Lyricist At Heart Gifts

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

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

'Moon, June...'

'I'm writing a national anthem for the king -- what rhymes with 'William of Orange'?'

Rejected Titles For The Canadian National Anthem.

'As I walk through the halls, I see teachers teaching and students learning and I say to myself, 'what wonderful school, what a wonderful world.''

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

'I don't know much about history, don't know much biology ... but we'll be OK if there's a round on song lyrics.'

Jeff Tweedy caricature.

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Fuzz - Fuzzy writes a song with something missing.

Jim Morrison Goes Camping

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

Fuzz - Fuzzy writes a song with a positive message.

"Swing me with your words."

"This next song I wrote I won't sing due to political correctness."

It's from the homeowners association --- They want me to stop leaving my worries on the doorstep.

"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..."

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

'Cole Porter has the lyrics checked'

Nick Cave

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

"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."

Old songs made new

"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.'"

Vasiliy Lebedev-Kumach

"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."

'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.'

Noel Coward

'I wouldn't have agreed to let you write your own wedding vows if I knew you were just going to copy the lyrics to Margaritaville!'

"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."

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

"Moon….June Croon….Loon… …Tycoon"