Greatest Lyricists

From left to right: Leonard Cohen, Mark Kozelek, Bob Dylan

Note: I don't list rappers, because there would be hundreds of them...

   The Gods

• 1. Leonard Cohen ~

  2. Joanna Newsom ~

  3. Bob Dylan ~

  4. Mark Kozelek ~

  5. Joni Mitchell ~

   Other Favorites

• • • Bruce Springsteen ~

    • Captain Beefheart ~

    • Dan Barrett [Giles Corey] ~

    • Elliott Smith ~

    • Frank Zappa

    • Henry Rollins ~

    • Jeff Mangum [Neutral Milk Hotel] ~

    • Lisa Germano ~

    • Mark Stewart [Pop Group]

• • • Neil Young ~

    • Nick Cave ~

    • Owen Ashworth [Casiotone for the Painfully Alone]

    • Paul Simon ~

    • Stephin Merritt [Magnetic Fields] ~

    • Sufjan Stevens ~

    • Tom Waits ~

    • Townes Van Zandt

    • Weird Al Yankovic (parodies)

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