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: Every time you take her out at night
Wrong Lyric: Every time you take a ride at night
Right Lyric: Gonna spend my time
Wrong Lyric: Until I die
Last Train To Clarksville
Right Lyric: We'll have time for coffee flavoured kisses
Wrong Lyric: Well, I've tried their coffee flavoured kisses
Thanks, xxxxx!
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!
Your Auntie Grizelda
Right Lyric: No bird of grace ever lit on Auntie Grizelda
Wrong Lyric: No word or phrase of your little Auntie Grizelda
Thanks, Nessa!
(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: When I needed sunshine, I got rain
Wrong Lyric: When I needed sunshine on my grain
Thanks, DC Harbold!
Right Lyric: When I needed sunshine, I got rain
Wrong Lyric: When I needed sunshine on my brain
Thanks, Anastasia E. Hunt!
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 Told Me
Right Lyric: Only things that you were honestly feeling
Wrong Lyric: All these things that you were obviously feeling
Forget That Girl
Right Lyric: Stay away from her, my friend
Wrong Lyric: Stay away from her, laughin'
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: Why don't you be like me?
Wrong Lyric: Why don't you yell at me?
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)
Salesman
Right Lyric: 'Til every part is sold
Wrong Lyric: 'Til every pot is sold
The Door Into Summer
Right Lyric: From a killing in the market on the war
Wrong Lyric: From a killing with the musket from the war
Thanks, xxxxx!
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!
Cuddly Toy
Right Lyric: You're not the only cherry delight
Wrong Lyric: You're not the only charity light
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!
Right Lyric: Whoa, it won't take much time before I get her off my mind
Wrong Lyric: Whoa, it won't take much time before I to the end of the line
Thanks, Kate!
Right Lyric: Think I'll let her keep on going
Wrong Lyric: Pick a letter, keep on going
Thanks, Nessa!
Right Lyric: She's a star collector (collector of stars)
Wrong Lyric: Sheez, a star-of-lector (uh, elector of stars)
Thanks, Sara!
Goin' Down
Right Lyric: I wish I had my tummy pumped
Wrong Lyric: I wish I had an atomic bomb
Thanks, Kayleigh!
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: You once thought of me as a white knight on his steed
Wrong Lyric: You once thought of me as a white knight on whiskey
Thanks, Kayleigh!
Right Lyric: But how much, baby, do we really need?
Wrong Lyric: But how much pagan jewlery will we need?
Thanks, Kayleigh!
Right Lyric: Cheer up, Sleepy Jean
Wrong Lyric: Fear of being a genie
Thanks, Kayleigh!
Right Lyric: To a daydream believer and a homecoming queen
Wrong Lyric: To a gay bean believer and, uh, oh dummy me!
Thanks, Kayleigh!
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!
Right Lyric: Chase the moon and sun to find my one and only you
Wrong Lyric: Chase the moon inside I'll find my one and only you
Thanks, xxxxx!
P.O. Box 9847
Right Lyric: Wants to meet an eligible young girl
Wrong Lyric: Wants to meet ineligible young girl
Thanks, xxxxx!
Magnolia Simms
Right Lyric: Love to me is blue-eyed and blonde
Wrong Lyric: Love to me is blue island plum
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
The Girl I Left Behind Me
Right Lyric: So I just took my place and hung around
Wrong Lyric: So I just took my place on the ground
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
Shorty Blackwell
Right Lyric: Watching your feet or you'll die in a thunderbird night
Wrong Lyric: Watching your feet or you'll die in a hundred Bernard
Right Lyric: He's speaking very crude
Wrong Lyric: He's streaking very nude
Thanks, Kayleigh!
Someday Man
Right Lyric: I was born a someday man, I'm a maybe child
Wrong Lyric: I was born on Sunday, man, of a baby child
Thanks, Kayleigh!
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
Looking For the Good Times
Right Lyric: Girl, you can share it all
Wrong Lyric: Girl, book, and hair in all
Thanks, Kayleigh!
