hey i need help to find out how to copywrite the song lyrics that i have writen i dont know how?

Question

i need the answer fast that way i can get them to a big time country singer i cant drop names right now but anyhow i have the wrote on note book paper and also have typed em all out and what not. if some one can let me know i will be very thankful

Answer 1

From the U.S. Government Copyright web site:

Copyright is secured automatically when the work is created, and a work is “created” when it is fixed in a copy or phonorecord for the first time. “Copies” are material objects from which a work can be read or visually perceived either directly or with the aid of a machine or device, such as books, manuscripts, sheet music, film, videotape, or microfilm. “Phonorecords” are material objects embodying fixations of sounds (excluding, by statutory definition, motion picture soundtracks), such as cassette tapes, CDs, or LPs. Thus, for example, a song (the “work”) can be fixed in sheet music (“copies”) or in phonograph disks (“phonorecords”), or both. If a work is prepared over a period of time, the part of the work that is fixed on a particular date constitutes the created work as of that date.

The way in which copyright protection is secured is frequently misunderstood. No publication or registration or other action in the Copyright Office is required to secure copyright. There are, however, certain definite advantages to registration.

SEE:
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html#hsc

Answer 2

I've been told that all you have to do is mail the documents (lyrics, in your case) to yourself via CERTIFIED mail. Keep the receipt.