Until I was around 14 or 15 years old, I was convinced that the song, "I miss the rain down in Africa" actually said, "I missed the train down to Africa." It wasn't until I put two and two together that it made sense!
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that traveling in cognito was a place in Africa or somewhere.— Jennifer
- I used to believe that other coutries were other planets and you had to travel in a spaceship to go to Africa.— Sarah Jane
- I used to belive that african was the language they spoke in all of africa— quark
- I used to believe that Africa was the biggest country and Luxembourg was the smallest.Anon
- I used to believe reindeer made it rain because for many years it rained on christmas eve night.Anon
- Phil Collins song "I missed again" - I thought it was "I pis*ed again" - didn't realise he was an alcoholic?!Anon