A page dedicated to what people actually thought Adam Ant was singing before they knew the real lyrics! It was initially inspired by a few threads on the subject on the ALF Forum many years ago, and by a few pages on a website dedicated to misheard lyrics in general. Thanks in advance to those who owned up to their hearing disabilities! The misheard lyrics are in red, and the correct ones are in blue.

There's a link below to Ant Lady's "Prince Charming" web site so that you can check the correct lyrics.  There's also two Carty parodies of Ant lyrics for your pleasure, one of which was used for the "So What" mix of the Carty & Marco track, "Physical". Just click on the links below.

If you have any misheard Ant lyrics, then please email me.

THE CORRECT LYRICS

ANT PARODY #1 - PHYSICART
ANT PARODY #2 - CART 'N BOOTS

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ANGER INC.
"Caught in the shadows of evil spiders" - MADAM STAN
"born in the shadow of the Boozefighters"

ANIMALS AND MEN
"and the future in theatres goes..." from ADA ANT
"and the futurist theatre goes..."

ANT RAP
"Thunderbolts and blu bla rue" from DEENEE L
"Buttons and bows and blue blanc rouge"

"So tired of Atticus looking at me" from SARAH M
"So tired of anarchists looking at me"

"Sit with the guards and there all bruised" from EMMA ANT
"Summoned the gods and they all approve"

"It's the doggy dog and the sexy sow, we're all singing, I have to bow!" from SARAH M
"In the all in all, and in the set yourself..." from SARTANA
"I'm in a naughty whore and in a sexy sow..." from MADAM STAN
"when you're nodding off and the sex is out..." from BRONWYNN
"All in all, it's a sexy sound, we're all singing Adam-bound!" from CHARLOTTE and HEATHER
"All in all, it's a sexy sound, we're all singing out of the mouth!" from CHARLOTTE and HEATHER
"In the naughty north, and in the sexy south, we're all singing I've got the mouth"

"Marco, Merrick, Terry Lee, Gary Tibbs and you're too late" from Dominik (aged 8)
"Macro, Merco, Dairylea, Gary Tibbs and yours truly" from MADAM STAN
"Margo, Mary, Jerry Lee, very clean and your Jimmy Lee" from AZ ANT
"Marco, Merrick, Terry Lee, Gary Tibbs and yours truly"


"I'm standing here with Marco man" from LEE O.
"I'm standing here with mouth open" from ANT RANGER's MUM
"I'm standing here with mouth on men" from HAGGIS LUVER 125
"I'm standing here with my four men"


'ANTMUSIC'
"That music has lost it's taste so try it on a table" from MADAM STAN
"That music's lost its trait so try another favour " from AZ ANT
"That music's lost it's taste so try another flavour"

"And we say Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh!" from DEUTSCHER GIRL and ALLY
"Antmusic Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh!"

"...to be told, you're a bit fat...!" from LEONIE CAMPBELL
"...to be told, you're having fun...!"

"So walk along the juke box, and do us all a favour!" from CARTY
"So plug in the Jupebox, and make it a good flavor!" from ADA ANT
"Someone lock the jukebox, and do us all a favour!" from AZ ANT
"So unplug the juke box, and do us all a favour!"

APOLLO 9
"you can run, you won't get far, I'll lay Ben in your cabrala" from SAMANTHA PEGG
"you can run, you won't get far a-leyben in your cappela"

"We will be fine, Apollo 9, even though necessary I don't lie" from LESMANIA
"We will be fine, Apollo 9, even though NASA say way out of line"

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B-SIDE BABY
"My baby says I'm a streaker!!" from CARTY and ANTIX
"My baby says I must treat her!!" from MARK HUMPHRIES
"My baby says I mistreat her"

"Be our 80 spells!!" from ANTIX
"B.R.A.T. spells"

"Pizza baby" from ANT LADY'S EX-HUSBAND
"Be my baby" from ADA ANT
"B-side baby"


BABY LET ME SCREAM AT YOU
"Give me some cherry sauce" from AMERICAN ANT
"Give me some cheese sauce" from MADAM STAN
"Give me some chili sauce"

"you can be kind of coarse" from AMERICAN ANT
"you can make love of course" from EVA ANT
"you can decline of course"

