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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 Thompson Twins 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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"All Fall Out"
Misheard Lyrics:
And I can't hear a d*mn.
Original Lyrics:
And I can hear her dance.
"All Fall Out"
Misheard Lyrics:
And I don't taste the shell.
Original Lyrics:
And I don't dare to shout.
"All Fall Out"
Misheard Lyrics:
Treat, treatin' me bad
Yes I treat, treatin' me bad.
Yes I treat, treatin' me bad.
Original Lyrics:
Dream, dream in red
Yes I dream, dream in red.
Yes I dream, dream in red.
"All Fall Out"
Misheard Lyrics:
Treat, treating me bad
Yes I treat, treating me bad.
Yes I treat, treating me bad.
Original Lyrics:
Dream, dream in red
Yes I dream, dream in red.
Yes I dream, dream in red.
"Big Trash"
Misheard Lyrics:
8-tracks
Original Lyrics:
Big trash
"Doctor! Doctor!" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Can’t you see I’m birdie, birdie?
Original Lyrics:
Can’t you see I’m burning, burning?
"Doctor! Doctor!" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Chips at night, it's such delight.
Original Lyrics:
Ships at night give such delight.
"Doctor! Doctor!" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Doctor! Doctor!
I've had a little disco accident!
I've had a little disco accident!
Original Lyrics:
Doctor! Doctor!
Can't you see I'm burnin' burnin'?
Can't you see I'm burnin' burnin'?
"Doctor! Doctor!" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Gimps at night give such delight.
Original Lyrics:
Ships at night give such delight.
"Doctor! Doctor!" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
It's at night, it's such delight.
Say your piece before the morning light.
Say your piece before the morning light.
Original Lyrics:
Ships at night give such delight.
We all leave before the morning light.
We all leave before the morning light.
"Doctor! Doctor!" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Kids at night
Give such delight.
Give such delight.
Original Lyrics:
Ships at night
Give such delight.
Give such delight.
"Doctor! Doctor!" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Limps at night gives such daylight
We don't need the further morning light.
We don't need the further morning light.
Original Lyrics:
Ships at night give such delight
We all leave before the morning light.
We all leave before the morning light.
"Doctor! Doctor!" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, Doctor, Doctor!
Is this how I'm feeling?
Is this how I'm feeling?
Original Lyrics:
Oh, Doctor, Doctor
Is this love I'm feeling?
Is this love I'm feeling?
"Doctor! Doctor!" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Please don't breathe your love on me
It takes away my name
Please don't lay your hands on me
It'd never be the same
It takes away my name
Please don't lay your hands on me
It'd never be the same
Original Lyrics:
Fever breathe your love on me
Take away my name
Fever lay your hands on me
Never be the same
Take away my name
Fever lay your hands on me
Never be the same
"Doctor! Doctor!" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
S***s at night gives such delight.
Original Lyrics:
Ships at night give such delight.
"Doctor, Doctor" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Doctor Doctor, this is how I'm feeling.
Original Lyrics:
Doctor Doctor, is this love I'm feeling?
"Doctor, Doctor" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Doctor, doctor
Can't you see my urine's burnin'?
Can't you see my urine's burnin'?
Original Lyrics:
Doctor, doctor
Can't you see I'm burnin', burnin'?
Can't you see I'm burnin', burnin'?
"Doctor, Doctor" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Doctor, doctor
Can't you see I'm Herman Herman?
Can't you see I'm Herman Herman?
Original Lyrics:
Doctor, doctor
Can't you see I'm burnin', burnin'?
Can't you see I'm burnin', burnin'?
"Doctor, Doctor" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, Doctor, doctor, can't you see I'm hurtin, hutin
Oh, Doctor, doctor, can't you stop my bleedin?
Oh, Doctor, doctor, can't you stop my bleedin?
Original Lyrics:
Oh, Doctor, doctor, can't you see I'm burning, burning
Oh, Doctor, doctor, is this love I'm feeling?
