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Misheard song lyrics (also called mondegreens) occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song. These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics, which is called parody. This page contains all the misheard lyrics for The Box Tops that have been submitted to this site and the old collection from inthe80s started in 1996. For more information about the misheard lyrics available on this site, please read our FAQ.

There are 22 misheard song lyrics for The Box Tops on amIright currently.

"Cry Like A Baby" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Course you left the water runnin' now.
Original Lyrics:
You left the water running now.
"Cry Like A Baby" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I know now that you're just a baby
Not a boy or a puppet on a chain.
Original Lyrics:
I know now that you're not a plaything
Not a toy or a puppet on a string.
"Cry Like a Baby" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I call me a baby
Original Lyrics:
I cry like a baby
"Cry Like a Baby" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I cut out completely
Original Lyrics:
I cry like a baby
"I Met Her In Church" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I found love on a bathroom seat
in a little church just down the street
Original Lyrics:
I found love on a back row seat
in a little church just down the street
"Soul Deep" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Cause my love is a real gorilla so deep
Original Lyrics:
Cause my love is a river runnin' soul deep
"Soul Deep" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I'd work my substitute for you
Original Lyrics:
I'd work myself to death for you
"Soul Deep" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
My life depends on your touch
My love is a river and it's so deep
A waitin' inside me it's a so deep
Groovy to hide, can't be denied
Love is a river running so deep
Original Lyrics:
A lot depends on your touch
My love is a river running soul deep
A way down inside me it's a soul deep
Too big to hide, can't be denied
Love is a river running soul deep
"Soul Deep" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
My love is a river running so deep.
Original Lyrics:
My love is a river running soul deep.
"The Letter" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Gimme a ticket for a narrow plane.
Original Lyrics:
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane.
"The Letter" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Gimme a ticket for the Aerobid
Ain't got time to take the fast lane.
Original Lyrics:
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain't got time to take the fast train.
"The Letter" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Give me a chicken for an aeroplane.
Original Lyrics:
Give me a ticket for an aeroplane.
"The Letter" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Gonna take a bow-and-aeroplane.
Original Lyrics:
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane.
"The Letter" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't care how much money I gotta send
Got to get back to my baby at ten.
Original Lyrics:
I don't care how much money I gotta spend
Got to get back to my baby again.
"The Letter" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Jenny thinks trick-or-treat's an aeroplane.
Original Lyrics:
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane.
"The Letter" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Listen Mr. Cat, you see I got to get back to my baby once more.
Original Lyrics:
Listen Mr. can't you see I got to get back to my baby once more.
"The Letter" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Listen Mr. Kent you see I got to get back to me baby once a more.
Original Lyrics:
Listen Mr. can't you see I got to get back to my baby once more.
"The Letter" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Listen Mr. Kent you see
I gotta get back to my baby once more
Original Lyrics:
Listen mister can't you see
I gotta get back to my baby once more
"The Letter" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Listen mister, can't you see I got to get back to my baby wasn't home?
Original Lyrics:
Listen Mr., can't you see I got to get back to my baby once more?
"The Letter" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
My baby just root beer a letter.
Original Lyrics:
My baby just wrote me a letter.
"The Letter" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
My baby sister wrote me a letter.
Original Lyrics:
My baby just wrote me a letter.
"The Letter" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
My baby sister wrote me a letter
Original Lyrics:
My baby she wrote me a letter

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