Looking At The Calendar chords by Loudon Wainwright III

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Verse 1
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Let's not split at Thanksgiving
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That would be too rough
On display around the family table
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Saying past the stuff    ing
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With all those loved ones witnessing
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All our reigned in pain
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Let's not split at Thanksgiving,
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that would be insane
And we can't quit at Christmastime,
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that's also insanity
You have to check the lights were bright
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I have to lug the tree inside
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It takes two to make the tree stand straight
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To get it in the stand
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No, we can't quit at Christmas,
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that can't be our plan
We can't quit at Christmastime,
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the world won't un  derstand
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Not on Independence Day,
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that would be a joke
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Going to watch some fireworks
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to celebrate what broke and
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not our anniversary
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that would be too cold
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way too cold that day i keep forgetting
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we swore to have it home
not a september separation
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Less everyone should know
And blame the stars and planets
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And   our dumb signed
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Halloween's a possibility
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We can wear some masks
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In costume and pretending
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So we don't have to  ask ourselves
But looking at the calendar
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There really is  no day
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that makes sense for us to end it
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Throw it all away,
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the whole idea's too awful
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It's too sad, too strange,
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too      cruel, way too cruel
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No, date would be convenient,
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well, maybe April Fool's Day
Looking at the calendar,
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maybe April Fool's