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Misheard Song Lyrics -> Artist -> M -> Madness
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 Madness 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 96 misheard song lyrics for Madness on amIright currently.
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"(Waiting for) the Ghost Train"
Misheard Lyrics:
A strawberry woman
Original Lyrics:
A straw headed woman
"Baggy Trousers" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
All the small ones wrapped in towels
Original Lyrics:
All the small ones tell tall tales
"Baggy Trousers" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Bang 'em on the head with a plastic duck
Original Lyrics:
Back of the head with a plastic cup
"Baggy Trousers" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Break off the end of a plastic pack
Original Lyrics:
Back of the head with a plastic cup
"Baggy Trousers" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Fallen teepees in the pub
Original Lyrics:
All the teachers in the pub
"Baggy Trousers" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Gone to fight Midmester School
Original Lyrics:
Gone to fight with next door's school
"Baggy Trousers" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Having fun and playing pool.
Original Lyrics:
Having fun and playing fools.
"Baggy Trousers" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Having fun and playing pool
Original Lyrics:
Having fun and playing fools
"Baggy Trousers" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Messing up the wooden shoes.
Original Lyrics:
Smashing up the woodwork tools.
"Baggy Trousers" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Nerdy girls in 50 schools
Original Lyrics:
Naughty girls in nasty schools
"Baggy Trousers" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Sits alone, invents his pain
Original Lyrics:
Sits alone and bends his cane
"Bed and Breakfast Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
He was a very wreckless man
Original Lyrics:
He was the bed and breakfast man
"Driving In My Car"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mrs. Norris on the door.
Original Lyrics:
It says 'Morris' on the door.
"Embarrassment" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Keep away from our dorm
Original Lyrics:
Keep away from our door
"House Of Fun" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
They have box trampolines with a felt like touch
Original Lyrics:
Box of balloons With the feather-light touch
"House Of Fun" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Welcome to the house of fun
Now I've come along.
Now I've come along.
Original Lyrics:
Welcome to the house of fun
Now I've come of age.
Now I've come of age.
"It Must Be Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
To take her boobs away
or
To take my booze away
or
To take my books away
or
To take my booze away
or
To take my books away
Original Lyrics:
To take my blues away
"Lovestruck"
Misheard Lyrics:
Put me on occasion
Original Lyrics:
Put me on probation
"Madness Is All in the Mind" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
But I'm not that way reclined
Original Lyrics:
But I'm not that way inclined
"Michael Caine" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And all I wanted was a word or phonograph
Original Lyrics:
And all I wanted was a word or photograph
"My Girl" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Been on the telly f***in' for an hour
Original Lyrics:
Been on the telephone for an hour
"NW5"
Misheard Lyrics:
Only to disguise
Original Lyrics:
Only to despise
"Night Boat to Cairo (Work Rest and Play)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
F*cks off down the river Nile
Original Lyrics:
Floats off down the river Nile
"Night Boat to Cairo (Work Rest and Play)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
On the banks of the river wild
Original Lyrics:
On the banks of the river Nile
"One Better Day" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Surrounded by his pass
Original Lyrics:
Surrounded by his past
"One Step Beyond" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
The Nazi-est sound around
Original Lyrics:
The nutsiest sound around
"One Step Beyond" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
The Naziest sound around.
Original Lyrics:
The nuttiest sound around.
"One Step Beyond" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
The Nazis turned around.
Original Lyrics:
The nuttiest sound around
"One Step Beyond" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
This is the heavy heavy monster truck
Original Lyrics:
This is the heavy heavy monster sound
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
A house in the middle of our street
Original Lyrics:
Our house in the middle of our street
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And I remember how we'd say
Susie went to stay away
Susie went to stay away
Original Lyrics:
And I remember how we'd play
simply waste the day away
simply waste the day away
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And it's usually quiet now.
Original Lyrics:
And it's usually quite loud.
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And it's usually wigged out
Original Lyrics:
And it's usually quite loud.
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Bauhaus, in the middle of Auschwitz
Original Lyrics:
Our house, in the middle of our street
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Bauhaus, in the middle of our street
Original Lyrics:
Our house, in the middle of our street
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Betsy sends the kids to school.
Original Lyrics:
Then she sends the kids to school.
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Brother's got an egg to keep.
Original Lyrics:
Brother's got a date to keep.
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Brothers got a date to keep me coming around.
Original Lyrics:
Brother's got a date to keep, he can't hang around.
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Brothers got an egg to beat
Original Lyrics:
Brother's got a date to keep.
