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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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Rancid's, "Black and Blue"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Oxidation, dilapidation
We're screaming intoxication
Intoxication, degeneration
We're screaming intoxication
The Real Lyrics:
Sedation through the nation
We're screaming black and blue
Intoxication of a generation
We're screaming black and blue
The Story: I used to sing this very loudly, wondering why they'd be singing about oxidation. - Submitted by: Me
Rancid's, "Daly City Train"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Jackal had a beer in his hand
And so did Sea Dog.
The Real Lyrics:
Jackal had a beer in his hand
Last time I seen him.
The Story: There was new a bloke once who we called Sea Dog. Thing is, he was a Scotch drinker. - Submitted by: Ruski
Rancid's, "Olympia, WA"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Someone put a d*** inside of me.
The Real Lyrics:
There was something burnin' deep inside of me.
The Story: Bought the cd in 8th grade and noticed the supposed innappropriate line while listening to it in my dad's car. - Submitted by: Gordon
Rancid's, "Outta My Mind"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Got a lot of people
Telling me I'm not a mama
And I don't know why
or
Got a lot of people
Telling me I'm not a Mormon
And I don't know why
The Real Lyrics:
Got a lot of people
Telling me I'm outta my mind
And I don't know why
The Story: My wife that misheard this one... never one to look at lyric sheets or album covers, the fact that the name of the song discloses the lyric didn't matter very much. She couldn't figure out why Tim Armstrong, Rancid frontman and former Operation Ivy guitarist, would want to be labeled as either of these things. - Submitted by: Pat
Rancid's, "Red Hot Moon"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Hooker with my red hot moon
Take a bus downtown
To the graveyard s*** tonight.
The Real Lyrics:
Under the red hot moon
Take a bus downtown
To the graveyard shift tonight.
The Story: I went to a Rancid concert (which was awsome), and I started singing this song at the top of my lungs. I had floor tickets so everyone was packed really tight. I started singing what I thought were the lyrics and everyone around me was laughing and thinking I was stupid. But I don't think my friends heard it. They were to excited to see them on stage. LOL. - Submitted by: Caroline
Rancid's, "Sidekick"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I had a dream I was an Internet psychic.
The Real Lyrics:
I had a dream I was a vigilante's sidekick.
The Story: (13:02:23) ***Tamara had a dream I was an Internet psychic.... (13:02:32) Tamara: heh (13:02:34) Tamara: okay.... ... (13:03:00) Tamara: hmm ... (13:03:36) Tamara: (oh, i guess it's 'vigilante's side kick'.... I think I like 'internet psychic' better :-P) - Submitted by: Tamara
Rancid's, "Time Bomb"
The Misheard Lyrics:
They poisoned Tom Bomb
The Real Lyrics:
The boy's a time bomb
The Story: I always wondered who "Tom Bomb" was every time I heard this, and I wondered how "he" got such a cool nickname!! - Submitted by: SpencerTheGriffinator
Rancid's, "Timebomb"
The Misheard Lyrics:
The boys of Taliban!
The Real Lyrics:
The boy's a time bomb
The Story: I just thought it was by some kind of liberal new age hipsters that not necessarily were on the side of Taliban but didn't see the what was wrong with glamorizing them. - Submitted by: mike

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