At a family sing-along my sister made us all hysterical while singing Kenny Roger's Lucille. Instead of the words '4 hungry children & a crop in the field' she sang '400 children & a crop in the field.' Although she knows the correct words now, she will never live this one down for generations!
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- I used to think Kenny Rogers had 400 children and a crop in the field. Rather than 4 hungry children.Anon
- When Madonna sang "let the choir sing" in "Like a Prayer", I thought she was singing "love by proxy"— Kristen
- I was convinced that children weren't humans, only adults were, children were a total different race!— Leda
- My daddy used to think that there was a children-police that killed children who was bad— jonnie
- I used to believe that all four-letter words are bad words.Anon
- my sister told me that bunkers on golf courses were for children to play in while their dads played golf.— Julie