Remember the song from the '60's, "Beauty's Only Skin Deep"? Until I was 20, I thought the title was, "Do You Wanna See Me". I thought I was showing my worldliness and maturity when I sang it one day...that is, until my 31 year old friend laughed himself off a sofa while correcting me.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- Even though the title is 'How Bizarre', I always thought he sang "help is on"...Anon
- When I was about 5 or 6, I used to think the song 'Beauty and the Beast' was really 'Beauty and the Beef'.— Natski
- i thought I got one year older when my family sang the birthday song.— I am the ghost
- I thought the song "Party Time" by Moby was actually saying "heart attack" (this was before I knew the title)— Elviessa
- I thought the song "Karma Police" was actually saying "call the police" before I learned the title— Alberto Richardson
- I used to think that the title of Barry Manilow's song "Looks Like We Made It" was "Looks Like Tomatoes".— close2nd