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Misheard Song Lyrics -> Artist -> L -> Little River Band
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There are 94 misheard song lyrics for Little River Band on amIright currently.
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"Cool Change" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Time for cool change.
I know but it's time for cool change.
Now that my life, so over you yet.
I know but it's time for cool change.
I know but it's time for cool change.
Now that my life, so over you yet.
I know but it's time for cool change.
Original Lyrics:
Time for cool change.
I know that it's time for cool change.
Now that my life is so prearranged.
I know that it's time for cool change.
I know that it's time for cool change.
Now that my life is so prearranged.
I know that it's time for cool change.
"Curiosity (Killed the Cat)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm telling you I know where it's set
Original Lyrics:
I'm telling you I know where it's at
"Down on the Border" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Livin' their life like they mean it
...
The people there - well, they cut your hair
...
And all the people who are troubled within
...
And at times love looks so easy
...
The people there - well, they cut your hair
...
And all the people who are troubled within
...
And at times love looks so easy
Original Lyrics:
Livin' their life like a millionaire
...
The people there will cut your hair
...
And all the people who are trapped within
...
At the top life looks so easy
...
The people there will cut your hair
...
And all the people who are trapped within
...
At the top life looks so easy
Farnham before that mane of hair and arrogance
"Emma"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh pretty Emma too sweet and tender.
Original Lyrics:
Oh pretty Emma you sweet pretender.
"Emma"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sometimes it's hard to ban
Original Lyrics:
Sometimes it's hard to bend
"Everyday of My Life" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Drag me down to the brown
Original Lyrics:
Drag me down to the ground
"Happy Anniversary" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Lord it's no French fry
Original Lyrics:
Lord it's no surprise
"Happy Anniversary" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You need a bigger house from above, oh
Original Lyrics:
You need a little help from above, oh
"Help Is On Its Way" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
'Hang on', a Chinese voice did say.
Original Lyrics:
'Hang on', a tiny voice did say.
"Help Is On Its Way" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
'Hang on', tiny boys can say
Somewhere deep inside me there's a man.
Somewhere deep inside me there's a man.
Original Lyrics:
'Hang on', a tiny voice did say
From somewhere deep inside the inner man.
From somewhere deep inside the inner man.
Editor's note: the title does NOT have an apostrophe in it. "It's" is a contraction (for "it is" or "it has"); it does NOT show possession. The possessive form is "its", which NEVER uses an apostrophe.
"Help Is On Its Way" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Aids on
Original Lyrics:
Hang on
The AIDS virus didn't exist when this song was made, so it's not plausible to have heard that when the song was new.
"Help Is On Its Way" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Foam underwear is so easy for me
Original Lyrics:
Form a duet, let him sing melody.
"Help Is On Its Way" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hang on
Delta's on its way.
Delta's on its way.
Original Lyrics:
Hang on
Help is on its way.
Help is on its way.
"Help Is On Its Way" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hang up! Someone's on his way
Original Lyrics:
Hang on! Help is on its way.
"Help Is On Its Way" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hey la, hearkens on its way
Original Lyrics:
Hang on, help is on its way
"Help Is On Its Way" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll be dead as fast as I can
Original Lyrics:
I'll be there as fast as I can
"Help Is On Its Way" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Somewhere deep inside bein' a man.
Original Lyrics:
From somewhere deep inside the inner man.
"Help Is On Its Way" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Somewhere deep inside bein' a man
Original Lyrics:
From somewhere deep inside the inner man.
"Help Is On Its Way" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Somewhere deep inside me is a man.
Original Lyrics:
From somewhere deep inside the inner man.
"Help is On Its Way" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hang on, Yankees on its way
or
Hang on, Mets are on their way
or
Hang on, Mets are on their way
Original Lyrics:
Hang on, help is on its way
The Yankees (AL) and Mets (NL) are both MLB teams based in New York City
"It's a Long Way There" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Every night I walk around so s***ty
Original Lyrics:
Every night I walk around the city
"It's a Long Way There" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Philly, Philly
Original Lyrics:
Feel it, feel it?
For the fact that this band comes from a land Down Under...Philadelphia is a long way from where they are.
"Lady" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And I love you, Beth
You're not like the rest.
You're not like the rest.
Original Lyrics:
And I love you best
You're not like the rest.
You're not like the rest.
"Lady" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't be thinkin' that I don't want you
'Cause baby I do.
'Cause baby I do.
Original Lyrics:
Don't be thinkin' that I don't want you
'Cause maybe, I do.
'Cause maybe, I do.
"Lady" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Feel for the winter, but don't have a coat on
Original Lyrics:
Feel for the winter, but don't have a cold heart
"Lady" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I have no dancers in the cold with a wallaby.
