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"Bertha"
Misheard Lyrics:
I had a hard on
Running from your window
Running from your window
Original Lyrics:
I had a hard run
Running from your window.
Running from your window.
"Bertha"
Misheard Lyrics:
I had a hard one
Running from your window.
Running from your window.
Original Lyrics:
I had a hard run
Running from your window.
Running from your window.
"Big River" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
taught the clowns how to cover up a queer blues guy
Original Lyrics:
taught the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky
The dead often blurred the words to sound ambiguous at live shows (dead shows?). Some whoever is singing backup (harmony) will have slightly different lyrics from each other.
"Bird Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
All I know she sang a while and then threw up.
Original Lyrics:
All I know she sang a little while and then flew on.
"Black Peter" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Anyone know from Saint Angel ...
Original Lyrics:
Annie Bonneau from Saint Angel ...
"Black Peter" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Anyone know from Sam and Jill
Original Lyrics:
Annie Bonneau from Saint Angel ...
"Black Peter" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Anyone know from sin and gin
Original Lyrics:
Annie Bonneau from Saint Angel ...
"Black Peter" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Anyone know from sin and jail
Original Lyrics:
Annie Bonneau from Saint Angel ...
"Black Peter" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Take a look at poor Peter
He's lying in paint
He's lying in paint
Original Lyrics:
Take a look at poor Peter
He's lying in pain
He's lying in pain
"Black Throated Wind"
Misheard Lyrics:
Forget about me, I forgot about you.
Original Lyrics:
You've done better by me than I've done by you.
"Born Cross-Eyed"
Misheard Lyrics:
We feel so horny in the sweet by and by
or
Bring me some porn in the sweet by and by
or
Bring me some porn in the sweet by and by
Original Lyrics:
Meet me some mornin' in the sweet by and by
"Born Cross-eyed"
Misheard Lyrics:
Meet me some morning in the suite. Bye. And, bye.
Original Lyrics:
Meet me some morning in the Sweet By-and-by
"Brown Eyed Women"
Misheard Lyrics:
Brown eyed women and red leather jeans
The bottom was dusty, but the knickers was clean.
The bottom was dusty, but the knickers was clean.
Original Lyrics:
Brown eyed women and red grenadine
The bottle was dusty, but the liquor was clean.
The bottle was dusty, but the liquor was clean.
"Brown Eyed Women"
Misheard Lyrics:
Clown fried slimmin' in breath death unseen
The water was dusted but we licked her up clean.
The water was dusted but we licked her up clean.
Original Lyrics:
Brown eyed women and red grenadine
The bottle was dusty, but the liquor was clean.
The bottle was dusty, but the liquor was clean.
"Brown Eyed Women"
Misheard Lyrics:
Delilah Jones was the mother of twins, two times over and the grass was singed
Original Lyrics:
Delilah Jones was the mother of twins, two times over and the rest were sins
"Brown Eyed Women"
Misheard Lyrics:
Delilah Jones was the mother of twins, two times over never rest much since.
Original Lyrics:
Delilah Jones was the mother of twins, two times over and the rest were sins
"Brown Eyed Women"
Misheard Lyrics:
Delilah Jones went to meet her darlin'
Original Lyrics:
Delilah Jones went to meet her God
"Brown Eyed Women"
Misheard Lyrics:
The blotter was dusty, but the liquid was clean
Original Lyrics:
The bottle was dusty, but the liquor was clean.
"Brown-Eyed Women"
Misheard Lyrics:
And it looks like the old man's getting down
Original Lyrics:
And it looks like the old man's getting on
"Brown-Eyed Women"
Misheard Lyrics:
Black eyed women and blue ketamine
The blotter was custie but the liquid was clean
The blotter was custie but the liquid was clean
Original Lyrics:
Brown eyed women, and red grenadine.
The bottle was dusty, but the liquor was clean.
The bottle was dusty, but the liquor was clean.
"Brown-Eyed Women"
Misheard Lyrics:
The blotter was dusted, but the liquid was clean.
Original Lyrics:
The bottle was dusty, but the liquor was clean.
"Casey Jones" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Case of Georgia bitter, watch your speed.
Original Lyrics:
Casey Jones you better, watch your speed.
"Casey Jones" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Casey Jones is bitter, watch your speed.
or
Casey Jones is ready, watch your speed.
or
Casey Jones is ready, watch your speed.
