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This page contains a list of the songs that have stories about their misheard lyrics submitted.

Song names are sorted by first letter, excluding A and The. This is sorted by song title only, not by song title and performer. So if two different performers preformed the same song, you'll see misheard lyrics for both on the same page (provided the song title was spelt the same both times, and misheard lyrics have been submitted for both!).


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Bachman-Turner Overdrive's, "Blue Collar"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Sleep your sleep
I'm awake and alive
I keep late hours
Yours and the pie
The Real Lyrics:
Sleep your sleep
I'm awake and alive
I keep late hours
You're nine to five
The Story: Back in the mid-1970s, we had the album that this song was on; the record was a bit defective though and got stuck so that it sounded like he was singing, "Yours and the pie...and the pie...and the pie...and the pie...and the pie...and the pie...and the pie" until somebody went over to the record player and bumped the needle a bit. :-) - Submitted by: Craig Johnson
Bachman-Turner Overdrive's, "Blue Collar"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Sleep your sleep
I'm awake and alive
I keep late hours
Yours and the pie
The Real Lyrics:
Sleep your sleep
I'm awake and alive
I keep late hours
You're nine to five
The Story: Back in the mid-1970s, we had the album that this song was on; the record was a bit defective though and got stuck so that it sounded like he was singing, "Yours and the pie...and the pie...and the pie...and the pie...and the pie...and the pie...and the pie" until somebody went over to the record player and bumped the needle a bit. :-) - Submitted by: Craig Johnson
Bachman-Turner Overdrive's, "Let It Ride"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I've been doing Facebook while you've been cooking time.
The Real Lyrics:
I've been doing things worthwhile. You've been booking time.
The Story: I'm pretty sure Facebook didn't exist in the seventies. - Submitted by: Deab
Bachman-Turner Overdrive's, "Taking Care of Business"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Taking care of biscuits
The Real Lyrics:
Taking care of business
The Story: My 6 year old son was rocking out in the back seat of the car singing this line. It was all I could do to stay on the road. - Submitted by: Tierney Luper

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