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There are 94 misheard song lyrics for Simple Minds on amIright currently.
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"Alive And Kicking" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I lie and kinky
or
I love it kinky
or
Our love is kinky
or
I like Fried Chicken
or
I love it kinky
or
Our love is kinky
or
I like Fried Chicken
Original Lyrics:
Alive and kicking
"Alive And Kicking" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I like the kicking
or
A lie in kicking
or
A lie in kicking
Original Lyrics:
Alive and kicking
"Alive And Kicking" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Kentucky Fried Chicken
11 Herbs and spices
11 Herbs and spices
Original Lyrics:
Alive and kicking,
Stay until your love is
Stay until your love is
"Alive And Kicking" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Love is, love is barbecue chicken.
Original Lyrics:
Love is, love is alive and kicking.
"Alive And Kicking" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Say to you love is
I tell you, love is alive
I tell you, love is alive
Original Lyrics:
Stay until your love is,
Until your love is alive
Until your love is alive
"Alive And Kicking" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Spin until your love is, love is...
Original Lyrics:
Stay until your love is, love is...
"Alive And Kicking" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You lift me up like a crystal cup
'till I can't see
'till I can't see
Original Lyrics:
You lift me up to the crucial top
so I can see
so I can see
"Alive And Kicking" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You turn me on, you lift me up
And like the Swedish Cup, I'd share with you.
And like the Swedish Cup, I'd share with you.
Original Lyrics:
You turn me on, you lift me up
And like the sweetest cup I'd share with you.
And like the sweetest cup I'd share with you.
"Alive and Kicking" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I love my kitchen,
stay until you love it,
love it.
I love my kitchen
stay until you love it,
love it.
I love my kitchen
Original Lyrics:
Alive and kicking.
Stay until your love is,
love is.
Alive and kicking.
Stay until your love is,
love is.
Alive and kicking.
"Alive and Kicking" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You lift me up to the gristle tongue so I can see
Original Lyrics:
You lift me up to the crucial top so I can see
"All The Things She Said" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
No need to hear you with your fist-full of lies.
Original Lyrics:
Oh, to be near you in the first morning light.
"All The Things She Said" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Take me to the streets where the vampires run.
Original Lyrics:
Take me to the streets where the bonfires burn.
"All The Things She Said" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
When a whale comes and goes
You know I'll still be waiting.
You know I'll still be waiting.
Original Lyrics:
If freedom comes and goes
You know I'll still be waiting.
You know I'll still be waiting.
"All the Things She Said" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
To the pea soup revolution
Original Lyrics:
To the peaceful revolution
"Belfast Child" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Scumbag Billy, won't you come on home?
Original Lyrics:
So come back Billy, won't you come on home?
"Belfast Child" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Sweet surrender
Life goes on.
Life goes on.
Original Lyrics:
The streets are empty
Life goes on.
Life goes on.
"Belfast Child" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
When my love set me
Meet me down by the gallow tree.
Meet me down by the gallow tree.
Original Lyrics:
When my love said to me
'Meet me down by the gallow tree'.
'Meet me down by the gallow tree'.
"Belfast Child" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
When the breakfast child sings again
Original Lyrics:
When the Belfast Child sings again
"Book Of Brilliant Things"
Misheard Lyrics:
Thank you for the trust, meow!
And the memory shine.
And the memory shine.
Original Lyrics:
Thank you for the voice, the eyes
And the memory chants.
And the memory chants.
I could never figure out what Jim says after the first verse in the live In The City of Light version which is very different from this one and the lyrics are unavailable :(
"Carnival (Shelter In A Suitcase)"
Misheard Lyrics:
S*** in the suitcase
or
Share the suitcase
or
Share the suitcase
Original Lyrics:
Shelter in their suitcase
"Disconnected"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sometime I can see the world by staring
Through your dirty, misty eyes.
Through your dirty, misty eyes.
Original Lyrics:
Sometimes I can see the world by staring
Through your dark and misty eyes.
Through your dark and misty eyes.
"Don't You (Forget About Me)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Call my name or Whopper pie
Original Lyrics:
Call my name or walk on by
"Don't You (Forget About Me)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't chew, forget about meat
Original Lyrics:
Don't you forget about me
"Don't You (Forget About Me)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Family and security
Original Lyrics:
Vanity and security
"Don't You (Forget About Me)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I said blah, blah, blah, blah, blah
Original Lyrics:
I said la, la, la, la, la
"Don't You (Forget About Me)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
No, no, no, no
Original Lyrics:
Don't, don't, don't, don't
"Don't You (Forget About Me)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Rain keeps coming
or
Rain keeps going
or
Rain keeps going
Original Lyrics:
Rain keeps falling
"Don't You (Forget About Me)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Rain keeps pouring, rain keeps pouring
Now, now, now, now
Now, now, now, now
Original Lyrics:
Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling
Down, down, down, down
Down, down, down, down
"Don't You Forget About Me" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't you try and pretend
If not you will, win in the end.
If not you will, win in the end.
Original Lyrics:
Don't you try and pretend
It's my feeling we'll win in the end.
It's my feeling we'll win in the end.
"Don't You Forget About Me" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Giving me everything inside an hour
Original Lyrics:
Giving them everything inside and out
"Don't You Forget About Me" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Gold tooth will take you apart
Original Lyrics:
Going to take you apart
"Don't You Forget About Me" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I won't harm you or touch your dimensions.
Original Lyrics:
I won't harm you or touch your defenses.