Original Lyrics:
I have no answers but know where I want to be.
"Lady" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I think it's only parachute say to you
Original Lyrics:
I think it's only fair I should say to you
"Lady" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Old lady, let me take a look at you now
You're there on the dance floor makin' me want you somehow
You're there on the dance floor makin' me want you somehow
Original Lyrics:
Oh, lady, let me take a look at you now
You're there on the dance floor makin' me want you somehow
You're there on the dance floor makin' me want you somehow
"Lady" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
So lady, grab a look at me now.
Original Lyrics:
So lady, let me take a look at you now.
"Lady" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You're there on the dance floor
Making me want you soft cloud.
or
You're there on the dance floor
Making me watch you soft cloud.
Making me want you soft cloud.
or
You're there on the dance floor
Making me watch you soft cloud.
Original Lyrics:
You're there on the dance floor
Making me want you somehow.
Making me want you somehow.
"Let's Dance"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let me buy you a drink, take a chance
I don't want to offer you sobriety, let's dance
I don't want to offer you sobriety, let's dance
Original Lyrics:
Let me buy you a drink, take a chance
I don't want it obvious if I had said, let's dance
I don't want it obvious if I had said, let's dance
"Lonesome Loser" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Beaten by the Queen of Haunt every time
Original Lyrics:
Beaten by the Queen of Hearts every time
"Lonesome Loser" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Have you heard about the awesome loser?
Original Lyrics:
Have you heard about the lonesome loser?
"Lonesome Loser" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Have you heard about the loathsome loser
Original Lyrics:
Have you heard about the lonesome loser
"Lonesome Loser" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Have you heard about the lonesome cougar?
Original Lyrics:
Have you heard about the lonesome loser?
"Lonesome Loser" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Have you heard about the long to lose her?
Original Lyrics:
Have you heard about the lonesome loser?
"Lonesome Loser" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Have you heard about the monster cruiser?
Original Lyrics:
Have you heard about the lonesome loser?
"Lonesome Loser" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Have you heard about the road to loser?
Original Lyrics:
Have you heard about the lonesome loser?
"Lonesome Loser" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Peter's buying Queen of Hearts every time
Original Lyrics:
Beaten by the Queen of Hearts every time
"Lonesome Loser" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You have to face up, you can't Rydell High.
Original Lyrics:
You have to face up, you can't run and hide.
"Lonesome Loser" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
“I’m lucky in love” is that’s what they say
Original Lyrics:
“Unlucky in love” - at least it’s what they say
"Long Jumping Jeweller" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody can't be gyros
Original Lyrics:
Everybody can't be heroes
"Love Is a Bridge"
Misheard Lyrics:
Love is a bridge that rocks from heart to heart
Original Lyrics:
Love is a bridge that runs from heart to heart
Schmaltzy song, soppy lyrics. Awful. That's why I thought they said that Love was a rickety bridge that is rocking one way or another depending on the couple. Hey, it's much closer to real life!
"Love is a Bridge"
Misheard Lyrics:
Love is the Grinch that shrinks our hearts
Original Lyrics:
Love is the bridge that links our hearts
"Man On Your Mind" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You got a bat on your mind.
Original Lyrics:
You got a man on your mind.
"Night Owls"
Misheard Lyrics:
He's got 9 hours
Original Lyrics:
He's a night owl
"Reminiscing" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And I courted you
Made us dance across the room.
Made us dance across the room.
Original Lyrics:
And the Porter tunes
Made us dance across the room.
Made us dance across the room.
"Reminiscing" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And the Boarder Jew
Made us dance across the room.
Made us dance across the room.
Original Lyrics:
And the Porter tunes
Made us dance across the room.
Made us dance across the room.
"Reminiscing" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And the board of Jews
Made us dance across the room.
Made us dance across the room.
Original Lyrics:
And the Porter tunes
Made us dance across the room.
Made us dance across the room.
"Reminiscing" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And the fortitude made us dance across the room
Original Lyrics:
And those Porter tunes made us dance across the room
"Reminiscing" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Dancing in the dark, walking in the park
And write and essay.
And write and essay.
Original Lyrics:
Dancing in the dark, walking in the park
And reminiscing.
And reminiscing.
"Reminiscing" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold her tight we'll be missing spending the hours reminiscing
Original Lyrics:
Older times we'll be missing spending the hours reminiscing
"Reminiscing" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold her tight we'll be missing spending the hours reminiscing
Original Lyrics:
Older times we'll be missing spending the hours reminiscing
"Reminiscing" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I want to make you understand
I'm talking about a one night stand.
