Function of clipboards in adding lyrics

Hi Sherry-I have been using the edit-paste special-paste lyrics procedure. I have tried everything again without success. I keep getting a Composer warning box?? that says "to editcopy, cut, paste or clear command, first select a region using select range command, or control-drag..." and "to use paste command first use edit, copy or cut, then select the region you wish to paste clipboard contents...".

Here is what I have been doing:
-I go to notepad, select all of the lyrics text, click copy from the notepad edit dropdown. I have also tried the windows documents ccommand "copy this file" after I have selected the proper notepad lyrics file, and do not open the notepad lyrics file.
-then I open Composer get the transcribed song on the screen.
-I then either select the whole song as the region, or I try to use the control-drag method to select only that part of the song after the introduction (ie the note below the microphone?? symbol) so that the paste will begin there. The problem I have with this is that I cannot get the song to scroll down while I have the control-drag engaged so I can never select the rest of the song that is not on the screen.
-then I try to use the paste special/paste lyrics command, or the paste command in the lyrics drop down menu??. Neither works because I always get the warning boox described above and can't get any further.

I wonder if I am missing something involved in the shift from windows documents/notepad lyrics file to the Composer? I minimize the notepad screen before opening Composer. I also cannot find the "range command referrd to in the warning box.

I really appreciate your help. Any more thoughts?