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"Go West"
Misheard Lyrics:
(Together) We will fly so high
(Together) Tell your brains goodbye
(Together) Tell your brains goodbye
Original Lyrics:
(Together) We will fly so high
(Together) Tell our friends goodbye
(Together) Tell our friends goodbye
"Go West"
Misheard Lyrics:
Go west in the autumn air
or
Go west in the auburn air
or
Go west in the auburn air
Original Lyrics:
Go west in the open air
"Go West"
Misheard Lyrics:
There are many ways
To live there in the summer shade
To live there in the summer shade
Original Lyrics:
There are many ways
To live there in the sun or shade
To live there in the sun or shade
"Go West"
Misheard Lyrics:
We will go to L.A.
Original Lyrics:
We will go our way
"In The Navy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Beef with gravy
or
My name is Davy.
or
My name is Davy.
Original Lyrics:
In the Navy
"In The Navy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Come on, enjoy your fellowmen
Original Lyrics:
Come on, and join your fellow, man
"In The Navy"
Misheard Lyrics:
He's a baby!
Original Lyrics:
In the Navy
"In The Navy"
Misheard Lyrics:
In the Navy,
where you piss in the sea
where you piss in the sea
Original Lyrics:
In the Navy,
yes you can sail the seven seas
yes you can sail the seven seas
"In The Navy"
Misheard Lyrics:
In the knave, E
Original Lyrics:
In the Navy
"In The Navy"
Misheard Lyrics:
In the lady!
Original Lyrics:
In the Navy!
Very odd (and ironic) choice of lyrics for a group with a large following among gay men.
"In The Navy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Schindellegi
Original Lyrics:
In the Navy
Schindellegi is a place in Switzerland.
"In The Navy"
Misheard Lyrics:
They want you in the nudie crew
Original Lyrics:
They want you as a new recruit
"In the Navy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Big wazoo,
big wazoo,
big wazoo-ass, the new recruit
big wazoo,
big wazoo-ass, the new recruit
Original Lyrics:
They want you,
they want you,
they want you as a new recruit
they want you,
they want you as a new recruit
"In the Navy"
Misheard Lyrics:
But I'm sure they will be always a good naked
Working for the land and sea
Working for the land and sea
Original Lyrics:
For I'm sure there will be always a good navy
Protecting the land and sea
Protecting the land and sea
"In the Navy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Eating gravy
Original Lyrics:
In the Navy
"In the Navy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Inner maybe
Original Lyrics:
In the navy
"In the Navy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pins and needles
Original Lyrics:
In the Navy
"In the Navy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Shame on you,
Shame on you,
Shame on you and the boogie too
Shame on you,
Shame on you and the boogie too
Original Lyrics:
They want you,
They want you,
They want you as a new recruit
They want you,
They want you as a new recruit
"In the Navy"
Misheard Lyrics:
They want you and the Looney Tunes
Original Lyrics:
They want you as a new recruit
"In the Navy"
Misheard Lyrics:
They want you at the movies, too
Original Lyrics:
They want you as a new recruit
"In the Navy"
Misheard Lyrics:
They want you, they want you
They want you as a loony crew
They want you as a loony crew
Original Lyrics:
They want you, they want you
They want you as a new recruit
They want you as a new recruit
"In the Navy"
Misheard Lyrics:
We want you,
We want you,
We want you as a movie crew
We want you,
We want you as a movie crew
Original Lyrics:
They want you,
They want you,
They want you as a new recruit
They want you,
They want you as a new recruit
"In the Navy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Where can you learn to fly planes or to skin dive
Original Lyrics:
Where can you learn to fly, play in sports, and skin dive
"Macho Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Brocco-broccoli
Original Lyrics:
Macho, macho man
"Macho Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
F**king with his body, he's a king
Original Lyrics:
Funky with his body, he's a king
"Macho Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Groucho, Groucho Marx
Original Lyrics:
Macho, macho man
"Macho Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
He's a special Buzzsaw
Original Lyrics:
He's a special Person
"Macho Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
He's a special butt-f*** in anybody's land.
Original Lyrics:
He's a special person in anybody's land.
"Macho Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hot doh, hot dog man
or
Hot dog, hot dog vendor
or
Hot dog, hot dog vendor
Original Lyrics:
Macho, macho man
"Macho Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Karate
Original Lyrics:
Body
"Macho Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Matzo, matzo man
Original Lyrics:
Macho, macho man
"Macho Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Moscow Moscow man.