Original Lyrics:
Casey Jones you better, watch your speed.
"Casey Jones" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Casey Jones, you better wash your sleeve.
Original Lyrics:
Casey Jones, you better watch your speed.
"Casey Jones" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Drivin' that train
Out of cocaine
Out of cocaine
Original Lyrics:
Drivin' that train
High on cocaine
High on cocaine
"Casey Jones" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
It's reproduction, at seventy two.
Original Lyrics:
Hits River Junction, at seventeen to...
"Casey Jones" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Switchman's sleeping, train oh no that Jew
Is on the wrong track and headed for you.
Is on the wrong track and headed for you.
Original Lyrics:
Switchman's sleeping, train hundred and two
Is on the wrong track and headed for you.
Is on the wrong track and headed for you.
"Casey Jones" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
This old engine makes it on time,
leaves that ol' station 'bout a quarter to nine
leaves that ol' station 'bout a quarter to nine
Original Lyrics:
This old engine makes it on time,
leaves Central Station 'bout a quarter to nine
leaves Central Station 'bout a quarter to nine
"Casey Jones" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that OSHA just crossed my mind
And you know that OSHA just crossed my mind
Original Lyrics:
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
"Cassidy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Fly to the seabirds
Original Lyrics:
Flight of the seabirds
"China Cat Sunflower"
Misheard Lyrics:
Look for a while at the China Cat Sunflower
Clouds walkin', chillin' in the midnight sun.
Clouds walkin', chillin' in the midnight sun.
Original Lyrics:
Look for a while at the China Cat Sunflower
Proud walking jingle in the midnight sun.
Proud walking jingle in the midnight sun.
"Deal"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't you let the dear Lord down.
Original Lyrics:
Don't you let that deal go down.
"Deal"
Misheard Lyrics:
Since it costs a lot to win and even mortal ooze.
Original Lyrics:
Since it costs a lot to win and even more to lose.
"Dire Wolf" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
A dire wolf's a tired wolf, 600 pounds of sin
Original Lyrics:
When I awoke the dire wolf, 600 pounds of sin
"Dire Wolf" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I cut my deck to the Queen of Spades
But the cards were all insane.
But the cards were all insane.
Original Lyrics:
I cut my deck to the Queen of Spades
But the cards were all the same.
But the cards were all the same.
"Dire Wolf" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I sat down to my supper
'Twas a bottle of red bliss tea.
'Twas a bottle of red bliss tea.
Original Lyrics:
I sat down to my supper
'Twas a bottle of red whiskey.
'Twas a bottle of red whiskey.
"Dire Wolf" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
In the tin roof of the barrio
The wolves are running round
The wolves are running round
Original Lyrics:
In the timbers of Fenario
The wolves are running round
The wolves are running round
"Estimated Prophet" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Mike and Gloria gonna be my name
Original Lyrics:
Might and Glory gonna be my name
"Estimated Prophet" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Rainbows end down that highway where ocean oozes blood
Original Lyrics:
Rainbows end down that highway where ocean breezes blow
"Eyes Of The World" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Wake up to find out that you are despised by the world.
Original Lyrics:
Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world.
"Eyes Of The World" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Wake up to find out that you are my ice and I twirled
Original Lyrics:
Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world
"Eyes Of The World" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Wake up to find out that you have the thighs of a sqirrel
Original Lyrics:
Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world.
"Eyes Of The World" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Wake up to find out that
You are the eyes of a squirrel.
You are the eyes of a squirrel.
Original Lyrics:
Wake up to find out that
You are the eyes of the world.
You are the eyes of the world.
"Eyes Of The World" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Wake up to find out you are disguised as a squirrel.
Original Lyrics:
Wake up to find out you are the eyes of the world.
"Eyes Of The World" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Wake up to find out you are disguised as a squirrel
Original Lyrics:
Wake up to find out you are the eyes of the world
"Eyes Of The World" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Wake up to find out
That you the size of the world.
That you the size of the world.
Original Lyrics:
Wake up to find out
You are the eyes of the world.
You are the eyes of the world.
"Eyes Of The World" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Wake up to find out
You are the thighs of the world.
You are the thighs of the world.
Original Lyrics:
Wake up to find out
You are the eyes of the world.
You are the eyes of the world.
"Franklin's Tower" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
If you play an ace, you're gonna always win.
Original Lyrics:
If you plant ice, you're gonna harvest wind.
