
Just walk away Renee
You won't see me following you back home
 
1970s
Brothers Johnson's, "I'll Be Good to You"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll be wanting you, wanting you, wanting you
Original Lyrics:
I'll be good to you, good to you
Brothers Johnson's, "Stomp"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gotta stop, right now
In the name of love
In the name of God
Original Lyrics:
Gonna stomp all night
In the neighborhood
Gonna feel all right.
Cliff Richard's, "Mistletoe & Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Children singing Christie and rhyme
Original Lyrics:
Children singing Christian rhyme
Electric Light Orchestra's, "Confusion"
Misheard Lyrics:
And I see that lobster in your eyes
Original Lyrics:
And I see that lost look in your eyes
Electric Light Orchestra's, "Telephone Line"
Misheard Lyrics:
Blue knees, black tights
Original Lyrics:
Blue days, black nights
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer's, "Karn Evil 9 (First Impression, Part 2)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Next upon the stand
With a penis in her hand
Original Lyrics:
Next upon the stand
Will you please extend a hand
Helen Reddy's, "Delta Dawn"
Misheard Lyrics:
When a man of loaded green stood by her side.
Original Lyrics:
When a man of low degree stood by her side.
Led Zeppelin's, "Rock And Roll"
Misheard Lyrics:
A kick in the tits!
Original Lyrics:
I can't count the tears!
McFadden and Whitehead's, "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ain't no stoppin' us now
We got the glue
Original Lyrics:
Ain't no stoppin' us now
We got the groove
Redbone's, "Come And Get Your Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gail
Original Lyrics:
Come and get your love.
Skids', "Into The Valley"
Misheard Lyrics:
Into the valley, people in the fire
Original Lyrics:
Into the valley, betrothed and divine
Sly & The Family Stone's, "Family Affair"
Misheard Lyrics:
One child grows up to be somebody that just loves to learn
One child grows up to be somebody who just loves to murder.
Original Lyrics:
One child grows up to be somebody that just loves to learn
Another child grows up to be somebody you'd just love to burn.
Sly and the Family Stone's, "Family Affair"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's the family of man
Original Lyrics:
It's a family affair
Stevie Wonder's, "Sir Duke"
Misheard Lyrics:
And with a voice like Alice ringing out
There's no way the man can lose.
Original Lyrics:
And with a voice like Ella's ringing out
There's no way the band can lose.
Sweet's, "Fox on the Run"
Misheard Lyrics:
Fox on the run
You're screaming, every body comes marooning.
Original Lyrics:
Fox on the run
You scream and every body comes a-running.
The Clash's, "I Fought the Law"
Misheard Lyrics:
I cut the lawn, and the lawn won.
Original Lyrics:
I fought the law, and the law won.
The Ramones', "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sheena is a prawn cracker
Original Lyrics:
Sheena is a punk rocker.
 
1980s
Adam Ant's, "Strip"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't freeze up, girl, you're looking quite a sight,
Big time mirrors, I want it all tonight
Original Lyrics:
Don't freeze up, girl, you're looking quite a sight
Be generous, I want it all tonight.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood's, "Two Tribes"
Misheard Lyrics:
When two tribes go to war
Panties on, you can score.
Original Lyrics:
When two tribes go to war
A point is all you can score.
Kate Bush's, "Babooshka"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just like his wife before she freezed her hair
Original Lyrics:
Just like his wife before she freezed on him
Misheard Lyrics:
Santa too, Santa too
(Now we are here) with Santa too
Original Lyrics:
Xanadu, Xanadu
(Now we are here) in Xanadu
Pink Floyd's, "Young Lust"
Misheard Lyrics:
oooh, I hear your daddies a woman
Original Lyrics:
Oh, I need a dirty woman
Oh, I need a dirty girl.
Rod Stewart's, "Young Turks"
Misheard Lyrics:
Go Karts be free tonight
Original Lyrics:
Young hearts be free tonight.
Rush's, "Red Barchetta"
Misheard Lyrics:
From a better Spanish time
Original Lyrics:
A brilliant red barchetta
From a better, vanished time.
Stevie Wonder's, "Master Blaster"
Misheard Lyrics:
I know you
Will be jammin' until the place goes down.
Original Lyrics:
Didn't know you
Would be jammin' until the break of dawn.
Tears For Fears', "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody wants to run away
Original Lyrics:
Everybody wants to rule the world.
The Smiths', "Ask"
Misheard Lyrics:
If it's not love
Then it's the bong, the bong, the bong that will bring us together.
Original Lyrics:
If it's not love
Then it's the bomb, the bomb, the bomb that will bring us together.
Tina Turner's, "Simply The Best"
Misheard Lyrics:
See the lifetime of prozzies and a world of dreams
Original Lyrics:
See the lifetime of promises and a world of dreams
 
1990s
Aerosmith's, "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't wanna clung a ahhhhhh
Original Lyrics:
I don't want to close my eyes
Belinda Carlisle's, "Valentine"
Misheard Lyrics:
You said my hands were warm and that I was spaced out
Original Lyrics:
You said my hands were warm and that I was special
Foo Fighters', "Learn to Fly"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm looking for someone to save me
Original Lyrics:
I'm lookin to the sky to save me
Garbage's, "Push It"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's a disco fire
Original Lyrics:
Make the beats go higher
Metallica's, "Fuel"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gimme four, gimme five, gimme dollar fifty-five!
Original Lyrics:
Gimme fuel, gimme fire, gimme that which I desire!
Stevie Wonder's, "For Your Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
All the porn in the world
Is nothing to possess
Original Lyrics:
All the gold in the world
Is nothing to possess
Toni Braxton's, "Un-Break My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
And life is a crow without you here beside me
Original Lyrics:
And life is so cruel without you here beside me
Weezer's, "Buddy Holly"
Misheard Lyrics:
Your tongue is twisted, your eyes worth sh*t
You need a guardian
Original Lyrics:
Your tongue is twisted, your eyes are slit
You need a guardian
 
2000s
Fall Out Boy's, "A Little Less Sixteen Candles..."
Misheard Lyrics:
So sit on your wedding phone
Original Lyrics:
So say what are you waiting for?
R. Kelly's, "Ignition"
Misheard Lyrics:
So baby gimme that "Poo-poo"
And let me give ya that "Pee-pee"
Original Lyrics:
So baby gimme that "Toot-toot"
And let me give ya that "Beep-beep"
RZA's, "Fatal"
Misheard Lyrics:
The way my wallet changed brings me a thousand tears
Original Lyrics:
The way my world has changed, it brings me a thousand tears
 
2010s
Lil' Jon's, "Turn Down for What"
Misheard Lyrics:
Turn down the what.
Original Lyrics:
Turn down for what.
 
xmas
Mariah Carey's, "All I Want for Christmas Is You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Make my wish come, Drew
Original Lyrics:
Make my wish come true
Mariah Carey's, "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"
Misheard Lyrics:
They're saying, "Deck the halls."
Original Lyrics:
They're singing Deck the Halls
Traditional's, "Jingle Bells"
Misheard Lyrics:
And a one-horse open sleigh
Original Lyrics:
In a one-horse open sleigh
Traditional's, "Silent Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
Holy infant so tender and wild
Original Lyrics:
Holy infant so tender and mild

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