In Elton John's song Philadelphia Freedom I thought he said "Philadelphia feedom took me knee-high to a man, gave me a piece of momma, daddy never had. I thought the song was sick. Recently I found out it was "gave me a piece of mind, Daddy never had." I think. He makes mind a two syllable word.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- Thanks to the commercials,I believed that Philadelphia Cream Cheese was made by Jesus.— Too Literal
- As a child, I thought that Olivia Newton-John was Elton John's wife and Juice Newton's sister.— Connie
- I used to believe the the Elton John song, "Crocodile Rock" was about a Crocodile, named Rock.Anon
- As a child I used to think that Olivia Newton-John and Elton John were married.
Boy, I was way off.— Lisa - I used to hear "Everytime you go away, you take a piece of Meat with you"
Makes a nice light snack I spose.— Linda - i thought in elton john's "tiny dancer'' the chorus was "hold me closer tony danza"— d.a.