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I based this on my own transcriptions, although I did finally switch over to "And autumn sad how brown her eyes" in "Changes." I still think it's better as "And autumn sighed" for the parallelism with "In spring her voice she spoke," but I have started to hear "sad." I didn't weight the words, by which I mean that I didn't count them twice if they're sung as a harmony part (like parts of the verses in "Care of Cell 44"). Obviously, I counted them if they were a distinct part in the backing vocals, so the "Emily, Emily see / How the sun is shining again" in "A Rose for Emily," the "Spoke with soft persuading words" in "Hung up on a Dream" (because while they echo the first two lines of the third verse, they don't echo the rest of the lines), the friend-listing backing in "Friends of Mine," and things like that are included.
It's entirely possible that there are errors (typing out each word and adding up the totals are both particularly susceptible to mistakes).
If you count "ooh" ("I Want Her She Wants Me") and "ah" ("Friends of Mine") in the lead vocals (I didn't count them in the backing vocals), there are 505 different words, although some that are spelt the same may be used differently (while "so" is only ever used as an adverb in the Odessey and Oracle lyrics, it can also be used as a conjunction). I should note that of the five instances of "Joy," four of them are the name in "Friends of Mine" and the other is the emotion in "Maybe after He's Gone."
I'm putting the whole list (once by frequency and once alphabetically) below a "read more," lest I clog your dashboard. I tried to keep a capital if a word started a line or is a proper noun, but I might have inadvertently dropped some.
By frequency
129 And
101 me
71 Her
71 The
66 I
65 To
53 You
46 She
41 In
34 of
31 A
27 so
27 Your
25 My
23 Want
22 Come
21 He
21 Love
19 Are
19 for
19 When
18 time
17 again
17 mind
17 will
16 be
16 Now
15 All
15 See
15 wants
14 back
14 They
14 was
14 won't
13 Go
13 gone
13 It
13 mine
13 That
13 This
12 friends
12 He's
12 Is
12 summer
12 up
11 After
11 As
11 Good
11 on
10 Emily
10 eyes
10 forget
10 home
10 It's
10 Maybe
10 She'll
9 days
9 Not
9 Something
9 way
9 With
9 would
8 But
8 find
8 have
8 Jim
8 knew
8 Nothing
8 our
8 shaking
8 smile
8 stop
8 What
7 Feels
7 from
7 Gentle
7 Has
7 His
7 How
7 Just
7 long
7 make
7 Soon
7 There's
7 took
7 world
7 year
6 around
6 Brief
6 can
6 can't
6 candles
6 Do
6 Don't
6 got
6 I'm
6 know
6 Like
6 makes
6 one
6 show
6 they've
6 we
6 you're
5 About
5 autumn
5 Beechwood
5 brown
5 by
5 crown
5 feel
5 Joy
5 Kiss
5 loving
5 Park
5 people
5 roses
5 sad
5 Spoke
5 sun
5 Tell
5 That's
4 Any
4 At
4 away
4 better
4 breeze
4 Brian
4 Christine
4 coming
4 daddy
4 David
4 down
4 Duffy
4 face
4 hair
4 hands
4 hard
4 inside
4 Jean
4 Joyce
4 June
4 Kim
4 kind
4 let
4 light
4 Liz
4 Maggie
4 Molly
4 Money
4 name
4 need
4 nice
4 none
4 only
4 Paul
4 remember
4 rich
4 rose
4 say
4 season
4 taken
4 Terry
4 two
4 walk
4 What's
4 Who's
4 worry
3 alone
3 Bright
3 burn
3 care
3 could
3 count
3 dark
3 dream
3 evening
3 feeling
3 fine
3 flies
3 gave
3 gems
3 glass
3 grew
3 grow
3 had
3 hand
3 held
3 him
3 I'll
3 If
3 knows
3 last
3 laughter
3 Leaves
3 left
3 life
3 love's
3 loved
3 memory
3 never
3 Night
3 no
3 off
3 often
3 pain
3 sadness
3 Saved
3 seems
3 slowly
3 soft
3 spring
3 stars
3 stay
3 stones
3 take
3 Then
3 There
