The only good Thanksgiving tradition

I went over to the sargent, said, "Sargeant, you got a lot a damn gall to ask me if I've rehabilitated myself, I mean, I mean, I mean that just, I'm sittin' here on the bench, I mean I'm sittin here on the Group W bench 'cause you want to know if I'm moral enough join the army, burn women, kids, houses and villages after bein' a litterbug." He looked at me and said, "Kid, we don't like your kind, and we're gonna send you fingerprints off to Washington."

And friends, somewhere in Washington enshrined in some little folder, is a study in black and white of my fingerprints. And the only reason I'm singing you this song now is cause you may know somebody in a similar situation, or you may be in a similar situation, and if your in a situation like that there's only one thing you can do and that's walk into the shrink wherever you are, just walk in say "Shrink, You can get anything you want, at Alice's restaurant.". And walk out. You know, if one person, just one person does it they may think he's really sick and they won't take him. And if two people, two people do it, in harmony, they may think they're both f*****s and they won't take either of them. And three people do it, three, can you imagine, three people walking in singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and walking out. They may think it's an organization. And can you, can you imagine fifty people a day, I said fifty people a day walking in singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and walking out. And friends they may thinks it's a movement.

  • rubycasey [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    My friend sent me this and I just made an account to say I can't believe there are other families with this tradition! It's really my family's only tradition, it's so cool to see others that share it, I thought it was just some record my grandparents liked. I wonder if it's a regional thing, if anyone see's this, where is your family from? My great grandparents all the way down to my parent's have all been from the Midwest, (Iowa mostly).

    • blackmesa [comrade/them,he/him]
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      4 years ago

      it was never my familes tradition, but my best friend from high schools folks showed it to me (very cool folks who took me to burning man in 97) and ever since i have played it every thanskgiving. <3