\n<style>\ntable.example   {   font-family: monospace; \n                    font-size : 12pt; \n                }\ntable.example td {  width: 40em;\n                    vertical-align: top;\n                }\n</style>\n\n<table class="example">\n    <tr>\n        <th>lyric</th>\n        <th>author</th>\n    </tr>\n    <tr>\n        <td>You got good manipulators,<br>\n            got your store of dupes,<br>\n            you got the idiot clamor and the lobby groups<br>\n            you like to play on fear, but people see through you\n        </td>\n        <td>Bruce Cockburn</td>\n    </tr>\n</table>\n

Hey, it's just what I happened to be listening to at the moment... :-)
Just put the html stuff in a file and load it in your favourite browser. I'd demonstrate the result here, but style and class attributes aren't allowed. :-(