In Sade's song Smooth Operator, I used to think she was saying, " OOOh pop a red eye."
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- When I was a kid I was completely convinced that Sade's "Smooth operator" was "Ooh of the red eye".— Brookstar78
- I used to think that in the song "Smooth Operator" they were saying "Schooooooool's not forever!"— Steph
- I believed you ran the vacuum to cut the carpet and used the lawn mower to smooth out the grass.— Michelle
- When I first heard Bruce Springsteen's song, "Born in the USA," I thought that the song was "Porn in the USA"Anon
- i thaught the michael jackson song billy jean song said Janet's not my son Anon
- i used to think in the song "hit me with your best shot" was really "hit me while i'm on pot" yea.... i suck!!— Donna