Yes, well.
Writing down/recording represents but one snapshot of a song/tune.
Not one of them is more 'right' than another.
Though if the singer is not truly inhabiting the song and thus conveying he story to the listeners, it can sound downright wrong.
At one of those TV become-a-star contests, a young woman who'd put in a teenage angst performance was asked: 'Well, did she get him back in ther end?".
Said contestant looked astounded.
' . . . er, the words are supposed to MEAN something . . . ?'