Ok so, the Travis Tritt song "I smell T-R-O-U-B-L-E" was a source of much confusion for me as a child. In the song he sings the title... and since I hadn't quite learned how to spell and had no concept of letters themselves, I heard "I smell pee all over you and me." ... I always wondered why I got in so much trouble for wetting my pants when grown men did it all the time ... hahaha
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that when I farted, i could smell up all the stench before anyone else could smell it.— Tim
- I thought the song "Karma Police" was actually saying "call the police" before I learned the title— Alberto Richardson
- I thought the song "Party Time" by Moby was actually saying "heart attack" (this was before I knew the title)— Elviessa
- I used to think that the title of Barry Manilow's song "Looks Like We Made It" was "Looks Like Tomatoes".— close2nd
- I used to believe that I could smell when it was going to snow.
(I still can!)— sw - When I first heard Bruce Springsteen's song, "Born in the USA," I thought that the song was "Porn in the USA"Anon