I used to believe that one of the songs my kindergarten class sang to the American flag every morning had something to do with cake. You know,
"My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty,
Of the icing (of thee I sing)."
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that a fish cake was a fish in sponge and coated in icing. I believed this until I was 9.Anon
- I used to believe that the Chinese boy in my kindergarten class flew from China every day to get to class.— Debi
- I used to believe making a cake from scratch meant using a box mix rather than buying a cake from the store.— EZ
- I used to think that birds sang in different languages depending on the country they were in!— Sarah
- Until about age 9, I thought there was a country called "Operaland" where everyone sang instead of talking.Anon
- When Madonna sang "let the choir sing" in "Like a Prayer", I thought she was singing "love by proxy"— Kristen