When I was about 8yrs. old, everytime I heard the Steve Miller band song "Big Ole Jet Airliner", I thought they were saying "Didn't go to jail at a line up".
I found out what the right words were one day when I heard the DJ say the name of the song.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- I used to think that Steve Miller song "Big old jet airliner" was "Bingo Jed had a light out" — Skeeter
- "Big "Ol Jet Had A Light On" aka Big Ol Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band— My son in law John
- When I first heard Bruce Springsteen's song, "Born in the USA," I thought that the song was "Porn in the USA"Anon
- When I first heard the song "Constant Craving" by KD Lang, I thought she was singing "God save gravy."Anon
- In a religious song, instead of “Jesus Christ” I heard “Cheese is Prize”— EJ
- I heard the song about Heaven being a place where nothing ever happened and thought, "What a boring place."Anon