"Franklin's Tower" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
If you play at dice, you're gonna harvest wins.
Original Lyrics:
If you plant ice, you're gonna harvest wind.
"Franklin's Tower" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
If you play nice, you're gonna always win.
Original Lyrics:
If you plant ice, you're gonna harvest wind.
"Friend Of The Devil" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Got a wife in Juneau and one in Tenakee.
Original Lyrics:
Got a wife in Chino and one in Cherokee.
"Friend Of The Devil" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I led out from Reno I was trailed by 20 cows.
Original Lyrics:
I lit our from Reno I was trailed by 20 hounds.
"Friend of the Devil" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I lit out of Reno; I was travelin’ with twenty pounds
Original Lyrics:
I lit out from Reno; I was trailed by 20 hounds
My wife also thought elegant pride is elegant pie like fur pie from Revenge of the Nerds
"Halfstep Mississippi Uptown"
Misheard Lyrics:
Get yourself a pound of shards and seal that silver mine
Original Lyrics:
Get yourself a powder charge and seal that silver mine
"Halfstep Mississippi Uptown"
Misheard Lyrics:
I lost my boots in transit, baby
Pilot's smoking letter
Pilot's smoking letter
Original Lyrics:
I lost my boots in transit, baby, in a pile of smoking leather
"Hell In A Bucket" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
At least time, enjoy the ride
Original Lyrics:
At least I'm enjoyin the ride
"Hell In A Bucket" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I was drinking last night with Bob Barker.
Original Lyrics:
I was drinking last night with a biker.
"Hell In A Bucket" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Please come and join the ride.
Original Lyrics:
At least I'm enjoyin the ride.
"Hell in a Bucket" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You imagine me sipping champagne from your boob for a taste of your elegant pie.
Original Lyrics:
You imagine me sipping champagne from your boot for a taste of your elegant pride.
"Here Comes Sunshine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lye Napha lotion - maybe try it two times, maybe more
Original Lyrics:
Line up a long shot
Maybe try it two times, maybe more
Maybe try it two times, maybe more
"I Know You Rider"
Misheard Lyrics:
Blue collar auto rain
or
Blue collar oughta rain.
or
Blue collar oughta rain.
Original Lyrics:
Cool Colorado rain
"I Know You Rider"
Misheard Lyrics:
I wish I was a penguin, on a northbound train.
Original Lyrics:
I with I was a headlight, on a northbound train.
"I Know You Rider"
Misheard Lyrics:
Winona Ryder,
gonna miss me when I'm gone
gonna miss me when I'm gone
Original Lyrics:
I know you rider,
gonna miss me when I'm gone
gonna miss me when I'm gone
"Jack Straw"
Misheard Lyrics:
The eagle steal the sky
Original Lyrics:
The eagles filled the sky
"Jack Straw"
Misheard Lyrics:
We can share what we got of yours 'Cause we don't shed over right
Original Lyrics:
We can share what we got of yours 'Cause we done shared all of mine
"Just A Little Light"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just a little might
Original Lyrics:
Just a little light
"Let It Grow"
Misheard Lyrics:
Seasons gone, the sun is the latch on the morning's door.
Original Lyrics:
Lightly sung, her song is the latch on the morning's door
"Let It Grow"
Misheard Lyrics:
See's it's round, reaches, credits for up, and down
Original Lyrics:
Seasons round
Creatures great and small, up and down
As we rise and fall
Creatures great and small, up and down
As we rise and fall
"Let It Grow"
Misheard Lyrics:
What shall we sing?
Shall we call it "planning"?
Shall we call it "planning"?
Original Lyrics:
What shall we say?
Shall we call it by a name?
Shall we call it by a name?
