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1960s | |
Cast of 'The Sound of Music''s, "Edelweiss"
Misheard Lyrics: Cradle vise, Cradle vise, bless my hometown forever.
Original Lyrics: Edelweiss, Edelweiss, bless my homeland forever.
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Cast of 'The Sound of Music''s, "Edelweiss"
Misheard Lyrics: Cradle vise, cradle vise, bless my homeland forever.
Original Lyrics: Edelweiss, Edelweiss, bless my homeland forever.
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1970s | |
Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: And left me by my delight
Original Lyrics: And left me blinded by the light
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Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: But moving everything is not the soul getting out on me
Original Lyrics: But losing everything is like the sun going down on me
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Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: But the news and everything
Original Lyrics: But losing everything
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Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: But you misread my mean and one eyed menu
Original Lyrics: But you misread my meaning when I met you
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Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: But you misread, I mean it when I met you.
Original Lyrics: But you misread my meaning when I met you.
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Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Close the door, and let me die by the light!
Original Lyrics: Closed the door and left me blinded by the light
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Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't let his mum go down on me
Original Lyrics: Don't let the sun go down on me
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Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't let your son go down on me
Original Lyrics: Don't let the sun go down on me
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Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't let your son go down on me.
Original Lyrics: Don't let the sun go down on me.
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Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I can't climb, oh, the rock that Monty climbed
Original Lyrics: I can't find all the right romantic line
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Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I can't fight no more of your magic life
Original Lyrics: I can't find, oh the right romantic line
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Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I can't fight, oh, but I know that you lied
Original Lyrics: I can't find, oh, the right romantic line
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Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I can't find, oh, the right-on mini blind
Original Lyrics: I can't find, oh, the right romantic line
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Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I can't hide no more Augie Dog-ness
Original Lyrics: I can't light no more of your darkness
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Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I can't lie, no more Augie Doggie
Original Lyrics: I can't light, no more of your darkness
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Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I can't lie, no more Augie Dogness.
Original Lyrics: I can't light no more of your darkness.
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Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I can't lie, no more honky-donkness.
Original Lyrics: I can't light no more of your darkness.
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Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I can't rely, on no more of your darkness
Original Lyrics: I can't light, no more of your darkness
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Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I took a chance and chased away a blind
Original Lyrics: I took a chance and changed your way of life
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Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I took a chance and chased away a blind
Original Lyrics: I took a chance and changed your way of life
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Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I'd just allow a Fatman on your wife to wander free.
Original Lyrics: I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free.
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Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm just another faggot in your life, there's one for me
But losing everything is like the sun going down on me Original Lyrics: I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free
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Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm just another faggot of your life
Original Lyrics: I'm just another fragment of your life
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Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm just another rabbit from a hat
Original Lyrics: I'm just another fragment of your life
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Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm just the fabric of our lives
Original Lyrics: I'd just allow a fragment of your life
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Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm just the fabric of our lives
Original Lyrics: I'd just allow a fragment of your life
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Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: What's in this rain, my evening when I met you
Original Lyrics: But you misread my meaning when I met you
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Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: What's in this rain, my evening when I met you
Original Lyrics: But you misread my meaning when I met you
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Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: You're losing everything,
But don't let the sun go down on me Original Lyrics: But losing everything is like the sun going down on me
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Elton John's, "Rocket Man"
Misheard Lyrics: Burning up his shoes I'm very long.
Original Lyrics: Burning out his fuse up here alone.
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Joan Baez's, "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
Misheard Lyrics: Virgil, quick come see, there goes Robert E. Lee.
Original Lyrics: Virgil, quick come see, there goes the Robert E. Lee.
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Manhattan Transfer's, "Trickle Trickle"
Misheard Lyrics: Please lend me your show
Original Lyrics: Please lend me your short.
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Pink Floyd's, "Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)"
Misheard Lyrics: The thoughts are castles in the classroom
Original Lyrics: No dark sarcasm in the classroom
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The Band's, "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
Misheard Lyrics: I took the train to Richmond that fell
Original Lyrics: By May the 10th, Richmond had fell
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The Band's, "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
Misheard Lyrics: Till so much cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
Original Lyrics: Till Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
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1980s | |
Christopher Cross', "Someday"
Misheard Lyrics: Some n**** gon' sue
Original Lyrics: Someday'll come soon
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1990s | |
Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre's, "No Diggity"
Misheard Lyrics: Birthday cards, sinful verbs
Original Lyrics: Herb's the word, spin's the verb
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DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince's, "Yo Home to Bel Air"
Misheard Lyrics: The cause of death was fresh
Original Lyrics: The license plate said "fresh"
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Dave Matthews Band's, "Crash Into Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Am I coming to you?
Original Lyrics: And I come but you
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Elton John's, "Simple Life"
Misheard Lyrics: We're going to get back to the circle of life again
Original Lyrics: We're going to get back to the simple life again
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George Michael and Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: But these cubs I have (Cubs I have)
Original Lyrics: But these cuts I have (Cuts I have)
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Junior Vasquez's, "If Madonna Calls"
Misheard Lyrics: Call me in Atlanta!
Original Lyrics: Call me in Miami!
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2000s | |
Rammstein's, "Zwitter"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm Slaanesh I'm Slaanesh Tzeentch's a snitch
Original Lyrics: Eins für mich Eins für dich Gibt es nicht
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Tim McGraw's, "Southern Voice"
Misheard Lyrics: Don’t let this old bull cross in this Crimson Tide t-shirt throw you
Original Lyrics: Don’t let this old gold cross and this Crimson Tide t-shirt throw you
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Wonder Pets', "Wonder Pets Theme Song"
Misheard Lyrics: It's a baby penguin
He's such a nice bird Original Lyrics: It's a baby penguin
He's caught on an iceberg |
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