In the song "Big Yellow Taxi", I was baffled when I heard, "Fake paradise, to put up a f***ing lie." instead of, "They paved paradise to put up a parking lot." I was surprised they'd put a song like that without censoring.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- When I first heard Bruce Springsteen's song, "Born in the USA," I thought that the song was "Porn in the USA"Anon
- i thaught the michael jackson song billy jean song said Janet's not my son Anon
- In a religious song, instead of “Jesus Christ” I heard “Cheese is Prize”— EJ
- When I first heard the song "Constant Craving" by KD Lang, I thought she was singing "God save gravy."Anon
- I heard the song about Heaven being a place where nothing ever happened and thought, "What a boring place."Anon
- When I first heard Matt Monro's song "Born Free," I thought he was singing "Porn Free."Anon