"Let Me Sing Your Blues Away"
Misheard Lyrics:
Not a cloud in the sky upset the sunny day
A push in the butt and let the pop can wait
A push in the butt and let the pop can wait
Original Lyrics:
Not a cloud in the sky, such a sunny day
Push in the button, let the top ten play
Push in the button, let the top ten play
"Looks Like Rain"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll still sing you love songs
Written in the lettuce of your name
Written in the lettuce of your name
Original Lyrics:
I'll still sing you love songs
Written in the letters of your name
Written in the letters of your name
"Loose Lucy"
Misheard Lyrics:
I know you better than she knows me
Original Lyrics:
I know you've been out cheating on me
"Loser"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't you push me, baby, 'cause I'm all alone
Original Lyrics:
Don't you push me, baby, 'cause I'm moanin' low
"Me & Bobby McGee" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Then somewhere where she'll lead us Lord I let her slip her away
Looking for that old bullshit find
Looking for that old bullshit find
Original Lyrics:
Then somewhere near Salinas, Lord, I let her slip her away
Looking for that home I hope she'll find
Looking for that home I hope she'll find
"Me and My Uncle" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Indian Summer, I took off my shirt
Original Lyrics:
It bein' Summer, I took off my shirt
"Might As Well"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mighty swell, might swell
or
Might smell, mighty smell
or
Might smell, mighty smell
Original Lyrics:
Might as well, might as well
"Mississippi 1/2 Step Uptown Toodeloo"
Misheard Lyrics:
Get yourself a pound of chocolate,
seal that silver mine
seal that silver mine
Original Lyrics:
Get yourself a powder charge,
seal that silver mine
seal that silver mine
'Without a Net' live version
"Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo"
Misheard Lyrics:
Get yourself a pound of chocolate
Seal that silver mine
Seal that silver mine
Original Lyrics:
Get yourself a powder charge
Seal that silver mine
Seal that silver mine
"Mississippi Half-Step"
Misheard Lyrics:
What's the point of calling shots
His queue ain't straight in line
You're both made of styrofoam and no one's got the time
His queue ain't straight in line
You're both made of styrofoam and no one's got the time
Original Lyrics:
What's the point of calling shots
This cue ain't straight in line
Cue ball's made of styrofoam and no one's got the time
This cue ain't straight in line
Cue ball's made of styrofoam and no one's got the time
"Peggy O"
Misheard Lyrics:
I would marry you, but your pennies are too few
Original Lyrics:
I would marry you, but your guineas are too few
"Peggy O"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sweet William, he is dead; he died for a bed
Original Lyrics:
Sweet William, he is dead; he died for a maid
"Picasso Moon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Diggin' it and drivin'
Oo-ee-oo-ee
Oo-ee-oo-ee
Original Lyrics:
It's bigger than a drive-in movie-oo-ee
The correct lyrics are worse
"Ripple" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Ripple in still water
When there is no apple-toss
Nor wind to blow
When there is no apple-toss
Nor wind to blow
Original Lyrics:
Ripple in still water
When there is no pebble tossed
Nor wind to blow
When there is no pebble tossed
Nor wind to blow
"Ripple" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Ripple in still water
When there is no albatross
Nor wind to blow.
When there is no albatross
Nor wind to blow.
Original Lyrics:
Ripple in still water
When there is no pebble tossed
Nor wind to blow.
When there is no pebble tossed
Nor wind to blow.
"Row Jimmy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Look out Julie down below
The devil's doing the dog ass slow.
The devil's doing the dog ass slow.
Original Lyrics:
Look at Julie down below
In the levee doin' the do-pas-o.
In the levee doin' the do-pas-o.
"Saint of Circumstance"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just try and give me a chance.
Original Lyrics:
like a tiger in a trance.
"Samson And Delilah" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Now Samson and Delilah, they got an attack
Samson crawled up on Delilah's back
Samson crawled up on Delilah's back
Original Lyrics:
Now Samson and the lion, they got an attack
Samson crawled up on the lion's back
Samson crawled up on the lion's back
"Samson And Delilah" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Samson and Delilah, they got an attack.
Samson had crawled up on Delilah's back
Samson had crawled up on Delilah's back
Original Lyrics:
Samson and the lion they got an attack.
Samson crawled up on the lion's back
Samson crawled up on the lion's back
"Samson and Delilah" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And the Beast made honey in Delilah's bed
Original Lyrics:
And the bees made honey in the lion's head
"Ship of Fools"
Misheard Lyrics:
I once laid for beggar's pay
Likewise golden Jews
But I'd slave to learn the ways
Likewise golden Jews
But I'd slave to learn the ways
Original Lyrics:
I won't slave for beggar's pay
Likewise gold and jewels
Likewise gold and jewels
"Ship of Fools"
Misheard Lyrics:
With forty ears upon my head to have you call me child.
Original Lyrics:
With thirty years upon my head to have you call me child.
"St. Stephen" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Got hair so long
He's got to comb it in rolls.
He's got to comb it in rolls.
