A Song is an expression of a poet's personal emotions, meant to be sung. Lyrics in a song contain verses (lines that make up a song; sung poem) and a chorus (a repeating verse in a song (refrain).

Example:

Empty Wishing Well

You say your eyes are a wishing well
  And the future you can tell
You asked me what is my sign
  I said Scorpio was mine
You told me that astrology
  Had to do with cosmic harmony
You read divining signs to see what's up
  And the tea leaves in your cup

(Chorus)
But If you're so psychic, why couldn't you tell?
Where was your warning when you fell...
Into your empty wishing well

You crossed the gypsies palm with gold
  Then you had her read me the Tarot
I watched you cast the rune stones
  And then you tossed the bones
You looked into your crystal ball
  Then you turned over the eight-ball
You told me that your clairvoyance
  Is good for problem avoidance

(Chorus)
But If you're so psychic, why couldn't you tell?
Where was your warning when you fell...
Into your empty wishing well?

You say your souls like a lotus flower
  And you believe in pyramid power
You found your way through the shaman's drum
  And through the words of the chosen one
All your past lives you say you can see
  But your present life's a mystery
Aren't you afraid you'll fade
  Into a Mercury retrograde?

(Chorus)
But If you're so psychic, why couldn't you tell?
Where was your warning when you fell...
Into your empty wishing well

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