and the incisive style with which Charlotte Rae delivers the top-drawer Hart lyrics of `` I Blush '', a song that was cut from `` A Connecticut Yankee ''.

Stephen Sondheim wrote lyrics for the " Night Waltz " theme (" Love Takes Time ") and wrote an entirely new version of " The Glamorous Life ", which has been incorporated into several subsequent productions of the stage musical.

He received an urgent call from Andrew Lloyd Webber who wanted him to write the lyrics to The Phantom of the Opera, for which he wrote " Masquerade ".

His lyrics with diverse themes, mostly following a somewhat modernized version of the " aşık " ( wandering folk poets ) tradition were heavily marginal in the popular music scene of 1980s which was mostly dominated by love-themed lyrics.

In the celebrations marking the return of democracy in March 1990 at Santiago's Estadio Nacional de Chile, the anthem was played in its present melody, raised to F Major ( the Royal Musical Official Version of the anthem ) which is the original melody of the second anthem by Carnicer, but using the 1847 lyrics as text, save for the original chorus.

His bands have included Watt 4 ( 1980 ), in which he played keyboards and provided voice, Craig Charles and the Beat Burglars ( 1989 ), The Sons of Gordon Gekko ( 1989 ), where he wrote lyrics and also composed tunes for the band, and The Eye ( 2000 – 01 ), with whom he released the rock album " Giving You The Eye, Live at the Edinburgh Festival ".

There is also a track on the accompanying EP Vempire or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein titled " Queen Of Winter Throned " which contains the lyrics: " Iniquitous / I share Carmilla's mask / A gaunt mephitic voyeur / On the black side of the glass ".

* The 1980s band LaHost's track on the 1985 EMI compilation album ' Fire in Harmony ' was ' Blood and Roses ' - the lyrics of which are loosely based on the Roger Corman film version of Carmilla.

In 1985, the British neo-progressive rock band Marillion achieved their only UK Number One album-and the best-selling album of their career-with Misplaced Childhood, a concept album featuring lyrics by frontman Fish which were partly autobiographical.

The band, who all wore white shirts with a big, black S painted on the front, pulled black ties from around the backs of their necks to form a dollar sign, then started playing a new song titled " Pull My Strings ", a barbed, satirical attack on the ethics of the mainstream music industry, which contained the lyrics, " Is my cock big enough, is my brain small enough, for you to make me a star ?".

Dead Kennedys were noted for the harshness of their lyrics, which generally combined biting social satire while expressing a staunchly left-wing view of contemporary America.

Low ( 1977 ), partly influenced by the Krautrock sound of Kraftwerk and Neu !, evidenced a move away from narration in Bowie's songwriting to a more abstract musical form in which lyrics were sporadic and optional.

Deicide has received considerable controversy relating to their albums and lyrics, which include vehement anti-Christian themes, such as " Death to Jesus ", " Fuck Your God ", " Kill the Christian ", " Behead The Prophet " and " Scars of the Crucifix ", among others.

The song was used as part of the Holsten Pils series of ads in the UK, in which Leary was participating, with adapted lyrics criticizing a drunk driver.

The lyrics of some of the songs have been changed for family-friendly airplay, which has been claimed by the band to be a play on irony of sorts of the messages of their classic hits.

As a musical group Enya represents a partnership between three people: Enya herself, who composes and performs the music ; Nicky Ryan, who produces the albums ; and Roma Ryan, who writes the lyrics in various languages, except Irish, in which Enya will render the lyrics herself.

Plutarch is the source also for the story that the victorious Spartan generals, having planned the demolition of Athens and the enslavement of its people, grew merciful after being entertained at a banquet by lyrics from Euripides's play Electra: " they felt that it would be a barbarous act to annihilate a city which produced such men " ( Life of Lysander )

Selden b. 26, which dates from circa 1458 AD, contains an anonymous Christmas carol ( f. 8 ) which begins with the lyrics:

( 1965 ), for which he had written the lyrics to Richard Rodgers's music, Sondheim decided that he would henceforth work only on projects where he could write both the music and lyrics himself.

UK anarcho-punk band Rudimentary Peni make repeated references in their song titles, lyrics and artwork, including in the album Cacophony, all 30 songs of which are inspired by the life and writings of Lovecraft.

It is now common for this to be sung in a circle of linked arms that are crossed over one another as the clock strikes midnight for New Year's Day, although it is only intended that participants link arms at the beginning of the final verse, co-ordinating with the lines of the song which contain the lyrics to do so.

Ironically, the lyrics speak to their own condition of running out of food.

The lyrics of the song speak of a new moon, five stars and a new flag " arising out of the stormy sea ".

Cocker had previously lived in Paris in the early 1990s, writing lyrics for Pulp's breakthrough album His ' n ' Hers there, but he never learned to speak French, according to Bidault-Waddington.

In addition, his encyclopedic memory of hip-hop lyrics allows him to distinctively speak with his hands by scratching in lyrics from several different songs to construct new phrases.

He proclaims to be from Bremen, Germany, to speak English as a second language, and some of his songs are in German, or have some German lyrics.

That night Jeanne overhears her father singing the Japanese national anthem, " Kimi ga yo ", whose lyrics speak of the endurance of stones.

It was published in 1934 with lyrics Škoda lásky, kterou jsem tobě dala ... Publishing house Shapiro Bernstein acquired the rights shortly before World War II and the polka, now the " Beer Barrel Polka " with the English lyrics " Roll out the barrel ...", became the most popular song of the Allies in the West, although the original Czech lyrics have a very different meaning and do not speak about beer.

His lyrics became known for their extemporaneous and often autobiographical style, which he described as " writing as I would speak.

A pop ballad, the song's lyrics speak of respecting nature and living in harmony with the Earth's creatures.

The lyrics speak for themselves ... No imagery, no obscure references.

The Edea's song lyrics are written in an older form of the Finnish language and speak of old traditions as well.

Musically, the song is a mid-tempo dance-pop song and the lyrics speak about the protagonist wanting changes in a relationship she is in.

None of the band members knew how to write or speak the language, so they asked their friend Lino to translate their lyrics.

The lyrics speak of Björk feeling a love so intense that it is actually dangerous, requesting that her lover return to " calm her down ".

An up-tempo dance song, the lyrics speak about the protagonist trying to discern if a boy she likes will ever like her back.

Known for their left-wing politics, their lyrics often speak out against the Mafia and fascism.

The lyrics speak of " to touch the earth again " and how " the sea dances ", how " this day is the remaining trace of 40 years of passionate blood solidified " and to " guard this forever and ever ".

The lyrics speak of characters similar to Christopher and Mary from Under the Cherry Moon, although their actions are not seen in the film.

The lyrics speak of singer, Joel Pott's, regret at being far away from his family whilst on tour, of how difficult it is to conduct a relationship with them over the telephone and how, when he finally gets to spend some time at home, he will ' make the most of it '.

The lyrics throughout are in Czech and apparently follow set themes revolving around forests, trees, castles, trolls, dwarfs, weather ( thunderstorms, rain ) and other natural entities in the mystical realm of Trollech, of which the musicians act as guardians.