Original Lyrics:
Been here so long
He's got to callin' it home.
He's got to callin' it home.
"St. Stephen" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
In and out of the gardening hose
Original Lyrics:
In and out of the garden, he goes.
"St. Stephen" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
With hair so long
He's got to calling it home.
He's got to calling it home.
Original Lyrics:
Been here so long
He's got to callin' it home.
He's got to callin' it home.
"St. Stephen" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Writing word for word across the morning sky
Original Lyrics:
Writing what for across the morning sky
"Stagger Lee"
Misheard Lyrics:
Feelin' mighty young
Original Lyrics:
Delia DeLyon
"Stella Blue"
Misheard Lyrics:
All the years combine
They melt into a tree.
They melt into a tree.
Original Lyrics:
All the years combine
They melt into a dream.
They melt into a dream.
"Stella Blue"
Misheard Lyrics:
Still love you.
Original Lyrics:
Stella Blue
"Sugar Magnolia" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Bakes my chicken when I sleep.
Original Lyrics:
Pays my ticket when I speed.
"Sugar Magnolia" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Bakes my chicken when I speak
Original Lyrics:
Pays my ticket when I speed
"Sugar Magnolia" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Feeds my chicken when I leave.
Original Lyrics:
Pays my ticket when I speed.
"Sugar Magnolia" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Jump like a Wildebeest in four wheel drive
Original Lyrics:
Jump like a Willys in four wheel drive
"Sugar Magnolia" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Paints my chicken when I sleep.
Original Lyrics:
Pays my ticket when I speed.
"Sugar Magnolia" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Paves my chicken when I sleep.
Original Lyrics:
Pays my ticket when I speed.
"Sugar Magnolia" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Plays my chicken when I speed.
Original Lyrics:
Pays my ticket when I speed.
"Sugar Magnolia" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Rolling with the Russians down by the riverside.
Original Lyrics:
Rolling in the rushes down by the riverside.
"Sugar Magnolia" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
She can wait in the drop of doom
Original Lyrics:
She can wade in a drop of dew
"Sugar Magnolia" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
She don't come and I don't swallow.
Original Lyrics:
She don't come and I don't follow.
"Sugar Magnolia" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Spanks my chicken when I sleep.
Original Lyrics:
Pays my ticket when I speed.
"Sugar Magnolia" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Sugar magnolia blossoms forming
or
Sugar magnolia blossoms for you
or
Sugar magnolia blossoms for you
Original Lyrics:
Sugar magnolia blossoms blooming
"Sugar Magnolia" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Sugar magnolia possums movin'.
Original Lyrics:
Sugar magnolia blossoms blooming.
"Sugar Magnolia" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Tastes like chicken when I sleep.
Original Lyrics:
Pays my ticket when I speed.
"Sugar Magnolia" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Tastes like chicken when I sneeze
Original Lyrics:
Pays my ticket when I speed
"Sugar Magnolia" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Weighs my chicken when I speak.
Original Lyrics:
Pays my ticket when I speed.
"Sugaree"
Misheard Lyrics:
You thought you was the Kufu,
and never could do no wrong
and never could do no wrong
Original Lyrics:
You thought you was the cool fool,
and never would do no wrong
and never would do no wrong
"Tennessee Jed" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold that shackle, ball and chain
Original Lyrics:
cold iron shackles, ball and chain
"Terrapin Station" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Like a song that sends some color all the way to Spain.
Original Lyrics:
Light the song with sense and color, hold away despair.
"Terrapin Station" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
More than this I will not ask
Face of History's dark and vast.
Face of History's dark and vast.
Original Lyrics:
More than I will not ask
Faced with mysteries dark and vast.
Faced with mysteries dark and vast.
"Terrapin Station" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
More than this I will not ask
Faced of with mysteries of the past.
Faced of with mysteries of the past.
Original Lyrics:
More than I will not ask
Faced with mysteries dark and vast.
Faced with mysteries dark and vast.
"Terrapin Station" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
More than this I will not ask
Faced with History's darkened glass.
Faced with History's darkened glass.
Original Lyrics:
More than I will not ask
Faced with mysteries dark and vast.
Faced with mysteries dark and vast.