"Don't You Forget About Me" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll be alone, dancing, you know it will be me
Original Lyrics:
I'll be alone, dancing, you know it baby
"Don't You Forget About Me" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
If my view will win in the end
I won't harm you or touch you defenseless
Vanity, insecurity
I won't harm you or touch you defenseless
Vanity, insecurity
Original Lyrics:
It's my feeling we'll win in the end
I won't harm you or touch your defenses
Vanity and security
I won't harm you or touch your defenses
Vanity and security
"Don't You Forget About Me" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
It's my feeling will, win and end
Original Lyrics:
It's my feeling we'll win in the end
"Don't You Forget About Me" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Love's strange, so we learn to part.
Original Lyrics:
Love's strange so real in the dark.
"Don't You Forget About Me" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Slow chain may pull us apart,
When I'm back and I enter your heart, baby
When I'm back and I enter your heart, baby
Original Lyrics:
Slow change may pull us apart,
When the light gets into your heart, baby
When the light gets into your heart, baby
"Don't You Forget About Me" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Slow change may pull us apart
When will that get into your heart, baby?
When will that get into your heart, baby?
Original Lyrics:
Slow change may pull us apart
When the light gets into your heart, baby.
When the light gets into your heart, baby.
"Don't You Forget About Me" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Soul Train may call us to fart
Original Lyrics:
Slow change can pull us apart
"Don't You Forget About Me" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
What if that gets into your heart, baby?
Original Lyrics:
When the light gets into your heart, baby
"Don't You Forget About Me" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Will you echo nicely?
Original Lyrics:
Will you recognise me?
"Ghostdancing" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Saturdays come crashing down
Original Lyrics:
Satellites come crashing down
"Glittering Prize" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
We can remember flatulence pain
Original Lyrics:
We can remember attraction of fame.
"Glittering Prize" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
We can remember the attraction of pain.
Original Lyrics:
We can remember attraction of fame.
"Hypnotised"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm losing track
Original Lyrics:
I'm losing ground
"New Sunshine Morning"
Misheard Lyrics:
New sunshine morning, it can suck my a**!
Original Lyrics:
New sunshine morning, opens up my eyes
"Promised You A Miracle" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I promised you, America.
Original Lyrics:
I promised you a miracle.
"Promised You A Miracle" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Pay homage to America
Original Lyrics:
Promised you a miracle
"Promised You A Miracle" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Promised you America.
Original Lyrics:
Promised you a miracle.
"Promised You A Miracle" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Promised you a miracle
Guinea pigs are guinea pigs.
Guinea pigs are guinea pigs.
Original Lyrics:
Promised you a miracle
Belief is a beauty thing.
Belief is a beauty thing.
"Promised You a Miracle" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Guinea pigs are silly things
Original Lyrics:
Belief is a beauty thing
"Real Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
Got a flight ticket to JFK in the land of his dreams
Original Lyrics:
Counterfeit ticket to JFK in the land of his dreams
"Sanctify Yourself" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Sacrifice, sacrify yourself.
Original Lyrics:
Sanctify, sanctify yourself.
"Sanctify Yourself" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Say goodbye, say goodbye yourself.
Original Lyrics:
Sanctify, sanctify yourself.
"Sanctify Yourself" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Sweet murgles of straight circumstances.
Original Lyrics:
Sweet miracles and strange circumstances.
"Sanctify Yourself" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Where's the fire bell?
Original Lyrics:
Sanctify yourself.
"Scar"
Misheard Lyrics:
Traveling crew, talks back to you
Fire, fire
Sand in my ass
Car passenger, spit at the wheel
Split kiss of dead.
Fire, fire
Sand in my ass
Car passenger, spit at the wheel
Split kiss of dead.
Original Lyrics:
Traveling through, flashback to you
Fire, fire
Sun in my eyes
Car passenger, fate at the wheel
Quick kiss of death.
Fire, fire
Sun in my eyes
Car passenger, fate at the wheel
Quick kiss of death.
"See The Lights" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You know I called you odd 'cause nothing takes your face
Original Lyrics:
You know I called you up 'cause nothing takes your place
"She's a River"
Misheard Lyrics:
She delivers
Original Lyrics:
She's a river
"She's a River"
Misheard Lyrics:
She'll paint your blue skies back
Original Lyrics:
She'll paint your blue skies black
"Someone Somewhere (in Summertime)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
With me and Lorraine
Original Lyrics:
With me in the rain
"Speed Your Love to Me" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I couldn't sleep awake last night
Original Lyrics:
I couldn't sleep a wink last night
"Stand by Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
The CD looks pretty tonight
Original Lyrics:
The city looks pretty tonight
"The Kick Inside of Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
An appalling rink...
Original Lyrics:
In the pouring rain
With heavy engineering and Jim Kerr's likewise heavy Scotch accent, early Simple Minds had a knack for coming up with this sort of thing
"This Fear Of Gods"
Misheard Lyrics:
Boys are falling, boys across the air.
Fear of fast, I'm squirming right now
Fatso, fatso, fatso, fatso.
Fear of fast, I'm squirming right now
Fatso, fatso, fatso, fatso.
Original Lyrics:
Some boys are calling, boys are crying
Fear is fast, I'm turning white now
Faster, faster, faster, faster.
Fear is fast, I'm turning white now
Faster, faster, faster, faster.
"Up on the Catwalk"
Misheard Lyrics:
And dollars to douche marks
Original Lyrics:
And dollars to Deutch marks
"Waterfront" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm going to move on up to the waterfall
Original Lyrics:
I'm going to move on up to the waterfront
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