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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a lyric for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific lyric that is intended for a song or poem, often indicating the purpose or theme of the lyric.
Example: "She wrote a lyric for her new song that captures the essence of love and loss."
Alternatives: "a verse for" or "a line for".
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"Watching a DVD, smoking illegal weed", goes "Nina", a lyric for anyone nostalgic for the time Lily Allen sang about Chinese takeaways.
Away from the Beats, Salman Rushdie's novel The Ground Beneath Her Feet (1999) included a lyric for its rock-star lead character which U2 used for their 2000 song of the same name.
IT takes a lot of men to make a gun, as Stephen Sondheim wrote in a lyric for "Assassins," and he probably wasn't even thinking of the people who make that gun safe enough to fire on a stage.
"Ninety-nine percent of the time, the scriptwriter writes a lyric for me to start with," he said.
So, Lester Mendez and I wrote this melody that we thought was really epic, and I asked Lester, "Who do you think is the right person to write a lyric for this?" And he said, "Well, there's the legendary Carlinhos Brown, who is just incredible".
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Does he ever listen back to a lyric of his, for instance, and find it callous?
It's a big anthem, and a big lyric, for a small country.
No official music video for the single was commissioned, although a lyric video for a remixed version of the song by Pete Hammond was released.
Other vendors at the fair offered such items as a Faulkner typescript for $75,000, and a draft of a Jim Morrison lyric for $15 , 000
A lyric video for the song was released on February 27 , 2012 while it was available for digital download from March 2 , 2012at the iTunes Store.
It includes a lyric sheet for the first time.
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