"The Eleven" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Driving around with your fingers up your nose
Original Lyrics:
Five men writing with fingers of gold
"The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause your mother died and left us
Won't be back till the fall
Won't be back till the fall
Original Lyrics:
'Cause your mother's down in Memphis
Won't be back till the fall
Won't be back till the fall
"The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hey hey, we're on the way to the country every day
Original Lyrics:
Hey hey, come right away, come to the party every day
"The Music Never Stopped" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Its flowers cannot appease the ground
Original Lyrics:
It's fireworks, calliopes and clowns
"The Wheel"
Misheard Lyrics:
If the public don't get you, then the light man will!
Original Lyrics:
If the thunder don't get you, then the lightning will!
"The Women Are Smarter"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let's rape the women of Sparta.
Original Lyrics:
That's right, the women are smarter.
The song promotes a certain superiority women could be seen to have. The misunderhearing of the chorus confuses that idea 'somewhat.'
"Throwing Stones"
Misheard Lyrics:
A pizza place or so it looks from space
A closer look reveals a juicy steak.
A closer look reveals a juicy steak.
Original Lyrics:
A peaceful place or so it looks from space
A closer look reveals the human race.
A closer look reveals the human race.
"Throwing Stones"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's a beer down here we can't forget
Original Lyrics:
There's a fear down here we can't forget
"Touch Of Grey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Chocolate curds inside your care
Original Lyrics:
Draw the curtains, I don't care.
"Touch Of Grey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Chocolate curtains, I don't care.
Original Lyrics:
Draw the curtains, I don't care.
"Touch Of Grey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Cows drinking kerosene
Kid can't pee at seventeen.
Kid can't pee at seventeen.
Original Lyrics:
Cows giving kerosene
Kid can't read at seventeen.
Kid can't read at seventeen.
"Touch Of Grey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Cows giving kerosene
She can't be seventeen.
She can't be seventeen.
Original Lyrics:
Cows giving kerosene
Kid can't read at seventeen.
Kid can't read at seventeen.
"Touch Of Grey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I must be getting angry
Cops are running late
Look outside the morning sky
It looks so foamy
Cops are running late
Look outside the morning sky
It looks so foamy
Original Lyrics:
It must be getting early
Clocks are running late
Paint by numbers morning sky
Looks so phony
Clocks are running late
Paint by numbers morning sky
Looks so phony
"Touch Of Grey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I see you've got your fist out.
Original Lyrics:
I see you've got your list out.
"Touch Of Grey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
It must be getting early
Cops are running late.
Cops are running late.
Original Lyrics:
It must be getting early
Clocks are running late.
Clocks are running late.
"Touch Of Grey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Pink light of the morning sky
Looks so phoney.
Looks so phoney.
Original Lyrics:
Paint-by-number morning sky
Looks so phoney.
Looks so phoney.
"Touch Of Grey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
The Ables and the Bakers and the seas
Original Lyrics:
The Ables and the Bakers and the C's
It was actually old U.S. military code.
"Touch Of Grey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
The angels and the fakers and disease
Original Lyrics:
The Ables and the Bakers and the C's
"Touch Of Grey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
The eagles and the beggars and the seas
or
The Ablers and the beggars and the thieves
or
The Ablers and the beggars and the thieves
Original Lyrics:
The Ables and the Bakers and the C's
"Touch Of Grey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
The eagles and the beggars and the seas
Original Lyrics:
The Ables and the Bakers and the C's
From 1941-56, Able and Baker were the first two words in the military phonetic alphabet, used to make spelling over radio communication possible. [Today, they are Alpha and Bravo in the US military.]
"Touch Of Grey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
The evils and the beggars and the thieves
Original Lyrics:
The Ables and the Bakers and the C's.
"Touch Of Grey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
The first notes are all I've seen but it's ok
Original Lyrics:
The words he knows are all obscene, but it's ok
"Touch of Grey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Another record's in her ears.
Original Lyrics:
I know the rent is in arrears.
"Touch of Grey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
People, Playboy, Seventeen
Original Lyrics:
The kid can't read at seventeen
The proper spelling seen in the misheard lyrics refer to magazine titles.
"Touch of Grey" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
The pigment of the morning sky looks so phony
Original Lyrics:
The paint-by-number morning sky looks so phony
"Truckin'" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Arrows are nearin'
I'm flashing my keys out on main street
I'm flashing my keys out on main street
Original Lyrics:
Arrows of neon and flashing marquees out on main street
"Truckin'" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Arrows on me and I'm flashing my keys down on Main Street.
