I grew up on rock and roll, so imagine my surprise when, at 23, I found out that the ACDC song was dirty deeds done dirt cheap and not thirty thieves and the thunder chief
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- a friend thought that the song "dirty deeds done dirt cheap" was saying "dirty deeds dunderchief"— dubs
- when i was younger i thought ac/dc's dirty deeds (done dirt cheap), was dirty knees and the thunder cheeks.— S
- I thought that the song "Built this City" by starship went as follows. "Milk and Cereal, Rock and Roll"Anon
- I thought Rock and Roll were 2 musicians, with one who rocked and one who rolled.Anon
- I used to believe the the Elton John song, "Crocodile Rock" was about a Crocodile, named Rock.Anon
- "She's got the Jack" by ACDC was "She's got the Clap".— Cybela