In Alannis Morrisette's song "Ironic" instead of "An old man turned ninty-eight" I would sing "The Postman turned and he ate"
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- I used to think that when Dad turned the radio up in the car the artist was made to sing louder!!— Sparks
- I used to believe the Metallica song "Trapped Under Ice" said "I turned down the rice."— Erik Z.
- That boys turned into women when they became adults and girls turned into men when they became adults. Anon
- The song "Reverend Blue Jeans" turned out to be "Forever in Blue Jeans." Who would have believed that?— music lover
- I used to believe that everyone died when they turned 40. — Sara
- i used to believe everybody died once they turned 100— mis-spent youth