My parents listened to country a lot and there was a song by Garth Brooks called "I'm Shameless" and I thought he was saying "I'm shavin"
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- believed the song from Garth..Im Shameless ..was really saying...Im shavin...— Kristin
- Until about age 9, I thought there was a country called "Operaland" where everyone sang instead of talking.Anon
- I used to think that swing music was called that because you listened to it when playing on the swing set.Anon
- I used to think the Black Country region in the UK was called that because everyone lived in darkness there.— K
- I told someone once that my favorite band was the Funkel brothers- Simon and Garth.
(Simon & Garfunkel)— Josie - I used to think wars started when a sergeant from one country socked a sergeant from another country.— recovering