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Loudon Wainwright Iii Thanksgiving Lyrics
Total views: 2 times this week / Rating: 9/10 [1 vote]Album: Career Moves / Original Release Date: 1993Genre: Singer/SongwriterSong Duration: 4 min 50 sec
LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III
- Thanksgiving Lyrics / with translationsLord every year we gather here
To eat around this table
Give us the strength to stomach as much
As fast as we are able
Bless this food to our use
Though communication's useless
Don't let me drink too much wine
Lord you know how I get ruthless
Let us somehow get through this meal
Without that bad old feeling
With history and memory
And home cooking we're dealing
Remind us that we are all grown up
Adults, no longer children
Now it's our kids that spill the milk
And our turn to want to kill them
I look around and recognize
A sister and a brother
We rarely see our parents now
We hardly see each other
On this auspicious occasion
This special family dinner
If I argue with a loved one, Lord
Please make me... the winner
All this food looks and smells so good
But I can hardly taste it
The sense of something has been lost
There's no way to replace it
After the meal, switch on the game
There's just a few more seconds
But I'm so tired, I need a nap
The guest bedroom bed beckons
I fall asleep, I have a dream
In it is the family
Nothing bad has happened yet
And everyone is happy
Mother and Father, both still young
And naturally they love us
We're all lying on a lawn at night
Watching the stars above us
Lord every year we gather here
To eat around this table
Give us the strength to stomach as much
As fast as we are able
To eat around this table
Give us the strength to stomach as much
As fast as we are able
Bless this food to our use
Though communication's useless
Don't let me drink too much wine
Lord you know how I get ruthless
Let us somehow get through this meal
Without that bad old feeling
With history and memory
And home cooking we're dealing
Remind us that we are all grown up
Adults, no longer children
Now it's our kids that spill the milk
And our turn to want to kill them
I look around and recognize
A sister and a brother
We rarely see our parents now
We hardly see each other
On this auspicious occasion
This special family dinner
If I argue with a loved one, Lord
All this food looks and smells so good
But I can hardly taste it
The sense of something has been lost
There's no way to replace it
After the meal, switch on the game
There's just a few more seconds
But I'm so tired, I need a nap
The guest bedroom bed beckons
I fall asleep, I have a dream
In it is the family
Nothing bad has happened yet
And everyone is happy
Mother and Father, both still young
And naturally they love us
We're all lying on a lawn at night
Watching the stars above us
Lord every year we gather here
To eat around this table
Give us the strength to stomach as much
As fast as we are able
Facts about Thanksgiving
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Thanksgiving is written by Loudon Wainwright.
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It is first released in 1993 as part of Loudon Wainwright Iii's album "Career Moves" which includes 24 tracks in total. This song is the 8th track on this album.
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When we dive into the story the lyrics are telling, the song 'Thanksgiving (Live)' by Loudon Wainwright III shows how Thanksgiving celebrations reveal the complex emotions between family members. The work combines two opposing emotions by displaying the nostalgic feeling of childhood and the adult relationship difficulties which make the singer miss times when family ties were stronger. The lyrics use the Thanksgiving dinner as a metaphor for the passage of time, changing family roles, and the inevitable distance that can grow between family members as they navigate through life. The Thanksgiving lyrics primarily show people feeling nostalgic while they think about their past relationships and express their devotion to God and experience their inner turmoil. The song establishes family relationships as essential elements which drive both the feelings of nostalgia and the experience of loss and the execution of adult obligations. The lyrics about family gatherings show how adults think about their relationships, which becomes inappropriate for children who need their parents to explain things. The content contains mild references to drinking and familial tension, yet it lacks both explicit language and graphic content.
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Thanksgiving falls under the genres Singer, Songwriter.
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Thanksgiving song length is 4 minutes and 50 seconds.
Who wrote Thanksgiving lyrics?
Thanksgiving is written by Loudon Wainwright.
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When was Thanksgiving released?
It is first released in 1993 as part of Loudon Wainwright Iii's album "Career Moves" which includes 24 tracks in total. This song is the 8th track on this album.
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What is the meaning behind Thanksgiving lyrics?
When we dive into the story the lyrics are telling, the song 'Thanksgiving (Live)' by Loudon Wainwright III shows how Thanksgiving celebrations reveal the complex emotions between family members. The work combines two opposing emotions by displaying the nostalgic feeling of childhood and the adult relationship difficulties which make the singer miss times when family ties were stronger. The lyrics use the Thanksgiving dinner as a metaphor for the passage of time, changing family roles, and the inevitable distance that can grow between family members as they navigate through life. The Thanksgiving lyrics primarily show people feeling nostalgic while they think about their past relationships and express their devotion to God and experience their inner turmoil. The song establishes family relationships as essential elements which drive both the feelings of nostalgia and the experience of loss and the execution of adult obligations. The lyrics about family gatherings show how adults think about their relationships, which becomes inappropriate for children who need their parents to explain things. The content contains mild references to drinking and familial tension, yet it lacks both explicit language and graphic content.
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Which genre is Thanksgiving?
Thanksgiving falls under the genres Singer, Songwriter.
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How long is the song Thanksgiving?
Thanksgiving song length is 4 minutes and 50 seconds.
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Record Label(s): 1993 The copyright in this compilation is owned by Virgin Records Ltd
Meaning to "Thanksgiving" song lyrics
Thanksgiving
Loudon Wainwright Iii
Loudon Wainwright Iii
