Are Widgets dead?

Recently tried to d/l a lyric widget for songs playing in itunes. Most links to lyric widgets are dead/re-directed. Then I realized "Staff Picks" widgets on the Apple site have not bee updated in years. Is the Dashboard dead? I never really use the dashboard so I haven't noticed that Apple seems to have put this out to pasture.

Does anyone know a good way to see lyrics for songs playing in itunes without separate web browsing?