3 things
3 think
3 those
3 tiny
3 told
3 touch
3 Turned
3 used
3 voice
3 warmth
3 We'll
3 we're
3 Well
3 where
3 winter
3 words
3 worthwhile
2 aching
2 air
2 arms
2 before
2 begun
2 believe
2 butcher
2 buy
2 careful
2 'Cause
2 cloak
2 clothes
2 crowd
2 darkness
2 Darling
2 day
2 die
2 does
2 doesn't
2 each
2 easy
2 emerald
2 every
2 everywhere
2 fade
2 fading
2 faith
2 far
2 fare
2 fetch
2 flowers
2 garden
2 Gently
2 give
2 given
2 gold
2 golden
2 gonna
2 grave
2 guns
2 Hang
2 heart
2 heat
2 Hide
2 high
2 hold
2 Isn't
2 keeps
2 live
2 more
2 morning
2 needs
2 old
2 once
2 ooh
2 other
2 peace
2 persuading
2 platinum
2 play
2 Please
2 preacher
2 pride
2 protecting
2 rain
2 realize
2 really
2 roads
2 said
2 shining
2 silver
2 somehow
2 Sometimes
2 sorry
2 sound
2 sounds
2 Strawberry
2 sweet
2 talk
2 tears
2 through
2 too
2 touched
2 train
2 unheard
2 Until
2 Watching
2 we've
2 While
2 word
2 years
1 above
1 Ah
1 astounded
1 baby
1 bad
1 because
1 bet
1 blew
1 both
1 'bout
1 boy
1 brain
1 breathe
1 brings
1 Button-down
1 Buttoned
1 came
1 catch
1 changing
1 close
1 clouded
1 coat
1 cold
1 confusion
1 corner
1 Counting
1 country
1 cover
1 creed
1 crowded
1 cry
1 damp
1 Diamonds
1 disappoint
1 downtown
1 dreaming
1 dreams
1 drifting
1 drink
1 ears
1 everyone
1 everything
1 eye
1 faces
1 fades
1 fee
1 fell
1 fight
1 fill
1 filled
1 finding
1 Finds
1 folds
1 free
1 French
1 friend
1 get
1 girl
1 Gommecourt
1 grand
1 green
1 haze
1 he'll
1 hear
1 help
1 here
1 hope
1 hoping
1 hung
1 its
1 king's
1 lands
1 lanes
1 letter
1 life's
1 limb
1 little
1 living
1 look
1 lovers
1 Mamtez
1 man
1 may
1 men
1 mood
1 nameless
1 neon
1 nights
1 numb
1 OK
1 out
1 outside
1 overcast
1 own
1 part
1 pass
1 passing
1 Peppermint
1 plain
1 pleasured
1 preach
1 prison
1 promised
1 pulpit
1 purity
1 rag
1 resting
1 right
1 rippling
1 room
1 run
1 runs
1 sea
1 second
1 seemed
1 seen
1 Sermon
1 set
1 shadow
1 she's
1 shilling
1 shimmering
1 showed
1 sights
1 single
1 sips
1 sits
1 sky
1 slaughter
1 sleep
1 sleeps
1 sleepy
1 smart
1 some
1 soothed
1 staring
1 stayed
1 stays
1 stood
1 strangest
1 street
1 strong
1 Such
1 Sunday
1 sunshine
1 surrounds
1 takes
1 talks
1 their
1 these
1 Thiepval
1 Thinking
1 Though
1 tight
1 toy
1 trade
1 tree
1 troubled
1 try
1 understand
1 understood
1 unusual
1 upon
1 Verdun
1 very
1 vibration
1 wanderings
1 warm
1 warmed
1 watches
1 weak
1 Which
1 wire
1 woke
1 Wood
1 Wouldn't
1 Writing
1 yes
1 yesterday
Alphabetically
A 31
About 5
above 1
aching 2
After 11
again 17
Ah 1
air 2
All 15
alone 3
And 129
Any 4
Are 19
arms 2
around 6
As 11
astounded 1
At 4
autumn 5
away 4
baby 1
back 14
bad 1
be 16
because 1
Beechwood 5
before 2
begun 2
believe 2
bet 1
better 4
blew 1
both 1
'bout 1
boy 1
brain 1
breathe 1
breeze 4
Brian 4
Brief 6
Bright 3
brings 1
brown 5
burn 3
But 8
butcher 2
Button-down 1
Buttoned 1
buy 2
by 5
came 1
can 6
can't 6
candles 6
care 3
careful 2
catch 1
'Cause 2
changing 1
Christine 4
cloak 2
close 1
clothes 2
clouded 1
coat 1
cold 1
Come 22
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confusion 1
corner 1
could 3
count 3
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country 1
cover 1
creed 1
crowd 2
crowded 1
crown 5
cry 1
daddy 4
damp 1
dark 3
darkness 2
Darling 2
David 4
day 2
days 9
Diamonds 1
die 2
disappoint 1
Do 6
does 2
doesn't 2
Don't 6
down 4
downtown 1
dream 3
dreaming 1
dreams 1
drifting 1
drink 1
Duffy 4
each 2
ears 1
easy 2
