In the song, "Deal," by Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead), there's a line that goes, "Since you poured the wine for me, I've tightened up my shoes..." I used to think he said, "Since you told the wife on me..." Actually, I like think what I heard makes more sense...oh well...
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- my parents were hippies and I use to beleive that Jerry Garcia was SAnta Clause. — Melissa
- I used to believe that shoo fly pie was made of old shoes and dead flys, and I wouldn't eat it.— Aubri
- When I was little I used to believe that comedian Jerry Lewis and rocker Jerry Lee Lewis were the same person.— Paul
- I thought the lines in the sky left behind by airplanes were "sky scrapers". Makes sense.Anon
- I thought a major general is more powerful than just a general (which still kind of makes sense to me)— Demond
- When I first heard Bruce Springsteen's song, "Born in the USA," I thought that the song was "Porn in the USA"Anon