Yet Another Song Lost To Translation

I remember as a kid finding out the real words to a popular song and them being nothing like the words that I had heard and had been singing all along. The good thing was, I was very shy and never sang loudly, I only sang with the song and very quietly. Not so with my son. He sings loudly and he sings all the time. Listen to me, I said all the time. He truly doesn't realize he's even singing.....all the time. What makes his singing the most interesting of all is the words that he's hearing and he's certainly not shy about singing them regardless if he's correct or not. Even, as an example, a little school song he heard. They were singing See Saw Margery Daw. He sings "See saw marching downnn." I corrected him on this and he told me that he really didn't care, he wants to sing it his way because he likes it better. So I've quit correcting him on songs.

What I really love is in some songs, he hears the words so that they suit his own personal needs like, "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough" by Michael Jackson. The chorus of this song in DJ's world is "Don't stop at the Post Office, don't stop at the Post Office." He hates when I go to the Post Office, hates it. So this is currently his favorite Michael Jackson song, he sings it at the top of his lungs in his room, I'm sure he thinks it was made to be his own personal anthem. He probably thanks Michael daily for being able to read his thoughts and create a song that fits his life so perfectly.

Recently I had to do a quick revision on my no correction policy. DJ was singing Queen's popular sporting event song. Here is his rendition: "You've got mud on your face, a big disgrace, wiping your butt all over this place, we will, we will, rock you!" I quickly cut him off in the middle of the chorus, I can't have him running around talking about wiping butts. I can just hear the angry parents calling the school now...."Yeah, that little DJ kid was telling my son he was going to wipe his butt up with a rock." Trust me Readers, I've had far too many conniption fits at that school....I'm sure the principal would love having to call me in to correct a problem they're having with me and my kid.