In the Beach Boy's Kokomo, instead of that Monserrat mystique....I always thought they were saying Vermont's a rotten state. I still can't bring myself to sing it correctly.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- I used to think Monserrat sounded like monster rat.Anon
- I used to believe that bruises were rotten blood. — llb91
- For a while, I thought hand grenades were called "hen grenades" and they were made of rotten eggs.— Athazagoraphobia
- I used to believe that old rotten black banana skins were dogs lips!! — T Cross. Bournemouth
- I used to think that because there was a state called Washington, there was also a state called Dryington.— Jasonchic
- I never used to take shower after going to the beach, because i thought that tans washed off right away.Anon