One of my favorite lyricists is Nya, who is Swiss. He's worked with local electric jazz group Brink Man Ship and French trumpet player Erik Truffaz, and earlier this year he released a very fine solo album.
Here's a little taste of his style:
Nya with Erik Truffaz:
He also worked on a project called Silent Majority. These albums are long out of print, so he graciously put them online for our listening pleasure:
nya - spaces
And here are samples from his new solo album (Check out "My Whole Self", amazing stuff):
Nya