    Sentence 1: | was, and still am, captivated by Babies  cry for liquor an’ the birds sing bass, and in the  arrogance of my youth, | was certain that nobody else  on the airfield either knew or cared who Bessie Smith  was, nor would any other G.l. be enchanted by basso  birds, sol turned thief.    Sentence 2: | was obsessed with that song that |  played all the time as a teen.