If you’ve ever been in my car, you probably know that I love to sing and harmonize to the radio. Get in nerds, it’s the Maegan Karaoke Show! Because of my constant serenading my passengers, I have been corrected on lyrics several times. This may have something to do with my hearing at this age, but even when I was a kid, I would hear sounds and make up words to fill them in when singers wouldn’t articulate or the song played so often on the radio, I just did it absentmindedly. Looking at you, Britney Spears. Here are a few of my favorite lyrics I’ve made up or someone I know has sang in my car.
- Oops, I Did it Again, Britney Spears
Lyric: That I’m sent from abo-o-o-ove, I’m not that innocent.
My Version: Medicine from a do-o-o-ove, I’m not that innocent. - Radioactive, Imagine Dragons
Lyric: I’m radioactive, radioactive
My friend’s version: I’m ready to rock dude, ready to rock dude - All Star, Smash Mouth
Pretty much the entire song, but the most notable
Lyric: All that glitters is gold, only shooting stars break the mo-oo-old
My Version: All that shimmers is gold, only you can stop sprinkler mo-oo-ode - King of My Heart, Taylor Swift
Lyric: And you move to me like I’m an American Queen and you move to me like I’m a Motown beat
My Version: And you move to me like I’m an American queen and you move to me like I’m a Motown bean - Smells Like Teen Spirit, Nirvana
Also the whole thing, but most noteworthy
Lyric: With the lights out, it’s less dangerous, here we are now, entertain us
My Version: Well the lights out, it’s a stage us, here we are now, in containers
I had to look that one up because I still just make sounds the whole song - Toxic, Britney Spears
Lyrics: With your taste of your lips I’m on a ride, your toxic, I’m slippin’ under
My Version: With a taste of your lips and hour wine, your toxic tongue slipping under - Don’t You Worry Child, Swedish House Mafia
Lyrics: Don’t you worry, don’t you worry, child
Colm’s Version: Don’t you ruin it, don’t you ruin it, child - Genie in a Bottle, Christina Aguilera
Lyrics: The music’s fading and the light’s down low
My Version: If you just play it with the lights down low - Take on Me, Aha
Lyrics: I’ll be gone in a day or two
My Version: I’ve just made noises here all my life. I just learned the correct lyrics a few years ago.
What’s your funniest lyric blunder? I want to hear ALL of them 🙂
Kindly,
Mae
Mae Goes West 
1. Let My Love Open the Door (Pete Townshend). For the longest time I thought it was “Let Milo Open The Door”.
2. Panama (Van Halen). I would have sworn they were singing “Had Enough”.
HAHAHA wait, they’re not saying “had enough”? You learn something new every day 🙂