thanksgiving chords by Loudon Wainwright III
Verse 1
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Okay, here's another holiday thing.
This song is called
Thanksgiving.
We're just moving back.
Back in time.
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Lord, every year we gather here
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to eat around this table
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give us the strength to stomach as much
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as fast as we are able
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bless this fool to our use
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though communication's useless
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don't let me drink
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Lord, you know how I get ruthless
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Let us somehow get
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through this meal
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Without that bad old feeling
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With history and memory
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And home cooking we're dealing
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Remind us that we're
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all grown up
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Adults no longer children
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Now it's our kids
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that spill the milk
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And our turn to wanna kill them
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I look around an d recognize
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A sister and a brother
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We rarely see our parents now,
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we hardly see each other.
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On this auspicious occasion,
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this special family dinner.
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If I argue with a loved one,
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Lord, please make me the
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winner.
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All this food looks and smells so good
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But I can hardly taste it
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The sense of something
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has been lost
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There's no way to replace it
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After the meal, switch on the game,
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it's just a few more seconds, but I'm so tired, I need
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a nap.
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The guest bedroom bed beckons.
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I fall asleep, I have a dream, in it is the family,
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nothing bad has happened yet and everyone
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is happy.
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Mother and father, both still young,
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and naturally they love us.
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We're all lying on a lawn at night,
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watching the stars above us.
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Lord, every year we gather here
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to eat around this table.
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Give us the strength to stomach
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as much as fast as we are able.
Outro 1
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thanksgiving
Loudon Wainwright III
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