When I was young, I truly believed that in the song 'I can see clearly now' by Jimmy Cliff was in fact 'I can see Kealy now Lorraine has gone'. From such a young age I learnt that men were not nice to women. I was both dissapointed and relieved when I learnt the truth.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that CD's were made of glass, until I learnt otherwise.Anon
- when i was young i believed that gay men got married to gay women!— robster
- I used to think that ponies were young horses. I was embarrasingly old when I discovered the truth.— Al's view of the world
- Throughout my childhood I believed that Jimmy Saville's name was actually "Jimll Fixit".— Galina Shinra
- When I was (very) young, I believed that sausages were Pig poo. Yum.— CrystalTips
- When I was very young, I believed that my parents actual names were "mum" and "dad". — Margo