"Don't be a Mrs. hang up girl, for do you suck a lot" from EVA ANT
"Don't be a Mrs. Hang up girl, beaucoup de chocolat"


BATHROOM FUNCTION
"You can stuff the soap-on-a-rope, and your hose-pipe ban" from LETITROCK
"You can stuff the soap-on-a-rope, and the Old Spices"

"Lathering and rubbing my dear Jeanie's playthings" from SUPERANT
"Lathering and rubbing my hygienic places"


BEAUTIFUL DREAM
"Slip in together like you must do" from DAVID TOMPKINS
"Sleeping together like dreamers do"

"Bit of a dream, more than a dream" from LYN ANT'S SON
"Beautiful dream, more than a dream"


BILLY BOY
"oh, until I make believe" from ANT I CLIMAX
"oh, until I met Billy"

"civvy street he met his end" from ANT I CLIMAX
"Sidney Street he met is end"


BRAND NEW TORSO
"More than an attitude, more than an out go" from MISS ADAM ANT
"More than an attitude, more than an uncle" from ANTZ INVASION
"More than an attitude, More than a logo"

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CARTROUBLE
"Have you ever had trouble with the guilt o' my belt" from KICK
"Have you ever had trouble with your automobile"


CHRISTIAN D'OR
"A fetish for revolting magazines" from CARTY
"A fetish for those naughty magazines" from LYN ANT
"A fetish for those arty magazines"

"Damned squids" from SUPERANT
"Damp squibs"

"Big man (Jolly coffin), Big man (Keep the dirt)" from LESMANIA
"Big man (Solid coffee), Big man (You can do it)"

"Tits!" from B SIDE BABY'S MUM (Linda Mellor)
"Tibbs"


CRACKPOT HISTORY (AND THE RIGHT TO LIE)
"Seen him now and he ain't dead yet, pushing for the gun" from CLEO
"I see them now and they ain't dead yet, and pushing 41"

"A show 'bout lives of minny me... " from ADA ANT
"A show by Liza Minelli..."

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DIGITAL TENDERNESS
"That old virtue called love" from JUDE
"That old bitch you don't love" from SUPERANT
"That ol' magical lure" from AZ ANT
"That alphabet you call love"

"You say you love me...I know!" from ADA ANT
"Don't say you love me...oh no!"

"Do the dishes, handyman!" from AZ ANT
"It's just a digital tenderness!"


DOG EAT DOG
It makes me proud to straddle you.." from PAUL AHERN
"It makes me proud, so proud of you"

"I see insects flying through" from MADAM STAN
"I see innocence shining through"

"F**k the dog and brush me daddy-o" from MISS THING
"F**k the dog that brushed me daddy-o" from AZANT
"Leapfrog the dog and f**k me daddy-o" from ANT GODDESS
"Leapfrog the dog and push me down the hole" from MILLIE'S LITTLE LAD (Awwwwww!)
"Leapfrog the dog and brush me daddy-o"

"Doggie doggie doggie doggie dog" from MADAM STAN
"Dog eat dog eat dog eat dog eat dog"


DON'T KNOCK IT (TILL YOU GOT IT)
"You're a Beverly Hills Cop" from TEXI, LYN ANT, and LESMANIA
"You're a Beverly Hills Fop"

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FALL-IN
"Falling out, falling out" from CARTY
"Fall out, fall out"


FAMILY OF NOISE
"In the morning, lowsy at night..." from ADA ANT
"In the morning, and mostly at night..." from AZ ANT
"In the morning, last thing at night..."

5 GUNS WEST
"I'm a big top man and my name is Stan" from CLEOPATRA
"I'm a big tough man and my name is Stan"

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GOODY TWO SHOES
"Something in your wetness follows" from SARAH M
"Somethin' in you where nose follows" from PAUL AHERN
"Subtle in you, when those follow" from CARTY
"Subtle innuendos follow"

"Don't drink goat's milk" from AM I RIGHT.COM
"Don't drink, don't smoke"

"At the Heartbreak Hotel, so much you can't find" from LYN ANT
"With the heart break open, so much you can't hide"

"Tell me who IT will sleep with" from LYN ANT
"Tell me who to eat with, sleep with"


GOTTA BE A SIN
"got the beers in, got the beers in" from DAVID TOMPKINS
"gotta be a sin, gotta be a sin"

GRETA X
"38 bus, just for a day!" from MARTIN
"38 bust just for a day!"

