When I was younger I thought the lyrics to Billy Joel's Only the Good die young were "I'd rather laugh with the Singers than cry with the saints". My maiden name was Singer.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- I used to think that Sylvester Stallone and Billy Joel were the same person.Anon
- I thought the term maiden name actually applied to women who were maidens.— Natasha
- my friends mom used to sing "you talk sense" instead of utah saints.— nikki
- In old west lore, Billy the Kid was called 'buck toothed'. I thought this was because he sucked his thumb. — Monty
- When I was young,I thought the lyrics "Secret Agent man" were actually "Secret Asian Man".— M.M.B.
- I thought that Whoopi Goldberg was a singer until I was about 10Anon