This is a beautiful song by Kenny Chesney. Keith Brengle
set it to video. The song is devoted to Keith’s Father, who was diagnosed in
November of 2011 with Alzheimer’s Disease. A tribute to all who are living with
and dealing with Alzheimer's disease.
"While He Still Knows Who I Am"
Drive a Chevy cuz he drove Chevys,
Like him I'm a baseball fan.
I'm going back to see him
While he still knows
Who I am.
Mama says he can't remember.
Daddy thinks he still can.
I'm going back to see him
While he still knows
Who I am.
This time I'm gonna hug him
Instead of just shaking hands.
Gonna tell him that I love him
While he still knows
Who I am.
I only knew him as my father,
I'm gonna get to know the man.
I'm going back to see him
While he still knows
Who I am.
This time I'm gonna kiss him
Instead of just shaking hands.
Gonna tell him that I love him
While he still knows
Who I am.
From Album: Welcome
to the Fishbowl
About the Author
Kenny Chesney was
born and raised in Tennessee and first made his mark in country music in the
1990s. He has a reputation for being hard working and has won numerous awards,
with hits that include "Out Last Night," and "The Boys of
Fall".
Though the song's protagonist is returning home to visit
his father suffering from Alzheimer's disease, Chesney told Billboard magazine,
"it's got so much more than that." He explained: "This guy's
going back to reconnect with his father, but in a sense he's trying to connect
with himself, too. He's busy and he's getting lost in the world, and that was
me to a T, really. It's interesting that I have this knack for connecting with
thousands of people in an audience and, in an ironic kind of way, in the middle
of doing that I've felt this disconnect from the people that love and care
about me the most and molded me as a person growing up in East Tennessee. In
the time between releasing 'Hemingway's Whiskey' and now, that basically
describes my personal life. That's why this was the first song I recorded, and
how this whole thread started on this record."
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