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HEADGEAR
"Soap virus" from LYN ANT'S DAUGHTER
"Soul Pirates!"

HELL'S EIGHT ACRES
"We're gonna kill the spot, that's on Hell's Eight Acres..." from LEE OSBURN
"Go tell the Spartans, we're on Hell's Eight Acres..."

HERE COMES THE GRUMP
"Doctor said that insects kill" from ANT GIRL
"Doctor said Adam sex kills"

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IF YOU KEEP ON
"If you keep on doin' what you're doin', I'm gonna get fresh with you!" from LYN ANT
"If you keep on doing what you're doing, I'm gonna get vexed with you!"

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KICK!
"Take the maid and the tempted idiot" from EMMA ANT
"To save the man you have to kill the Indian"

"See a nation of news" from EMMA ANT
"See a nation on its knees"

"But I don't wear what I plan!" from SUPERANT
"But I'm wearing the plan!" from AZ ANT
"But I'm aware of the plan!"

"White rice, today, one chant!" from AZ ANT'S SISTER
"One race, today, one chant!"


KILLER IN THE HOME
"Take my head out of its sleeve..." from Lee's friend CAROLYN
"Take my head out of its sling..."


KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER
"I feel beneath you, there is arresting sulphuric" from CARTY (who never heard the word "white" in that line)
"I feel beneath the white, there is a redskin suffering"

"We are the family, a wild nobility, we are the family" from MISS ADAM ANT
"A new rock family..." from CARTY and ANT GODDESS
"A new rop dibbely, wanna go dibbely, we are the babily (wayyyyyy!)" from CHARLOTTE and HEATHER
"We're all family and want no bivity, we are the family..." from AZ ANT
"A new royal family, a wild nobility, we are the family (yeah!)"

"no method in our madness, just mad about our manner, (antpeople are the warriors, antmusic is the banner)" from 3TA
"no method in our madness, just pardon our armada, antpeople are the warriors, antmusic is our band, ahh" from SARTANA
"We lost it in our Math books, and cried about our manner, antpeople are the warriors, antmusic is our band, ahh" from ADA ANT
"We left it in the bathroom, and wanted a banana..., (antpeople are the warriors, antmusic is the banner)" from ADA ANT'S brother MARC
"Not nothing in our bardra, just barda barda barda, (antpeople are the warriors, antmusic is the banner)" from CHARLOTTE and HEATHER
"no method in our madness, just pride about our manner, antpeople are the warriors, antmusic is the banner"

KISS THE DRUMMER
"She wants f*ck all, and she don't give a damn" from Mike (MJM7)
"She wants sparkle and she don't give a damn"

"But f*cking does that owl-wa, they don't bite" from Mike (MJM7)
"But barking dogs they seldom bite"

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LADY
"Oh every could look through the clack. Foot on supper bag" from JAP LYRIC INSERT
"I had a good look through her crack. She had footmarks up her back" from LYN ANT
"I had a good look through the crack. She had footmarks up her back"

"Why does she want to become me" from AZ ANT
"Why she want to pick on me"


LIGOTAGE
"...the question is to do or not to do!" from BEL
"...the question is taboo or not taboo!"

"my family" from CAITLIN
"ma favorite"


LOST HAWAIIANS
"F**k 'im Clint" from CARTY
"Book 'im Clint"

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MAKING HISTORY
"And the guard is making history" from STEVEANT
"And the smartest snake in history" from LYN ANT'S DAUGHTER
"And they call this making history"


MAN CALLED MARCO
"Hello, I'm Marco. I like to drink orange juice. I'm five foot seven" from APACHE PRINCESS
"Hello, I'm Marco, and I'm proud to introduce my five foot seven" from JOANN JUDGE
"Hello, I'm Marco, allow me to introduce, I'm five foot seven" from MARK HUMPHRIES
"Hello, I'm Marco. Allow me to introduce my Firebird 7"


MANNERS & PHYSIQUE
"Madness and disease, oh, oh...Madness and disease" from ANTIX's sister
"Manners and Physique, oh, oh...Manners and Physique"


MILE HIGH CLUB
"Say for sare or VC10..." from 3TA
"747 or a DC10..."

