Music for AZ

I had a song going through my head that I couldn't remember. 

I knew it was a Dixie Chicks song. 

Thus I asked Alexa to play their top songs.  

About the sixth song sounded familar.  

I posted the lyrics below. 

I usually have a difficult time hearing the lyrics but this time I listened carefully. 

I became very emotional when I realized what the song was about.

 Traveling Soldier by the Chicks. 

"He was waiting for the bus in his army green
Sat down in a booth in a cafe there
Gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair
He's a little shy so she give him a smile
So he said would you mind sittin' down for a while
And talking to me, I'm feeling a little low
She said I'm off in an hour and I know where we can go
So they went down and they sat on the pier
He said I bet you got a boyfriend but I don't care
I got no one to send a letter to
Would you mind if I sent one back here to you

I cried
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
Too young for him they told her
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
Our love will never end
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
Never more to be alone when the letter says
A soldier's coming home

So the letters came from an army camp
In California then Vietnam
And he told her of his heart
It might be love and all of the things he was so scared of
He said when it's getting kinda rough over here
I think of that day sittin' down at the pier
And I close my eyes and see your pretty smile
Don't worry but I won't be able to write for a while

I cried
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
Too young for him they told her
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
Our love will never end
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
Never more to be alone when the letter says
A soldier's coming home

One Friday night at a football game
The Lord's Prayer said and the anthem sang
A man said folks would you bow your head
For the list of local Vietnam dead
Crying all alone under the stands
Was the piccolo player in the marching band
And one name read and nobody really cared
But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair"

In Dr Daniel Gibbs book,  A Tattoo on my Brain on page 147:

" For reasons that are still not  fully understood, the abiltiy to enjoy, identify and even play music are often preserved even into the latest stages of the disease." (Alzheimers).

When I go for my mile walk each day, I listen to a playlist on my iphone. 

I hear the music directly into my hearing aides.  

I hear the nuances of the music and the words better than I ever have before hearing aides. 

To find new songs, I ask Alexa to play top songs of various artists I like or I recently heard of. 

I purchased a magazine about Bob Dylan. 

I was a senior in High School in 1969.  I liked the Beach Boys.

In college I liked the Beatles.  Of course I knew and liked Dylan but it wasn't till much later I realized how great he was.  I lisened to Cover treatments of his songs and appreciated him more.  

This magazine discussed why his top ten songs were so great.  This context helped me understand the music so much more. 

Final message: 

If you have early stage AZ start building your favorite songs onto playlists.