Lyric Librettist Gifts

"It's going to be my first protest song, as soon as I can figure out some words that rhyme with 'Napster,' 'Bertelsmann,' and 'service charge.'"

Rejected Titles For The Canadian National Anthem.

'The next piece contains sex, violence, and Homeric epithets.'

Jeff Tweedy caricature.

Blues artis's daily list

Fuzz - Fuzzy writes a song with a positive message.

"Those are the lyrics? How embarrassing—I've been singing it wrong this whole time."

"I always thought love made the world go round."

"I'm stuck for the 'June-moon' rhyme in Serbo-Croatian."

I'm a songbird. He's my lyricist.

"Yes, 'the lion sleeps tonight', I know the tune, but it means it's had a good feed during the day, which is not really a good thing..."

Olden Day Battle of the Bands (Bard vs Sonnet).

Tragedy! When the feeling's gone and you can't go on.

Nick Cave

'Cole Porter has the lyrics checked'

"I feel that what would really give your next album a major boost would be some kind of well-publicized personal problem."

"Great moments in songwriting" "What if she had a little lamb?" "Maybe it follows her to school?" "Wouldn't that make the children laugh?" "Exactly."

"Well, we've for the melody down now, but I'm still not sure about the part where it goes, '...and they call the wind Dorcas Schnickelbaum.'"

Carmen

Vasiliy Lebedev-Kumach

'This one writes some fine lyrics, and the other one has composed some beautiful music, but they just done't seem to hit it off as collaborators.'

'This next one I wrote myself. It's about pain, misery and heartbreak, until I finally wised up and dumped him.'

George Gershwin, Psychiatrist

"My next song is a little ditty about why I don't have any references."

Noel Coward

"Yeah, most people are surprised when they learn I'm actually a lyricist."

"I don't do spells. I'm a wizard at deciphering rap lyrics."

'Moon, June...'

"Moon….June Croon….Loon… …Tycoon"

'Uh, Jake, I believe that should be 'and the skies are not cloudy all day,' not 'and we pour ourselves more Chardonnary.''

'For your aerobic exercise today, give me five 'Sweet Georgia Browns', a couple of 'Hot Times in the Old Town Tonight', and hit the showers.'

Class Reunion. Back in school, Ernie was the world's biggest Beatle fan! For the reunion, he's written songs about some of our classmates. There's a cheesemaker

"Since when did my opinions become 'riffs'?"

'I know.. Let's write a song all about the evils of material wealth. After all, that last one netted us a bloody fortune!'

Dolores O'Riordan