MCP Lyricscom runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 57 installs a week from npm. Last commit 21 Sep 2026.
Search song lyrics on lyrics.com by word or by title, and fetch full lyrics. No API key required.
Today is the operative word: we check MCP Lyricscom every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add mcp-lyricscom -- npx -y mcp-lyricscom
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-lyricscom": {
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-lyricscom"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}
[mcp_servers.mcp-lyricscom]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mcp-lyricscom"]
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-lyricscom": {
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-lyricscom"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-lyricscom": {
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-lyricscom"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}
This one needs environment variables set before it will start:
LYRICSCOM_USER_AGENT (Override the User-Agent sent to lyrics.com.), LYRICSCOM_MIN_INTERVAL_MS (Minimum milliseconds between requests. Default 1100.), LYRICSCOM_LOG_LEVEL (silent, error, info or debug. Default error.).
The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.
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