Lyric verses

I’d like to revisit this and echo the suggestions to allow more flexibility here (sooner than later).
I have an example (see attached) that I find odd because the lyric numbers are appearing very far to the left even though there are no lyrics until beat 2. The upper part has 3 beats of rest and it looks very awkward with the verse numbers the way they are now. I’d very much prefer an option for what I’ve rendered in red.