Lyricist Life Gifts

Blues artis's daily list

'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.'

Fuzz - Fuzzy writes a song with a positive message.

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

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

'Cole Porter has the lyrics checked'

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..."

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

"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."

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.'

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

"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."

"Moon….June Croon….Loon… …Tycoon"

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

Dolores O'Riordan

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

That special place in heaven reserved for undiscovered composers, writers and artists.

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

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

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

'...when all at once I saw a bunch, a bunch of golden daffodils...no, it still doesn't sound right.'

Stephen Sondheim, 1930-2021