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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 Cold Chisel 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.
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"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
A shief of wire and a freeway woe.
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a 3 day growth.
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Baby you can shout at me
But you can't leave my eyes
But you can't leave my eyes
Original Lyrics:
Baby you can shout at me
But you can't meet my eyes
But you can't meet my eyes
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Chap whining on the radio
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three-day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap Wine and a free bread roll
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three-day growth
PJ adds: "Barnesy, Don Walker and Ian Moss certainly made this song famous in 1980. So many people didn't understand the true lyrics of many Australian artists."
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap Wine and a teenage grope
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap car and a freeway-to-go
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three-day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine a free Daygo.
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three-day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and 2 bread rolls
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three-day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and I'll drink with a horse.
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three-day growth.
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and I'm 3 days old.
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a 3 day growth.
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and I'm feelin' good.
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three-day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and I'm feeling gross.
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a 3 day growth.
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and I'm ready to go
or
Cheap wine and a three-day book
or
Cheap wine and a three-day book
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three-day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a 3 day ho.
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a 3 day growth.
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a 3 day hope
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a 3 day growth.
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a 3 day roast
Original Lyrics:
Cheap Wine and a 3 day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a 3-legged goat
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a 3 day growth.
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a 3D girl
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three-day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a big red boat
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three-day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a cheese on toast
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three-day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a dose of Deep Throat
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine, and a three-day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a drink of rum
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a 3 day growth.
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a female goat
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three-day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a free bag of dope
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three-day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a free can of coke
or
Cheap wine and a free can of hope
or
Cheap wine and a free can of hope
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a free dead goat
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three-day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a free egg roll
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a free way road
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a leaky boat
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three-day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a little red car
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a pig in the poke
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three-day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a teenage goat
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three-day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a teenage grope
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a teenage love
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a 3 day growth.
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a teenage pro
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three day road
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three day roast
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three legged dog
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three legged goat
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three-day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three lettered note.
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three-day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three litre Coke
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three-day ho
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three-day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three-legged ghost
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a 3 day growth.
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three-legged goat
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three-day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a treated gout
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three-day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and an easy grope
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three-day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and cheese on toast.
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three day growth.
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and get some beer
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a 3 day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine that is three days old.
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three day growth.
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheese, wine and a three legged goat
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine, and a three-day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Chicken wipe with the minimo
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three-day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Chief Wild Eagle, three legged goat
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a 3-day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Chief Wild-eagle and his three legged goat
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine, and a three-day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
I got my cheap wine and a free bag of dope
Original Lyrics:
I got my cheap wine and a three day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
I keep trying with a three legged dog.
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three-day growth.
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a chicko roll
or
Cheap wine and a secret hope
or
Cheap wine and I'm three days home
or
Cheap wine and a three legged goat.
or
Cheap wine and a female goat
or
Cheap wine and a 3 day coke
or
Cheap wine and 3 gay goats
or
Sheep white and a three legged goat
or
Cheap Wine and a three day grope
or
Bitten by a teenage bloke
or
Cheap wine and a fillet pork
or
I keep trying with a three legged dog
or
I keep trying with a three legged dog
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a 3 day growth.
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
I keep trying with a three-legged dog
or
Cheap wine and a three-bedroom home
or
Cheap wine and a three-bedroom home
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a 3 day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
I smoked a denim and cigar.
Original Lyrics:
I smoked a Danneman cigar.
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Keep whinin' when I'm feeling low.
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three-day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Meddling every minute of the day before
Original Lyrics:
Mending every minute of the day before
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Once I smoked a dynamite cigar.
Original Lyrics:
Once I smoked a Danneman cigar.
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
S***wipin' with Mindy Cohn
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three-day growth
[Ed.s note: Mindy Cohn was the actress that played sweet and chubby Natalie on "The Facts of Life".]
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
She smiled at a three headed bloke
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's crying like a teenage pro.
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three day growth.
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's fine as a three legged goat
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's lying on a three-legged goat
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three-day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's mine an' a she don't know.
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three-day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's wider than a feeding goat.
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a 3 day growth.
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's wild as a female goat
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three-day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's wild like a three-legged goat.
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three-day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sheep wild and a three legged goat.
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a 3 day growth.
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sheep wine and 3 day moe
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three day growth
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sheep wine, and a pig-head goat.
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three-day growth.
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sheep wire, I'm a pig-headed bloke.
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a three-day growth.
"Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Spending every minute of the day before
Watching the ocean, watching the shore
Watching some girls, and thinkin' they could never be mine
Never be mine, yeah
Watching the ocean, watching the shore
Watching some girls, and thinkin' they could never be mine
Never be mine, yeah
Original Lyrics:
Mending every minute of the day before
Watching the ocean, watching the shore
Watching the sunrise, and thinkin' there could never be more
Never be more, yeah
Watching the ocean, watching the shore
Watching the sunrise, and thinkin' there could never be more
Never be more, yeah
"Choir Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
Crying in her red blue jeans.
