When ever Elvis sang "In the ghetto" I always thought he said "In the kettle." For years I thought he sang a song about a bunch of people living in a tea pot.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- Billy Squire sang about "My Kind of Lover". My wife sang about "My Candelabra"— Wailerman
- i thought I got one year older when my family sang the birthday song.— I am the ghost
- i used to get mad when people sang frere jaque because i thought they were making fun of my name!!!!— freya sargent
- for my little sis -
Paul McCarty song "Band on the Run" but when she sang it it was "Man has the Runs"Anon - I used to think that the actors on tv shows sang the show's theme song.Anon
- Until I was about 15, I beleived my Father was the person who sang the "Cheers" TV Show Theme Song.— Dustin