"lyrics -p" prints out lyrics

beetsplug/lyrics.py

@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ AUTOFETCH = True
 class LyricsPlugin(BeetsPlugin):
     def commands(self):
         cmd = ui.Subcommand('lyrics', help='fetch song lyrics')
+        cmd.parser.add_option('-p', '--print', dest='printlyr',
+                              action='store_true', default=False,
+                              help='print lyrics to console')
         def func(lib, config, opts, args):
             # The "write to files" option corresponds to the
             # import_write config value.
@@ -164,6 +167,8 @@ class LyricsPlugin(BeetsPlugin):
                                   commands.DEFAULT_IMPORT_WRITE, bool)
             for item in lib.items(ui.decargs(args)):
                 fetch_item_lyrics(lib, logging.INFO, item, write)
+                if opts.printlyr and item.lyrics:
+                    ui.print_(item.lyrics)
         cmd.func = func
         return [cmd]
 

docs/plugins/lyrics.rst

@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ by that band, and ``beet lyrics`` will get lyrics for my entire library. The
 lyrics will be added to the beets database and, if ``import_write`` is on,
 embedded into files' metadata.
 
+The ``-p`` option to the ``lyrics`` command makes it print lyrics out to the
+console so you can view the fetched (or previously-stored) lyrics.
+
 Configuring
 -----------