I used to think the line in Joe Walsh's "Rocky Mountain Way" was. "The bases are coated with traces of fat think it's safe to play?"
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that there where dead people in the bases of bouncy castles.Anon
- I used to believe that a fish cake was a fish in sponge and coated in icing. I believed this until I was 9.Anon
- I used to think that the chorus of "mountain song" by jane's addiction was in a different language— nothing'sshocking
- I was convinced that hot air sinks. Why else are mountain tops cold, and Death Vally is so hot?— Not-my-wife
- I used to believe that when I went to the mountain I would find an ancient monster or find some treasure— Yazer Solorzano
- I used to believe that a "punch line" meant a line of people waiting to dip punch from a punch bowl.— Sheila