diff --git a/res/example.lua b/res/example.lua
index 36de8ff..8b34321 100644
--- a/res/example.lua
+++ b/res/example.lua
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 --
 --      For the byte argument, you may use string.byte to fill this argument.
 --
+--  putLabel(str, fg, bg, x, y) -- Draw text in argument str. See putCell()
+--  	for info on the rest of the arguments.
+--
 --  clock() -- The time, in microseconds.
 -- }
 --
@@ -69,6 +72,7 @@ for i = 1, SQUARE_COUNT do
 end
 
 local timer = ly.clock()
+local perf = ly.clock()
 
 function draw()
 	-- Rather than progressing the animation by frame, do it based on
@@ -105,4 +109,9 @@ function draw()
 			end
 		end
 	end
+
+	local new_perf = ly.clock()
+	local str = "FT: "..((new_perf - perf) / 1000).."ms"
+	ly.putLabel(str , 0x00FFFFFF, 0, (ly.width/2) - (string.len(str)/2), ly.height-1)
+	perf = new_perf
 end
diff --git a/src/animations/Lua.zig b/src/animations/Lua.zig
index 309963e..5cd4704 100644
--- a/src/animations/Lua.zig
+++ b/src/animations/Lua.zig
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ pub fn init(
         _ = self.lua.pushString("putCell");
         self.lua.pushFunction(luaPutCell);
         self.lua.setTable(-3);
+        _ = self.lua.pushString("putLabel");
+        self.lua.pushFunction(luaPutLabel);
+        self.lua.setTable(-3);
         self.lua.setGlobal("ly");
 
         self.lua.doFile(zf) catch {
@@ -224,3 +227,30 @@ fn luaPutCell(state: ?*zlua.LuaState) callconv(.c) c_int {
     }) catch {};
     return 0;
 }
+
+fn luaPutLabel(state: ?*zlua.LuaState) callconv(.c) c_int {
+    const lua: *zlua.Lua = @ptrCast(@alignCast(state orelse unreachable));
+    const MSG = "ly.putLabel: Cannot convert %s-typed ";
+    const str = lua.toString(1) catch {
+        const t = lua.typeName(lua.typeOf(2));
+        lua.raiseErrorStr(MSG ++ "str to string", .{t.ptr});
+    };
+    const fg = lua.toNumeric(u32, 2) catch {
+        const t = lua.typeName(lua.typeOf(2));
+        lua.raiseErrorStr(MSG ++ "fg to u32", .{t.ptr});
+    };
+    const bg = lua.toNumeric(u32, 3) catch {
+        const t = lua.typeName(lua.typeOf(3));
+        lua.raiseErrorStr(MSG ++ "bg to u32", .{t.ptr});
+    };
+    const x = lua.toNumeric(usize, 4) catch {
+        const t = lua.typeName(lua.typeOf(4));
+        lua.raiseErrorStr(MSG ++ "x to usize", .{t.ptr});
+    };
+    const y = lua.toNumeric(usize, 5) catch {
+        const t = lua.typeName(lua.typeOf(5));
+        lua.raiseErrorStr(MSG ++ "y to usize", .{t.ptr});
+    };
+    TerminalBuffer.drawText(str, x, y, fg, bg) catch {};
+    return 0;
+}