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Music Lifts Me Up

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.

Music Lifts Me Up

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.

Music makes me happy, makes me want to live,

Livens me up.

Brings back memories happy and sad.

Music gets me on my feet.

Music is so very soothing, Makes me feel good,

Helps me feel I’m young again,

I’m happy when I hear it ring.

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.

© Copyright 1986 by Ann Freeman Price

The interesting thing is that it’s all true.

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