When Bill Withers sings "Gonna be, gonna be" in the song, "A Lovely Day," I thought he was actually singing "Barnaby."
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- That song that goes:
I'll never let you go...
I thought he was singing:
Another machine gun...
Haha.— Kelle - The buckinghams song "kind of a drag", i always thought they were singing, "Canada Dry"— bobbybobby
- When I first heard the song "Constant Craving" by KD Lang, I thought she was singing "God save gravy."Anon
- When I first heard Matt Monro's song "Born Free," I thought he was singing "Porn Free."Anon
- In Prince's song "I Would Die for You" I used to think he was singing "Apple Dapple do!" — Sara
- Remember the old Tubes song "White Punks on Dope". Thought they were singing "White Folks are Dumb"
— WailerMan