StanB wrote:
"Mike Murray" wrote in message
...

A song is not a poem. It's unfair to judge song lyrics without
knowing the constraints imposed by the melody.

Then it must be prose because they're the only two ways to write.

MONSIEUR JOURDAIN
....But now, I must confide in you. I'm in love with a lady of great
quality, and I wish that you would help me write something to her in a
little note that I will let fall at her feet.

PHILOSOPHY MASTER
Very well.

MONSIEUR JOURDAIN
That will be gallant, yes?

PHILOSOPHY MASTER
Without doubt. Is it verse that you wish to write her?

MONSIEUR JOURDAIN
No, no. No verse.

PHILOSOPHY MASTER
Do you want only prose?

MONSIEUR JOURDAIN
No, I don't want either prose or verse.

PHILOSOPHY MASTER
It must be one or the other.

MONSIEUR JOURDAIN
Why?

PHILOSOPHY MASTER
Because, sir, there is no other way to express oneself than with prose
or verse.

MONSIEUR JOURDAIN
There is nothing but prose or verse?

PHILOSOPHY MASTER
No, sir, everything that is not prose is verse, and everything that is
not verse is prose.

MONSIEUR JOURDAIN
And when one speaks, what is that then?

PHILOSOPHY MASTER
Prose.

MONSIEUR JOURDAIN
What! When I say, "Nicole, bring me my slippers, and give me my
nightcap," that's prose?

PHILOSOPHY MASTER
Yes, Sir.

MONSIEUR JOURDAIN
By my faith! For more than forty years I have been speaking prose
without knowing anything about it, and I am much obliged to you for
having taught me that.