Comment #14 on issue 1483 by address@hidden: Lyric alignment is
wrong in 2.13.46
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1483
Second, I wonder if it might be possible to have a setting, something
like make-lyrics-loose, that could be adjusted to let the user select
between 2.12 and 2.13 behavior. If make-lryics-loose is #t, the staves
would be placed first, then filled in with the lyrics. If
make-lyrics-loose is #f, then the lyrics would be fit in as part of the
sytems along with the staves.
I haven't tried it, but the docs say setting
staff-affinity to #f causes non-staff lines to
be treated as staves. Might this do what you
want?
Trevor