A friend of mine thought the lyric in Ziggy Stardust went 'Making love with his eagle' instead of 'ego'. When I laughed and told him the real lyric, he claimed it made as much sense as any other Bowie lyric.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- I always wondered why shepherds washed their socks by night. (correct lyric: watched their flocks)— MaggieNJ
- A common misheard lyric in BMTH’s ‘Shadow Moses’ is “THIS IS SANDPIT TURTLE!”— Oli
- My sister just recently realized that the lyric "more than a woman" wasn't 4 letter woman!— Anne
- I used to believe that the heart at the beginning of the I Love Lucy Show was made of real chocolate.— Krissa
- I used to believe that Eagle Brand Condensed Milk was actually an eagle's milk!Anon
- My friend's sister believed the lyrics to Gazza's "Fog on the Tyne" were "Fog on the dinasaurs mine all mine"— Suzanne