Loudon Wainwright III - Thanksgiving lyrics

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Lord every year we gather here<br />

To eat around this table<br />

Give us the strength to stomach as much<br />

As fast as we are able<br />

Bless this food to our use<br />

Though
 communication's useless<br />

Don't let me drink too much wine<br />

Lord you know how I get ruthless<br />

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Let us somehow get through this meal<br />

Without that bad old feeling<br />

With history and memory<br />

And home cooking we're dealing<br />

Remind us that we are all grown up<br />

Adults, no longer children<br />

Now it's our kids that spill the milk<br />

And our turn to want to kill them<br />

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I look around and recognize<br />

A sister and a brother<br />

We rarely see our parents now<br />

We hardly see each other<br />

On this auspicious occasion<br />

This special family dinner<br />

If I argue with a loved one, Lord<br />

Please make me... the winner<br />

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All this food looks and smells so good<br />

But I can hardly taste it<br />

The sense of something has been lost<br />

There's no way to replace it<br />

After the meal, switch on the game<br />

There's just a few more seconds<br />

But I'm so tired, I need a nap<br />

The guest bedroom bed beckons<br />

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I fall asleep, I have a dream<br />

In it is the family<br />

Nothing bad has happened yet<br />

And everyone is happy<br />

Mother and Father, both still young<br />

And naturally they love us<br />

We're all lying on a lawn at night<br />

Watching the stars above us<br />

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Lord every year we gather here<br />

To eat around this table<br />

Give us the strength to stomach as much<br />

As fast as we are able