Wanting Memories

Arrangement: Listen to the original version of "Wanting Memories" sung by Sweet Honey in the Rock, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW2TpW4gCt8 

Disjunct Motion / Interval / Ostinato: The song's ostinato features an octave, a perfect fourth, and a perfect fifth. Heard in the bass part, [do do’ do’ - sol sol]. Notated here

Phrase: Every line of text receives its own musical. The phrases are most often two and four measures long

Rhythmic Duration / Syncopation: Consisting mostly of dotted eighth notes in a 4/4 bar, with a quarter note in the middle [3+3+4+3+3]. Notated here

Lyrics:
I am sitting here wanting memories to teach me
To see the beauty in the world
Through my own eyes

You used to rock me in the cradle of your arms
You said you'd hold me
'Til the pains of life were gone
You said you'd comfort me in times like these
And now I need you
Now I need you, and you are gone

[Refrain]

Since you've gone and left me
There's been so little beauty
But I know I saw it clearly through your eyes

Now the world outside is such a cold and bitter place
Here inside I have few things that will console
And when I try to hear your voice
Above the storms of life
Then I remember
All the things that I was told

[Refrain]