Use "split()" to create an array with the content of your textarea.
Then display only the first 4 elements of the array with a FOR loop.
Something like
my @lyrics = split /\n/, $rec{'lyrics'};
my $show_lyrics = "";
for (my $i = 0; $i < 4; $i++) { $show_lyrics .= $lyrics[$i]; }
Now you can use the variable $show_lyrics in your formatRowDefault.
Jean-Paul