Original Lyrics:
Crying like a refugee
"Choir Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll be the doctor
He has no sense of responsibility
He has no sense of responsibility
Original Lyrics:
All day the doctor
Handles his responsibility
Handles his responsibility
"Choir Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lookin' like a cryin' pearl.
Original Lyrics:
Lookin' like a choir girl.
"Choir Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
Loves me like a sea slug
Original Lyrics:
Loves me like a sister
"Choir Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
Nothing like a crime girl
Original Lyrics:
Looking like a choirgirl
"Choir Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh dear, the doctor (oh dear the doctor)
He had no sense (of) responsibility
He had no sense (of) responsibility
Original Lyrics:
All day the doctor (all day the doctor)
He handles his responsibility
He handles his responsibility
"Choir Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
One nurse
To wheel her down the corridors of feelin'
To wheel her down the corridors of feelin'
Original Lyrics:
One nurse
To wheel her down the corridors of healin'
To wheel her down the corridors of healin'
"Choir Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's no connection, yet I hold on
Original Lyrics:
She's my connection, yeah! I'll hold on
"Choir Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
Shoves me like a sinister.
Original Lyrics:
Loves me like a sister.
"Flame Trees"
Misheard Lyrics:
And oh the flame trees go by the weary driver
And there's nothing else to set fire to this town
There's no change, there's no grace
And there's nothing else to set fire to this town
There's no change, there's no grace
Original Lyrics:
And oh the flame trees will blind the weary driver
And there's nothing else could set fire to this town
There's no change, there's no pace
And there's nothing else could set fire to this town
There's no change, there's no pace
"Flame Trees"
Misheard Lyrics:
And there's a girl, she's throwing up!!
Original Lyrics:
And there's a girl, she's falling in love.
"Flame Trees"
Misheard Lyrics:
Do you remember, nothing stopped us on a feel
Were in our day
Were in our day
Original Lyrics:
Do you remember, nothing stopped us on the field
In our day
In our day
Barnes' Scottish accent is to blame
"Flame Trees"
Misheard Lyrics:
Kids are drivin' Saturday afternoon just passed me by
And I'm just savouring familiar sights
We shed some history, this town and I
And I can't stop that long-forgotten feeling of her
Time to book a room and stay the night
And I'm just savouring familiar sights
We shed some history, this town and I
And I can't stop that long-forgotten feeling of her
Time to book a room and stay the night
Original Lyrics:
Kids out driving Saturday afternoon just pass me by
And I'm just savouring familiar sights
We shared some history, this town and I
And I can't stop that long-forgotten feeling of her
Time to book a room and stay tonight
And I'm just savouring familiar sights
We shared some history, this town and I
And I can't stop that long-forgotten feeling of her
Time to book a room and stay tonight
"Flame Trees"
Misheard Lyrics:
Number one is to find some friends who'll say, "You're doing well...
After all this time you boys look just the same."
Number two is to have a yacht at one of two hotels
And settle into: "Hey, do you remember so and so?"
And number three is never say her name
After all this time you boys look just the same."
Number two is to have a yacht at one of two hotels
And settle into: "Hey, do you remember so and so?"
And number three is never say her name
Original Lyrics:
Number one is to find some friends to say "you're doing well"
After all this time you boys look just the same
Number two is the happy hour at one of two hotels
And settle in to play "Do you remember so and so?"
And number three is never say her name
After all this time you boys look just the same
Number two is the happy hour at one of two hotels
And settle in to play "Do you remember so and so?"
And number three is never say her name
"Flame Trees"
Misheard Lyrics:
Want to book a room and stay the night.
or
Came to book a room and stay the night.
or
Came to book a room and stay the night.
Original Lyrics:
Try to book a room to stay tonight.
"Flame Trees"
Misheard Lyrics:
With a little old black artworker, holding hands
or
With a little old black outworker, holding hands
or
With a little old black outworker, holding hands
Original Lyrics:
With her young local factory out-of-worker, holding hands.
"Flame Trees"
Misheard Lyrics:
You know it takes more than just a mammary to make me cry
Original Lyrics:
You know it takes more than just a memory to make me cry
Barnes' Scottish accent is to blame
"Khe Sahn"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cock pumps make me jumpy
Original Lyrics:
Car parks make me jumpy
"Khe Sahn"
Misheard Lyrics:
I left my heart in a Salvos van Khe Sahn.
Original Lyrics:
I left my heart to the sappers 'round Khe Sahn.
"Khe Sahn"
Misheard Lyrics:
I left my heart to the sapple's band 'round Khe Sahn.
Original Lyrics:
I left my heart to the sappers 'round Khe Sahn.
"Khe Sahn"
Misheard Lyrics:
I slit my wrists on a cattle farm Khe Sahn
Original Lyrics:
I left my heart to the sappers 'round Khe Sahn.
"Khe Sanh"
Misheard Lyrics:
About the long forgotten Dark Side guarantees
Original Lyrics:
About the long forgotten dockside guarantees
"Khe Sanh"
Misheard Lyrics:
And each one found the anus,
one more year the worse for wear
one more year the worse for wear
Original Lyrics:
And each one found me aimless,
one more year the worse for wear
one more year the worse for wear
"Khe Sanh"
Misheard Lyrics:
And she was like so many down at Blacktown Mall.
