Sentence examples for clever lyrics from inspiring English sources
(The occasionally clever lyrics are by Gordon Leary).
There are plenty of musicals with clever lyrics.
They're famous for clever lyrics, but their live shows are brilliant.
The writers have supplied clever lyrics for some entertaining original tunes, especially in the first act.
The songs have a distinctly show-tune sound, with clever lyrics and catchy melodies.
Something like Hole in the Ground by Bernard Cribbins – clever lyrics, well-produced and funny.
He knows how to turn a tune and craft a clever lyric.
That's clever lyric writing, because two would be too specific (why only two? What does he mean?) and three would sound too flabby (Why not, say, seven?).
Mr. Kander and Mr. Ebb have written a zesty if not top-tier score, but the pleasures of a jaunty ragtime melody and a clever lyric are hard to savor when they are presented in such an unavoidably grim context.
But it is the one song I know for sure has stamped itself on my mind in a way that goes beyond merely liking the melody or a clever lyric.
I think this has less to do with Swift trying to become some sort of hybrid and more to do with how the classic American song — clever lyric, clear melody, distinct verse-chorus-bridge narrative — is migrating between genres and can be found anywhere now.