Original Lyrics:
Macho, Macho Man
"Macho Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Nacho, nacho man
I've got to be a nacho man
I've got to be a nacho man
Original Lyrics:
Macho, Macho Man
I've got to be a Macho Man
I've got to be a Macho Man
"Macho Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Nacho, nacho man
Original Lyrics:
Macho, macho man
"Macho Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Not your, not your man
Original Lyrics:
Macho, Macho Man
"Macho Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Not your, not your man
Original Lyrics:
Macho, Macho Man
"Macho Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ready to get down, man. Do it in the can
Original Lyrics:
Ready to get down with, anyone he can
"Macho Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Russian, Russian man
Original Lyrics:
Macho, macho man
"Macho Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
S*** my big d***, mustache.
Original Lyrics:
Check out my big thick mustache.
"Macho Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Suck my big d**k, mustache
Original Lyrics:
Check out my big thick mustache
"Manhattan Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
Men have transformers.
Original Lyrics:
Manhattan woman
"Manhattan Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tap tap tap for love
Original Lyrics:
Manhattan Woman
"San Francisco (You've Got Me)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Every gesture there has a Midgee (Midgee)
Original Lyrics:
Every gesture there has a meaning (meaning)
As in Tootsie Roll Midgees.
"Sex Over The Phone"
Misheard Lyrics:
Touch my britches then I go crazy.
Original Lyrics:
Touch my princess and I go crazy.
"Sodom And Gomorrah"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ronald McDonald, Ronald McDonald
Original Lyrics:
Sodom and Gomorrah, Sodom and Gomorrah
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
5 and 3/8ths
Original Lyrics:
Y.M.C.A.
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
And just go there, to the YMCA
Until they can help you today.
Until they can help you today.
Original Lyrics:
And just go there, to the YMCA
I'm sure they can help you today.
I'm sure they can help you today.
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
Buoyancy aid
Original Lyrics:
Y.M.C.A.
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
Dough bag, there's a place you can go
I said dough bag, when you're short on the dough.
I said dough bag, when you're short on the dough.
Original Lyrics:
Young man, there's a place you can go
I said young man, when you're short on the dough.
I said young man, when you're short on the dough.
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
High Accident
Original Lyrics:
Y-M-C-A
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
I am the 8th!
Original Lyrics:
Y.M.C.A.
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
I do this thing at the Y.M.C.A.
I do this thing at the Y.M.C.A.
I do this thing at the Y.M.C.A.
Original Lyrics:
It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
I felt no man cared if I were alive
I felt the whole world was so jive
or
I felt the whole world was so tired.
I felt the whole world was so jive
or
I felt the whole world was so tired.
Original Lyrics:
I felt no man cared if I were alive
I felt the whole world was so tight.
I felt the whole world was so tight.
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
I said Yemen, put your pride on the shelf.
Original Lyrics:
I said young man, put your pride on the shelf.
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
I said hours
Original Lyrics:
I said I was
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
I said yippieh.
Original Lyrics:
I said, young man
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
I said young man, hit yourself off the ground
or
Hitch yourself off the ground
or
Lift yourself off the ground
or
Hitch yourself off the ground
or
Lift yourself off the ground
Original Lyrics:
I said young man, pick yourself off the ground.
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
I said young man, put your bride on the shelf.
Original Lyrics:
I said young man, put your pride on the shelf.
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
I said young man, put your butt on the shelf
Original Lyrics:
I said young man, put your pride on the shelf
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
I said yummy
Original Lyrics:
I said..young man
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
I said, young man, when you're short on the go.
Original Lyrics:
I said, young man, when you're short on your dough.
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
I said....Janne
Original Lyrics:
I said...young man
Janne is a Finnish name and it is pronounced like 'yonne'
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
It's for the state, it's the Y.M.C.A.
Original Lyrics:
It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
Mini-Wheats to have a good time
Original Lyrics:
Many ways to have a good time
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
My NCAA
Original Lyrics:
Y.M.C.A.
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
My NCAA
Original Lyrics:
Y.M.C.A.
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
Norman does it all by himself
Original Lyrics:
No man does it all by himself
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
Nutmeg
Original Lyrics:
Young man
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
Put your bat on the shelf.
or
Put your butt on the shelf.
or
Put your butt on the shelf.
Original Lyrics:
Put your pride on the shelf.
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
Putcha right on the shelf.
Original Lyrics:
Put your pride on the shelf.
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
Silly ways to have a good time
Original Lyrics:
Many ways to have a good time
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
That way
Original Lyrics:
That's where
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
There’s a bake sale at the YMCA
Original Lyrics:
There’s a place there called the YMCA
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
They can stop the fat in your way.
Original Lyrics:
They can start you back on your way.
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
They have everything for your mental joy.
Original Lyrics:
They have everything for young men to enjoy.
