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Grow Old With You - Custom Gender Swap for a Wedding

Grow Old With You from The Wedding Singer with "man" changed to "woman" for a same-sex wedding. Listen to both versions on ChangeLyric.

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Grow Old With You - custom gender swap for a wedding

"Grow Old With You" from The Wedding Singer is one of the most requested wedding songs we work with. David came to ChangeLyric with the simplest possible change: swap one word. "I could be the man who grows old with you" became "I could be the woman who grows old with you."

What Changed

One word. That's the entire modification. "Man" became "woman" in the line "I could be the man who grows old with you." Every other lyric in the song. The arthritis jokes, the remote control, the kitchen sink dishes, all stay exactly the same. The Anthem Lights vocal performance carries through identically.

It's a single-syllable-to-two-syllable swap, which means the vocal phrasing shifts slightly. "Man" is punchy and lands on one beat. "Woman" stretches across two, requiring a subtle rhythmic adjustment in the vocal delivery.

Listen & Compare

Hear the original song and the custom version side by side

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Transcripts are auto-generated and may not perfectly reflect the audio.

Original Lyrics
I want to make you smile whenever you're sad Carry you around when your arthritis is bad Oh, all I want to do is grow old with you I'll get you medicine when your tummy aches Build you a fire if the furnace breaks Oh, it could be so nice, growing old with you I'll miss you, kiss you Give you my coat when you are cold Need you, feed you Even let you hold the remote control So let me do the dishes in our kitchen sink Put you to bed when you've had too much to drink Oh, I could be the man who grows old with you I wanna grow old with you I'll stay every day waiting for you Darling, don't be afraid Take my hand, take my heart
Custom Lyrics
I want to make you smile whenever you're sad Carry you around when your arthritis is bad Oh, all I want to do is grow old with you I'll get you medicine when your tummy aches Build you a fire if the furnace breaks Oh, it could be so nice, growing old with you I'll miss you, kiss you Give you my coat when you are cold Need you, feed you Even let you hold the remote control So let me do the dishes in our kitchen sink Put you to bed when you've had too much to drink Oh, I could be the woman who grows old with you I wanna grow old with you Every day waiting for you Darling, don't be afraid

When One Word Changes Everything

Gender swaps are among the most common projects we handle. A song might be perfect in every way except that a single pronoun or gendered word doesn't fit the couple using it. Changing "man" to "woman," "he" to "she," or "boy" to "girl" can seem trivial on paper, but it's the difference between a song that almost fits and one that fits completely.

These small changes carry outsized emotional weight at weddings. When a song plays during a first dance or a ceremony walk, every word matters. Hearing the right pronoun in the right moment removes the one small barrier between the couple and the song they chose. That's worth changing a single word for.

Browse more projects like this in our lyric swap showcase, or start your own custom lyric swap.

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