You’ll play two ways. Mode A: a Wrong Lyric shows up; you pick the real line. Mode B: a line appears; you decide Real or Fake. two options each time. One truth. One troll. Same drill every round.
Use fast checks. Rhyme and stress first. Then decade and vibe. If a phrase breaks the groove, it’s likely wrong. Remember the classics people mess up, like “revved up like a deuce,” or “bad moon on the rise,” or “kiss the sky.” They train your ear.
Common bait: near-rhymes, too-clean classroom versions, and place names with the wrong feel. Tiny words matter. Of, to, no. Apostrophes too. Miss? Shrug. Next card. Build a streak.
She's a good girl, loves her mama, loves Cheez-Its and America, too?
[B] Fake | Correct lyric: "She's a good girl, loves her mama, loves Jesus and America, too." Tom Petty’s "Free Fallin’" (1989). Co-written with Jeff Lynne; US peak No. 7.
2/15
Like a virgin touched for the thirty-first time.?
[B] Fake | Madonna sang "touched for the very first time" in 1984. Mathematical virginity doesn't exist in pop music mythology.
3/15
Midnight. You come and pick me up, no head lice.?
[B] Midnight. You come and pick me up, no headlights. | Taylor Swift's 2014 dangerous driving confession. Parasites rarely feature in romantic rendezvous scenarios compared to vehicular stealth mode.
4/15
'Scuse me, while I kiss this guy.?
[A] 'Scuse me, while I kiss the sky. | Hendrix reached heavenward in 1967, not toward random males. Purple Haze created history's most famous mondegreen.
5/15
She moves in mysterious ways.?
[A] Real | U2's 1991 divine feminine exploration from Achtung Baby. Industrial beats meet spiritual awakening in Berlin's Hansa Studios.
6/15
She said goodbye to Mary Tyler Moore.?
[B] Fake | Maroon 5 sang "She said goodbye too many times before" in 2004. Television icons rarely appear in heartbreak narratives.
7/15
She's the one, the only one, who's built like a mastodon.?
[B] She's the one, the only one, who's built like an Amazon. | Aerosmith's 1987 gender-bending rocker references warrior women. Prehistoric elephants lack the appropriate rock appeal.
8/15
Slow motion Walter, the fire engine guy.?
[A] Smoke on the water, fire in the sky | Deep Purple immortalized Montreux Casino's 1972 burning. Walter never existed; Frank Zappa's equipment actually burned.
9/15
The algebra has a devil for a sidekick eeeeeeeeee....?
[B] Fake | Queen sang "Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me" in 1975. Mathematics rarely consorts with demons in rock operas.
10/15
There's nothing that a hundred men on Mars could ever do.?
[A] There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do. | Toto blessed African rains in 1982. Martian colonization wasn't their meteorological concern.
11/15
We built this city on the wrong damn road.?
[A] We built this city on rock and roll. | Starship's 1985 urban planning disaster. Musical foundations beat infrastructure criticism every time.
12/15
We built this city, we built this city on rocks and roads.?
[B] Fake | Starship proclaimed "rock and roll" foundations in 1985. Construction materials never matched their metropolitan vision statement.
13/15
Wrapped up like a douche and then you roller in the night.?
[A] Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night. | Manfred Mann covered Springsteen's 1976 automotive poetry. Hygiene products weren't involved in nocturnal activities.
14/15
You made the rice, I made the gravy...?
[B] Fake | Billy Joel declared "You may be right, I may be crazy" in 1980. Culinary collaboration wasn't Glass Houses' opening statement.
15/15
You've been outright offensive, for so long now...?
[B] Fake | Eagles sang "You've been out riding fences" in Desperado, 1973. Cowboys repair boundaries; they don't insult people professionally.