lyric on a rest | parenthesis

[mj]

Hi,

Two short questions:

Is it possible to lyric text on a rest? (it auto-skips, now)

I'm using \addlyrics { \words }, and there is a quarter rest that needs 
a word, just like all the other notes. Is that possible?


And the second minor remark: I am surprised to see that this:
>>  \parenthesize { c8 c }
does not work to get two notes between two parenthesis?

What's the logic behind that?

For the rest: I'm getting more and more used to lilypond, and depending 
on the kind of music, it can be SO much faster than finale.. :-)

MJ