Story about this misheard lyric by: Andria

When I first heard this song (on the "Nights are Forever" 8-track in my parents' gold 1977 AMC Matador Barcelona coupe (the epitome of 1970s tastelessness, with its opera windows, vinyl top, several board-feet of fake wood, fake gold-tone trim and diamond-pleated crushed-velvet seats, not to mention a factory quadraphonic AM/FM/8-track/CB stereo), I was about 10 years old, and I had just learned the elements in science class at school. Of course, polonium is an element, specifically a radioactive isotope, and I was embarrassed when my younger sister, who now owns the Matador corrected me. She had not a fig of an idea as to what polonium was, but she was (and still is) one of the few who is able to decipher the line that I submitted.