272. Music Lifts Me Up
When I worked in the nursing home as a music therapist, we had a chorus. They were residents who wanted to sing. We sang mostly old songs, sometimes I taught new songs, and occasionally we wrote a song together. Several times a year we would work on a “show.” We would invite people and do a performance.
We would select a theme—in one case the theme was: Music. I gathered pieces that fit that theme—they would offer suggestions. Sometimes they did murals on the wall, led by the art therapist. And then finally we wrote a song. I would ask: What does music do? They would answer: Keeps me alive. Lifts me up. Makes me feel good. And I would all their ideas into a song.
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Music Lifts Me Up
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Music lifts me up, it keeps me alive,
Takes my blues away.
Music lifts me up, makes me float on the cloud,
Does wonderful for me.
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Music makes me happy, makes me want to live,
Livens me up.
Brings back memories happy and sad.
Music gets me on my feet.
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Music is so very soothing, Makes me feel good,
Helps me feel I’m young again,
I’m happy when I hear it ring.
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Music’s so relaxing, makes me fall asleep,
I’m happy when I heart it.
Music gives me, gives me love,
And the feeling of everything.
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© Copyright 1986 by Ann Freeman Price
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The interesting thing is that it’s all true.
