Don't let the sun go down on me'
but I heard them as
Don't let your son go down on me'
Around the time that he (CAME OUT - I guess is the politically correct terminology) admitted how gay he was, I was talking to a crazy friend of mine (Elton came out, not my friend) who knew all the Elton John lyrics from back then, and I mentioned that it was no wonder that he sang about somebody's son going down on him, and how prophetic that was, when my friend laughed hysterically and corrected my mistake. I had been happily singing along for years, thinking all the time how gay Elton John must be, Oh, well.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- My friend used to believe that the lyrics to Elton John's "Tiny Dancer" were:
"Hold me closer Tony Danza"— I'm with stupid - As a child I used to think that Olivia Newton-John and Elton John were married.
Boy, I was way off.— Lisa - I used to think the lyrics to Elton John's Tiny Dancer were "hold me closer Tony Danza."— kstawitz
- As a child, I thought that Olivia Newton-John was Elton John's wife and Juice Newton's sister.— Connie
- i thought in elton john's "tiny dancer'' the chorus was "hold me closer tony danza"— d.a.
- I used to believe the the Elton John song, "Crocodile Rock" was about a Crocodile, named Rock.Anon