Hey Pat, thanks for the detailed message!
The issue might be coming from a tempo mismatch between your song in Live and the tempo you used when exporting the .als file from the Lyric Track Generator.
Even though the lyrics are stored as MIDI clips and adapt to your project’s grid, the synchronization points (the start and end of each line) are based on the BPM that was active when you created them.
So, if the generator was set to a different tempo than the one in your Live set, the lyrics may not line up correctly once imported.
Please try exporting the .als file again, making sure that the tempo in the Lyric Track Generator matches exactly the BPM of your song in Live’s timeline before generating it.
Also, keep in mind that whenever you drag an .als project file into an existing Live set, Live always places the imported clips at the beginning of the timeline — that’s expected behavior in Ableton Live.
If the issue still persists, could you record a short screen capture of your workflow?
That’ll help us see exactly what’s happening and figure out if something else might be causing it.
Best,
Agus