Searching for Lyrics

Are there really lyrics to that song you're listening to or is the singer just saying “Ugga oomp blat argh”? Now you can find out by searching for the lyrics online. Though the lyrics transcriptions provided by any given Web site are not guaranteed to be accurate, they'll get you a lot further than “ugga oomp.”

Full-Text Engines

For full-text engines the onion is simple. Search for the name of the artist, if you know it, and one line of lyrics that you're absolutely sure of, the more unique the better. If you're not sure of a single word within a line, use the full word wildcard. A nice narrow search therefore might look like this:

"they might be giants" "dot or is he a speck""
06-01. A simple search still gets a lot of ...

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