When I was little, often the music on my sister's radio would be popular rock music of the time (70's). Several songs happen to be played a lot and they never seemed to enunciate clearly so my child's mind filled in the missing and unclear syllables. One song always sounded like directions to the restroom which as a kid, which I felt was conveying important and useful information. It wasn't until I was in college that I found out the song line was "There's a bad moon on the rise" and not "There's a bathroom on the right." Another song sounded as though someone was making spaghetti sauce for a whole lot of people. It wasn't until a few years ago that I found out the true song lyrics were "Guantan amira," about a girl from Guantanamo Bay, not "I need a one ton tomata". Hey, to a kid, how do you make spaghetti sauce for a thousand people, right? You need a really big tomatoe!
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

you weren't the only one
36 of you believed this
- The song 'there's a bad moon out to night.' i thought they were saying 'there's a bathroom on the right.'— kim in alabama
- There's a bad moon on the rise = There's a bathroom on the rightAnon
- When I heard "Don't Come Out Tonight(Bad Moon on the Rise), I thought they were saying Bathroom on the Right.— helen.sellers
- My mom used to think the song "Theres a bad moon on the rise" actully said "Theres a bathroom on the right."— MacKenzie
- CCR's Bad moon on the Rise, I swear it sounded liket they were singing, "There's a bathroom on the Right"— SMC
- For many years, I thought "There's a bad moon on the rise" was "There's a bathroom on the right".— Thunderfoot