In the 70's there was a song out by a band named 'Clout' called 'Substitute' and for years I thought it was a rude song, because I swear I thought it was called 'I'll be a prostitute'
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- I use to think that Bruce Springsteen's song "growing up" was called "throwing up"— glowworm
- I used to think the song Bette Davis Eyes was called 'she's got better days besides'.— JJ Simpson
- i used to believe the song "band on the run" was "band on the rug"— someone
- I used to believe that when a song came on the car radio, the band was sitting on top of our van.Anon
- for my little sis -
Paul McCarty song "Band on the Run" but when she sang it it was "Man has the Runs"Anon - The song called heart of glass mixed me up as a kid. I heard "Heart and ass". — oops