In addition to believing that Elton John sang, "Hold me closer, Tony Danza!" instead of "Tiny dancer," I couldn't figure out if he was saying "Lay me down in sweet surender" or "Lay me down in sheets of linen." Whenever I sang it, I would switch it up. This website motivated me to find out which was right...the latter.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- I used to think the lyrics to Elton John's Tiny Dancer were "hold me closer Tony Danza."— kstawitz
- My friend used to believe that the lyrics to Elton John's "Tiny Dancer" were:
"Hold me closer Tony Danza"— I'm with stupid - i thought in elton john's "tiny dancer'' the chorus was "hold me closer tony danza"— d.a.
- As a child I used to think that Olivia Newton-John and Elton John were married.
Boy, I was way off.— Lisa - Billy Squire sang about "My Kind of Lover". My wife sang about "My Candelabra"— Wailerman
- As a child, I thought that Olivia Newton-John was Elton John's wife and Juice Newton's sister.— Connie