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“The sheep don’t like it. Rock the cash box, rock the cash box. No, the sheep don’t like it…”

Sometimes the lyrics you make up are better than the actual lyrics.

"Cheap wine and a three legged goat" has always been my fave. I still sing this today!

There's a series of books that show the true lyrics and the most common mangling of those lyrics. One of them is called "He's Got The Whole World In His Pants".

"You get your money for nothing and your checks for free" In my defense, I was 9 when the song came out and you paid for things with checks back in those days. I was probably in my late 20s when I found out it was "chicks for free"

That's why we taped it from CD's, and when your cassette player was low on batteries it would play it in slow motion. Honestly learned lyrics this way

"She's got electric boobs! I saw those boobs!" Yep, Elton...that's what I thought you said growing up.

'It's been a year since I broke my nose', Message in a Bottle ,The Police. One of my classmates at the time.

"I'm not talking 'bout the linen. And the napkins will change your life."

"Dirty deeds and the Dunder Chiefs...

Stepped on a pop tart . Blew out my flip flop

When we were young, my younger sister would sing "Sweet jeans are made of these."

Even better when you hear words of your own language in english song lyrics. One radio station in Germany has/had a section where listeners could send in their own misheard lyrics. they called it the Agathe Bauer section, named after the song "I got the Power" from snap. A listener called them to request the song with that name.

That's a great theory, but I think a lot of lyrics websites just list the first set of lyrics that some random user comes along and posts. I've seen plenty where the wrong word(s) gets repeated multiple websites while other websites get it wrong. And even liner notes aren't always correct. Bruce Springsteen tells a story about liner notes that say "Mary's dress waves", saying that he's been singing "Mary's dress sways" for almost 50 years and the printed lyrics are wrong. [Google Fu] https://www.youtube.com/shorts/E3RtqtyDbcQ

Wasn't surprising to get the lyrics wrong though... I had a tape player that had one really poor-quality speaker. Now when I listen to those same songs on a CD played on awesome speakers, I can hear how the song was intended.

David Bowies starman; I thought it was "there's a snowman"... I did hear this song for the first time at Christmas. 🤦‍♀️

“Go, go Jason Waterfaaaalls” Y’know, like go, go gadget

Cisco mKid was a friend of mine - had the softest penis in the land (eats peanuts from the can)

For years I sung, "Cause every girl crazy 'bout a shy best man".... instead of....Sharp dressed man 😆

"Excuse me while I kiss this guy."

The beginning of Wild LIfe by The Talking Heads sounds like "I'm ready now, for vaginas."

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Chronic lyratosis as we called it!!

Actually quite cringe what we used to think we heard and sang out loud in those days.

Knights in White Satin!

Inna Gadda Da Vida, even the singer didn't know what the words were.

Rock the Cat box... Rock the cat box. ( Rock the Casbaugh) this is how my kids would sing this song

I went months thinking Adele was "Chasing Penguins"

'Scuse me while I kiss this guy.

Cisco Kid was a friend of mine - had the softest penis in the land (ate salted peanuts from the can)

"Well since she put me down there's been owls pukin' in my bed." Not my original thought, but I read this in "Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs" which was basically about this very topic. Almost 30 years later, every time I hear "Help Me Rhonda ", thinking of this line still makes me laugh hysterically.

I thought for year's it was I want to beat my lover