On Michael Jackson's Billie Jean song... I thought he sang "Billie Jean is not my lover, she's just a girl who says that I am the one... but the GIRL is not my son." And I was always thinking how can a girl be a son anyway?
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- i thaught the michael jackson song billy jean song said Janet's not my son Anon
- David Bowie - Jean Genie
"The Jean Genie lives on his back
The Jean Genie loves cheesy snacks"— Santa Puncher - I used to believe that the words to Michael Jacksons "Liberian Girl" were "librarian girl".— Paul
- That Madonna sang "I'm a cheerio girl" instead of material girl— HN
- When I was young I used to think that Micheal Jackson was a girl.
— Jib Joseph - When I was younger, I saw Madonna's video for "Material Girl". I thought she was singing "I'm a Cheerio Girl"!— Greg