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Misheard Lyrics -> New Entries for November 9, 2020
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1950s | |
1960s | |
Chic's, "Good Times"
Misheard Lyrics: The clock keeps turning, why dissipate?
Original Lyrics: The clock keeps turning, why hesitate?
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Friend & Lover's, "Reach Out of the Darkness"
Misheard Lyrics: And you may find L.A.
Original Lyrics: And you might find a way
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Herman's Hermits', "I'm Into Something Good"
Misheard Lyrics: There's something special all the time
Original Lyrics: There's something special on my mind
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1970s | |
Chicago's, "Saturday in the Park"
Misheard Lyrics: Another day in the dark
Original Lyrics: Another day in the park
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Chicago's, "Wishing You Were Here"
Misheard Lyrics: On the road it's a h*** of a load
Original Lyrics: On the road it's a heavy load
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Elton John's, "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
Misheard Lyrics: This boy's too young to be saying
Original Lyrics: This boy's too young to be singing
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Jim Croce's, "I Got a Name"
Misheard Lyrics: If it gets me going
Original Lyrics: If it gets me nowhere
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Neil Young's, "After the Gold Rush"
Misheard Lyrics: Look at Mother Nature on the run in the 1917.
Original Lyrics: Look at Mother Nature on the run in the 1970's.
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Smokie's, "Living Next Door To Alice"
Misheard Lyrics: Threw up together, two kids in the park
Original Lyrics: Grew up together, two kids in the park
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Steve Miller Band's, "Take The Money And Run"
Misheard Lyrics: They sit around the house get an eye wash or two
Original Lyrics: Than sit around the house, get high, and watch the tube.
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Stevie Wonder's, "I Wish"
Misheard Lyrics: What would be my joy?
Original Lyrics: What would be my toy?
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The Doors', "L.A. Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: Well I took a little dot about an hour ago
Original Lyrics: Well, I just got into town about an hour ago.
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The Muppets', "The Rainbow Connection"
Misheard Lyrics: Why is this song all about rhinos?
Original Lyrics: Why is this song all about rainbows?
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The Spinners', "I'll Be Around"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll be slipping in the coffin
Original Lyrics: I'll be skipping and a jumping
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1980s | |
Bee Gees', "You Win Again"
Misheard Lyrics: And it’s fight the good fight
Have a bottle of rum with me You win again So little time We do nothing but compete There’s no life on earth No bugger could see me through You win again Original Lyrics: There's no fight you can't fight
This battle of love with me You win again So little time We do nothing but compete There's no life on earth No other could see me through You win again |
Eric Carmen's, "Hungry Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics: I look at you and I can't describe
Original Lyrics: I look at you and I fantasize
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Mike Reno and Ann Wilson's, "Almost Paradise"
Misheard Lyrics: Hell on ice
Original Lyrics: Paradise
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Motley Crue's, "Too Fast for Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Too fat, too fat for love, hang on, hang o o on
Cool love, cool love. Hangin’ on a jet stream lovin’ someone else’s dream Original Lyrics: Too fast, too fast for love, hang on, hang o o on
Good love, good love. Hangin' on a jet stream lovin’ someone else’s dream. |
Tears for Fears', "Head Over Heels"
Misheard Lyrics: You're just-just-just making time
Original Lyrics: You're just-just-just wasting time
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1990s | |
Commercial's, "Hot Wheels"
Misheard Lyrics: Hot Wheels, Oil of Olay
Original Lyrics: Hot Wheels, leading the way
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Kele Le Roc's, "Little Bit Of Lovin'"
Misheard Lyrics: You might think that a girl like me wanna hurt you more violently
Original Lyrics: You might think that a girl like me won't approach you more gladly
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Madonna's, "Don't Cry for Me Argentina"
Misheard Lyrics: I've kept my trouble
Original Lyrics: I've kept my promise
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Madonna's, "The Power of Good-Bye"
Misheard Lyrics: Learn to say you'll die
Original Lyrics: Learn to say good-bye
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Ricky Martin's, "Livin' La Vida Loca"
Misheard Lyrics: She took my car and she took my mommy
Original Lyrics: She took my heart and she took my money
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Steps', "One For Sorrow"
Misheard Lyrics: Now the places that we knew, mommy, of how we were
Original Lyrics: Now the places that we knew remind me of how we were
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White Town's, "Your Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: When I saw American Bandstand yesterday
She said I never love him (Dick Clark) and the stars Original Lyrics: When I saw my best friend yesterday
She said she'd never liked you from the start |
2000s | |
Beyonce's, "Naughty Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll be your party girl
Original Lyrics: I'll be your naughty girl
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Bob the Builder's, "Mambo No. 5"
Misheard Lyrics: A little bit of Chuck E. mixed with Cheese
Original Lyrics: A little bit of concrete mixed with sand
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Chingy's, "Right Thurr"
Misheard Lyrics: I love the way you do it, not her
Original Lyrics: I like the way you do it right thurr
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Coheed and Cambria's, "The Camper Velourium II: Backend of Forever"
Misheard Lyrics: Over and out, begin again
Original Lyrics: Over and out, Connecticut.
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Gorillaz's, "5/4"
Misheard Lyrics: Echo for me, echo for me underground
Original Lyrics: It good for me, it good for me underground
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Mariah Carey's, "We Belong Together"
Misheard Lyrics: Makeup on forever
Original Lyrics: We belong together
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Tay Zonday's, "Chocolate Rain"
Misheard Lyrics: Made me got so sick the other day
Original Lyrics: Made me cross the street the other day
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2010s | |
Charlie Puth's, "Attention"
Misheard Lyrics: Throwing that turtle on my knee
Original Lyrics: Throwing that dirt all on my name
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Christina Perri's, "A Thousand Years"
Misheard Lyrics: Car speeds fast
Original Lyrics: Heart beats fast
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Jason Collett's, "Love Is a Dirty Word"
Misheard Lyrics: Of love's agriculture
Original Lyrics: Of love's architecture
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Neon Trees', "Everybody Talks"
Misheard Lyrics: I can be your new addition
or I can be your new edition Original Lyrics: I can be your new addiction
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Pia Toscano's, "This Time"
Misheard Lyrics: Well, on Mademoiselle
Original Lyrics: Well, I'm mad as hell
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Stone Sour's, "Through Glass"
Misheard Lyrics: And it's the star hearts
The star hearts that shine for you Original Lyrics: And it's the stars
The stars that shine for you |
The Black Eyed Peas', "The Time (Dirty Bit)"
Misheard Lyrics: And I swear this is you
And I yodel it to you Original Lyrics: And I swear this is true
And I owe it all to you |
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country | |
Johnny Cash's, "God's Gonna Cut You Down"
Misheard Lyrics: Rolo for a long time
Original Lyrics: Run on for a long time
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misc | |
Justin Bieber's, "Holy"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't do well with the drummer
Original Lyrics: I don't do well with the drama
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Miley Cyrus', "Midnight Sky"
Misheard Lyrics: See, it's hell around my waist
Original Lyrics: See his hands around my waist
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