Hazel's House by Richard Shindell
I couldn't find Shindell's version, but this guy does a good job:
I especially love the verse:
And no one seems to know that this is heaven
They say we only know it by and by
That someday all will be revealed
Well, here it is.
I think of a long string of Thanksgivings spent with my Aunt Bev, at her suburban home in Mesa, Arizona--a far cry from the rural New Jersey scene painted in Shindell's lyrics, but that's hardly the point. Looking back, it seemed to me that "the order of the universe" involved getting together with all of those people every year.
Covert War by David Wilcox
This is the actual David Wilcox song accompanied by a bizarre slide show. It's best if you just don't watch, at least the first time through.
Ouch:
Holy days they bring us all together
After so much left unsaid
You taught us well not to kick under the table
Kick under your breath instead
I'm glad Wilcox didn't leave that one on the therapist's the couch. It's got everything: love, pain, anger. Happy Holidays!
What songs come to your mind when you think of Thanksgiving?
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