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Father haves his someday mess
Mother's tired she needs a rest
The kids are playing up those stairs
Sister staying in those s***s
Mother's tired she needs a rest
The kids are playing up those stairs
Sister staying in those s***s
Original Lyrics:
Father wears his Sunday best
Mother's tired she needs a rest
The kids are playing up downstairs
Sister's sighing in her sleep
Mother's tired she needs a rest
The kids are playing up downstairs
Sister's sighing in her sleep
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Father knows his Sunday best
Original Lyrics:
Father wears his Sunday best
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Father wears his Sunday vest.
Original Lyrics:
Father wears his Sunday best.
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Harbor Freight has Sunday deals
Original Lyrics:
Father wears his Sunday best
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Harbor Freight is Sunday best
Original Lyrics:
Father wears his Sunday best
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
In the middle of Austin
Original Lyrics:
In the middle of our street
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
In the middle of our space
Original Lyrics:
In the middle of our street
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Mother has to earn her shares.
Original Lyrics:
Mother has to iron his shirts.
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Mother has two Army shirts.
Original Lyrics:
Mother has to iron his shirts.
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Mother wears her Sunday vest.
Original Lyrics:
Father wears his Sunday best.
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Mum is tired, she gets arrested.
Original Lyrics:
Mother's tired, she needs a rest.
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Nothing ever slows her down
And the best is not allowed.
And the best is not allowed.
Original Lyrics:
Nothing ever slows her down
And a mess is not allowed.
And a mess is not allowed.
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Nothing ever slows her down
When the message comes around.
When the message comes around.
Original Lyrics:
Nothing ever slows her down
And a mess is not allowed.
And a mess is not allowed.
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Old house is in the middle of our street
Original Lyrics:
Our house in the middle of our street
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Our house in the middle of our seat
Original Lyrics:
Our house in the middle of our street
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Our house in the middle of the street.
Original Lyrics:
Our house in the middle of our street.
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Our house is in the middle of our streak
Original Lyrics:
Our house is in the middle of our street
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Our house was a castle and a king
Original Lyrics:
Our house was our castle and our keep
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Our house was a hassle and a heap
Original Lyrics:
Our house was a castle and a keep
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Our house was our castle and our king
Original Lyrics:
Our house was our castle and our keep
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Our house
Was across the land of kings.
Was across the land of kings.
Original Lyrics:
Our house
Was our castle and our keep.
Was our castle and our keep.
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Our mom she's a Hausfrau.
Original Lyrics:
Our mom she's so house-proud.
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Our mum keeps our house proud.
Original Lyrics:
Our mum, she's so house proud.
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Our mum she's so housebound
Original Lyrics:
Our mum she's so house-proud
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Our spouse in the middle of our street
Original Lyrics:
Our house in the middle of our street
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Our town's in the middle of our street
Original Lyrics:
Our house in the middle of our street
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Our towns in the middle of our street
Original Lyrics:
Our house in the middle of our street
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Outhouse in the middle of the street.
Original Lyrics:
Our house in the middle of the street.
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Sister signing in her sleep
Original Lyrics:
Sister's sighing in her sleep
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Sister's playing in the street
Original Lyrics:
Sister's sighing in her sleep
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Sister's saying in her sleep
Original Lyrics:
Sister's sighing in her sleep
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Sister's saying in her street
Original Lyrics:
Sister's sighing in her street
"Our House" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Sister's singing in her sleep
Original Lyrics:
Sister's sighing in her sleep
"Shame & Scandal"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, mystery
Original Lyrics:
Oh, misery
"Shut Up" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Pastor Braeman, don't blame me.
Original Lyrics:
Pass the blame and don't blame me.
"Sorry"
Misheard Lyrics:
I didn't want to be you
Original Lyrics:
I didn't want to leave you
"The Prince" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Buster, he sold the meat.
Original Lyrics:
Buster, he sold the heat.
"The Prince" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Even if I kept on running, I'd never get to our own street.
Original Lyrics:
Even if I kept on running, I'd never get to Orange Street.
"The Prince" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Is a dog in the mood to dance?
Original Lyrics:
If you're not in the mood to dance...
"The Return of the Los Palmas 7" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I'd like you to be
Original Lyrics:
I'd like you to meet
"The Sun and the Rain" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
It's where in the street
Original Lyrics:
It's wet in the street
"The Sweetest Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can never sell
Original Lyrics:
I can never tell
"Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I hear them singing
Original Lyrics:
I hear them saying
"Uncle Sam" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Selling a Snickers from the women liberators
Original Lyrics:
Silly little sniggers from the women liberators
"Wings of a Dove" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Take the hand of your mother
Original Lyrics:
Take the hand of another
"Yesterday's Man" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Ancilla spec of you
Original Lyrics:
An insolent spec of youth
"Yesterday's Man" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
It must get better in the strong one
Original Lyrics:
It must get better in the long run
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