Lyrical Artist Gifts

"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.'"

Unforgettable, that's what you are... Gnat King Cole

Rejected Titles For The Canadian National Anthem.

'Never mind singing it in rap... a simple 'I do' will suffice.'

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

'Actually, I don't get out much. I spend most of my time alone, writing lyrical novels celebrating nature and the interconnectedness of all living things!'

Jeff Tweedy caricature.

Blues artis's daily list

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

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

'Cole Porter has the lyrics checked'

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

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

"As Tom gets nostalgic to Don McLean's 'American Pie,' baby Charles utters his first words... Too long."

"Yes, I know, Munger. But Wallace Stevens didn't scribble his damned verses on company time."

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

"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..."

"This is my own arrangement...of a song I wrote...about me."

"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."

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.'

'100% Grammatically Correct Popular Tunes'

'The music business.'

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

"This lovely song tall of a young woman on a spring day...happily comes across a fluorimeter with a fluid transfer system..."

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

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

Noel Coward

'Moon, June...'

"Moon….June Croon….Loon… …Tycoon"

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

'The country just may not be ready for patriotic rap.'

"Don't ask me. I don't know what 'my country 'tis of thee' means, either."

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