Oh, Doctor, doctor, is this love I'm feeling?
"Doctor, Doctor" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Pleas don't breathe your love on me
Original Lyrics:
Fever breathe your love on me
"Don't Mess With Doctor Dream" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Doctor! Doctor! Take this!
Original Lyrics:
Don't take that, take this!
"Don't Mess With Doctor Dream" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Dr. Jeeps and Vaisaway
Original Lyrics:
Doctor jeers and fades away
"Hold Me Now" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
An image of you under me
and we're laughing and loving it all
and we're laughing and loving it all
Original Lyrics:
And image of you and of me
and we're laughing and loving it all
and we're laughing and loving it all
"Hold Me Now" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And we're laughing with love at it all
Original Lyrics:
And we're laughing and loving it all
"Hold Me Now" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold me down
Hold my arms
Hold my arms
Original Lyrics:
Hold me now
Warm my heart.
Warm my heart.
"Hold Me Now" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold me in your loving arms
Warm my poor and tired heart
Will you stay with me?
Warm my poor and tired heart
Will you stay with me?
Original Lyrics:
Hold me in your loving arms
Warm my cold and tired heart
Ooh-ooh-ooh, stay with me.
Warm my cold and tired heart
Ooh-ooh-ooh, stay with me.
"Hold Me Now" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold me in your loving arms
Warm my cold Italian heart
Ooh-ooh-ooh, stay with me
Warm my cold Italian heart
Ooh-ooh-ooh, stay with me
Original Lyrics:
Hold me in your loving arms
Warm my cold and tired heart
Ooh-ooh-ooh, stay with me.
Warm my cold and tired heart
Ooh-ooh-ooh, stay with me.
"Hold Me Now" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold me now
Hold my heart
Hold my heart
Original Lyrics:
Hold me now
Warm my heart.
Warm my heart.
"Hold Me Now" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold me now, in your loving arms
Oh my old and calloused heart
Will you stay with me?
Oh my old and calloused heart
Will you stay with me?
Original Lyrics:
Hold me now, in your loving arms
Warm my cold and tired heart
Ooh-ooh-ooh, stay with me.
Warm my cold and tired heart
Ooh-ooh-ooh, stay with me.
"Hold Me Now" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold me now, warm my car.
Original Lyrics:
Hold me now, warm my heart.
"Hold Me Now" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold me now,
Hold my harp.
Hold my harp.
Original Lyrics:
Hold me now
Warm my heart.
Warm my heart.
"Hold Me Now" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold me now.
Oh my God.
Play with me.
Oh my God.
Play with me.
Original Lyrics:
Hold me now.
Warm my heart.
Stay with me.
Warm my heart.
Stay with me.
"Hold Me Now" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold me now.
Oh, walk my dog.
Oh, walk my dog.
Original Lyrics:
Hold me now.
Oh, warm my heart.
Oh, warm my heart.
"Hold Me Now" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold me now
Hold my farm.
Hold my farm.
Original Lyrics:
Hold me now
Warm my heart.
Warm my heart.
"Hold Me Now" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold me now
Hold my farts.
Hold my farts.
Original Lyrics:
Hold me now
Warm my heart.
Warm my heart.
"Hold Me Now" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold my coat and tie it one.
Original Lyrics:
Warm my cold and tired heart.
"Hold Me Now" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold my cold retarded heart.
Original Lyrics:
Warm my cold and tired heart.
"Hold Me Now" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold my cow
Warm my fart.
Warm my fart.
Original Lyrics:
Hold me now
Warm my heart.
Warm my heart.
"Hold Me Now" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold my heart.
Hold my whole entire heart.
Hold my whole entire heart.
Original Lyrics:
Warm my heart.
Warm my cold and tired heart.
Warm my cold and tired heart.
"Hold Me Now" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold my old Italian heart
Original Lyrics:
Warm my cold and tired heart
"Hold Me Now" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold on, I've got to fart.
Original Lyrics:
Warm my cold and tired heart.
