Submit Mondegreens
Have you misheard one of the lyrics from a Monkees song? Submit it here to have it added to Sunshine Factory.
The Monkees (1966)
(Theme From) The Monkees
Right Lyric: We’re the young generation, and we’ve got something to say
Wrong Lyric: We’re the young generation, and we’ve got Saddam Hussein
Thanks, Kayleigh!
Saturday’s Child
Right Lyric: Gonna spend my time
Wrong Lyric: Until I die
Let’s Dance On
Right Lyric: I’ll do the sloopy with you
Wrong Lyric: I’ll do the sleepy with you
Gonna Buy Me A Dog
Right Lyric: You know my girl just called me up
Wrong Lyric: You know my conscience called me up
Thanks, Carly!
More Of The Monkees (1967)
She
Right Lyric: She, she devoured all my sweet love
Wrong Lyric: She, she devoured all my sweet ’n’ low
When Love Comes Knockin’ At Your Door
Right Lyric: It’s gonna be a magic carpet ride
Wrong Lyric: It’s gonna be a magical parade
Thanks, Claire!
(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone
Right Lyric: But you won’t find my name in your book of Who’s Who
Wrong Lyric: But you won’t find my name in your book of rude dudes
Thanks, Kris!
Right Lyric: I’m not your steppin’ stone
Wrong Lyric: I’m nacho stethoscope
Thanks, Kayleigh!
Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)
Right Lyric: Wish I only loved one
Wrong Lyric: Wish I owned a long thumb
Thanks, Kayleigh!
I’m A Believer
Right Lyric: I thought love was only true in fairy tales
Wrong Lyric: I thought of my ugly shoes as hairy snails
Thanks, Kayleigh!
Right Lyric: Then I saw her face, now I’m a believer
Wrong Lyric: Then I saw her face, now I’m gonna leave her
Thanks, Kayleigh!
Right Lyric: Disappointment haunted all my dreams
Wrong Lyric: (You) disappoint me, honey, in all my dreams
Thanks, DC Harbold!
Right Lyric: I’m a believer, I couldn’t leave her if I tried
Wrong Lyric: I’m a believer, I couldn’t leave her if I died
Thanks, Erik!
Headquarters (1967)
You Just May Be the One
Right Lyric: All men must have someone
Wrong Lyric: Hail nimbus, hail someone
Thanks, Nessa!
Right Lyric: All men must have someone, have someone
Wrong Lyric: Open up! Help someone! Help someone!
Thanks, Kayleigh!
Mr. Webster
Right Lyric: They gave a retirement party for Mr. Webster
Wrong Lyric: They gave him time and pie, poor Mr. Webster
No Time
Right Lyric: Hober reeber sabasoben, hobaseeba snick
Wrong Lyric: Pulverized a ballerina, pulverized a snack
Thanks, Kayleigh!
Right Lyric: Andy, you’re a dandy, you don’t seem to make no sense
Wrong Lyric: Andy, you and Davy, you don’t seem to make no sense
Thanks, Kayleigh!
Randy Scouse Git
Right Lyric: The being known as Wonder Girl is speaking, I believe
Wrong Lyric: The being known as Wonder Girl is speaking Ivy League
Thanks, Kayleigh!
Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. (1967)
The Door Into Summer
Right Lyric: And the laughter from a distant caravan
Wrong Lyric: And the laughter from a distant pair of pants
Thanks, Kayleigh!
Love Is Only Sleeping
Right Lyric: Through the endless days and nights
Wrong Lyric: Groovy Anastasia
Thanks, Kayleigh!
Pleasant Valley Sunday
Right Lyric: Creature comfort goals, they only numb my soul
Wrong Lyric: The creature comes and goes, but they don’t know my soul
Thanks, Kate!
Right Lyric: Creature comfort goals, they only numb my soul, and make it hard for me to see
Wrong Lyric: Preachers on patrol, they only numb my soul, and make it hard to do Tai Chi
Thanks, Kayleigh!
Right Lyric: Creature comfort goals, they only numb my soul
Wrong Lyric: Creature comfort goes, mailmen on my soul
Thanks, Claire!
Right Lyric: Creature comfort goals, they only numb my soul
Wrong Lyric: The preacher comes and goes, he tries to save my soul
Thanks, Candice!
