Thanksgiving (Live)-Loudon Wainwright III

[ti:Thanksgiving] [ar:Loudon Wainwright III] [al:Career Moves] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Thanksgiving (Live) - Loudon Wainwright III [00:23.96]Lord every year we gather here [00:27.32] [00:29.38]To eat around this table [00:32.56] [00:35.03]Give us the strength to stomach as much [00:39.21] [00:40.39]As fast as we are able [00:43.45] [00:46.29]Bless this food to our use [00:49.60] [00:50.41]Though communication's useless [00:54.09] [00:56.84]Don't let me drink too much wine [01:00.95] [01:02.14]Lord you know how I get ruthless [01:05.57] [01:10.75]Let us somehow get through this meal [01:13.69] [01:16.55]Without that bad old feeling [01:18.74] [01:21.23]With history and memory [01:24.48] [01:26.73]And home cooking we're dealing [01:29.98] [01:32.78]Remind us that we are all grown up [01:36.15] [01:38.33]Adults no longer children [01:40.33] [01:43.64]Now it's our kids that spill the milk [01:48.20] [01:49.13]And our turn to want to kill them [01:51.62] [01:56.68]I look around and recognize [01:59.80] [02:02.54]A sister and a brother [02:05.10] [02:07.54]We rarely see our parents now [02:10.60] [02:13.12]We hardly see each other [02:15.62] [02:18.25]On this auspicious occasion [02:21.50] [02:23.93]This special family dinner [02:26.49] [02:29.24]If I argue with a loved one Lord [02:34.48] [02:35.41]Please make me the winner [02:38.72] [02:45.96]All this food looks and smells so good [02:49.52] [02:51.76]But I can hardly taste it [02:53.88] [02:56.88]The sense of something has been lost [02:59.62] [03:02.68]There's no way to replace it [03:04.87] [03:07.49]After the meal switch on the game [03:11.98] [03:12.98]There's just a few more seconds [03:15.41] [03:18.53]But I'm so tired I need a nap [03:22.22] [03:24.15]The guest bedroom bed beckons [03:28.27] [03:32.32]I fall asleep I have a dream [03:35.75] [03:39.06]In it is the family [03:40.50] [03:43.43]Nothing bad has happened yet [03:45.99] [03:48.92]And everyone is happy [03:50.92] [03:54.16]Mother and Father both still young [03:57.97] [03:59.15]And naturally they love us [04:01.46] [04:04.59]We're all lying on a lawn at night [04:08.52] [04:10.01]Watching the stars above us [04:13.57] [04:18.25]Lord every year we gather here [04:21.87] [04:23.56]To eat around this table [04:26.62] [04:28.92]Give us the strength to stomach as much [04:33.17] [04:35.04]As fast as we are able