Original Lyrics:
Arrows of neon and flashing marquees out on Main Street.
"Truckin'" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Dallas, got a soft blue sheen...
Original Lyrics:
Dallas, got a soft Machine
"Truckin'" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Errol and me flashing our keys down on main street.
Original Lyrics:
Arrows of neon and flashing marquees out on main street
"Truckin'" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Error's on me for flashing my keys out on Main Street.
Original Lyrics:
Arrows of neon and flashing marquees out on Main Street.
"Truckin'" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Keep truckin', like the 2 dog man.
Original Lyrics:
Keep truckin', like the do-dah man.
"Truckin'" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Livin' on Ritz, Vitamin C and cocaine
Original Lyrics:
Livin' on reds, vitamin C and cocaine
"Truckin'" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
She lost her spot
Well, you know she isn't the same.
Well, you know she isn't the same.
Original Lyrics:
She lost her sparkle
You know she isn't the same.
You know she isn't the same.
"Truckin'" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
What in the world ever became of Sweet Jane
She lost her sparkle, you know she isn't the same
Livin' on Ritz, vitamn C, and cocaine
She lost her sparkle, you know she isn't the same
Livin' on Ritz, vitamn C, and cocaine
Original Lyrics:
What in the world ever became of Sweet Jane
She lost her sparkle, you know she isn't the same
Living on reds, vitamin C and cocaine
She lost her sparkle, you know she isn't the same
Living on reds, vitamin C and cocaine
"Truckin" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Dallas, got a soft blue sheen,
Houston, too close to New Orleans;
New York, got the ways and means;
but just won't let you be
Houston, too close to New Orleans;
New York, got the ways and means;
but just won't let you be
Original Lyrics:
Dallas, got a soft machine;
Houston, too close to New Orleans;
New York, got the ways and means;
but just won't let you be
Houston, too close to New Orleans;
New York, got the ways and means;
but just won't let you be
"Truckin" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Sometimes you wait for Moshe Dayan
Original Lyrics:
Sometimes your cards ain't worth a dime
"Uncle John's Band" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
G** d*** will I declare
Have you seen the light?
Have you seen the light?
Original Lyrics:
God d*a*m*n well I declare
Have you seen the like?
Have you seen the like?
"Uncle John's Band" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I live in a silver mine and I call it big, it's true.
Original Lyrics:
I live in a silver mine and I call it beggar's tomb.
"Uncle John's Band" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I live in a silver mine
And I call it pagan's tomb
I got me a violin
And I make it call the tune
And I call it pagan's tomb
I got me a violin
And I make it call the tune
Original Lyrics:
I live in a silver mine
And I call it beggar's tomb.
I got me a violin
And I beg you call the tune
And I call it beggar's tomb.
I got me a violin
And I beg you call the tune
I kinda have to wonder if he call's it pagan's tomb because if ya ain't Christian they gonna bury ya where he's at and as I sit here on Riverside Dr. in Roswell, GA in the lovely and sometimes peaceful park just down from the Azalea Dr segement of roadway adopted by a group of people of all different faiths advocating peace it seems a far cry from how it should be here. It is peaceful when there are no other people around. I hardly think it much different from elsewhere in Georgia
"Uncle John's Band" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
It's the same story the poor don't eat
Original Lyrics:
It's the same story the crow told me
"Uncle John's Band" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Their b**ls were big as cannonballs.
Original Lyrics:
Their walls are built of cannonballs.
"Uncle John's Band" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
There was a lilt of cannibals.
Original Lyrics:
Their walls are built of cannonballs.
"Uncle John's Band" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
There was a milt of connonballs
Whose motto is 'Don't tread on me'.
Whose motto is 'Don't tread on me'.
Original Lyrics:
Their walls are built of cannonballs
Their motto is 'Don't tread on me'.
Their motto is 'Don't tread on me'.
"Wharf Rat" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Half of my life
I spent doing time for some mother f***er's crime.
I spent doing time for some mother f***er's crime.
Original Lyrics:
Half of my life
I spent doing time for some other f***er's crime.
I spent doing time for some other f***er's crime.
"When Push Comes To Shove"
Misheard Lyrics:
They'll sling barbed wire at your feet
And tuna at your a**.
And tuna at your a**.
Original Lyrics:
They'll sling barbed wire at your feet
And do not let you pass.
And do not let you pass.
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