I used to think the lyrics to Sade's song, "Smooth Operator" were: "Fool of the red eye" instead of smooth operator. But hey, she's hard to understand sometimes!
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- When I was a kid I was completely convinced that Sade's "Smooth operator" was "Ooh of the red eye".— Brookstar78
- I used to think that in the song "Smooth Operator" they were saying "Schooooooool's not forever!"— Steph
- I believed you ran the vacuum to cut the carpet and used the lawn mower to smooth out the grass.— Michelle
- in the song with the lyrics "take your passion" my sister used to always think it was "take your pants off"— Steped
- My mum always thought the lyrics to macy grays song was i try to say goodbye to my chook.— alana
- i believed that michelle gayle's sweetness song contained the lyrics shade in sheep shit!— andrew