【Abstract】Lyrics are a kind of art form, which consists of quite many language features. Some researches have been carried out on English lyrics from the perspective of stylistics, aesthetics, rhetoric and so on. But this thesis will work on features of English lyrics with grammatical cohesion device. With examples and illustrations, this thesis finds out that grammatical cohesion makes the structure of lyrics concise, compact and clear, and help to express emotions of singers. By the analysis of grammatical cohesion in English lyrics, the appreciators can dig deep into the lyrics and be able to better understand the theme of an English song, and can draw an analogy with the understanding of other kinds of English texts.
　　【Key words】English lyrics; grammatical cohesion; reference; substitution; ellipsis; conjunction
　　I. Introduction
　　Music is one of the most important parts of any culture in the world. It has an ancient history, as long as humans’ ability of upright walking and language skills. Coming up at the early stage of human history, music is a kind of capability that human gradually cultivates during his evolution, and helps human to survive in a hostile environment. Through its history, music has changed a lot, especially during the recent decades. With the diversity of music types, a large number of new words come to the public, such as Rock, Jazz, Punk, New Music, Rhythm