Messed up songs

My two and a half year old ipod nano had started doing something weird.i had burned a whole cd of taylor swift songs and they played fine for a year. then tonight i downloaded love story by taylor swift off itunes. it plays fine on my computer, but on my ipod it's just the music, no lyrics. now all the taylor swift songs are like that. on a few u can faintly here the lyrics in the background. it sounds like a messed up recording.how can i fix it?

NJPitcher hello,
1st thing to check is all ownerships and permissions are correct and there are no locked files...
Use BatChmod to set correct permissions on your home ~ Music folder
This compact GUI will perform the same tasks as a 'terminal command line'
drag the complete Music folder with libraries and iTunes Music folder inside to the BatChmod Icon and drop....
check path is correct.... tick if not already.... Owner=R W X, Group=R, Others=R,
then tick 'Apply ownership and privileges' tick 'Unlock" ... click Apply...
provide password... all done very quick...
Shutdown and restart your computer with the Command and 's' keys depressed.
At the prompt type exactly with the space
/sbin/fsck -fy
hit return key
When the check is finished and all is OK type
reboot
hit return key
let me know what happens after that ... TP
iMac 800MHz PowerPC G4 17 Flat Screen   Mac OS X (10.4.3)  

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