When I was young and I heard the song, Sweet Home Alabama, I didn't that arrangement of words. The lyrics I heard was "Free fall down the mountain, i am coming home to you!!" i felt really stupid when my roomate in college told me the real lyrics!!
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- When I first heard Matt Monro's song "Born Free," I thought he was singing "Porn Free."Anon
- When I first heard Stawberry Fields Forever, I misheard the lyrics as Strawberry Fields For Trevor.— Matt
- Actual lyrics: "I've never been your beast of burden"
My lyrics: "I've never been your big suburban"
— Big Suburban - When my brother was little he heard the song "Le Freak" by Chic (Ahhh, freak out!) like this: Ahhh, free cow!Anon
- 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