I thought the song Hotel California by the Eagles said "Welcome to Oakdale California
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- i used to believe the sunset was better in California cause it was closer to the sun— hazel
- I used to believe that California was my house, not the state I lived in.— Katie
- We would drive by UNION BANK here in California and I would say "Onion bank!" My Mom would bust up laughing.— BINGO
- I saw this guy at a hotel and he wore a tag that said "trainee," so I thought that it was his name!Anon
- I once thought a vent in my hotel room led down to the center of the earth.— flarn2006
- When I first heard Bruce Springsteen's song, "Born in the USA," I thought that the song was "Porn in the USA"Anon