For years I thought the 10,000 Maniacs song "Because The Night," instead of saying,"The way I feel under your command," said, "The way I feel on the Autobahn." I thought it was a song about road trips.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- I thought if I poked people on the tv in the eye, they would feel it and go 'ow'. — Helen W
- When I first heard Bruce Springsteen's song, "Born in the USA," I thought that the song was "Porn in the USA"Anon
- The song 'there's a bad moon out to night.' i thought they were saying 'there's a bathroom on the right.'— kim in alabama
- I always thought the song Blinded by the light went "Wrapped up like a dousche, another runner in the night"— Dawn
- On family road trips, my parents always told me that water towers were filled with chocolate.— Edith
- My cousin thought the BASIC computer command GOTO was prenounced "Got-oo" rather than "Go To"— Richard Davies