How to Add Lyrics to Your iTunes and iPod Songs

If you like to read lyrics or sing along with your tunes--here's how to do it in iTunes.

Difficulty:

Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• iTunes

Add lyrics to iTunes

1. The first step is to find the lyrics. You may find them on a website. Sometimes musicians include a page of lyrics on their sites. There are also sites completely devoted to lyrics. If you own a CD or album with the lyrics in the liner notes you can type them out.

2. In iTunes, select a song.

3. While the song is highlighted, choose File > Get Info. You can also right-click, (ctrl-click on a Mac) or press ctrl+I (command+I) to reach this information.

4. Enter lyrics in this form

   Select the tab that says Lyrics. Paste the lyrics in the big empty form.
   Click OK and the lyrics will be saved.

5. When you play the song in ITunes you can read the lyrics by choosing the same File > Get Info command.

6. Not all iPods can display lyrics. If yours can, and you have iTunes set up to autosync with your iPod, the lyrics will also be copied over to your iPod the next time you sync up. To read the lyrics while a song is playing on your iPod, press the center button four times. To get the lyrics to go away, press the center button once.

Tips & Warnings

• Lyrics are copyrighted, so be cautious about where you find them. Finding them at the site of the artist you like is a good way to do it.

• Use the Previous and Next buttons on the Get Info dialog window to select a different song's info.