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Songs(31 of 36)
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
Unnamed woman
Michelle
Named Michelle
Nowhere Man
The 'nowhere man' figure
Drive My Car
Aspiring starlet, unnamed
Paperback Writer
'Dirty man and his clinging wife'
Doctor Robert
Doctor Robert, drug-dispensing physician
Eleanor Rigby
Eleanor Rigby, Father McKenzie
For No One
Unnamed 'she' who no longer loves him
Penny Lane
Barber, banker, fireman, nurse
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
Sgt. Pepper
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
'Girl with kaleidoscope eyes'
She's Leaving Home
Daughter, mother, father
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
Mr. Kite, Mr. Henderson, Henry the Horse
Lovely Rita
Rita the meter maid
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Sgt. Pepper, Billy Shears
The Fool on the Hill
Unnamed solitary visionary on a hill
Lady Madonna
Working-class single mother
Piggies
Little piggies vs bigger piggies
Rocky Raccoon
Rocky, Nancy, Dan
Sexy Sadie
'Sadie' = Maharishi pseudonym
Cry Baby Cry
King of Marigold, Duchess of Kirkcaldy
Happiness Is a Warm Gun
Mother Superior, man in the crowd
The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
Bungalow Bill, the tiger hunter
Honey Pie
Working girl turned Hollywood star
Get Back
Jo Jo and Sweet Loretta Martin
Polythene Pam
Polythene Pam, fictional composite
Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Maxwell Edison, serial killer
Mean Mr. Mustard
Mean Mr. Mustard and his sister Pam
Come Together
Unnamed 'he' described across four verses
You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)
Denis O'Bell, fictional lounge singer
One After 909
Railman appears with dialogue
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