In that song "Kung Fu Fighting", it says, "Everybody was kung-fu fighting; those kicks were fast as lightning." For the longest time, I thought it said "Those STICKS were fast as lightning." Sticks as in needle sticks, like injections.
This was accompanied by a mental image of little kids kung-fu kicking doctors since they didn't want to get shots. Thus, the doctors had to hurry up "fast as lightning" to give them their shots.
Makes sense to me; I was one of those kids that would scream and kick and cry hysterically when I had to get a shot.
It wasn't until about 3 years ago that I was enlightened to the song's true lyrics! (I like my version better.)
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- My brother used to think "Kung-Fu Fighting" was actually "When It Comes To Fighting."— The Pacifist
- I think thunder is the clouds fighting and bashing eachother and lightning is fire balls from the sun.— Crazy Cowgirl MADI
- i believe that using gold give electric shock at the time of lightning.so i didnot wear gold when rain starts.— asi18
- When I was little, my parents told me if i ate my fish sticks, I would become invisible.— Jake
- I used to think that the line in the song "Life in the Fast Lane" was "Fights in the Bat Plane".Anon
- My parents always told me at night the sticks we had played with throughout the day turned into snakes.. — Sarahb