"Tell the true long the pound..." from 3TA
"Don't be treated like a pound..."

MOHAIR LOCKEROOM PIN-UP BOYS
"I can't lift weights, worth the hell..." from LEE OSBURN
"I can lift weights, what the hell..."

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NO ZAP
"I put a leather in your cowboy..." from LEE OSBURN
"I put a leather in your cap boy..."

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PHYSICAL (YOU'RE SO)
"Eat your heart out Stuart..." from GYPSYANT
"Eat your heart out Pruitt..." from JOANN JUDGE
"Eat your heart out Do It..."

"I want your heart in my arms. The salt on my bed." from AZANT
"I want you hard in my arms. So soft on my bed."

PICASSO VISITA EL PLANETA DE LOS SIMIOS
"As the spastics rot on walls..." from ANDI OLIVER
"As the bastards rot on walls..." from DAVID TOMPKINS
"As the masters rot on walls..."

PLACE IN THE COUNTRY
"All I thought I wanted was the Flintstones..." from LEE O.
"All I thought I wanted was a front door..."


PLASTIC SURGERY
"Are those mine, that's what I'm here for..." from TABLETALK
"I don't mind, that's what I'm here for..."

"Anymore you get apple power..." from SUPERANT
"And that lorry hit you at full power..."

"Hey you got a face, like a flat foot door!" from EMMA ANT
"Hey you got a face, like a flapper door!" from CARTY
"Hey you got a face, like a Labrador!"

"Your bride's got me like a flower!" from CAITLIN
"Your blood's gushing like a shower!"


PRESS DARLINGS

"Depressed Dali!" from SARAH M
"The press darlings!"

"And if evil be the food of genius there aren't many females around..." from STEVE ANT
"Andy Peebles be the fool genius there aren't many demons around..." from CARTY
"And if evil be the foo Jeanie us..." from AZ ANT
"And if evil be the food of genius there aren't many demons around..."

"...and they sell Tibbs!" from RICK COVINO
"...and they tell fibs!"


PRINCE CHARMING

"Prince Chow Mein..." from MONA LISA ROSENBLATT
"Prince Charming..."

"Dulchie weather..." from DAVID TOMPKINS
"Don't you ever..."

"Pretty cool is nothing to be scared of" from MISS THING/ANTS INVASION
"Prince secure him nothing to be scared of" from CARTY
"Rentokill is nothing to be scared of" from SARTANA
"Pretty cute is nothing to be scared of" from SARAH WILSON
"Rich and cute is nothing to be scared of" from SARAH WILSON
"Pretty cute there's nothing to be scared of" from AZ ANT
"Ridicule is nothing to be scared of"

"silk and leather or Rubella" from STEVE FUSCO
"silk and leather or a feather"

"Goldilocks forgetting where she's standing" from MARTIN
"Lower yourself, forgetting all your standards"


PUSS 'N BOOTS
"The roughly men who loved her" from LESMANIA
"The royalty made her an offer"

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ROOM AT THE TOP
"Made in England, born a Brit" from LYN ANT
"Made in England, born and bred"


RUBBER PEOPLE
"...soap-on-a-rope, any hope for sex" from DAVID TOMPKINS
"...soap-on-a-rope, and your Old Spices"

"How's the masterness? Still playing Alice in Rubberland?" from LESMANIA
"How is the marchioness? Still playing Alice in Rubberland?"

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S.E.X.
"My body is an ocean of twisted wet debris" from AZ ANT
"My body is an ocean of twisted white debris"

"Your body should be yours and sharing it's divine" from AZ ANT
"Your body should be yours, and sharing it, sublime"

SIAGON
"Hopeless is her name" from ROBBIE ANT
"Open sesame"


SONG FOR RUTH ELLIS
"Buy a lance in Hampstead" from SUPERANT
"Violence in Hampstead"


STAND AND DELIVER
"Stare in the mirror..." from DEENEE L
"Try and use a mirror..."

