When my dad was little he thought "I shot the Sherriff" was "I'm shockin' Sherry". To this day (I'm grown up now) if I am with him when that song comes on I will start singing "I'm shockin' Sherry" and we both get a good laugh
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- I thought the song "Hit me with your best shot" was "Hit me with your pet shark"Anon
- i used to think in the song "hit me with your best shot" was really "hit me while i'm on pot" yea.... i suck!!— Donna
- That song that goes:
I'll never let you go...
I thought he was singing:
Another machine gun...
Haha.— Kelle - I used to believe that I could fly like Superman if I had the right cape and got a good running start. — Rick
- I believed if I prayed for the Devil, he would start being good for God. — Jackie
- The buckinghams song "kind of a drag", i always thought they were singing, "Canada Dry"— bobbybobby