I used to think that the 80's song
" I wish that I had Jesse's girl"
was
"I wish that I was Jesse's girl"
and I was so confused as to why a boy would want to be Jesse's girl.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- When I was younger, I saw Madonna's video for "Material Girl". I thought she was singing "I'm a Cheerio Girl"!— Greg
- I used to believe that the words to Michael Jacksons "Liberian Girl" were "librarian girl".— Paul
- That Madonna sang "I'm a cheerio girl" instead of material girl— HN
- I always thought instead of saying "Im a material girl" Madonna was saying "Im a cheerio girl".— Tiffany
- I always believed there were boy cows and girl cows and boy bulls and girl bulls— karen
- When I was a little girl I used to believe I can fly!!!!— maruska