I used to think that the lyrics to "Paperback Writer" by the Beatles were "Take the back right turn". So did my mom, and she's obviously much older than me.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- cause i'm just a paper bag rider....
or it might have been paperback writer by the beatles....Anon - I thought that singer/songwriter was spelled this way: sing-a-song-writer...Anon
- when i was little i thought my cat would turn into a lion when he got older.Anon
- My brother told me that I would turn into a boy when I got older. It made me cry.— Sarah
- When I was very small. by older brother told me that if I "Kissed my own elbow, I would turn into a boy."Anon
- Actual lyrics: "I've never been your beast of burden"
My lyrics: "I've never been your big suburban"
— Big Suburban