A lyricist's a writer who specializes in song lyrics, usually paid for by a band to write a custom song(s). A singer who writes the lyrics to songs's a singer-lyricist. This differentiates from a singer-songwriter, who also composes the song's melody in addition to the lyrics. Collaboration Collaboration takes different forms. Some composers and lyricists work closely together on the song, with each having an input into both words and tune. Often a lyricist will fill in the words to a tune al… (More on Lyricist)