THanks, so I was hearing it wrong, then?
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Yep. Mishearing song lyrics is common. There’s even a word for it: mondegreen
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mondegreen
a word or phrase that results from a mishearing especially of something recited or sung
Etymology
from the mishearing in a Scottish ballad of “laid him on the green” as “Lady Mondegreen”
I remember reading that about that....
"The answer, my friends . . . " –> The ants are my friends . . .
"There's a bad moon on the rise." –> There's a bathroom on the right.