lyrics question

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Ray and rivernotch--thanks! That was exactly the kind of interrogation I was after.

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Ray--excellent feedback. Here's my response, which is basically just me agreeing:

1. You list 5 not 4, and the 5th is very close to being a catch-all:
"There are only three colors: 'red', 'green', and 'other'.
--who knows how I got five and four messed up--should've been five.
--type 5 should've said, more simply, "non-narrative"

2. The attributes that define the categories are inconsistent:
"There are only three colors: 'red', 'green', and 'bright'.
--I'll fix this mismatching issue. I think it's a phrasing problem.

3. The categories are ambiguous, they depend too heavily on subjective interpretation;
"There are only three colors: 'kind of redish', 'sort of greenish', and 'somewhat otherish'.
--I think clearing up 2 will fix this as well

4. The categories are presented as (probably) all-inclusive:
Is this lemon 'red' or 'green'?
--that's what I was going for. To me, this isn't a bug, it's a feature.

5. On the plus side these categories provide the basis for amusingly illogical discussions:
"That lemon is RED!" "No, NO, it's GREEN!"
--that was my starter question, basically. what songs escape these categories.

----These five issues get me closer to the right track. Many thanks

I'm revising the rubric based on this, and I'll test it against RiverNotch's counterexamples.