emerald 2
Emily 10
evening 3
every 2
everyone 1
everything 1
everywhere 2
eye 1
eyes 10
face 4
faces 1
fade 2
fades 1
fading 2
faith 2
far 2
fare 2
fee 1
feel 5
feeling 3
Feels 7
fell 1
fetch 2
fight 1
fill 1
filled 1
find 8
finding 1
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fine 3
flies 3
flowers 2
folds 1
for 19
forget 10
free 1
French 1
friend 1
friends 12
from 7
garden 2
gave 3
gems 3
Gentle 7
Gently 2
get 1
girl 1
give 2
given 2
glass 3
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gold 2
golden 2
Gommecourt 1
gone 13
gonna 2
Good 11
got 6
grand 1
grave 2
green 1
grew 3
grow 3
guns 2
had 3
hair 4
hand 3
hands 4
Hang 2
hard 4
Has 7
have 8
haze 1
He 21
he'll 1
He's 12
hear 1
heart 2
heat 2
held 3
help 1
Her 71
here 1
Hide 2
high 2
him 3
His 7
hold 2
home 10
hope 1
hoping 1
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hung 1
I 66
I'll 3
I'm 6
If 3
In 41
inside 4
Is 12
Isn't 2
It 13
It's 10
its 1
Jean 4
Jim 8
Joy 5
Joyce 4
June 4
Just 7
keeps 2
Kim 4
kind 4
king's 1
Kiss 5
knew 8
know 6
knows 3
lands 1
lanes 1
last 3
laughter 3
Leaves 3
left 3
let 4
letter 1
life 3
life's 1
light 4
Like 6
limb 1
little 1
live 2
living 1
Liz 4
long 7
look 1
Love 21
love's 3
loved 3
lovers 1
loving 5
Maggie 4
make 7
makes 6
Mamtez 1
man 1
may 1
Maybe 10
me 101
memory 3
men 1
mind 17
mine 13
Molly4
Money 4
mood 1
more 2
morning 2
My 25
name 4
nameless 1
need 4
needs 2
neon 1
never 3
nice 4
Night 3
nights 1
no 3
none 4
Not 9
Nothing 8
Now 16
numb 1
of 34
off 3
often 3
OK 1
old 2
on 11
once 2
one 6
only 4
ooh 2
other 2
our 8
out 1
outside 1
overcast 1
own 1
pain 3
Park 5
part 1
pass 1
passing 1
Paul 4
peace 2
people 5
Peppermint 1
persuading 2
plain 1
platinum 2
play 2
Please 2
pleasured 1
preach 1
preacher 2
pride 2
prison 1
promised 1
protecting 2
pulpit 1
purity 1
rag 1
rain 2
realize 2
really 2
remember 4
resting 1
rich 4
right 1
rippling 1
roads 2
room 1
rose 4
roses 5
run 1
runs 1
sad 5
sadness 3
said 2
Saved 3
say 4
sea 1
season 4
second 1
See 15
seemed 1
seems 3
seen 1
Sermon 1
set 1
shadow 1
shaking 8
She 46
She'll 10
she's 1
shilling 1
shimmering 1
shining 2
show 6
showed 1
sights 1
silver 2
single 1
sips 1
sits 1
sky 1
slaughter 1
sleep 1
sleeps 1
sleepy 1
slowly 3
smart 1
smile 8
so 27
soft 3
some 1
somehow 2
Something 9
Sometimes 2
Soon 7
soothed 1
sorry 2
sound 2
sounds 2
Spoke 5
spring 3
staring 1
stars 3
stay 3
stayed 1
stays 1
stones 3
stood 1
stop 8
strangest 1
Strawberry 2
street 1
strong 1
Such 1
summer 12
sun 5
Sunday 1
sunshine 1
surrounds 1
sweet 2
take 3
taken 4
takes 1
talk 2
talks 1
tears 2
Tell 5
Terry 4
That 13
That's 5
The 71
their 1
Then 3
There 3
There's 7
these 1
They 14
they've 6
Thiepval 1
things 3
think 3
Thinking 1
This 13
those 3
Though 1
through 2
tight 1
time 18
tiny 3
To 65
told 3
too 2
took 7
touch 3
touched 2
toy 1
trade 1
train 2
tree 1
troubled 1
try 1
Turned 3
two 4
understand 1
understood 1
unheard 2
Until 2
unusual 1
up 12
upon 1
used 3
Verdun 1
very 1
vibration 1
voice 3
walk 4
wanderings 1
Want 23
wants 15
warm 1
warmed 1
warmth 3
was 14
watches 1
Watching 2
way 9
we 6
We'll 3
we're 3
we've 2
weak 1
Well 3
What 8
What's 4
When 19
where 3
Which 1
While 2
Who's 4
will 17
winter 3
wire 1
With 9
woke 1
won't 14
Wood 1
word 2
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worry 4
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would 9
Wouldn't 1
Writing 1
year 7
years 2
yes 1
yesterday 1
You 53
you're 6
Your 27
