I misheard the "church on time" lyric in David Bowie's "Modern Love" as "ching chong chang" and wondered how such a racist song was allowed to be played on the radio!
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- The Chinese language just had three words: ching, chang, and chong.— MD Caruso
- I thought that since my grandpa and my dad's names are both David, than David Bowie must be my aunt's son.Anon
- A common misheard lyric in BMTH’s ‘Shadow Moses’ is “THIS IS SANDPIT TURTLE!”— Oli
- David Bowie - Jean Genie
"The Jean Genie lives on his back
The Jean Genie loves cheesy snacks"— Santa Puncher - I always wondered why shepherds washed their socks by night. (correct lyric: watched their flocks)— MaggieNJ
- I used to believe that the B-52's song "Love Shack" was actually "Love Shark!"— Natalie