LRCLIB MCP server

This is a small helper that connects your AI chat to LRCLIB, a free public database of song lyrics. Once it is set up, you can ask your AI to find a song and read its words, or give you the lines with timestamps so you can follow along like karaoke. It is handy if you often look up lyrics while writing, listening, or working on music.

What this MCP server does

You ask your AI something like find the lyrics of a song. The AI passes your request to this helper, which searches LRCLIB by title, artist, or album. LRCLIB sends back a list of matching tracks with their details, and the helper hands that to your AI. Then the AI can read the plain lyrics or the time-synced lines for the track you picked, and show them to you in the chat.

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What you can do with it

• Search for a song by title, artist, or album
• Read the plain lyrics of a track
• Read time-synced lyrics with timestamps for each line
• Check which versions of a song exist and how long each one is
• See whether a track has synced lyrics before asking for them
• Read long lyrics in parts, a slice at a time
• Look up the details of one track by its id

Try asking your AI

• “Find me the lyrics of Le Sud by Nino Ferrer.”
• “Give me the timed lyrics of Bohemian Rhapsody so I can follow along.”
• “Which versions of Hallelujah are on LRCLIB, and how long is each one?”
• “Does track 3396226 have synced lyrics?”

What it gives back to you

You get back the words of the song, either as plain text or as lines with the moment each one is sung. You also get the track details: title, artist, album, duration, and a link to its LRCLIB page. If the lyrics are long, they come in parts and your AI can read on from where it stopped. If a song is instrumental or has no lyrics filed, the helper says so plainly.

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Who it's for

Anyone who looks up song lyrics often, like music fans, writers, translators, karaoke hosts, or people working on music projects.