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I used to believe…

My friends mum was convinced that the lyrics to Justin Timberlake's song 'Cry me a River" went "the jammy kids done, so I guess I'll be leaving"...
original lyrics : "the damage is done so i guess i'll be leaving"

I used to believe…

Billy Ocean's song "Caribbean Queen" was on the radio almost every morning before I went to school one year. I heard it often, so you'd think I'd know the lyrics...

The first line, in my head, was "She dutched by me and fainted on Gene". I'm not sure what I thought "dutched" meant; the mental image was that she slipped past the first guy and collapsed in the arms of his buddy.

The chorus was "Caribou queen / Now we're sharing the same tree". No, I didn't think she looked like a caribou, although I did imagine them sitting in a tree together. She might have been wearing caribou hide and fur, Inuit-style.

For the record, the correct versions are "She dashed by me in painted-on jeans" and "Caribbean queen / Now we're sharing the same dream". (Even the lyrics websites disagree on that first one-- depending on who you talk to, you'll be told it's "dashed", "danced", or "brushed".)

I used to believe…

When I was five, I thought that the Beatles' song verse "I wanna hold your hand" meant "I wanna know John Lennon", and it was a homage from The Beatles to John, who was dead.

I used to believe that the song "Big Ol' Jet Airliner" went like this:

Big old Jed and Lila
Carried me to Faraway
Big old Jed and Lila
Cause it's here that I gotta stay

I pictured two huge old people carrying little kids on their backs to a place called Faraway and not letting them go home again if they were bad. LOL I had a vivid imagination!

I used to think that in the song "beer for my horses" that toby keith and willie nelson actually drank whiskey and gave beer to their horses lol

I used to believe…

Because of that Simpsons episode, I thought Weird Al Yankovic was the original performer of the song "Jack and Diane."

I used to believe the line of the song "Wish I had an Angel" by Nightwish that went "Drunken disguise changes all the rules..." was "Drunk candy skies changes all the rules..." I thought the singer, the person who wrote it or the person it was about was on drugs.

I also thought the line of "Holiday" by Greenday that was "Just 'cause because we're outlaws yeah..." went "Just cause because we're out of gas..." I always laughed at that since it didn't make sense to me why they would pulverize the Eiffel towers because of that.

I used to believe…

When I first heard as a child the song, "What Child Is This?", with its line "Whom angels greet with anthems sweet", I thought that anthems were some kind of flowers.

I used to believe…

In the Mindless self indulgence's version of Tom Sawyer the real lyrics are:
Don't put him down as arrogant.
My lyrics:
and a bag of M&M's!

I used to believe…

While listening to AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long", I usually hear...
"She was a fast machine, she kept her boner clean, she was the best half woman that I ever seen.."
As opposed to...
"She was a fast machine, she kept her motor clean, she was the best damn woman that I ever seen"

And Skid Row's "I Remember You"...

"Cause you'll always be my dream come true, Woman or man, I love you."
Instead of...
"Cause you'll always be my dream come true, Oh my darling, I love you"

Kinda a recurring theme.

I used to believe…

When I was little, and my mom listened to the oldies stations a lot, I used to think the song 'Signs' said 'And the sign said long-eared hippie people eating all the pie.'

I used to believe…

Remember that song "Down Under" by "Men At Work" - well one of the lines is:

Ya better run
Ya better take cover

My version:
Ya better run
Ya better take a-boat

Ummm...wha?

I thought that in the song "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani it said "i'm not in no Hall of Fat Girls" when it really says "i'm no hollaback girl". I figured out my mistake when I found out what the name of the song was and realized thats what it had been saying all along.

I used to think that Sylvester Stallone and Billy Joel were the same person.

I used to believe…

in santana 'smooth'..the real lyrics are...
"Well that’s the same emotion that I get from you"
and i thought it said...
"well thats same ocean i get f**k you"
gosh it took me forever to figure out why that allowed them to say that on the radio and not bleep it out

I always thought the song Blinded by the light went "Wrapped up like a dousche, another runner in the night"