When I was about 5 years old, I believed that the song "Riders on the Storm" by the Doors was actually titled "Writers on the Storm." I also believed that it was performed by Johnny Cash.
My husband, as a child, interpreted the line "Mercy!," in the song "Pretty Woman" as "Horsies!"
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- When I was younger, I believed that squinting in a storm would make you cross-eyed... forever.Anon
- When I was a child, I used to believe that when there was a storm it was because God was angry.— Raul
- I thought the line in the song "more than a woman" was "four-legged woman".— boo
- I used to think that the song "Evil Woman" was "Medieval Woman". Anon
- believed the song from Garth..Im Shameless ..was really saying...Im shavin...— Kristin
- I used to think that the song"Stayin Alive" said "Staying In Line" like at school when I was little. — MacKenzie