French Song
Right Lyric: A little talk, a little boy
Wrong Lyric: A little darker little boy
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
It's Got To Be Love
Right Lyric: No two ways about it, it's got to be love
Wrong Lyric: No two ways about it, Scott to be love
I Never Thought It Peculiar
Right Lyric: That my heart always beats like a drum
Wrong Lyric: That Mike's hot and always eats like a bum
Thanks, Kayleigh!
Lady Jane
Right Lyric: She's what I got, lord
Wrong Lyric: She's my backbone
Right Lyric: She's just my speed
Wrong Lyric: She's chews my sleep
Right Lyric: Ooh, she is a dream, she is, and everything real
Wrong Lyric: Ooh, she's eatin' cream, she is, and everything peeled
Thanks, Kayleigh!
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
Right Lyric: Girl, I don't want to fight
Wrong Lyric: Girl, I don't understand
Right Lyric: Girl, I don't want to fight
Wrong Lyric: Girl, I'm not mummified
Thanks, Kayleigh!
Right Lyric: I'm a little bit wrong, you're a little bit right
Wrong Lyric: I'm a little bit frog, you're a little bit fried
Thanks, Kayleigh!
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
Right Lyric: Rosemarie, you gotta spin your top
Wrong Lyric: Rosemarie, you got a pin to drop
Thanks, Kayleigh!
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
Right Lyric: I was given love like this
Wrong Lyric: I was thin and long, I guess
Thanks, Kayleigh!
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: She didn't ask and all he would say, it's what he had to do
Wrong Lyric: She didn't ask and 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: Could be I've finally gotten up off of my thumbs
Wrong Lyric: Could be I've finally got to knock off all my thumbs
Right Lyric: 'Cause the plants have grown
Wrong Lyric: 'Cause the birds are gone
Right Lyric: Could be that you were right and you had to fly the coop
Wrong Lyric: Could be that you were right and I've had to fly a goat
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
Right Lyric: Sometimes she must raise her hand to tell you what she said
Wrong Lyric: Sometimes she must pray to them to tell you what she said
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
I'll Be Back Up On My Feet (Alternate)
Right Lyric: Maybe I will be a star or maybe just a clown
Wrong Lyric: Maybe I will be a star or maybe just a clone
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
Look Down
Right Lyric: And who do you confide in when you trip on a dream
Wrong Lyric: And who do you confide in when you trip on a tree
Right Lyric: Hold on, I'm comin'
Wrong Lyric: Oh no, I'm comin'
Steam Engine (prev. unissued alternate mix)
Right Lyric: My baby, she's aboard your train
Wrong Lyric: My baby, she's a gorgeous train
Right Lyric: Steam Engine, Engine 99
Wrong Lyric: Steam Agent, Agent 99
Thanks, Kayleigh!
Merry Go Round
Right Lyric: Hollow, carnival voice
Wrong Lyric: A lone carnival boy
Right Lyric: And bring the harm of play
Wrong Lyric: And bring the hunk of clay
Angel Band
Right Lyric: Whose blood now cleanses from all sin
Wrong Lyric: Lose blood and pansies from all sin
Justus (1996)
Circle Sky
Right Lyric: Raison d'etre, idol threat
Wrong Lyric: Hey gone Rick, at your grip
Right Lyric: Seagull sails, holy grail
Wrong Lyric: See themselves, boring rail
Right Lyric: NRG, falling free
Wrong Lyric: Heaven's cheese, always free
Never Enough
Right Lyric: I don't stand a chance to fill your sweet loving cup
Wrong Lyric: I don't stand a chance to Bill, your meat-loving pup
Thanks, Kayleigh!
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
Right Lyric: I lived through Nixon and a drug or two
Wrong Lyric: Active blue ticks and then a slug or two
Thanks, Kayleigh!
Run Away From Life
Right Lyric: Life is paradise in Eden
Wrong Lyric: Life is playin' dice in Sweden
Thanks, Kayleigh!
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: Well, I'm a monkey's uncle and a cousin to a chimpanzee
Wrong Lyric: Well, I'm a monkey soup and a cousin to a chimpanzee
Right Lyric: Oh, honey don't you see, you bring out the monkey business in me
Wrong Lyric: Oh, honey don't you see, 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