Neutral tone
Lyrics are descriptive or observational without strong emotional valence. Storytelling without taking sides (e.g. Penny Lane, Yellow Submarine).
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Songs(18 of 22)
You're Going to Lose That Girl
You Like Me Too Much
If I Needed Someone
Drive My Car
Rain
Paperback Writer
Doctor Robert
Yellow Submarine
Cry Baby Cry
Detached storybook tableau without strong emotional pull
Rocky Raccoon
Comic Western yarn, descriptive
Savoy Truffle
Get Back
Character sketches without emotional pull
She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
Polythene Pam
Comic character sketch, no strong emotional pull
Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Cartoon violence delivered as comic wordplay, no emotional payload
Come Together
Cartoon character sketch with no clear emotional payload
One After 909
Comic story; no strong emotional payload
Dig It
Improvised wordplay, no emotional payload
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