I used to think that the Police song, Roxanne, was about traffic lights.
I was about 14 when I figured it out.
A childhood belief about songs

others believed things like this
- in sting's / the police's song ''roxanne''. I thaught that it was ''rock sand''— wacko zacho
- I believed that traffic lights had police officers inside them, turning the lights on and off...— CrowHeart
- when i was about 5-8 i used to believe that oompa loompas lived in traffic lights and controlled the lights!!— ~wierd ~
- I thought the song "Karma Police" was actually saying "call the police" before I learned the title— Alberto Richardson
- If the lights in the car were on, you'd get arrested by the policeAnon
- I used to believe that God controlled the traffic lights. He would decide when it was everybody's turn to go.— Amanda