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Wrong Words

Music's Misinterpreted Lyrics


You can probably list a few songs which you love to sing to, and we'd bet you think you know all the lyrics to those songs, right?  Are you sure?  Just for fun, why not take a look at the list here and you might discover that "The question to everyone's answer is usually asked from within."
Not aspirin and gin.


If you have any more, let us know


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Song Title
Misinterpreted Lyric
Actual Lyric
B-52's "Roam" Whoa! Nipsy Russell Roam, if you want to
Bachman Turner Overdrive "Takin' Care of Business" Bakin' carrot biscuits Takin' care of business
Beatles "I Want to Hold Your Hand" It's such a feeling that, my love, I get high It's such a feeling that, my love, I can't hide
Beatles "Lucy SD"  The girl with colitis goes by The girl with Kaleidoscope eyes 
Beatles "Michelle" Sunday Monkey won't play piano song, play piano song Sont des mots qui vont tres bien ensemble, tres bien ensemble
Beatles "Penny Lane" Efficient finger pies Fish and finger pies
Beatles "Polythene Pam She's the kind of girl who makes a musical fail ...who makes the news of the world
Beatles "Sixty-four"  Will you still need me?  Will you still feed me?  When I'm six feet four ...When I'm sixty-four
Beatles "Ticket to Ride" She's got a chicken to ride She's got a ticket to ride
Beck "Loser"  Soy una cantador 
Soy on my candy corn 
Soy un perdedor
Clash "Rock the Casbah" Sherry don't like it, rock the catbox  The Sharif don't like it, rock the Casbah 
Counting Crows "Mr. Jones" Find myself a great historic place Find myself a gray guitar and play
Creedence Clearwater Revival "Bad Moon Rising" There's a bathroom on the right There's a bad moon on the rise
Depeche Mode "Just Can't Get Enough" I just can't get it up I just can't get enough
Fifth Dimension "Aquarius" When Jupiter collides with Mars When Jupiter aligns with Mars
Hendrix "Purple Haze" 'Scuse me while I kiss this guy  'Scuse me while I kiss the sky 
Jackson "Billie Jean" The jealous Rabbi's son This kid is not my son
Jackson "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" Mama say mama saw my moccasin Ma ma se ma ma sa ma ma coo sa
John "Bennie and the Jets" They sell weed and it's wonderful They're so weird and wonderful
Led Zeppelin "Stairway to Heaven" And there's a wino down the road, I should've stole his Oreos And as we wind on down the road, Our shadows taller than our souls
Manfred Mann "Blinded By the Light" She ripped up her douche in the middle of the night. 
Wrapped up like a douche, another boner in the night
Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Nirvana "Heart Shaped Box" Hey, Wait, I've got a naked plate Hey, wait, I've got a new complaint
Nirvana "Smells Like Teen Spirit" We are punk gods Load up on guns
Palmer "Addicted to Love" My anus will fix it, you're addicted to love Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Pearl Jam "Jeremy" Jeremy smoked grass today 
Jeremy broke glass today
Jeremy spoke in class today
Pink Floyd "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" Shine on you crazy blind man Shine on you crazy diamond
Police "Every Breath You Take" I'm a pool hall ace How my poor heart aches
Prince "Raspberry Beret" She wore raspberries and grapes She wore a raspberry beret
Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody" Gotta leave it all behind and take a cruise Gotta leave it all behind and face the truth
REM "Orange Crush" We are ancient Sophocles We are agents of the free
REM "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight" Come in and try to wake her up 
Tell me a jawbreaker 
Only in Jamaica
Call me when you try to wake her up
Rivers "Secret Agent Man" Secret Asian man
Secret aging man
Secret Agent man
Rolling Stones "Bitch" Salivate on a padlocked door Salivate like Pavlov's dog
Simon and Garfunkle "I am a Rock" I am a rock, I am in Thailand I am a rock, I am an Island
Steppenwolf "Born to be Wild" I like smokin' ice cream I like smoke and lightning
Steve Miller Band "Jungle Love" The question to everyone's answer is usually aspirin and gin ...is usually asked from within
Stevens "Peace Train" Right on the pea stain Ride on the Peace Train
Stone Temple Pilots "Plush" Where you going with the master plan? Where you going with the mask I found?
Tears for Fears "Shout" They hit you with a wrecking ball They took you for a working boy
U2 "Even Better than the Real Thing" Give me one last chance, We'll slide down the circus of pigs ...We'll slide down the surface of things
Whitesnake "Here I Go Again" Like a drifter I was born to wear cologne Like a drifter I was born to walk alone
Wonder "Part-Time Lover" Apartheid lover Part-time lover
Young "Every time You Go Away" Every time you go away, you take a piece of meat with you ...you take a piece of me with you
Zevon "Werewolves of London" Where was the thunder Werewolves on London

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