Taken4Granite's Published Lyrics |
| Artist |
Song |
Misheard |
Real Lyrics |
| Moody Blues | Nights in White Satin | Knights in white satin | Nights in white satin |
| The Beatles | Mean Mr. Mustard | Keeps a ten-mark note up his nose | Keeps a ten-bob note up his nose |
| Peter Gabriel | Biko | Kill a martyr | Yihla moja |
| Traditional | O Tannenbaum | Atomic bomb | O Tannenbaum |
| Jethro Tull | Aqualung | Aqueduct, my friend | Aqualung, my friend |
| R.E.M. | Orange Crush | We are ancient Sophocles | We are agents of the free |
| Madonna | La Isla Bonita | That is all for me, Itá | La isla bonita |
| The Hollies | Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress | Well, the feeling was gone from my left hand | Well, the D. A. was pumping my left hand |
| Murray Head | One Night In Bangkok | And if you're lucky then the girl's a she | And if you're lucky then the god's a she |
| Abba | Voulez Vous | Like it's chosen, voulez-vous | La question c'est voulez-vous |
| Dire Straits | Money For Nothing | Yeah buddy, that's his own affair | Yeah buddy, that's his own hair |
| Fleetwood Mac | Monday Morning | You only want me when I can't go for you | You only want me when I get over you |
| Elton John | Burn Down the Mission | Give me the words, schools are out today | Out in the woods, squirrels are out today |
| Elton John | Madman Across the Water | I can read very well | I can see very well |
| Fleetwood Mac | Rhiannon | Brianna | Rhiannon |
| Fleetwood Mac | Say You Love Me | You rule me until the sun comes up | You woo me until the sun comes up |
| Kim Carnes | Bette Davis Eyes | She'll tease you. She'll adhese you. Hold a bed rush just to please you. | She'll tease you. She'll unease you. All the better just to please you. |
| Elton John | Daniel | I can see the red tail lights heading for Spiny Inn | I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain |
| Soundtracks | Do-Re-Mi | Ti, a drink with jammon bread | Ti, a drink with jam and bread |
| Styx | Mr. Roboto | Don't know what he got, O Mr. Roboto | Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto |
| Eddie Rabbit | Driving My Life Away | Windshield wipers slapping out of tempo | Windshield wipers slapping out a tempo |
| Foreigner | Jukebox Hero | Jukebox hero (just starting out) | Jukebox hero (got stars in his eyes) |
| Steve Winwood | Valerie | No, she can't be that one | No, she can't be that warm |
| The Who | Baba O'Riley | I fumble my meals | I fight for my meals |
| Simon and Garfunkel | The Dangling Conversation | It's a still life want of color | It's a still life watercolor |
| Abba | Summer Night City | It's a dream inside our reach | It's a dream, it's out of reach |
| C.W. McCall | Convoy | With eleven long-haired Friends of Jesus in a Shar-Trans microbus | With eleven long-haired Friends of Jesus in a chartreuse microbus |
| Ludwig van Beethoven | Ode to Joy (Finale from Symphony No. 9 in D minor) | Wo dein sanfter Fluegelheit | Wo dein sanfter Fluegel weilt |
| Traditional | The Garden | Andy walks with me, Andy talks with me, Andy tells me that I am his own | And He walks with me, and He talks with me, and He tells me that I am His own |
| Billy Joel | You May Be Right | And you told me, "Nice to try"/But I made it hold the line | And you told me not to drive/But I made it home alive |
| 2 Cellos feat. Naya Rivera | Supermassive Black Hole | You saved my soul tonight | You set my soul alight |
| Talking Heads | Psycho Killer | C'est suan la (roughly: It is hot and sour) | Ce soir la (roughly: This evening) |
| Billy Joel | Still Rock and Roll to Me | You can't dress in fashion till you spend a lot of money | You can't dress trashy till you spend a lot of money |
| Elton John | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | What do you think you'll do then/You're practicing down the plain/It'll take you a couple of accurate talents/To get you on your feet again | What do you think you'll do then/I bet that'll shoot down your plane/It'll take you a couple of vodka and tonics/To set you on your feet again |
| Elton John | Bennie And The Jets | She's got electric boobs under her suit/You know I read it in a magazine | She's got electric boots, a mohair suit/You know I read it in a magazine |
| Billy Joel | Big Shot | And the story of the latest sex kept 'em so entertained | And the story of your latest success kept 'em so entertained |
| Paul Simon | Take Me to the Mardi Gras | You can legalize your loans (loathes?) | You can legalize your lows |
| Paul Simon | Hearts and Bones | The art of a love affair | The arc of a love affair |
| Paul Simon | Kodachrome | I got my own camera | I got a Nikon camera |
| Paul Simon | Duncan | And I was born in the borough of Manichowder | And I was born in the boredom and the chowder |
| Grateful Dead | Truckin' | I guess I can't refocus all the time | I guess they can't revoke your soul for tryin' |
| Elton John | Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting | I could sink a little drink and shout out, "Shivaree!" | I could sink a little drink and shot out, "She's with me!" |
| Clash | Rock The Casbah | Sharee, I'm dyin'/What could you ask for | Sharif don't like it/Rock the casbah |
| Eagles | Life In The Fast Lane | Doctor says he's coming, but you got a burning flash | Doctor says he's coming, but you got to pay in cash |
| Styx | Renegade | The renegade, you had it made/They tripled the bounty | The renegade who had it made/Retrieved for a bounty |