"Hold Me Now" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hole hee how
Hall hi har
Hay wi mee
And never fart, and never fart.
or
Hold me now
With all my heart
Stay with me
And never part, and never part.
Hall hi har
Hay wi mee
And never fart, and never fart.
or
Hold me now
With all my heart
Stay with me
And never part, and never part.
Original Lyrics:
Hold me now
With all my heart
Stay with me
Let loving start, let loving start.
With all my heart
Stay with me
Let loving start, let loving start.
"Hold Me Now" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Let love Windstar, let love Windstar
Original Lyrics:
Let loving start, let loving start
"Hold Me Now" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
My cold, retarded heart.
Original Lyrics:
Warm my cold and tired heart.
"Hold Me Now" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, it ain't gonna love it all
Ooh, my Morace happens heart.
Ooh, my Morace happens heart.
Original Lyrics:
Hold me in your loving arms
Warm my cold and tired heart.
Warm my cold and tired heart.
"Hold Me Now" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, my poor Italian car!
Original Lyrics:
Warm my cold and tired heart.
"Hold Me Now" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Warm my balls.
Warm my cold and tired balls.
Warm my cold and tired balls.
Original Lyrics:
Warm my heart.
Warm my cold and tired heart.
Warm my cold and tired heart.
"Hold Me Now" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Warm my whole entire heart
or
Warm my whole entire car
or
Warm my whole entire car
Original Lyrics:
Warm my cold and tired heart
"Hold Me Now" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
We are not like now
Times have been torn.
Times have been torn.
Original Lyrics:
Look at my life now
Tattered and torn.
Tattered and torn.
"In The Name Of Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And it's true if all this surrounds us is paradise.
Original Lyrics:
And it's true if all this around us is paradise.
"In The Name Of Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hit the light bulb!
Hit the light bulb!
Hit the light bulb!
Hit the light bulb!
Hit the light bulb!
Original Lyrics:
In the name of...
In the name of...
In the name of...
In the name of...
In the name of...
"Judy Do"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just one fault move is all it takes
She's come too far with small mistakes.
She's come too far with small mistakes.
Original Lyrics:
Just one false move is all it takes
She's come too far for small mistakes.
She's come too far for small mistakes.
"Judy Do"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's not who drives and plays chess
There are so few who really fly
Let's put that dried life in her eyes.
There are so few who really fly
Let's put that dried life in her eyes.
Original Lyrics:
She's not the prize in the paper chase
There are so few who really fly
Let's put that bright life in her eyes.
There are so few who really fly
Let's put that bright life in her eyes.
"Kamikaze"
Misheard Lyrics:
Feeling alone
Lying about you.
Lying about you.
Original Lyrics:
Leaving alone
Flying above you.
Flying above you.
"Kamikaze"
Misheard Lyrics:
Flows on in time.
Original Lyrics:
Frozen in time.
"King For A Day" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Diamond rings and all those things
They never sparkle like yourself.
They never sparkle like yourself.
Original Lyrics:
Diamond rings and all those things
They never sparkle like your smile.
They never sparkle like your smile.
"King For A Day" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I've heard it celled or maybe rad
Only mother makes the world go 'round
Only mother makes the world go 'round
Original Lyrics:
I've heard it said or maybe read
Only money makes the world go 'round.
Only money makes the world go 'round.
"King For A Day" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I've heard it said on the night we met
All the money makes the world go round
All the money makes the world go round
Original Lyrics:
I've heard it said or maybe read
Only money makes the world go round
Only money makes the world go round
"King for a Day" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
If I ate cake for just one day
Original Lyrics:
If I was king for just one day
"King for a Day" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
If I was in the church one day
Original Lyrics:
If I was king for just one day
"King for a Day" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Ribosome, ribosome, ribosome
Original Lyrics:
Love is all, love is all, love is all
"Lay Your Hands On Me" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Back and forth across the sea
I have chased so many trees.
I have chased so many trees.
Original Lyrics:
Back and forth across the sea
I have chased so many dreams.
