This is for the 1979 hit song “I Got You” by the New Zealand band, Split Enz. I always thought that the line that actually read “I don’t know why sometimes get frightened” was “I don’t know, I sometimes I get five cents” up until recently when I look up the lyrics on the web.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- 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 - My mum always thought the lyrics to macy grays song was i try to say goodbye to my chook.— alana
- i used to think the whole world was new zealand— Matt
- I used to believe New Zealand and Australia were part of the UK because they have a UK flag on their flags — H