Star Collector
Right Lyric: She moves to some other doorway
Wrong Lyric: She moves too, mother go away
Wrong Lyric: She moves some of the glow away
Thanks, xxxxx!
The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees (1968)
Dream World
Right Lyric: Oh, why do you lie when you know that you always get caught
Wrong Lyric: Oh, why do you lie when you know that you always get pot
Daydream Believer
Right Lyric: Whoa, and our good time starts and ends, without dollar one to spend, but how much baby do we really need?
Wrong Lyric: Whoa, and our good time starts today, without our love gone to Spain, but how much paper do we really need?
Thanks, Sara!
Right Lyric: Oh, I could hide ’neath the wings of the bluebird as she sings
Wrong Lyric: Oh, apple pie, meet the king of the bluebird fashion rings
Thanks, Kayleigh!
I’ll Be Back Up On My Feet
Right Lyric: When I find my boots, I know I gotta go
Wrong Lyric: When I find my folks, I know I gotta go
Thanks, Kate!
P.O. Box 9847
Right Lyric: Wants to meet an eligible young girl
Wrong Lyric: Wants to meet ineligible young girl
Thanks, xxxxx!
I’m Gonna Try [prev. unissued]
Right Lyric: But I won’t let that girl know, ’til I have found my pot of gold
Wrong Lyric: But I won’t let that girl know cheer, I am bound, my thoughts are gone
Right Lyric: And when I feel like turning back, coming home
Wrong Lyric: And when I feel like turning back, hungry moon
Right Lyric: What could I say without the rainbow and the pot of gold?
Wrong Lyric: What could I say without the rainbow under your trombone?
Head (1968)
Long Title: Do I Have to Do This All Over Again?
Right Lyric: Why won’t you tell me what all, when my soul comes off the shelf
Wrong Lyric: Why won’t you tell me when or when my toucan’s off the hill
Instant Replay (1969)
I won’t Be The Same Without Her
Right Lyric: She changed my life the day I met her
Wrong Lyric: She changed my life but, nay, I let her
A Man Without A Dream
Right Lyric: I’ve got a heart that has no home
Wrong Lyric: I’ve got a heart that has no hole
Rosemarie (prev. unissued early version)
Right Lyric: Three to make it all the way
Wrong Lyric: Trade of bacon, I’ve been waitin’
The Monkees Present (1969)
Bye Bye Baby Bye Bye
Right Lyric: I’ll be leaving you now
Wrong Lyric: I believe in you now
Right Lyric: Time, time, time is gone
Wrong Lyric: Tom-Tom-Tommy is gone
Thanks, Kayleigh!
Never Tell A Woman Yes
Right Lyric: And some nights, when I’m at rest
Wrong Lyric: And some nights, when I’m undressed
Mommy and Daddy [prev. unissued version]
Right Lyric: Ask your mommy if she really gets off on all her pills
Wrong Lyric: Ask your mommy if she really gets off on holidays
Thanks, Little Bird!
Oklahoma Backroom Dancer
Right Lyric: She’s always appearing with her band of renown
Wrong Lyric: She’s always Roger Ebert with her fan up and down
Right Lyric: You want to go and see her, when you’re feeling down
Wrong Lyric: You want to go and see her, but your teeth look brown
Right Lyric: Pardon my baby
Wrong Lyric: Hot enough, baby?
Right Lyric: Like a filter-tip cigarette, she’s wild, but she mild
Wrong Lyric: I feel the sicknesses, she’s wild, but she smiles
Right Lyric: She’s more fun than Colorado and more far out than Maine
Wrong Lyric: She’s more fun than my barber and more far out than lame
Right Lyric: And the goddess of thirst
Wrong Lyric: And she’s taught herself Quidditch
Changes (1970)
You’re So Good To Me
Right Lyric: You haunt me so I know I’m awake, hey
Wrong Lyric: Touch me, honey, so I know I’m awake, hey
Right Lyric: Check off all that’s on your list, little mama
Wrong Lyric: Check off Harvard on your list, little mama
Lady Jane
Right Lyric: She’s what I got, lord
Wrong Lyric: She’s my backbone
Live 1967 (1987)
Gonna Build A Mountain
Right Lyric: I’ll leave my son in the heaven on earth with the good Lord’s grace
Wrong Lyric: I’ll leave my soul in the heaven on earth where the bulldogs race
Then And Now… The Best Of The Monkees (1986)
A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You
Right Lyric: Walk out! Girl, don’t you walk out
Wrong Lyric: Walk out! Bill, don’t you walk out
Missing Links Volume 1 (1988)
Carlisle Wheeling
Right Lyric: In a long and involved conversation with myself
Wrong Lyric: In a long uninvolved conversation with Nesmith
Thanks, Sara!
