I really did believe Elton john was singing 'someone shaved my wife tonight' and was mortified years later to find it was actually 'someone saved my life tonight'
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- As a child, I thought that Olivia Newton-John was Elton John's wife and Juice Newton's sister.— Connie
- As a child I used to think that Olivia Newton-John and Elton John were married.
Boy, I was way off.— Lisa - When I heard "Don't Come Out Tonight(Bad Moon on the Rise), I thought they were saying Bathroom on the Right.— helen.sellers
- 'I've got candy in my ears tonight, baby'.
~Canned Heat, Jimiroquai.— Nin - I used to think the lyrics to Elton John's Tiny Dancer were "hold me closer Tony Danza."— kstawitz
- My friend used to believe that the lyrics to Elton John's "Tiny Dancer" were:
"Hold me closer Tony Danza"— I'm with stupid