"In the Back of My Mind"

I noted a significant melisma in "In the Back of My Mind" last year, but a couple days ago, I found some more.

In the line "I make her happy just livin' so plain," "plain" is sung with a melisma (A G F, I think), musically giving a sense of degree (for "so").

In the line "It'll always be way in the back of my mind," "always" (D D C) and "be" (A G F G F) are both sung with melismas, giving a sense of duration.

"Don't Hurt My Little Sister"

I listened to Today! yester-day and noticed a few small features.

In the line "She'll probably stay in there the rest of the day" in "Don't Hurt My Little Sister," "day" is sung with a melisma (D Eb D C), musically giving something of a sense of the duration of "the rest of the day."