In the song "Jet Airliner" by Steve Miller Band, the line is "big old jet airliner, don't carry me too far away" but what I heard was "big old Jed and Alina...." and in my mind these were two giants who were going to be kidnapping someone.
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
- My mom used to believe that the San Francisco Giants baseball team were actual giants.Anon
- i used to believe the song "band on the run" was "band on the rug"— someone
- I thought the Til Tuesday song said "Books are scary!", rather than "Voices Carry"Anon
- whenever i heard a melody, i thought it stuck in my stomach when i heard it in my mindAnon