I used to think that the lyrics to "Big Ol' Jet Airliner" by Steve Miller Band went: "Big, old Jed had a lighthouse..." I thought somehow that this "Jed" was the same Jed from the 'Beverly Hillbillies', and that he was so rich, he bought his own lighthouse. To this day, I still sing those lyrics.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- "Big "Ol Jet Had A Light On" aka Big Ol Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band— My son in law John
- I used to think that Steve Miller song "Big old jet airliner" was "Bingo Jed had a light out" — Skeeter
- I used to believe that there was only one lighthouse in the world and it was at the centre of the earth. Anon
- Actual lyrics: "I've never been your beast of burden"
My lyrics: "I've never been your big suburban"
— Big Suburban - I used to believe that the lyrics to Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name" were "You give love a Band-Aid".Anon
- I used to believe my nieghboor jose invented the language spanish and he got rich and bought cars— Thomas