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
They have everything for your mental joy
Original Lyrics:
They have everything for young men to enjoy
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
They have everything from a floor to a gym.
Original Lyrics:
They have everything for young men to enjoy.
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
They have everything, for you men to enjoy
Original Lyrics:
They have everything for young men to enjoy
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
They have everything, for you're meant to enjoy.
or
They have everything, for you're made to enjoy.
or
They have everything, for you're made to enjoy.
Original Lyrics:
They have everything for young men to enjoy.
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
They have everything, for your mental joy
Original Lyrics:
They have everything for young men to enjoy
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
Why Em see hey?
Original Lyrics:
Y-M-C-A
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
Why MCA?
Original Lyrics:
YMCA
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
Why ain't she gay?
Original Lyrics:
Y.M.C.A.
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
Yam Yam, there's no need to feel down
I said, Yam Yam, pick yourself off the ground
I said, Yam Yam, 'cause you're in a new town
There's no need to be on Harpic.
I said, Yam Yam, pick yourself off the ground
I said, Yam Yam, 'cause you're in a new town
There's no need to be on Harpic.
Original Lyrics:
Young man, there's no need to feel down
I said, young man, pick yourself off the ground
I said, young man, 'cause you're in a new town
There's no need to be unhappy.
I said, young man, pick yourself off the ground
I said, young man, 'cause you're in a new town
There's no need to be unhappy.
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
Yogi
Original Lyrics:
Young man
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
Yoplait
Original Lyrics:
Young man
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
You can do what the f*** you feel.
Original Lyrics:
You can do whatever you feel.
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
You can do what the f*ck you feel
Original Lyrics:
You can do what-ever you feel
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
You can get yourself laid
You can have a good meal.
You can have a good meal.
Original Lyrics:
You can get yourself clean
You can have a good meal.
You can have a good meal.
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
You can have a good deal
Original Lyrics:
You can have a good meal
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
You can make out with all the boys.
Original Lyrics:
You can hang out with all the boys.
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
Young man, I was once in your shoes at St. Arbor
Down at Albertson Blues
Down at Albertson Blues
Original Lyrics:
Young man, I was once in your shoes
I said I was down and out with the blues
I said I was down and out with the blues
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
Young man, give your biscuit to me
Original Lyrics:
Young man, are you listening to me?
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
Young man, just pin up your gown.
There's no need to see me laughing.
There's no need to see me laughing.
Original Lyrics:
Young man, 'cause you're a new town,
there's no need to be unhappy.
there's no need to be unhappy.
"Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
Your man
Original Lyrics:
Young man
"Y.M.C.A"
Misheard Lyrics:
Why are you gay?
Original Lyrics:
Y.M.C.A.
"YMCA"
Misheard Lyrics:
I made a mistake!
Original Lyrics:
Y.M.C.A!
"YMCA"
Misheard Lyrics:
I said young man, when your short on your dope
They have Avril Lavigne for you to enjoy.
They have Avril Lavigne for you to enjoy.
Original Lyrics:
I said young man, when your short on your dough
They have everything for young men to enjoy.
They have everything for young men to enjoy.
Avril LaVigne was not yet born when this song was made, so the second line's mishearing would clearly be an anachronism.
"YMCA"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's fun to say you go YMCA
Original Lyrics:
It's fun to stay at the YMCA
"YMCA"
Misheard Lyrics:
M.D.M.A
Original Lyrics:
Y.M.C.A
MDMA is the active principle in ecstasy tabs.
"YMCA"
Misheard Lyrics:
We're supposed to stay at the YMCA
Original Lyrics:
It's fun to stay at the YMCA
"YMCA"
Misheard Lyrics:
Yo man
Original Lyrics:
Young man
"YMCA"
Misheard Lyrics:
You can get yourself clean
You can have some milk.
You can have some milk.
Original Lyrics:
You can get yourself clean
You can have a good meal.
You can have a good meal.
"YMCA"
Misheard Lyrics:
Young man, just pin up your gown.
There's no need to see us laughing.
There's no need to see us laughing.
Original Lyrics:
Young man, 'cause you're in a new town,
there's no need to be unhappy.
there's no need to be unhappy.
"YMCA"
Misheard Lyrics:
Young man, with your hands down your pants
Original Lyrics:
Young man, do you want to dance
"YMCA"
Misheard Lyrics:
Young men, I was watching your shoes
Original Lyrics:
Young men, I was once in your shoes
"YMCA"
Misheard Lyrics:
Yummy
Original Lyrics:
Young man
"YMCA"
Misheard Lyrics:
Yumpa
Original Lyrics:
Young man
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