Spellbinding Lyricist Gifts

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

"Boil, toil and trouble, I wish I'd never started this risotto."

Rejected Titles For The Canadian National Anthem.

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

The Frog Prince

Jeff Tweedy caricature.

Witch's Brew.

"Fair's fair. I cooked the dinner, so you can clean the cauldron!"

Fuzz - Fuzzy writes a song with a positive message.

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

"This is your Aunt Blizzard. She's the wicked witch of the Northeast."

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

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

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

'Cole Porter has the lyrics checked'

"I'm writing a memoir. It's mostly recipes."

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

"You think you're so damn Cordon Bleu!"

'..and one for the pot.'

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."

"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.'"

'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.'

Frank, how is "rhetorical" spelled? Hey, that's a non-rhetorical question!

'Moon, June...'

Noel Coward

"Try and push the eye of newt and wing of bat casserole."

"Moon….June Croon….Loon… …Tycoon"

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

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

Book and magician

Class Reunion. Back in school, Ernie was the world's biggest Beatle fan! For the reunion, he's written songs about some of our classmates. There's a cheesemaker

Witch Spell Check.

Dolores O'Riordan