Original Lyrics:
And she was like so many more from that time on.
"Khe Sanh"
Misheard Lyrics:
And she was like so many more from Blacktown Farm.
Original Lyrics:
And she was like so many more from that time on.
"Khe Sanh"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the chickens legs are yellow,
they are long and very lean
they are long and very lean
Original Lyrics:
And the legal pads were yellow,
hours long, paypackets lean
hours long, paypackets lean
"Khe Sanh"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the legal pads raved on
I was Bombay-back-in-Maine
And the talac's riders collided
Where the gunships once had been
And cowpox made me jumpy
And I never stop the dream
Oh of the growing need for speed and Novocaine
I was Bombay-back-in-Maine
And the talac's riders collided
Where the gunships once had been
And cowpox made me jumpy
And I never stop the dream
Oh of the growing need for speed and Novocaine
Original Lyrics:
And the legal pads were yellow
Hours long, pay packets lean
And the telex writers clattered
Where the gunships once had been
And car parks make me jumpy
And I never stop the dream
Of the growing need for speed and Novocaine
Hours long, pay packets lean
And the telex writers clattered
Where the gunships once had been
And car parks make me jumpy
And I never stop the dream
Of the growing need for speed and Novocaine
Car parks and not COWPOX?? (smallpox was still around in '78).
"Khe Sanh"
Misheard Lyrics:
I left my heart to the South of France, Khe Sanh.
Original Lyrics:
I left my heart to the sappers 'round Khe Sanh.
"Khe Sanh"
Misheard Lyrics:
I left my heart to the crap ass band Khe Sanh
Original Lyrics:
I left my heart to the sappers round Khe Sanh
"Khe Sanh"
Misheard Lyrics:
I left my heart to the sandwich man, Khe Sanh.
Original Lyrics:
I left my heart to the sappers 'round Khe Sanh.
"Khe Sanh"
Misheard Lyrics:
I left my heart to the seppos 'round Khe Sanh.
Original Lyrics:
I left my heart to the sappers 'round Khe Sanh.
A seppo is Australian slang for an American. Seppo is short for septic tank, which is rhyming slang for yank, which is a far more recognised slang for Americans...
"Khe Sanh"
Misheard Lyrics:
I saw the ocean and the silver city
Original Lyrics:
From the ocean to the silver city
"Khe Sanh"
Misheard Lyrics:
I was some place packing meat
Original Lyrics:
Hours long, pay packet lean
"Khe Sanh"
Misheard Lyrics:
Last train out of Sydney's almost gone
Original Lyrics:
Last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
"Khe Sanh"
Misheard Lyrics:
Saw an orphan but I couldn't kiss her,
She was lying and I was holding the lucky man
She was lying and I was holding the lucky man
Original Lyrics:
Saw an old friend but I couldn't kiss her
She was lined and I was home to the lucky land
She was lined and I was home to the lucky land
"Khe Sanh"
Misheard Lyrics:
She was blind and I was home to the lucky land
Original Lyrics:
She was lined and I was home to the lucky land
"Khe Sanh"
Misheard Lyrics:
She was lying and I was home to the American man
Original Lyrics:
She was lined and I was home to the lucky land
"Khe Sanh"
Misheard Lyrics:
The last train out of Sydney's almost gone
Original Lyrics:
The last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
"Khe Sanh"
Misheard Lyrics:
The legal pads were yellow, I was on pay packets then
Original Lyrics:
And the legal pads were yellow
Hours long, paypackets lean.
Hours long, paypackets lean.
I really like this site.
"Khe Sanh"
Misheard Lyrics:
The legal pads were young hours
Long pay packet lean.
Long pay packet lean.
Original Lyrics:
And the legal pads were yellow
Hours long, paypackets lean.
Hours long, paypackets lean.
"My Baby"
Misheard Lyrics:
My penis
Original Lyrics:
My baby
"Shipping Steel"
Misheard Lyrics:
S****in' steel, sh***in' steel.
Original Lyrics:
Shippin' steel, shippin' steel.
"Showtime"
Misheard Lyrics:
The smutty backdoor critics
Original Lyrics:
The smug de-facto critics
"Star Hotel"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ain't no deal, we got nothing to sell,
There's a place to fix the car at the Star Hotel
There's a place to fix the car at the Star Hotel
Original Lyrics:
Ain't no deal, we got nothing to sell,
It's just a taste of things to come, at the Star Hotel
It's just a taste of things to come, at the Star Hotel
"When The War Is Over"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ain't nobody gone be still this far away.
Original Lyrics:
Ain't nobody gonna steal this heart away.
"Working Class Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Life's too short for burning brandy.
Original Lyrics:
Life's too short for burning bridges.
"Working Class Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Running like a psycho
'Cross the wide blue western sky.
'Cross the wide blue western sky.
Original Lyrics:
Running like a cyclone
'Cross the wide blue western sky.
'Cross the wide blue western sky.
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