Another Beach Boys Kokomo mix-up. I heard the line "That monserrat mystique" as "That monster out to sea" Still can't get it right in my head.
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 the head part of a shirt was a monster and that it would eat you.— Taliyah
- Backstreet Boys - I want it that way? I heard "I was born on a tidal wave— gembop
- I heard a mother in the street tell her young son not to pick his nose...because his head would cave in. — Ruby
- I thought the boogey monster was a monster that ate boogers at night in front of youAnon
- I never knew why boys had to lift up the toilet seat...until my friend told me that boys had bad aim.Anon