Right Lyric: If the razor edge of youth-filled love is gone
Wrong Lyric: If the razor at your yute filled dove is long
Thanks, Sara!
Rosemarie
Right Lyric: It’s time for you to use your head
Wrong Lyric: It’s time for you to lose your head
Time And Time Again
Right Lyric: Or another girl that’s free and easy
Wrong Lyric: How to love a girl that’s feeling easy
Pool It! (1987)
Long Way Home
Right Lyric: One summer night a million miles ago
Wrong Lyric: Once I’m a knight a million miles ago
Gettin’ In
Right Lyric: Don’t be scared to love me, darlin’
Wrong Lyric: Don’t be scared to love me, Brian
Every Step Of The Way
Right Lyric: I know that things are gettin’ better
Wrong Lyric: Oh no, I think it’s gettin’ better
Right Lyric: I’ll even show you how to strut one day
Wrong Lyric: I need your shoulder, I was drunk one day
Don’t Bring Me Down
Right Lyric: I was lovin’ you when we were alone
Wrong Lyric: I was drivin’, you and I were in love
Midnight
Right Lyric: All he would say, it’s what he had to do
Wrong Lyric: No one would say just what a man would do
Since You Went Away
Right Lyric: You said if I had brains I would pawn them
Wrong Lyric: You said if I had brains I would want them
Right Lyric: ’Cause the plants have grown
Wrong Lyric: ’Cause the birds are gone
Right Lyric: My chosen one has chosen to befriend another
Wrong Lyric: My trials and mournment chosen to and from another
Missing Links Volume 2 (1990)
St. Matthew
Right Lyric: She stoops down to gather partly shattered men
Wrong Lyric: She’s too stoned to gather partly shattered men
If I Ever Get To Saginaw Again
Right Lyric: A locale that’s somewhat off the beaten track
Wrong Lyric: Coloured cow that’s somewhat off the beaten track
Michigan Blackhawk
Right Lyric: Asked Sally to come with me
Wrong Lyric: Had a salad that called my name
Right Lyric: You can’t be all that busy
Wrong Lyric: You can’t be only fizzy
Missing Links Volume 3 (1996)
Propinquity (I’ve Just Begun To Care)
Right Lyric: Of the smile that covers teardrops, the way your head yields to your heart
Wrong Lyric: Of the miles that convert teardrops, the way your head hits to your hearts
Thanks, Sara!
You’re So Good
Right Lyric: If you were hot labour, I would never tire
Wrong Lyric: If you were a hot neighbour, I would never tire
Steam Engine (prev. unissued alternate mix)
Right Lyric: My baby, she’s aboard your train
Wrong Lyric: My baby, she’s a gorgeous train
Justus (1996)
Circle Sky
Right Lyric: Raison d’être, idol threat
Wrong Lyric: Hey gone Rick, at your grip
Right Lyric: NRG, falling free
Wrong Lyric: Heaven’s cheese, always free
Unlucky Stars
Right Lyric: Venus and Mars, are up in arms
Wrong Lyric: Seems less and less, how rough in ours
Admiral Mike
Right Lyric: Your copy kills, your copy smells
Wrong Lyric: Your coffee kills, your coffee smells
Right Lyric: Realities are crushed beneath the ads your copy sells
Wrong Lyric: Realities are crushed beneath the abstract comic selves
Right Lyric: There is no truth you cannot maim
Wrong Lyric: There is no fruit you cannot name
Dyin’ Of A Broken Heart
Right Lyric: It’s not your blood sugar or the Asian flu
Wrong Lyric: It’s not your bugs, sugar, or the Asian booze
I Believe You
Right Lyric: Achieve escape velocity
Wrong Lyric: The deep escape of life with you
33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee
I Go Ape
Right Lyric: You bring out the monkey business in me
Wrong Lyric: You break out with my coniferous me
Right Lyric: When you hold my hand I’m a pre-historic man
Wrong Lyric: Hold my hand, it’s Tork man