I'm talking about a one night stand.
Original Lyrics:
I want to make you understand
I'm talking about a lifetime plan.
I'm talking about a lifetime plan.
"Reminiscing" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll go dancing in the dark
Roaming through the park
And write an essay.
Roaming through the park
And write an essay.
Original Lyrics:
We'll go dancing in the dark
Walking through the park
And reminiscing.
Walking through the park
And reminiscing.
"Reminiscing" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Now as the years roll on, each time we hear our favorite song
The memories come along
Motorcycle, I was, pendamy I was rinner nishing.
The memories come along
Motorcycle, I was, pendamy I was rinner nishing.
Original Lyrics:
Now as the years roll on, each time we hear our favorite song
The memories come along,
Older times we're missing, spending the hours reminiscing
The memories come along,
Older times we're missing, spending the hours reminiscing
My wife knows exactly what brain worm is crawling through my mind whenever I say "motorcycle, I was". :o)
"Reminiscing" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh the times we're missing
Spending the hours reminiscing
Spending the hours reminiscing
Original Lyrics:
Older times we're missing
Spending the hours reminiscing
Spending the hours reminiscing
"Reminiscing" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, the times we’re missing spending the hour reminiscing
Original Lyrics:
Older times we’re missing spending the hour reminiscing
"Reminiscing" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
That Miller's brand was better than before
We yelled and screamed for me.
We yelled and screamed for me.
Original Lyrics:
Glenn Miller's band was better than before
We yelled and screamed for more.
We yelled and screamed for more.
"Reminiscing" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Walking through the bog and reminiscing
Original Lyrics:
Walking through the park and reminiscing
"Reminiscing" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Walking through the park and now we're missing
Original Lyrics:
Walking through the park and reminiscing
"Reminiscing" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Walking through the park and then, Vanessa.
Original Lyrics:
Walking through the park and reminiscing.
"Reminiscing" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
We were hand in hand
Steve Miller's Band was better than before.
Steve Miller's Band was better than before.
Original Lyrics:
We were hand in hand
Glenn Miller's band was better than before.
Glenn Miller's band was better than before.
"Reminiscing" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
We'll go dancing in the dark. Walking through the park and now we're missing.
Original Lyrics:
We'll go dancing in the dark.
Walking through the park and reminiscing.
Walking through the park and reminiscing.
"Reminiscing" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Well go dancing in the dark
Wondering through the fog and reminiscing.
Wondering through the fog and reminiscing.
Original Lyrics:
Well, go dancing in the dark
Walking through the park and reminiscing.
Walking through the park and reminiscing.
"Reminisicing" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And I courted you (night and day)...
Original Lyrics:
And a Porter tune (night and day)...
"Seine City"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've got to get back to the same city
Original Lyrics:
I've got to get back to the Seine City
"Seine City"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've got to get back to the sane city,
I've got to get back where the girls are so pretty,
I've got to get back to the sane city,
I've got to get back to those eyes.
I've got to get back where the girls are so pretty,
I've got to get back to the sane city,
I've got to get back to those eyes.
Original Lyrics:
I've got to get back to the Seine City,
I've got to get back where the girls are so pretty,
I've got to get back to the Seine City,
I've got to get back to those eyes.
I've got to get back where the girls are so pretty,
I've got to get back to the Seine City,
I've got to get back to those eyes.
Not long after penning these lines, Glenn Shorrock co-wrote a song called "Sanity's Side."
"Shut Down Turn Off" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Turn off all light support systems
Original Lyrics:
Turn off all life support systems
"Take It Easy on Me" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm getting lost in the clouds
Original Lyrics:
I'm getting lost in the crowd
"The Night Owls" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold on
No more now the night owl's calling.
No more now the night owl's calling.
Original Lyrics:
Move on
There's a howl of a night owl calling.
There's a howl of a night owl calling.
"The Night Owls" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Move on, there's a hard banana fallin'.
Original Lyrics:
Move on, there's a howl of a night owl calling.
I am British so instead of the American pronunciation of bananas, I heard the word pronounced with long vowels.
"The Night Owls" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
There's a heart of a night owl falling
Original Lyrics:
There's a howl of a night owl calling.
"The Other Guy" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Leo, the guy, won't be around to talk to one kid
Original Lyrics:
The Other Guy won't be around to talk to our kids
"The Other Guy" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
The other guy walked me around to talk to our kids
Original Lyrics:
The Other Guy won't be around to talk to our kids
"The Other Guy" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
The other guy wants me around to talk to or kick
Original Lyrics:
The other guy won't be around to talk to our kids
"Witchery"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's misery
Original Lyrics:
It's witchery
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