MetroLyrics was a major legal licensor of lyrics of popular songs from Gracenote's lyrics licensing service (see Gracenote press release). This template is designed to link to the lyrics page for a particular song or track on their site. For example, {{MetroLyrics song|christina-perri|a-thousand-years}} would produce:

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[http://www.metrolyrics.com/a-thousand-years-lyrics-christina-perri.html Full lyrics of this song] at [[MetroLyrics]].

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Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

For songs with multiple versions or covers, you can specify the desired version with the optional version parameter. For example, {{MetroLyrics song|allman-brors|statesboro-blues|version=The Allman Brothers Band cover}} would produce::

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[http://www.metrolyrics.com/statesboro-blues-lyrics-allman-brors.html Full lyrics] of The Allman Brothers Band cover at [[MetroLyrics]]

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Full lyrics of The Allman Brothers Band cover at MetroLyrics