A Song for Thanksgiving

Hello again Lovely Internet People!  Mother has had a very frustrating few days and she is really hoping today is at least a little bit less so.  I wrote a great, several paragraph long, Blog post yesterday telling you all about my (mis)adventures into the world of music creation.  Unfortunately, when it was all finished and ready to be published, I went to add the obligatory picture that I always put at the end of these things, and ... Blogger crashed.  Everything I had spent 3 hours carefully wording was gone!  Awesome.  Its not the first time this has happened, and I can pretty much guarantee it will not be the last.  The wonders of technology can really suck ass when they aren't being wonderful.

Anyway, I wrote this awesome Thanksgiving protest song last week and I have spent the last several days desperately trying to figure out all these new music programs so that I could put it to music for you before Thanksgiving.  It turns out that I am not the computer genius that I have (never) claimed to be.  So, I am afraid this year you are just getting the written lyrics, maybe I can put it all together for next Thanksgiving, but it is not happening for this one.  And with the way I sing, perhaps this is something you all can be grateful for in your list tomorrow.

Until Next Time, Happy Thanksgiving (to my American peoples), sure hope that you enjoy ...

"Its Time To Kill The Turkey" 

Lyrics by S. Walthour

Its time to kill the turkey

and serve it on a plate

Forget the grief around the world

its time to celebrate

Give thanks for all the suffering

just grateful its not you

Pretend the problems aren't your fault

but you haven't got a clue.

Tell the poor they're lazy

and they should get a job

while you get rich on dividends

you pathetic wretched snob.

You're Always laughing

at the lowly poor

while you keep busy

making sure there's more

You don't pay fair

to the man on the floor

just keepin all the money

for the names on the door.

People can't live

on what they can make

But you put them down

if help they must take

Out here the average guy

can't ever catch a break

and all you can say is

let them eat cake?

Happy Thanksgiving,

sure hope that you enjoy

Pay no attention

to that starvin little boy

He must deserve to suffer

for the things he cannot change

So make his life be rougher

that is easy to arrange.

Tonight people will go hungry

They will suffer for your greed

while you will stuff your face with plenty

others won't get what they need.

You're Always laughing

at the lowly poor

while you keep busy

making sure there's more

You don't pay fair

to the man on the floor

just keepin all the money

for the names on the door.

People can't live

on what they can make

But you put them down

if help they must take

Out here the average guy

can't ever catch a break

and all you can say is

let them eat cake?

Hope you enjoy Thanksgiving,

and your Christmas too

keep on cuttin their safety net

soon they'll be eating you.

This year lets make changes

So that everyone can eat

Heal the sick and house the homeless

No more dying in the street.

Clean water is a human right

food and health care should be too

No one else should go without

to feed the greed of a few.

No more laughing

at the lowly poor

we're not gonna let you

keep on making more

We demand fair pay

for the man on the floor

Taking back our lives

from the names on the door.

People need to live on

what they can make

we have had enough,

no more can we take

Time to give every guy

and girl a fair break

The Time has come for everyone

to share in that cake!