Writing Better Lyrics. © 2009 by Pat Pattison. Manufactured in the United States of America. All rights reserved. No other part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review. Published by Writer's Digest Books, an imprint of F+W Media, Inc., 4700 East Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45236. (800) 289-0963. Second edition.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Pattison, Pat.
  Writing better lyrics / by Pat Pattison. — 2nd ed.
      p. cm.
  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  ISBN 978-1-58297-577-1 (pbk.: alk. paper)
  eISBN 13: 978-1-5996-3365-7
  1. Lyric writing (Popular music) I. Title.
  MT67.P383 2009
  782.42164′0268 — dc22
                                                          2009019233

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