I have chased so many dreams.
"Lay Your Hands On Me" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Galileo hands on me
Original Lyrics:
Oh lay your hands on me.
"Lay Your Hands On Me" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh wave your hand
Original Lyrics:
Oh lay your hands
From the background vocals
"Lay Your Hands on Me" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
(Lay your eggs)
or
(Lay your hens)
or
(Lay your hens)
Original Lyrics:
(Lay your hands)
"Lies" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Cleo padded diaper regions
What a waste of time.
What a waste of time.
Original Lyrics:
Cleopatra died for Egypt
What a waste of time.
What a waste of time.
"Lies" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Cleopatra died for rejects
What a waste of time.
What a waste of time.
Original Lyrics:
Cleopatra died for Egypt
What a waste of time.
What a waste of time.
"Lies" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Large Fries, Large Fries, yeah-ah!
Original Lyrics:
Lies, Lies, lies, yeah!
"Lies" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Lights, lights, lights, shut up!
Original Lyrics:
Lies, lies, lies, yeah!
"Lies" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Why a waste of time
or
Quite a waste of time
or
Quite a waste of time
Original Lyrics:
What a waste of time
"Lies" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Why promises are snapped in two
And words are made to ban
Oh beggar, oh bella
Some stole it from Japan.
And words are made to ban
Oh beggar, oh bella
Some stole it from Japan.
Original Lyrics:
Why promises are snapped in two
With words are made to bend
The bigger, the better
Some stolen from Japan.
With words are made to bend
The bigger, the better
Some stolen from Japan.
"Long Goodbye" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
The puppies on the run
Original Lyrics:
The poppies all run wild.
"Love Lies Bleeding"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've got this feeling on the 'Love Lies Bleeding'
I share this dreaming
or
Wish I was dreaming.
I share this dreaming
or
Wish I was dreaming.
Original Lyrics:
I've got this feeling that our love lies bleeding
The sharpest dreaming.
The sharpest dreaming.
"Love Lies Bleeding"
Misheard Lyrics:
Neon signs are strange desires.
Original Lyrics:
Neon signs of straight desires.
"Love Lies Bleeding"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tears don't fall and it won't don't care.
Original Lyrics:
Two's no fun if one don't care.
"Love On Your Side" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
But I was told the boys need girls.
Original Lyrics:
But I was taught that boys need girls.
"Love On Your Side" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I hated laughing in some other groove.
Original Lyrics:
I hear you laughing in some other room.
"Love On Your Side" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I hear you laughing with some 'Moulin Rouge'.
Original Lyrics:
I hear you laughing in some other room.
"Love On Your Side" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
It's when you meet someone
Who doesn't follow all the rooms.
Who doesn't follow all the rooms.
Original Lyrics:
'Cause when you meet someone
Who doesn't follow all the rules.
Who doesn't follow all the rules.
"Love On Your Side" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Then I catch myself going through
The same old ratten need rat boy rat.
The same old ratten need rat boy rat.
Original Lyrics:
Then I catch myself going through
The same old rhapsody rap boy rap.
The same old rhapsody rap boy rap.
"Love on Your Side" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And you need to move around
Original Lyrics:
And you need to move about
"Love on Your Side" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I heard you laughing in Tallulah's room
(later)
I've bought you second-handed smoke
(later)
I've bought you second-handed smoke
Original Lyrics:
I heard you laughing in some other room
(later)
I've bought you sentimental roses
(later)
I've bought you sentimental roses
"No Peace for the Wicked"
Misheard Lyrics:
Satellites spin through the air, [unintelligible] everywhere
When the headlines in the street more than knock you off your feet
Satellites spin through the air, ninety pounds of atmosphere
Maybe love will disappear, I wonder if you really care
When the headlines in the street more than knock you off your feet
Satellites spin through the air, ninety pounds of atmosphere
Maybe love will disappear, I wonder if you really care
Original Lyrics:
Satellites spin through the air, suffragettes are everywhere
When the headlines hit the streets they're gonna knock you off your feet
Satellites spin through the air, acrobats of atmosphere
Maybe love will disappear, I wonder if you really care
When the headlines hit the streets they're gonna knock you off your feet
Satellites spin through the air, acrobats of atmosphere
Maybe love will disappear, I wonder if you really care
"No Peace for the Wicked"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sometimes I think they're madder
Than houses having tea
Than houses having tea
Original Lyrics:
Sometimes I think they're madder
Than hatters having tea
Than hatters having tea
"No Peace for the Wicked"
Misheard Lyrics:
We don't need small equipment
Original Lyrics:
No peace for the wicked
Album: Into the Gap
"Revolution"
Misheard Lyrics:
But if you go carrying pictures of Gemini.
