When my daughter heard the 70's hit, "Drift Away", she thought they were saying, "Give me the Beach Boys & free my soul..." instead of "Give me the Beat Boys"!
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- I thought Maria Carey's 1998 ballad was 'I'd give my arms' instead of 'I'd give my all'.— Briony Maggs
- I never knew why boys had to lift up the toilet seat...until my friend told me that boys had bad aim.Anon
- I used to believe the Beastie Boys were a boy band. Well, the name sounds similar to Backstreet Boys!Anon
- When I first heard Matt Monro's song "Born Free," I thought he was singing "Porn Free."Anon
- Backstreet Boys - I want it that way? I heard "I was born on a tidal wave— gembop
- I used to believe that the lyrics to Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name" were "You give love a Band-Aid".Anon