I remember getting lost in the lyrics when I was a young girl. I would stop and start my record or cassette a hundred times while I wrote down every word so I could sing along to the song. 

Lyrics was my escape when I had no place to go.

I learned lyrics, meter, and rhyme, from the best poetry teachers of my time... 

Stevie Wonder, Stevie Nicks, Tina Turner, James Taylor,  Bob Seger, Barbra Streisand, Cat Stevens, Rod Stewart, Helen Reddy, Leonard Cohen, Carly Simon, Elvis Presley, Elton John, the list goes on and on...

Now, YouTube is my playground. So many new artists to discover and classics to visit. 

The first thing I do when I find a song is scroll through the comments to the lyrics. 

Getting lost in the lyrics still makes me happy. It is my springboard to an alternate reality, one of peace, love, harmony...