Lyric Librettist Mugs

"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.'"

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

Blues artis's daily list

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

Fuzz - Fuzzy writes a song with a positive message.

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

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

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

"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..."

'Cole Porter has the lyrics checked'

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

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

"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.'"

"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."

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

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

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

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

'Moon, June...'

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

'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.'

"Moon….June Croon….Loon… …Tycoon"

Dolores O'Riordan

"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!'

Rick decides to save his real lyrics for when someone is actually listening.