The role of lyrics in modern music is left to debate. Many people (and this includes musicians) claim that lyrics are just something akin to an accidental part of the song, that are just there to accompany the music and melody.
The fact that songs completely lacking lyrical oomph have been phenomenal hits validates this theory to some extent. But it does the industry an injustice to circumscribe lyrics to the “accidental” category. There are endless musicians out there that place the same emphasis on lyrics than in music, crafting compositions that make you want to hum along, but also to think about the words. To these ends, it is always useful to have some links to pages that collect lyrics. The UtterLyrics website is one such place. The lyrics database contained therein can be browsed alphabetically, and besides listing the words to countless songs, the site features categories that showcase the most popular lyrics (as downloaded by the public). The site also includes a MP3 download feature that acts as an effective link between UtterLyrics and a partner site which includes a huge collection of MP3s. 
