Lyrical Lamenters Gifts

Throwing Away Music

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

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

Senta jumps into the sea

'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!'

'I changed my status from LLC to LL Cool C.'

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

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

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

"How come they remember every word of any pop song but not a single line of poetry?"

'My resume,...in rap form!'

Hip-Hopalong Billy Bob blamed the censors for killing the country-rap scene.

"This next one's for you, babe."

'...And for those of you who cant remember the words...'

Renaissace Music Lovers

MBA, PhD £100,000 student loan. Please Help.

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

"...to save us all from Satan's power..."

Dolores O'Riordan

"I'm composing a song for the new administration. It's entitled, 'Hell to the chief'."

"I don't know the lyrics either, so I just hum along."

"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!'

Robert Schumann

"You've got to accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, latch on to the affirmative, don't mess with mister inbetween!"

Just go ahead and draw - I can't hit the broad side of a barn lately. Naw, I ain't really in the mood today. Low Noon.

"David Bowie, dead. Keith Richards, alive. Makes no sense."

Elton John

"'I'm a good dog, Mama, I'll bring you your daily news. I'm a good dog, Mama, I don't chew my master's shoes. But there's one thing life has learnt me - Even good dogs get the blues.' Blow some sweet harp for me, Lucky."

"I'm full of an unspeakable sadness and it goes a little something like this..."

Mergers are going on everywhere! Big companies eating little ones. It makes a fellow want to sing. Huh? When the firms merge, when they cut jobs, when market powers king ... These are a few of my favorite things ... Hide the kids.

Harp Book

"I've got rhythm, music, my girl - check. But somehow I still want more."

Carly Simon - clowns in my coffee.

'We'll have to put the 'hit single' on hold, lads. My mum's just figured out what the lyrics mean.'