Original Lyrics:
But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao.
"Sugar Daddy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Shouldn't have it
Original Lyrics:
Sugar Daddy
"Tears"
Misheard Lyrics:
And I'm dressing up with stardom grace
And it tears you to 'just coming home'.
And it tears you to 'just coming home'.
Original Lyrics:
And I'm dressing up with style and grace
But your tears you just can't hide.
But your tears you just can't hide.
"Tears"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just to me so you won't cry.
Original Lyrics:
Dressed in blue so you won't cry.
"The Gap" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
We say break the line, chew the facts
And keep moving out into the gap
And keep moving out into the gap
Original Lyrics:
We say break the line, and chew the fat
And keep moving out into the gap.
And keep moving out into the gap.
It made sense to me at the time--- I wasn't familiar with the expression "chew the fat" meaning to make conversation, and I figured they meant try to digest all the available information before you make judgments about others.
"The Gap" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
We say break the line, into the fax
He put me out into the gap.
He put me out into the gap.
Original Lyrics:
We say break the line, and chew the fat
A keep moving out into the gap.
A keep moving out into the gap.
"Watching"
Misheard Lyrics:
I focus on a face and summer can't.
Original Lyrics:
I focus on a face in Samarkand.
"Watching"
Misheard Lyrics:
I focus on a face with 'some old kind'.
Original Lyrics:
I focus on a face in Samarkand.
"Watching"
Misheard Lyrics:
The circuit was a-leaking up and right.
Original Lyrics:
The circuit boards are linking up in rhyme.
"Watching"
Misheard Lyrics:
There my last resort.
Original Lyrics:
They're my last resort.
"Watching"
Misheard Lyrics:
Watching here, watching here.
Original Lyrics:
Watching you, watching me.
"We Are Detectives" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
But we know better 'cause the spy is back.
Original Lyrics:
But we know better 'cause the spy is bad.
"We Are Detectives" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Perhaps I should invite a novelty.
Original Lyrics:
Perhaps I should invite him up for tea.
"We Are Detectives" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Perhaps I should invite for Ovaltine.
Original Lyrics:
Perhaps I should invite him up for tea.
"We Are Detectives" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
So hear again inside the old cafe
He makes us test you wish you'd go away.
He makes us test you wish you'd go away.
Original Lyrics:
Saw him again inside the old cafe
He makes us tense we wish he'd go away.
He makes us tense we wish he'd go away.
"We Are Detectives" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Someone is all left-hand.
Original Lyrics:
Someone is on our tail.
"We Are Detectives" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
We dress up in disguise
To get away from all those crying eyes.
To get away from all those crying eyes.
Original Lyrics:
We dress up in disguise
To get away from all those prying eyes.
To get away from all those prying eyes.
"We Are Detectives" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
We think of frightening scenes.
Original Lyrics:
We think of frightening things.
"You Take Me Up" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I know what it means to work hard on all the sheets.
Original Lyrics:
I know what it means to work hard on machines.
"You Take Me Up" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I know what it means to work hard on these things.
Original Lyrics:
I know what it means to work hard on machines.
"You Take Me Up" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I know what it means to work hard-on machines.
Original Lyrics:
I know what it means to work hard on machines.
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