"Even though you fool yourself, your conscience will be mine.  Oh boy!" from DEENEE L
"Even though you fool your soul your conscience will be mine, all mine"

"Stand and deliver, you're finding your own life" from SARAH M
"Stand and deliver, you're losing your own voice" from SARAH M
"Stan and Oliver, you're funny all your life" from DAVID TOMPKINS
"Stan the gorilla, ..." from CATHOLIC DAY (Jonathan Smith)
"Stand in the river, ..." from AM I RIGHT.COM
"Stand on your liver, your money or your life" from AM I RIGHT.COM and 3TA
"Stand in your dinner, your curry or your rice" from ELISE SCHOUTEN
"Stand in my liver, ..." from RICK COVINO's friend CRAIG
"Stand and deliver, your money or your life"

"I'm the dandy hierophant" from SARAH M
"I'm the dandy hiroman..." from EMMA ANT
"I'm the dandy Hiberman..." from ANTIX
"I'm the dandy harlow man..." from AZ ANT
"I'm the dandy highwayman..."

"For the sake of the other boys join our insect nation..." from MADAM STAN
"Throw your safety overboard and join our insect nation..."

STRIP
"Bitchin' Neuros, we want it all tonight" from SHELLEY SMITH
"Be generous, I want it all tonight"

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THE HUMAN BEINGS
"Blackfoot porny chain-oh. Let me see your wrap a-ho" from Bev Dawn
"Blackfoot, Pawnee, Cheyenne, Crow! Apache, Arapaho!"

"Life with Molly Chang, OH! Oh she's Arapaho!" from GYPSY ANT
"Blackfoot, Pawnee, Cheyenne, Crow! Apache, Arapaho!"
 

THE MAGNIFICENT FIVE
"Recount your hairs!" from EMMA ANT
"Prick up your ears"

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U.S.S.A.
"You are sexy!" from ALLY's SON
"U.S.S.A.!"

"We killed the goat to prevent trucking!" from LYN ANT's SON
"We killed the goat, to avenge Rocky!"

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VIVE LE ROCK
"You're scratching winkles, but you won't be scratching mine" from DAVID TOMPKINS
"You're scratching records, but you won't be scratching mine"

"But it's not tunnel vision" from HYLAS de NIALL
"But it's not how I'm feelin" from ANTIX and DENANT
"But it's not Tom of Finland"

"Bang bang your bed! And now cuckoo!" from SARAH M
"Gang Bang Your Dad..." from APACHE PRINCESS
"Bang bang you're dead!  Did not, did too!"

"here's Johnny and he's calling your bruv" from DENANT
"here's Johnny and he's calling your bluff"

"You've got my ear tied up in your hands" from RICK COVINO
"You've got my entire life in your hands"

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WHIP IN MY VALISE
"Who taught you to Cha Cha" from DEBORAH LYNN
"Who taught you the torture"

"There's no whip in my valise" from DEBORAH LYNN
"There's a whip in my valise"


WONDERFUL
"Over..reel over...till i almost hurt the one I love" from STEVE ANT
"Over..real over...when I nearly hit the face I love"


WON'T TAKE THAT TALK
"You hit me like the second coming" from LYN ANT
"Acting like the second coming"

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YOUNG PARISIANS
"Young Parisians are so French, they love patisserie" from Bruce Ashcroft
"Young Parisians are so French, they love patty cement" from ??
"Young Parisians are so French, they love Patti Smith"

"Young Parisians are so French, at push your silly say" from JAPANESE LYRIC INSERT
"Young Parisians are so French, at the Champs Elycée"


"Young Parisians are so French They sit on dramats their own" from JAPANESE LYRIC INSERT
"Young Parisians are so French They sip on all natural" from Ant X
"Young Parisians are so French They sit on the metro"


"Young Parisians are so French They're always appalled to pawn" from JAPANESE LYRIC INSERT
"Young Parisians are so French They're always called Dubois"


"Young Parisians are so French Too nothing but French" from JAPANESE LYRIC INSERT
"Young Parisians are so French talk nothing but French"
 

YOURS, YOURS, YOURS
"A love, you're not speakin' ta me" from 3TA
"Hey love, tearing out your speakers again" from AMERICAN ANT
"A love, dare not speak its name"

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Would you like to see your Misheard Ant lyric here?  Just email Carty now.  (Try to remember to include the song title and the correct lyric as it's not always possible to tell as some as so bad!)