I used to think that the lyrics in "Send me on my way" (Rusted Root) were Simeon the whale--underwear. It was years before someone felt compelled to tell me that they were actually saying "Send me on my way--on my way"
But I prefer the whale.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- I used to believe the whitewash on waves was actually whale pee.— Tessica
- I used to think that Shamu was my whale and that he just lived at Sea World and they took care of him for me.Anon
- I used to believe that black olives were made out of whale skin.— Troyson
- i used to think, when i was about 4 that i lived inside a whale because i live ion the country Wales— mike
- Whenever I saw a picture of a whale spouting water, I thought it was urinating.Anon
- i beleived that once the tiolet was a big dinosaur and if i sat on it, it would eat my bum and send me to jailAnon