Synching iTunes with iPod

Recently, I have added the lyrics to a couple of songs in my iTunes library using the "Get Info > Lyrics tab > Paste" way. I was just wondering if there is any way I could "update" them on my iPod so that the lyrics appear on the device too. Actually, I assume there is one, I just can't find it yet.
Note: My iPod is not synching automatically, I use the manual way.
EDIT: I have another question, but this one is not related to the one above.
Each time I turn my iPod off, I always go back to the beginning of the song I was listening to, then I turn it off (I hate starting in the middle of it, just a bad habit, I guess). Is it normal that when I turn it back on, the song always begins at 0:01 instead of 0:00? It's pretty annoying...
Message was edited by: Xerafall

As of question 1, I have decided to set my iPod to "autosync", so now this is solved.
But I was wondering, when you add files to your library, is it possible to disable the transfer to the iPod (in other words, can you add files with the little box beside the song title unchecked)?
Because last night, I thought that "Autosync" was designed so that every single song you had in the library would automatically be copied to your iPod, so I removed the ones I did not want from my library. But now that I know the truth, I want to bring them back to my library without unchecking them all, one song at a time.

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